Youth Pleads Guilty to Theft Of Pokemon Trading Cards
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - A 14-year-old Huntington Beach youth accused of stealing an album of Pokemon trading cards from another youngster ...
The Jury Is In
By Columnist
Donald W. Carlson and Joyce C. Wang did not start from square one when they agreed to defend the Insurance Company of North Am...
Writers Think Ends Justify Means
By Columnist
Dicta: On 'Family Law' By Erin O'Bryan What's a lawyer to do when the cops plant drugs on your client in Rampart-esque style i...
Last Squat
By Columnist
Pratitioner: Intellectual Property By Robert Barnes In the four months since its enactment, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Pr...
Bemore's Death Sentence Is Affirmed
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - The state Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentence for convicted murderer Terry Douglas Bemore, sett...
Pious Politicians Invoke Jesus But Ignore His Message
By Columnist
Forum: By Mike Farrell The politically popular pietism currently in vogue raises a few more questions than it conveniently ans...
Amidst Dross, A Close Look At Mourning
By Columnist
Dicta: On 'Ally McBeal' By Rebecca Lulow After the first 45 minutes of Monday night's almost unwatchable episode of "Ally McBe...
Rampart Class Action Is Filed Against L.A.
By Chris Ford
Two high-profile Westside law firms Thursday filed a $150 million federal class action against the city of Los Angeles on beha...
Legislative Chairs Accepted Cash From Vested Interests
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - The chairs of the Senate and Assembly insurance committees together have accepted at least $269,673 since January...
9th Circuit Rules Public Funds Can Support Religious Rallies
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A deeply conflicted 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that public money may be used to support ...
Scary: CBS Isn't Alone in Gonzalez TV Movie
By Contributing Writer
The Public Eye: By Ross Johnson Ante up, troops! The thousands of L.A. family law and immigration attorneys who have been avid...
O'Rourke Denies Wrongdoing In 'General Dynamics' Review
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Speaking out for the first time about a golfing conversation that has embroiled him in an investigation by the Com...
Rampart Officers Invoking the Fifth
By Michael D. Harris
At least three police officers who appeared Thursday before the grand jury investigating the Rampart corruption scandal invoke...
Staying Afloat
By Columnist
Practitioner: Insurance Law By Michael L. Donovan and Andrew W. Miller Companies and governments spent hundreds of billions o...
Puppets Will Face off in Defamation, Libel Suit
By Pamela A. Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A miscreant, profane, cigar-chomping, sexist, rubberized hand-puppet dog named Triumph may soon find himself a...
Swan Song to Tune of $25M Settlement
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - A giant Japanese computer company agreed to pay $25 million to a Sunnyvale electronics firm to settle a lengthy leg...
The Daily Journal Is Honored for Paez Article
By Staff Reports
The Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County recently honored the Daily Journal for its in-depth report on the j...
Courtroom Scenes Make for Engaging 'Rules'
By Columnist
Dicta: Movie Review By Paul Frizler In "Rules of Engagement," the U.S. government subjects a 30-year Marine, Col. Terry Childe...
Policy Punctuality
By Columnist
Practitioner: Insurance Law By Kirk A. Pasich Insurance policies often contain specific requirements about when certain acts m...
Mistaken Identity
By Columnist
Forum: By Harvey Gee The time has come to re-evaluate the influence of race on witness identification. A growing body of resea...
AB2808 Shortchanges Court Reporting Profession
By Columnist
Forum: By Sandra Waite On Tuesday, the state Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on AB2808. This legislation, if ...
Commission to Depose S.D. Lawyer
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A lawyer involved in a $100 million dollar lawsuit will be interviewed next week under oath by the Commission on J...
Superior Court Is Facing Crisis With Vacancies
By Jean Guccione
The Los Angeles County Superior Court could have as many as 25 judicial vacancies by the end of May, the presiding judge said ...
Prosecutors Want to Dismiss Another Six Cases
By Michael Harris
In what will bring to 66 the number of cases thrown out of court due to the Rampart police corruption scandal, Los Angeles Cou...
Kurdish Physician Testifies About Fleeing Iraq
By Susan Mc Rae
A Kurdish physician, imprisoned in the United States for more than three years, accused of being a national security threat, t...
Cop Killer: 'Eye for an Eye'
By Jason W. Armstrong
SANTA ANA - Orange County jurors took just half an hour Wednesday to reach a recommendation that convicted cop killer Hung Tha...
Doctors' Local
By Columnist
Practitioner: Health Care Law By John H. Douglas and Clare Richardson The phenomenon often referred to as "unionization" amon...
Latham' Sonnenschein Makes Lateral Move
By Tamara Scott
Edward Sonnenschein Jr., head of Latham & Watkins' corporate department, has moved over to become co-chair of the firm's v...
A Clerk's Clerk
By Martin Kruming
San Diego Watch: A memorial service was held April 12 in Escondido for Bill Luddy , the first clerk of the U.S. District Court...
A Reminder at Passover to Celebrate Liberation for All
By Contributing Writer
Forum: By Rabbi Eli Hecht Every once in a while, you read or hear an incredible story from World War II and wonder if it's tru...