9th Circuit Panel Sees Entrapment in Drug Arrest
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapmen...
Injury Shatters Athlete's Dreams
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Bryan Mason felt something "pop" in his lower back last year as he lifted 625 pounds in a high-school weight-train...
Attorneys Guard Against New Online Liabilities
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Dreaming up worst-case scenarios and coming up with ways to get out of them is not an area of expertise many ...
Valuation of Company Should Include Worth of Real Options
By Columnist
Focus Column Corporate Law By Daniel L. McConaughy and Chad C. Coombs Your client is going through a bankruptcy restructuring...
Immortal Justice
So it is the end of the year - yawn. It is not that I wish to denigrate 2002, nor speculate about what to expect or dread in 2...
Court Throws Out Malicious Prosecution Suit
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has thrown out a malicious prosecution lawsuit brought by one set of attorneys against a...
Valuation of Company Should Include Worth of Real Options
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Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Daniel L. McConaughy and Chad C. Coombs - Real options include nonfinancial attributes and b...
Immortal Justice
The late Justice Mildred Lillie has achieved immortality not only through her well-written opinions, but also through her pers...
Governor Names Three to Bench
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed three new judges for Orange and San Diego counties. Kerry Wells, a deputy district...
Litigator Joins Los Angeles' Liner Yankelevitz
By Tanya Rothman
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has recruited securities, health care and commerc...
One-Stop Shopping in Bass Lake
By Xenia Kobylarz
BASS LAKE - Being the judge in a one-judge town like Bass Lake, population 400, might not sound as exciting as prosecuting hig...
Ex-Detective Runs Sensible Court
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner gets some of the most horrific cases in the county in her cou...
California Courts Begin New Dispute Resolution Programs
Responding to the increased judicial emphasis on alternatives to litigation, California state and federal courts will introduc...
Worked Up
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Joseph Herman, Peter K. Stris and Jason H. Wilson - On Jan. 1, 2003, SB1156 and AB2596 will take effect. The...
Picasso Art Eludes Grasp of Judge's Order
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - A temporary restraining order issued last week came too late to stop a Chicago art collector from shipping a Naz...
Davis Makes Six Judicial Selections
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday made six new judicial appointments, including the elevation of Justice Dennis M. Per...
Bar Group Is Divided On Conflict of Interest
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - It was a rare moment of high drama at the Santa Clara County Bar Association's monthly meeting. In dispute was a pr...
Deal Reached With Abuse Victim Held As Coercion
By Michael Moline
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a domestic violence victim's unusual lawsuit accusing autho...
Death Row Records Founder Knight Gets Another Chance to Perform in Slammer
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Counting today, this year has five whole days to go. But it's already time for the Marion "Suge" Knig...
Justices Remain Consistent, But Chemerinsky Does Not
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Arthur B. Mark III - In his Forum piece of Nov. 22 ("States, Not U.S., Should Have Right to Regulate Doctors...
Can You Make Staffers Independent Contractors?
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - To cut costs, the owner of an attorney service wants to make his couriers independe...
It's Quieter Lately At Wilson Sonsini
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is maintaining profits but risks damaging its reputation among clients a...
Service in Africa Prepared Jurist for Career
By Christina Landers
BELLFLOWER - When Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Leland H. Tipton entered the Peace Corps in 1967, he had no idea tha...
Class Action Challenges INS Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Immigrant advocacy groups are filing a class action in Los Angeles federal court, trying to halt detentions and ...
On the Fast Track to Disaster
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The Los Angeles County Superior Court has the largest family law department in California....
Justice Turns Out to be Deaf, Too
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Difficult clients are a frequent topic of chatter around the San Francisco's Hall of Justice. But, few stories...
Failure to Instruct on Entrapment Reverses 3rd Strike
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapmen...
State Law on Layoff Notification Similar to Federal WARN Act
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and Eric C. Schwettmann - While closely related in scope and intent to...
On the Fast Track to Disaster
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The Los Angeles County Superior Court has the largest family law department in California....
Rushing Picked to Lead 6th DCA
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - One year after he was elevated by Gov. Gray Davis to the 6th District Court of Appeal, Conrad Rushing was appointe...