Purchase Forms Huge Asian-American Bank
By Toni Vranjes
Two Los Angeles banks are combining to create the largest Asian-American bank in the United States. Cathay Bancorp Inc. plans ...
Attorneys Praise Judge's Legendary Patience
By Xenia Kobylarz
MODESTO - Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger M. Beauchesne is widely considered the most patient judge on the local ...
Relief Act Responds to Economic Interests of California's Residents
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Forum Column - By Gregory R. Smith, Kyhm Penfil and Ornah Medovoi - The Nazi butchery of innocents was about more than the ext...
Statute Interferes With Diplomatic Efforts to Resolve Nazi-Era Claims
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Forum Column - By John F. Niblock - Over the past several years, California has pursued its own foreign policy by enacting leg...
Many Proposition 36 Questions Are Unresolved by High Court
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Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Alex Ricciardulli - The application of Proposition 36 often means that a defendant will get t...
Will Trevor Case Curb Abuse?
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The suspension of three Southern California lawyers who were accused of filing frivolous lawsuits to extort mone...
Judgeships Created
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Senate has voted to create five new federal district-court judgeships in California. The measure, spons...
Grant Averts Santa Clara DA Layoffs
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - An influx of federal grant money will allow the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office to avoid laying off a...
Forgetful Sex Offender Gets Break
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento state appellate court has ruled that a sex offender who says he forgot to register with police on...
Tony Soprano Might Find Career Inspiration in Trevor Law Scandal
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - For the sake of argument, let's assume that Tony Soprano, the angst-ridden psychiatric patient and Ma...
Doubt Cast On Judicial Discipline
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Former Contra Costa County Judge Bruce Van Voorhis, who was removed for his abrasive style on the bench, has a...
Camaraderie Rules Female Firm
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Virginia Blumenthal has received many compliments since she expanded her criminal-defense firm to include all fema...
Habeas Law In Trouble
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Susan Deering spent 23 years behind bars for killing her abusive boyfriend, yet jurors never heard a word about b...
Dispute May Result in Street That Shall Remain Nameless
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - What's in a street name? An awful lot, according to residents of a Santa Barbara neighborhood who have gone t...
Trial of Legal Power Couple Will Start in August
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Attorney Melanie Rae Blum and her ex-husband and former law partner Mark Elliot Roseman will stand trial on grand ...
Dispute May Result in Street That Shall Remain Nameless
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - What's in a street name? An awful lot, according to residents of a Santa Barbara neighborhood who have gone to...
Bench Officer Makes Difference
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Mitchell Block didn't just settle for second best when he gave up his dream of playing center field for the New ...
New Paid Leave Law Expands Rights of Domestic Partners
By Aris Davoudiann
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Jessica A. Mayer - California has been at the forefront of granti...
Committee OKs Pay Hike for Jurists
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking the first step on what likely will be a long and bumpy road, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday a...
Notify Staff of New Policies, to Avoid Invasion-of-Privacy Suits
By Sandra Corrales
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - The credibility of a law firm's human resources department often depends on rules t...
Suing Gun Makers Will Not Halt Black-on-Black Violence
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Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - In a lawsuit against gun manufacturers in a New York court, the National Association...
Privilege Lost
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Forum Column - By Bruce Givner - On Feb. 27, the U.S. Senate passed S476, titled the CARE Act of 2003. (That acronym stood for...
Trial Is Set In Death of McPherson
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge bound over two men for trial Thursday in the robbery and murder of a state senator's son. Superior Co...
Panel OKs Pay Hike for Jurists
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking the first step on what likely will be a long and bumpy road, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday ap...
Ex-DA Stole $100,000, Officials Say
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles prosecutor used a computer in the district attorney's office to illegally access Department...
Dental Suit Declared a SLAPP
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Consumers trying to force dental associations to warn patients of the alleged dangers of mercury-laden fillin...
Belmont Redux
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After more than three years of hand-wringing, the Los Angeles school board voted 4-3 Thursday to complete the tr...
Curious Wonder Whether Justices Will Leave Court
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - As the Supreme Court heads into the last five weeks of its 2002-03 term, plenty of high-profile opinions are pend...
Jurist Objects to Odor in Court After Defendant Raises a Stink
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The "Bad Hair Bandit" turned into the "Bad Air Bandit" after he cleared a courtroom Thursday. That was just one of...
Worker Protection Bill Moves On After a Heated Debate
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A labor-backed bill that would make it easier for workers to pursue employers who illegally retaliate against th...