Court Dismisses Drug Charge Against Ryder
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A judge Wednesday dismissed a felony drug charge against actress Winona Ryder, and set Oct. 24 for her to stand ...
Meth Users Win Favor in Two Courts Of Appeal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Drivers under the influence of drugs found friends in high places Wednesday. At the 1st District Court of Appe...
Who's Bugging Lynne Stewart?
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General John Ashcroft's war on the attorney-client privilege, asserts radical lawyer Lynne F. Stewart...
Jury Burns Counterfeiter of Zig-Zag Cigarette Papers for $2 Million
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - If they wanted to, the French maker and the U.S. distributor of Zig-Zag cigarette papers could roll t...
Case Tests Decision to Ban Death of Retarded
By Claude Walbert
EL CENTRO - A hearing set to begin this morning in the Imperial County courtroom of Judge James H. Harmon will offer one of th...
Court May OK Retrial for Man On Death Row
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to give a black Texas death row inmate another shot at proving that...
Judge Rules Suits Against El Paso Can Move Ahead
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - El Paso Corp., the nation's biggest natural gas pipeline company, failed to persuade a San Diego judge Wednesd...
New Indictment In Schools Fraud
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A former San Francisco Unified School District custodial supervisor and a Hayward software company were indict...
Terrorist's Lawyer, Justice Clash on Attorney-Client Privilege
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General John Ashcroft has declared war on the attorney-client privilege, radical lawyer Lynne Stewart...
Co-Worker Testfies Against Murder Defendant
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - One of Kristin M. Rossum's former co-workers testified Wednesday that he had observed signs of a romantic relation...
Allegation of Intent Isn't Automatic Bar to Coverage
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Many lawsuits involve allegations that a defendant acted intentionally or s...
Davis Names Four to State Benches
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday unveiled four judicial appointments, including those of civil litigators Rafael A. ...
Hear the One About the Judge Who Fell On His Gavel?
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Sandwiched between sessions on retirement planning and the latest appellate opinions, one of the liveliest ses...
Officers Arrest Man for Threatening Reporter
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Organized crime officers Wednesday arrested a Westwood man on charges of threatening a Los Angeles Times writer ...
'Schlage' Is Victory for Employees, But Carries Mixed Message for Employers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Anthony J. Oncidi and Christine de Bretteville - The California Court of Appeal has put an ...
An Unrivaled Model of Empathy
Forum Column - By Wally Knox and David A. Lash - California has been a national leader in the fight to secure justice for Holo...
Crosby Likes the Look of Merger
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May confirmed Wednesday that a vote on its union with Pittsburgh's Reed ...
District Forced Teacher Out, Lawyer Says
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A former Locke High School art teacher was forced out by the Los Angeles Unified School District because she enc...
Judge Conti Inherits NYSE Case
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - It is now five judges and counting in the protracted dispute between two stock market groups and the state Jud...
An Unrivaled Model of Empathy
Forum Column - By Wally Knox and David A. Lash - California has been a national leader in the fight to secure justice for Holo...
Allegation of Intent Isn't Automatic Bar to Coverage
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Many lawsuits involve allegations that a defendant acted intentionally or s...
'Schlage' Is Victory for Employees, But Carries Mixed Message for Employers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Anthony J. Oncidi and Christine de Bretteville - The California Court of Appeal has put an ...
Guilty Plea In Schools Fraud Case
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A North Carolina energy company pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of felony grand theft and agreed to pay $...
Wife Killed Spouse to Protect Image, DA Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A prosecutor on Tuesday portrayed former medical examiner's toxicologist Kristin M. Rossum as a woman so protectiv...
Court Broadens Paper's Right Of Access to Settlement Data
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate court has broadened the right of access to documents in once-sealed court files in a case in...
Lawyer Must Pay Back Clients or Go to Prison
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles attorney Tuesday pleaded guilty to 12 felony counts stemming from accusations he bilked clients ou...
Brobeck Loses Corporate, Securities Expert
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - The San Diego office of Boston's Fish & Richardson has expanded into the corporate and securities practice a...
State Chief Justice Touts System
By Don De Benedictis
MONTEREY - California's third branch of government has become a force to be reckoned with. That was the message conveyed to me...
Do Not Confuse Criminal and Civil Subpoenas Duces Tecum
By Contributing Writer
Focus Column - Business Law - By Antonio R. Sarabia II and William J. Kopesky - A client may ask its regular civil counsel to ...
Six Figures Riding on Determination of Marriage's Demise
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The flowers that Vernon Norviel sent to his wife, Carmencita, on their 15th wedding anniversary may prove to b...