Panel Elects District Attorney Superior Court Commissioner
By Leslie Simmons
Deputy District Attorney Nicholas Taubert was elected a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner Sept. 13. Taubert was ranked b...
Arbitration Forums Executive Joins Subrogation Pros Board
By Staff Writer
D. Kay Smith this month joined the board of directors of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. The trade asso...
Public Firms' Buying of Commercial Space Rises
By Wire
BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswires Public real estate companies sold more U.S. commercial properties, excluding office build...
Manatt Adds Trio to Real Estate Group in Costa Mesa
By Liz Valsamis
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has picked up three attorneys for its real estate practice in Costa Mesa. Tim Paone, from the Ir...
When Counts May Not Count
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The fate of Al DeGuzman, the 20-year-old former student convicted of more than 100 counts of bomb possession in his...
Going Too Far
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Margaret M. Russell - As we emerge from this first, difficult year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ...
Cities Suffer Loss in Suit Challenging Census Data
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration was justified in rejecting statistical sampling to improve the accuracy of Census 2000...
A Bug's Life
By Christina Landers
There isn't much that bugs David Faulkner. In fact, he can't remember a time that he wasn't studying insects, the six-legged s...
Fact or Fiction?
By Contributing Writer
Column by Ronald A. Zumbrun - Since 1981, the public has believed it has a legal right to use private beaches at Lake Tahoe. T...
Ruling Lets Deputies Challenge Civilian Board
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - San Diego County sheriff's deputies are entitled to public hearings when they appeal misconduct charges lodged b...
Childhood Joys Go Up in Smoke
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Ah, the sweet tinkle of the ice-cream truck coming down the street, bringing happy children ice cream, Popsicles...
Church Board Spurned Victims, Lawyer Says
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - An attorney said Friday that a board set up by the Los Angeles archdiocese to review priest sexual abuse charges...
Southern District May Get Five New Judges
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The Southern District's overworked federal judges could get some help if the U.S. Senate approves five additional ...
Central District Continues to Improve Local Bankruptcy Rules
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Wesley H. Avery - Effective May 14, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California amended...
Panel Supports Decision Not To Adjust 2000 Census Count
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration was justified in rejecting statistical sampling to improve the accuracy of Census 2000...
Attorneys Want Jail, Not Plea Deal, for Chat Room Agitator
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - She threatened to "bring down" the director of the California Public Defender Association and called the former Or...
Going Too Far
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Margaret M. Russell - As we emerge from this first, difficult year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ...
Commissioner Gordon Moves, With Bat Phone
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Holy relocation, Batman! Commissioner Gordon's taking his apple-red bat phone and moving downtown - to Los Angel...
Panel Restores Father's Rights, Rebukes County
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a stinging rebuke, a state appeals court has restored the parental rights of a man denied the opportunity to ...
Thou Shalt
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Robert Spanner - In presenting a complicated case to a jury, the greatest service a lawyer can perform often...
Warren Commission Counsel Loved Flying
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - An emeritus UCLA professor who was assistant counsel on the Warren Commission died in a plane crash on Wednesday...
Beware Promising Secrecy to Confessing Sexual Harassers
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Employers dream of creating a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sadly, however...
Plaintiffs' Bar Goes After Banks
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - You probably wouldn't tell a complete stranger your phone number, age or annual income. But your bank might. T...
Ex-Showgirl Takes On Role As Women Lawyers Leader
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Karla Kerlin once overheard a female colleague in the district attorney's office refer to her in a catty way as ...
Movie Sweepstakes Promotions Require Careful Legal Planning
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Benjamin R. Mulcahy - As the summer draws to a close, moviegoers have a chance to c...
Mom's Meth-Laced Breast Milk Killed Her Baby, DA Charges
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - According to law enforcement, 3-month-old Jacob Smith's last meal included a lethal dose of methamphetamine. A cor...
Suit by Davis Over Ad Is Ruled a SLAPP
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court says Gov. Gray Davis illegally used the courts to squelch the free speech rights of an...
Like Suitors Avoiding a Prenup
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - "There's a lot of trust that goes on," former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto said from the witness sta...
Garment Firms End Suit Over Sweatshops in U.S. Territory
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Some of the nation's best known retailers, including The Gap Inc., Target and J.C. Penney Co. Inc., reached a ...
Tort Group Withdraws Ballot Issue
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A tort reform group decided Thursday to drop an attempt to get voters to overturn a new law affecting summary jud...