U.S. Judge Refuses to Enjoin Recall Election
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge Wednesday refused to halt the gubernatorial recall, clearing the path for an Oct. 7 ...
Devoted Detroit Tigers Fan Plays Within the Lines
By Dennis Pfaff
STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge George J. Abdallah can be at his busiest when nothing's going on in his cou...
Trial Lawyers Board Diversifies Membership
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Kathryn Snapka was the first woman to join the Corpus Christi, Texas, chapter of the American Board of Trial ...
Insurer's Duty to Investigate Is Fundamental Principle
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Insurance carriers must conduct a thorough investigation before they deny a...
Excess Insurance Decisions Depend On Facts of Case, Language of Policy
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Jordan Stanzler - Policyholders facing asbestos, product-defect and environmental claims usu...
Down and Out
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Forum Column By Robin Assaf Wofford and Michael S. Kalt The California Legislature traditionally has attempted to strike a del...
Panel Labors Over Sentencing Issue
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission said this week that they would be hard-pressed to meet the deadline imp...
Go Oakland!
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - When it comes to public service, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gordon Baranco is the go-to guy in these parts....
Judge Bashes U.S. on Medi-Pot
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A federal judge has sentenced an Anaheim Hills man to 18 months in prison for possessing marijuana, while at the ...
Closely Held Companies Must Consider New Tax Law's Effect
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Focus Column - Tax Law - By Boyd D. Hudson and Robert A. Yahiro - In May, Congress enacted the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reco...
Speaking Out
Writing the latest chapter in the struggle to resolve the tension between the statutory right of publicity and the constitutio...
TV Writers Lose Age-Bias Suit Against Studios
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that 163 older TV writers cannot recover money in an unfair-competition lawsuit th...
Judge Feared Being Outed, DA Says
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - Afraid of being "outed" as a lesbian, Judge Diana R. Hall flew into a violent rage when her live-in girlfriend...
Tenants Insist Judge Is Unfair
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of Oakland renters organizations is trying to get law and motion Judge James Richman reassigned to a c...
New Managing Partner at Thelen
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Hallerud, a longtime labor and employment lawyer with Thelen Reid & Priest and Pettit & Martin...
L.A. Judge Narrowly Escapes Bombing in Iraq
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith Chirlin narrowly escaped the bombing of the United Nations headquarters ...
Recall Foes Are Optimistic DOJ Will Halt Oct. 7 Election
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Voting procedures in Monterey County remained under intense scrutiny Tuesday even as federal officials moved c...
Few Dare to Predict Maverick's Ruling on Gubernatorial Recall
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Observers trying to predict U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson's ruling, expected today in the ACLU challenge...
Michael Hallinan, Quiet Member of a Noisy Clan, 70
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Russill Hallinan, a criminal defense attorney who switched sides later in his career to become a San F...
Court Referee Sees Law as Means of Improving Lives
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - Juvenile court Referee Steff Padilla says she's fighting to keep the children of Los Angeles alive. "Sometimes w...
Judge Bashes U.S. on Medi-Pot
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A federal judge has sentenced an Anaheim Hills man to 18 months in prison for possessing marijuana, while at the s...
Quick Study Hits Her Stride
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles family law attorneys are very disappointed with Judge Ann I. Jones' new criminal-courts assignment. ...
Court Must Look at Effect on Kids Even for Good-Faith Move-Away
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Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In re Marriage of Brown/Campos , 108 Cal.App.4th 8...
What's in a Name?
By Melissa Onstad
Forum Column - By Nausheen Hassan - Laws in all 50 states recognize some version of battered women's syndrome, which purports ...
Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Charges of Theft
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A former real estate attorney already facing federal prison for bankruptcy fraud pleaded guilty Monday to state ...
State Asks Justice Department To Speedily OK Voting Process
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - A request by state officials to the U.S. Department of Justice to "pre-clear" recall election voting procedures i...
Victim's Kin Can Sue Psychiatrists
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Psychiatrists can be sued over the death of a woman murdered by a patient they had released from an involuntary ...
Mayer Brown Attracts Partner From O'Melveny
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has lured real estate partner Dean Pappas from O'Melveny & Myers. Pappas, who wor...
Private-Judge Referral Study Will Wait One Year
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A statewide Judicial Council study of private-judge referrals, sparked by protests that sitting judges were send...
Jurist Pledges Recall Ruling by Wednesday
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge has promised to rule by Wednesday on whether California voters can proceed with an O...