Appellate Panel Tosses Out Cop Killer's Death Sentence
By Susan Mc Rae
Concluding that a convicted cop killer received ineffective assistance of counsel, a federal appellate court Monday threw out ...
Radio Station Pays Up in Talk-Show Slander Case
By Anne La Jeunesse
Speech isn't so free for radio talk-show host Herb Nero and Eric Chandler Communications of Antelope Valley, the owners of rad...
Judge Deals Major Blow to Napster's Defense
By Tyler Cunningham
A federal judge has dealt a first-round loss to Napster Inc., the wildly popular Internet company that allows users access to ...
Companies Can Claim Fees for House Counsel
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Companies using salaried, in-house lawyers are entitled to recover attorney fees at the prevailing private hou...
PATIENT PROTECTION
By Columnist
Forum: By Sheila James Kuehl Last year, along with Assemblyman Martin Gallegos, I was asked by Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa to...
Inevitable Disclosure Is Crux of Intel Trade-Secret Suit Against Broadcom
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a case that could affect the rights of California technology employees to switch jobs, Intel Corp. is fighting i...
Going to Market
By Columnist
Bottom Line: By Marcia Watson Wainess and Dennis Duitch In today's rapidly changing business marketplace, clients are becoming...
Mothers Targeting Gun
By Columnist
Forum: By Dianne Feinstein It doesn't seem real, but it's true. A 6 -year-old Michigan boy guns down a 6 -year-old girl in the...
Future Lawyers
By Columnist
The Closer: By JoAnne Earls Robbins The lead prosecutor rose slowly from the counsel table to give his closing argument. He ap...
San Marino Attorney Susan E. Riley Loses Battle With Cancer
By Lisa Madrid
Services will be held Tuesday for retired attorney Susan Elizabeth Riley, who died April 27. The long time San Marino resident...
Ex-Midwife Pleads Not Guilty to Allegedly Causing Stillborn Birth
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Lori Jensen, a former Orange County midwife under fire for allegedly causing the stillborn birth of a baby, pleade...
Lawyer Indicted in Bankruptcy Fraud
By Anne La Jeunesse
A Beverly Hills lawyer who allegedly advised two doctors on how to conceal assets from the bankruptcy court and the IRS has be...
Fellowship Translated Into Asia Expert
By Melissa Onstad
When Loryn Dunn Arkow made the split-second decision to study the Japanese language as an undergraduate, there was no way she ...
Sheppard Mullin Adds Wilmar To Its Land-Use Practice Group
By Katherine Gaidos
The San Francisco office of Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has added Michael Wilmar as a partner in...
Support Law Traps Men Who Aren't Biological Fathers
By Columnist
Forum: For The People By Jeffrey A. Lowe After much public debate, the California legislature passed new legislation last year...
On the Cusp
By Tamara Scott
Large Firms: While large firms are scrambling to tap into Southern California's emerging-growth market, Newport Beach's Stradl...
Public Property
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The Adviser: By Grant P. Fondo and Robert M. Shore In only a few short years, bulletin-board services, chat rooms and message ...
21st Century School
By Elizabeth Freudenthal
When Bob asked Jessica to go salsa dancing and she pointedly ignored the question, she thought that he got the idea. All she w...
FIRM WATCH
By Tamara Scott
Nothing is more subject to change than the laws. -Michel De Montaigne, 16th-Century French writer. In a bid to become a pre-em...
Judges in Kern County Nearer To Unification
By Tamara Koehler
VENTURA - Kern County, the state's last holdout on court unification, has taken another step closer to what many judges in thi...
Coach Kane Focuses in on 'Life Skills'
By Meredith Alexander
Larry Kane, a partner at San Francisco's Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, thinks wrestling should get better press. And he's...
NEWS
By Staff Reports
Attorneys Keith M. Casto, William K. Bissell and John A. Slezak have joined Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold's environment...
SEC Work Pays Off in Casino Acquisition
By Liz Valsamis
Simon Lorne, a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson, doesn't consider himself a gaming-industry expert. Even so, Pinnacle E...
Panel Charges Ex-Jurist With Misconduct
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - A retired Orange County judge charged by the Commission on Judicial Performance with willful misconduct in office ...
Expect Rulings Galore
By David Pike
U.S. Supreme Court Column By David Pike WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's blockbuster 1999-2000 term is heading for a blockbust...
City Gets Four More Rampart Suits
By Chris Ford
The city of Los Angeles has been served with four more lawsuits alleging civil rights violations and a pattern and practice of...
Officer-Friendly Attorney Files Class Action Over LAPD Scandal
By Martin Bergn
Another class action was filed Friday in the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart scandal, this one by an attorney who usuall...
Jurors Convict Retired Judge of Misdemeanor
By Anne La Jeunesse
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gilbert C. Alston has been convicted of misdemeanor hit-and-run, stemming from a mino...
Court Officials Taking Giant Strides to Better Jury Service
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - They will get cookies, cakes and coffee; a magic show, a jazz concert and T-shirts that read: "Jurors do it wi...
Man to Stand Trial In Lawyer's Killing
By Anne La Jeunesse
The spurned lover of a former Los Angeles County deputy public defender was ordered Friday to stand trial in the shooting deat...