Court Rules Out Brain Scan in Murder Case
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A controversial brain-imaging test cannot be used to try to show that a 14-year-old boy murdered his mother and ...
Twin Passions: Research and Trials
By Xenia Kobylarz
FRESNO - Superior Court Judge Gary S. Austin can charm any jury. Attorneys who regularly practice before the 53-year-old juris...
DCA Ruling In Fajitagate Helps Protect Police Files
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan's latest setback in the Fajitagate prosecution is a modest victory for the ...
Long Shadow
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marie Tyler-McGraw - The temporary truce in Liberia between two ragtag armies of youths has many of the surr...
Arguments Start in Fox News' Suit Over Book
By Xenia Kobylarz
Arguments will start today in Fox News' trademark suit over a new book. Page 3. Xenia P. Kobylarz SAN FRANCISCO - Expect insu...
Noncitizens Have Few Rights In Habeas Corpus Proceedings
By Columnist
Focus Column - Immigration Law - By Kathrin Mautino - A recently filed habeas corpus proceeding in the U.S. District Court for...
Court Nixes Revenue Recovery For Foreign Beating Broadcasts
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
In a decision that appears to halt the spread of U.S. copyright claims overseas, a divided federal appeals court on Thursday ...
Delivering Promised War on Porn
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - It's probably no surprise that the wild world of adult entertainment and John Ashcroft's Justice Department are ...
Job Seekers: Strong Résumés Must Have Concision, Clarity
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Deanna M. Wilkinson - Résumés are a part of a recruiter's life. We receive and review them daily, and a...
H. Schwartz, CJP Panelist And Judge
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Howard Schwartz, a retired judge who sat on the state Commission on Judicial Performance during its cataclysmi...
Breast Milk Can Transfer Meth, Expert Testifies
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A forensic toxicologist testified Thursday in a closely watched Riverside murder trial that a mother can transfer ...
CDAA Signs On to Bill Governing 'Atkins'
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would implement the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded won support Thursday ...
Judge's Ex-Girlfriend Sticks to Story
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - Under rigorous cross-examination Thursday, the former live-in girlfriend of Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall...
Yahoo Elevates Attorney, 35, to General Counsel
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet consumer and business services company Yahoo Inc. Wednesday elevated Michael Callahan to general cou...
Court Says Early Notice of Sentence Isn't Required
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously shot down an effort by two carjackers to force the trial courts to...
Edison Ruling Outrages Consumer Attorneys
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Local consumer attorneys expressed outrage Thursday at a state Supreme Court decision upholding the legality of ...
Pioneering AG Mentored Other Women
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will be Sunday for Carol F. Jorstad, a veteran California deputy attorney general and past pr...
Lockyer Says U.S. Is Subverting Wilkin's Coastal Order
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration has worked quietly to undermine federal court rulings giving the state a role in decid...
Recall Petition Denied
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has denied a petition by Venice civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman to hold up the Oct. 7 guberna...
Edison Deal With PUC Is Approved by State Justices
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously approved the secretly brokered $3.3 billion bailout of So...
Lawyer Makes Easy Move To Job Working With Kids
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - For juvenile court Referee Steven L. Berman, learning the ins and outs of dependency court was like taking a cra...
Panel Nixes Revenue Recovery For Foreign Beating Broadcasts
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - In a decision that appears to halt the spread of U.S. copyright claims overseas, a divided federal appeals court...
Weapons Industry Settles Suits With Cities
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Firearms dealers and distributors have agreed to major reforms to settle claims in a lawsuit by a dozen state ...
Table Talk
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A former leading executive at a well-known Silicon Valley semiconductor company goes to trial Monday on claims he w...
Delivering Promised War on Porn
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - It's probably no surprise that the wild world of adult entertainment and John Ashcroft's Justice Department are n...
Emergency 9th Circuit Panel Would Take Appeal
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of California's Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election now falls to three federal appellate judges, all...
It's Baaack: "Hanging Chad 2" Is Coming Soon to a Court Near You
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Like an aging movie star pumped on hype and hope for one more box-office success, our old friend the ...
Fight Against City Hall Has Big Price Tag
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Fighting City Hall is not only hard work but also expensive. Or so one outspoken North Hollywood woman learned W...
Widening the Circle
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Kathryn Snapka was the first woman to join the Corpus Christi, Texas, chapter of the American Board of Trial A...
Vote Date Hinges on Three Judges
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of California's Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election now falls to three federal appellate judges, al...