Justices Rebuff El Paso in Antitrust Suit
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - El Paso Corp., the nation's largest natural gas pipeline company, is headed for trial in 11 coordinated antitr...
Hastings Offers Revised Proposal for Parking Lot
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Hastings College of the Law says it may join the YMCA in an innovative plan to develop student housing, a fitn...
Mesereau's Pro Bono Calling Gratifies Him
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Tom Mesereau spent Sunday morning doing what he does two Sundays of every month: giving free legal advice to poo...
Suit Says U.S. Lax on Smog Standards
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco seeks to force the government to update air pollution standa...
Humboldt DA Sues Pacific Lumber for Fraud
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawsuit seeking up to $250 million in civil fines from Pacific Lumber Co. for alleged "fraudulent suppressio...
Interpreters Sue to Halt Law
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Court Interpreters Association sued the Judicial Council on Tuesday, claiming a recent law esse...
Keker & Van Nest Doesn't Want to Represent Brobeck
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The San Francisco law firm Keker & Van Nest wants out of defending Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and two o...
Fearless and a Bit Scary
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Do not mess with La Supremaca. Although Marilyn Hall Patel's official title is chief judge of the U.S. Distric...
Leaving Consumers Helpless
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Bill Lockyer - California's unfair-competition law, - Business & Professions Code Section 17200 - is one...
High Court Will Review Fee Awards
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to clarify the discretion of judges to award attorney fees in priv...
Defense Could Target Bullets During Hearing
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Three bullets are expected to figure prominently in the preliminary hearing of Robert Blake's murder case, which...
Instructions On Race Bias Earn Judge a Chastisement
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. O'Flaherty has been reprimanded again by an appeal court for enco...
Relying on Ex-Klansman for Facts Is Not Wise Idea
By Contributing Writer
Forum Column - By Anthony J. Mohr - The setting: Thanksgiving dinner for nine in a European capital. Four Americans and a loca...
Recent Case Shows Transfer of Insurance Policies Can Be Complex
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Clyde M. Hettrick - The recent California Supreme Court decision in Henkel Corp. v. Hartf...
Coppola Can Make 'Pinocchio'
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - He still doesn't get his $20 million verdict, but famed director Francis Ford Coppola can make his "Pinocchio" ...
U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Major States' Rights Fight
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking on a major states' rights battle, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the federal gover...
Judge Orders Boy Off Life Support
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court ruled Monday that a 11/2-year-old Orange County boy, critically injured after his father ...
Amnesty Aids Those Who Avoided Tax With Offshore Arrangements
By Columnist
Focus Column - International Law - By Mara E. Nez and Michelle B. Graham - On Jan. 14, the Internal Revenue Service announced ...
Proving Motive for Hate Crimes
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - To protesters, prosecutors and even the chief of police, the slaying of Jeffery Owens in June appeared to have all...
The Quarrel Over Tapes
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - For a state normally in the vanguard of new technology, California's courtrooms surprisingly lack the high-tec...
On Road to Ruin?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By David Lash and Lauren Saunders - As changes to California's unfair business practices law are considered, th...
Santa Clara Prosecutors, PD's Office Face Layoffs
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - For the first time in more than a decade, Santa Clara County prosecutors and deputy public defenders face layoffs a...
Keker to Leave Brobeck Suit
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Keker & Van Nest is trying to drop Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and two of its former partners as clients...
No Volunteers to Monitor Freed Sexual Predator
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Brian DeVries is poised to become the first convicted child molester to be released after undergoing treatment - in...
County Misused Bonds, Resident's Suit Says
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County illegally diverted $16.2 million in community improvement bonds from one portion of suburban...
Duct Tape Follies Pale Compared With Judicial-Nominee Dunk Tank
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Which is the scariest - the prospect of sealing yourself in a room with duct tape and plastic during ...
Justices Will Look at Disabilities Act, Rehire Policies
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking another look at the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to consi...
Bingham McCutchen Adds Patent Litigator
By Liz Valsamis
Two years after Robert Schroeder merged his intellectual property boutique with Christie Parker & Hale, Schroeder has left...
No-See Span
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Another coverup is making news in Southern California. Happily, the only thing being conc...
Cowboy Lawyers Gather, Elect New Officers, Dance
By Stefanie Knapp
Moseying into the Calamigos Ranch Feb. 8 felt like walking back in time. Men and women decked out in cowboy hats and boots, we...