Justices Will Tackle Two Major Habeas Issues
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Returning from its summer recess, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday that, early next year, it will review two m...
O'Melveny Partner Moves to Farella
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fulfilling a long-standing desire to build an employment practice, San Francisco's Farella Braun & Martel ...
Free Speech Trumps Mattel's Trademark Right in Plastic Doll
By Columnist
Focus Column - By James D. Nguyen - Barbie is no simple doll. She has become a cultural icon, loved for her Malibu lifestyle a...
Trial Begins In Fiery Protest By Vietnamese
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISO - An attorney Tuesday admitted his client tried to set herself on fire in front of the deputy prime minister of V...
DeGuzman Gets Just 7 Years for Campus Bombing Plan
By Craiq Anderson
SANTA CLARA - Citing two appellate court decisions that he said left him no choice, a Santa Clara County judge Tuesday tossed ...
Assuring Underprivileged a Voice
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - As an undergraduate at Cornell University, Laurie D. Zelon monitored campus demonstrations. A member of the only...
Court Orders Judge to Review Deputies' Files
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A trial court judge should look at the personnel records of three Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to deter...
Biotech Company Gets $1 Million Settlement
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A biotechnology company that claimed a former worker stole trade secrets will get $1 million plus shares of stock ...
Free Speech Trumps Mattel's Trademark Right in Plastic Doll
By Columnist
Focus Column - By James D. Nguyen - Barbie is no simple doll. She has become a cultural icon, loved for her Malibu lifestyle a...
Do No Harm
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jennifer C. Pizer - "First, do no harm." This fundamental command has guided physicians since Hippocrates. A...
Former Altar Boy Claims Priest Molested Him
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A former altar boy filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, claiming he was molested from 1975...
Workers Protest Layoffs at Courts
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Claiming there is no budget shortfall, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employe...
Recording Industry's 'Worst Nightmare' Settles for Nirvana and Cash
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Class, today we're going to consider the legal duality of rock 'n' roll star Courtney Love. Is she a ...
Boy Can't Sue County For Alleged Abuse
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A 14-year-old boy who says he was sexually molested in foster care cannot sue the County of Los Angeles for negl...
Interpreters Remain Split As Governor Signs Bill
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis has signed a bill into law enabling court interpreters to become employees with full benefits and...
Alternatives to Tax Court Must Be Considered by All Taxpayers
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David B. Porter - Historically, when a taxpayer had a controversy with the Internal Revenue Service that cou...
Judge Puts Off Dismissal of Tobacco Class
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge decided Monday to withhold a final ruling on dismissal of a class action that contends adve...
Deposing Wisely
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Cassandra C. Shivers - As a litigator, much of your time is spent on the discovery phase of any given case. ...
Three-Strikes Law Gets Put Under Justices' Microscope
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Of the 10 headline-worthy cases on the justices' docket for this term, two are of particular interest in Californ...
Supervisors Tighten Up TIC Ordinance
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Monday to amend a controversial ordinance limiting tenancies in c...
Justices Anticipate Term of Hot-Button Cases
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court officially opens its 2002-03 term Oct. 7, the justices will have on their plate an unusual...
Witty King of Courtroom Shtick
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Ralph R. Olson knocks 'em dead with a regular shtick he does in c...
Justice's Rulings Like Rare Jewels
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - When Nickolas John Dibiaso was appointed to the 5th District Court of Appeal, then-presiding Justice George B...
Chief Justice Exults as Courts Bill is Signed
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Legislation transferring ownership and management of California's 451 courthouses from the counties to the sta...
State AG Closes Investigation of Rackauckas
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has cleared Tony Rackauckas of allegations that he mishandled his duties ...
Judge Erred in Making Two Men Citizens
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - Two Los Angeles men convicted with four others in a 1982 plot to bomb the office of a Turkish diplomat in Philad...
High Court Will Deliberate on Divisive Questions of Rights
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Issues stemming from alleged violations of constitutional rights have deeply divided the Supreme Court justices i...
Courts Can Order Treatment of Mentally Ill
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - After a prolonged battle in the California Legislature, Gov. Gray Davis has signed Laura's Law, which will allow...
Guardianship Slips
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Ana M. Storey and Jane S. Preece - Where can children be taken away from their parents without a fair hearin...
Trapping the Elusive Singular Verb
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Devallis Rutledge - The words "none" and "neither" lay traps for the unwary. That's because they typically p...