Court Chides Judge, Returns Custody of Boy to Mom
By Daniel Evans
Deciding an incorrect legal standard was used, the Riverside Court of Appeal reversed a San Bernardino County Superior Court j...
Judge Makes Full Restitution Condition of Plea Agreement
By Matthew Heller
SAN BERNARDINO - As part of an unusual plea agreement, a builder convicted of defrauding homeowners has been given a year to p...
Two Past L.A. Bar Chiefs Take Bench
By Anne La Jeunesse
Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday appointed two former Los Angeles County Bar presidents to the Superior Court bench. Patricia M. Sch...
Garcetti Wants Gang Suppression Cops Back on Street
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said Tuesday he would like to see gang suppression police officers back on t...
Man Accused of Twice Trying to Murder Ex-Wife Fights Back
By Matthew Heller
VENTURA - Lee Mannheimer has a responsible job, lives in upscale Westlake Village, volunteers as an assistant Cub Scoutmaster ...
Court Orders Recognition of Union
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Representatives of the California Nurses Association say a recent federal court ruling is a major victory for union...
'Survivor' an Uncanny Likeness of The Firm
By Columnist
Have you watched the show "Survivor?" For those of you who are still at the office when it airs on Wednesday nights, the progr...
DNA Lawyers Tell ABA About Need for Tests
By Don De Benedictis
NEW YORK - People in prison who insist they are innocent again and again, year after year, actually may be innocent. That is o...
Parent's Prerogative
By Columnist
Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare inc...
O.C. Offers Small Claims Advisory Program
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - In which venue should the lawsuit be filed? What deadlines should the plaintiff and defendant be aware of, and wha...
Silence Is Golden
By Columnist
Dear Anne: I didn't become a lawyer so I could go out and sell. There is so much emphasis now on bringing in business. I hate ...
Students Awarded ABA Scholarships
By Jill Boekenoogen
Izabelle B. Reyes of Granada Hills, who will attend the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law this fall, is one...
Camp Controversy
By Columnist
One of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" routines had him donning a turban and reading minds as "Carmac the Magnificent." A five-...
Sheriffs, Others Want Censured Judge to Resign
By Tyler Cunningham
SACRAMENTO - The state judicial-watchdog commission has said that a judge who harassed female court staff may keep his job. Bu...
Woman Wins Appeal in Dental Case
By Daniel Evans
The statute of limitations does not begin running in dental malpractice cases until patients believe they've been wronged, not...
Californians Win Many Prizes At Annual Meeting of the ABA
By Don De Benedictis
NEW YORK - The American Bar Association will have awarded more than 70 prizes and honors by the time its annual meeting is ove...
Slabach Becomes Dean for Interim
By Jill Boekenoogen
Associate Dean Frederick G. Slabach will be interim dean of Whittier Law School. He replaces Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who wi...
New Bar President Calls for National Death-Penalty Moratorium
By Don De Benedictis
NEW YORK - The incoming president of the American Bar Association issued what she termed a call to action Monday for lawyers a...
Court Orders Increased Fees For Counsel in Class Action
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone knows the story of attorneys who get rich off class-action settlements at the expense of their client...
Dean Steps Down, Wants to Return to Classroom
By Anne La Jeunesse
Gerald T. McLaughlin, who just stepped down as dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles after nearly 10 years, plans to return...
Spines in Short Supply, Wimp City Faces Dreadful Electoral Pestilence
By Garry Abrams
Los Angeles has become a city of wimps. All over town, people and politicians are shaking with fear over next month's Democrat...
Camp Controversy
By Columnist
The Boy Scouts of America should think twice before celebrating its recent "vindication" before the Supreme Court, where it in...
Troop Steuber: MEDIA ARCHIVER EMOTION GETS BOOST IN FINANCING
By Staff Writers
EMotion Inc., has completed a $34 million round of financing. GE Capital and Chartwell Capital Investors II led the financing....
Troop Steuber: QUALSTAR ANNOUNCES IPO WORTH $35 MILLION
By Staff Writers
Qualstar Corp. went public on June 23, in an offering valued at about $35.8 million. Qualstar develops and manufactures automa...
Hoping for a Rain of IPOs to Ease the Drought
By Liz Valsamis
Attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner at Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, senses that the initial public offering dry spell is ov...
Arco's Ronald Redcay Rejoins Arnold & Porter
By Katherine Gaidos
Ronald Redcay, a founding partner of the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.,-based Arnold & Porter, rejoined the firm ...
Hardly a Pollution Solution
By Columnist
The federal government, responsible for enforcing our environmental laws, regularly pollutes the environment with impunity. Th...
Latham & Watkins: WOODLAND HILLS' CAPSTONE UNVEILS $136 MILLION IPO
By Staff Writers
Capstone Turbine Corp. went public in late June in an offering valued at about $136.5 million. Capstone, based in Woodland Hil...
Cooley Godward: STAFFMARK TO SELL DIVISION FOR $196M IN CASH
By Staff Writers
StaffMark Inc., which provides temporary and supplemental staff to companies needing employees for office administration and l...
Meteoric Rise
By Tamara Scott
It was something of a shock when Alan K. Austin, the longtime managing partner of Silicon Valley's hottest firm, Wilson, Sonsi...