Toyota Seat Belt Blamed for Paralysis
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Five inches made the difference between 36-year-old Jian Zhong Yang walking away from a car accident and being l...
Toxicologist Looked High, Paramedic Testifies
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A paramedic who vainly tried to revive Kristin M. Rossum's husband testified Tuesday that the woman's behavior dur...
Justices Travel Back to the Future
By Joel Rosenblatt
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Two Supreme Court Justices traveled back in time at Stanford University last weekend to redecide a case th...
Back On the Front Line
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - On June 30, 1971 - the day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that newspapers could continue publishing the top ...
Putting Political Reform to the Test
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In 1999, a political reform group looked around California and saw influence-peddling everywhere - from Irvine, ...
Closing MacLaren Wouldn't Settle Suit, Some Say
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Reports that the problem-plagued MacLaren Children's Center in El Monte may soon close to settle a federal class...
Attorney Ran in the Los Angeles Marathon
By Sandra Corrales
COSTA MESA - Memorial services took place Saturday for Seth Cochran Thompson, a lawyer with Orange County's McCormick, Kidman ...
Court Doesn't Address Standard Of Proof in Case of Lost Policy
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Paul J. Killion and Kate Cutler - With increasing frequency, California insureds are turning...
Hastings Grad Claims Out of State Tuition Illegal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Non-California residents who pay extra to attend public colleges and universities here probably shouldn't coun...
Battered Ballot
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Nausheen Hassan - Gov. Gray Davis cannot usurp the liberty of deserving inmates, especially battered women w...
Hollywood Can Get Along Even Better Without L.A.
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Geoffrey L. Garfield - Hollywood is the entertainment capital of the world, a glamorous place where American...
Venues Compete Over Who'll Prosecute Sniper
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Federal grand juries in Maryland and Virginia have opened cases on the deadly sniper shootings plaguing the metro...
Celebrating Homecoming at the Farm With 'Youngstown'
By Joel Rosenblatt
PALO ALTO - Two Supreme Court justices traveled back in time at Stanford University last weekend to redecide a case that shape...
Have Card Table, Will Preside
By Xenia Kobylarz
SANTA ROSA - When retired Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Gayle Guynup decided to become an assigned judge after retirement...
Court Doesn't Address Standard Of Proof in Case of Lost Policy
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Paul J. Killion and Kate Cutler - With increasing frequency, California insureds are turning...
Venues Compete Over Who'll Prosecute Sniper
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Federal grand juries in Maryland and Virginia have opened cases on the deadly sniper shootings plaguing the metro...
In L.A., Politics of Crime Fighting Perfectly Depicts Halloween Spirit
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - In Los Angeles, the politics of law enforcement is almost always entertaining, educational and, not i...
Award to Mueller Sparks Debate
By Joel Rosenblatt
PALO ALTO - FBI Director Robert Mueller confessed surprise at being awarded Stanford Law School's Jackson H. Ralston award for...
Riverside Court Gets New Commissioners
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Superior Court has selected three new commissioners to join the bench. Lori Hunt Kennedy, 35, for...
George Reiterates Commitment to Strong Press
By Cheryl Romo
SAN JOSE - The media and the court each have "integral roles to play that are fundamental to the protection of the public and ...
Court Rejects Rapist's Novel Plea Strategy
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has rejected a convicted rapist's novel attempt to force prosecutors to allow him to plead...
Charity Fund-Raising Firm Will Close
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - After weeks of confusion, Pallotta TeamWorks, the controversial for-profit fund-raising firm behind AIDS and bre...
Skadden Wins Job in PG&E Reorganization
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bankruptcy Monday approved the hiring of a Los Angeles law...
Judge Cedes In Allowing Bail's Origin To be Known
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The source of a bond paid to secure the release of a former school district manager charged in a conspiracy to...
Brother-in-Law Testifies in Toxicologist's Trial
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Bertrand de Villiers, whose brother died from an overdose of a powerful painkiller, testified Monday that three da...
Judge Is Methodical but Not Popular
By Craiq Anderson
PALO ALTO - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Diane Northway is not the sort of jurist who banters with attorneys or tri...
Lawyers Ask High Court for Bail for Blake
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake's attorneys on Monday asked the state Supreme Court either to grant the actor bail or to order the ...
Rejection of Widow's Suit Faces Review
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In its lone grant of review Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to consider the constitutionality of a federal proce...
For-Profit Fund-Raising Firm Will Close
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - After weeks of confusion, Pallotta TeamWorks, the controversial for-profit fund-raising firm behind AIDS and bre...
Companies Must Examine Work Provided by Auditors Worldwide
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Focus Column - International Law - By Veronika Albus and Peter Denwood - There has been a great deal of publicity about the Sa...