Freed Murder Defendant Can Be Retried for Same Crime
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A man cleared of murder and freed from prison by a judge can still be re-tried for the crime, a state appella...
Manatt Phelps Acquires New York's Kalkines Arky
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips rang in the new year by acquiring Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Be...
Judge Steered Court Unification
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian went to college thinking she might marry a lawyer. But a chance meeting with...
Man Cleared in Murder Could Be Tried Again
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Efren Cruz, who was convicted of murder in a high-profile Santa Barbara shooting and then cleared by a judge, s...
Death Upheld In Case of Alleged Perjury
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Thursday that Larry H. Roberts must remain on San Quentin's death row ...
Pomona's 'Rappin' Granny' Has $105,000 Last Laugh on Master P
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The case of the so-called rapping granny is over, ending another bizarre chapter in the "Annals of St...
U.S. Needs Televised Debates
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Bennet Kelley - Here is a fact that will get your attention: More Americans participated in the election for...
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Paul D. Fogel and Benjamin G. Shatz - More than a dozen amendments to the Federal Rules of A...
Infuse Your Job Hunt With Holiday Good Spirits
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - 'Tis the season to be jolly. You've been hearing that in the stores, on the radio, pe...
Love of Home Anchors Justice
By Katherine Gaidos
SAN DIEGO - Court of Appeal Justice Gilbert P. Nares loves the area of San Diego where he grew up. Nares, who sits on the 4th ...
Amendment Has Made Interlocutory Orders Final
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By David Burkenroad - Since Code of Civil Procedure Section 1008 was amended in 1992, it has drast...
EEOC Declines to Fight Ruling Curtailing Bias Claims
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - While criticizing Sen. Trent Lott's racially charged remarks, the Bush administration has been quietly urging ...
Debtor May Assign Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases
By Staff Writer
Focus Column Bankruptcy Law By Leslie A. Cohen and Craig G. Margulies The assignability of a contract or lease is a critical ...
Fast-Track Reforms Have Lawyers Reaching for the Egg Timer
By Linda Rapattoni
Reporter's Notebook - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - Something's up. Defense lawyers and plaintiffs lawyers are huddling, g...
Chief Pleads for More Judgeships
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - An obviously exasperated Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist again has urged Congress to create more federal judge...
Judge Prepares for Bankruptcy Blitz
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Barry Russell, the U.S. Central District's incoming chief bankruptcy judge, is preparing for an onslaught of cas...
Dangers From Within, Without
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - In the hours following the Sept. 11 attacks on America, newspapers began to ask an important, if unpopular, quest...
Sneak Peek
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - Virtually every day there is a story in the media regarding the war on terrorism and the g...
Debtor May Assign Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases
By Columnist
Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By Leslie A. Cohen and Craig G. Margulies - The assignability of a contract or lease is a crit...
S.F. Landlord Fined for 'Fire Traps'
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge has hit a lower Nob Hill landlord with a half-million-dollar civil penalty for renting...
DA Fights Effort to Spare Westerfield
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - In response to motions by David A. Westerfield's lawyers to spare him from the death penalty, prosecutors say that...
Jurist Gives People a Chance
By Jenna Bordelon
SAN PEDRO - Commissioner Beverly Mosley remembered Calvin as a respectful, sweet boy. He had been a student in Mosley's sixth-...
As Crosby Merges, Partners Leave
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Three more litigators have left Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May as a result of the firm's merger wi...
Aimless Gunfire by Gravity-Challenged Angelenos Bemuses New Chief
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The law of gravity is not well understood in Los Angeles. This sad and embarrassing fact got its annu...
Coastal Commission Loses Crucial Appeal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a judicial tsunami, a state appellate court all but wiped out the California Coastal Commission on Monda...
AB1889 Forbids Use of State Money to Discourage Unions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey A. Berman and Kerry McCoy - 2002 has brought significant developments in the ongoin...
New Law Prohibits Use of State Money to Discourage Unions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey A. Berman and Kerry McCoy - 2002 has brought significant developments in the ongoin...
No Foxes in the Henhouse, Just Two Eager Prosecutors
By Karen Coleman
Reporter's Notebook - By Karen Coleman - The Solano County district attorney's office is adding a pair of prosecutors in Janua...
Seeing Hidden Political Motives
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - In 2001, when the U.S. Supreme Court was reviewing a challenge to set-aside rules that auto...
Lawyers Rush to File Motions by Year's End
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Some civil attorneys may be bleary-eyed on New Year's Day, but it won't be from partying. Many defense lawyers p...