Attorney Packs a Mean Punch
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Her quick smile was replaced with a stern stare as Mary Lehman pulled on the 16-ounce training gloves, climbed on...
UCLA Law Professor Was Man of Substance
By Alice Lee
LOS ANGELES - James Dupre Sumner Jr., professor emeritus at UCLA School of Law, died April 1 at the age of 84. Known as "Sunn...
Ex-Altar Boy Testifies That Priest Molested Him
By Riley Guerin
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner on Tuesday ordered former Catholic priest Michael Stephen Baker to st...
Effort to Curb Peremptories Is Revived
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial recommendation to significantly reduce the number of peremptory challenges in criminal and ci...
Judge Strives to Make Difference
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - When Judge Jessica Perrin Silvers was looking for a sign to guide her toward a career, she found it in a place s...
True Judge Tales
By John Roemer
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Cecil is a connoisseur of crime. He relates courtroom war storie...
Lawyers Prepare for Holocaust Insurance Trials
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Lawyer William Shernoff has been busy videotaping depositions of his elderly clients, as litigation over Holoca...
Prosecutor Savors His Ballet-Dancing Passion
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The ballerinas shuddered as they stepped from the cool night into the warmth and humidity of Anna Cheselka Danc...
Judge Rethinks Area 51 Decision
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - As if the military's super-secret Area 51 in the Nevada desert wasn't weird enough, now a federal appellate j...
'Huskinson' Will Decide Issue of Quantum Meruit Fee Recovery
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Focus Column - Law Practice - By David C. Moore - Most attorneys know that the California Rules of Professional Conduct prohib...
War Machine
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Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - Now that the United States has invaded Iraq and firmly established the law of might, we nee...
Judge Cites Area 51 Show
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - As if the mystique around the military's Area 51 in the Nevada desert wasn't weird enough, now a federal appe...
Judge Bars Skid Row Searches
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Finding the Los Angeles Police Department's actions unconstitutional, a federal judge Monday barred officers fro...
Solano County Judge Does It For the Kids
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Solano County Superior Court Judge Dwight C. Ely had to make a weighty decision last year: continue to serve in ...
Herrera Pressured for Restitution
By Tyler Cunningham
Reporter's Notebook By Tyler Cunningham While Dennis Herrera was campaigning to become San Francisco's city attorney, he prom...
Law Enforcement, Health Services May Face Cuts
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - As expected, the county's proposed budget released Monday won't spare law enforcement or child protection from t...
Brown to Fund Public Defender With $1.2 Million for 17 Staffers
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - At a time when San Francisco is facing a $347 million deficit, Mayor Willie Brown has dedicated $1.2 million ...
Activist Wants to Do His Time, Won't Pay Fine
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - The first protester against the Iraq war to be sentenced in Los Angeles said Monday he would refuse to pay his f...
High-Security Makeover for Gang Trial
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In what may be a sign of the times, federal judges in San Francisco plan to transform a spare courtroom into ...
S.F. Litigators Head Class In DRAM Class Action
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - After some minor controversy among plaintiffs' counsel, a San Francisco judge has handed San Francisco litiga...
Only Law School Can Save Spider-Man From Litigation Insecticide
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Spider-Man may be one of the greatest superheroes in history. But he's no match for the judicial syst...
Bank, Regents Accuse AOL of Inflating Profits
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The University of California regents and a New York-based bank owned by the garment workers' union filed a secur...
Attorneys for Tree Activists: Recuse Judge
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers representing North Coast activists who were pepper-sprayed during antilogging demonstrations in 1997 ...
Rite Aid Settles With Employees for $67.7 Million
By Joan Osterwalder
Eight months of negotiations resulted in a $67.7 million settlement for Rite Aid Corp. workers who alleged that their Pennsylv...
Act 2 for Hollywood & Highland
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The buzz was palpable at Hollywood & Highland the week leading up to the March...
Latham Handles $68 Million Deal For Pan Pacific
By Toni Vranjes
Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust, has sold the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for $68 million....
Rent a Change of Scenery
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Sometimes, those motivational posters just don't have what it takes and pastel lands...
I4 Commerce Raises $23 Million More
By Toni Vranjes
Baltimore company I4 Commerce Inc. wants to shake up the traditional way of paying for items on the Internet. And it has won t...
Kelley Drye Partner Wastes No Time Starting New Gig
By Liz Valsamis
Following the closure of the Los Angeles office of New York-based Kelley, Drye & Warren, corporate partner Ronald Husdon h...
Two New Premises-Liability Decisions Favor Plaintiffs
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BY MICHAEL PAUL THOMAS There can be little question that when it comes to holding those who own or manage property liable for...