Judge Finds Mother Insane After Child's Murder, Torture
By Matthew Heller
JOSHUA TREE - Carrie Davis, a mother convicted of child murder and torture in a high-profile San Bernardino County case, has g...
Back-Channel Access
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Francis O. Spalding - On Sept. 26, Gov. Gray Davis signed into law SB475, which gives the California Judicia...
Center Says Theater Violates Disability Laws
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are over for the year, but the memory may linger on in a lawsuit brought by the Western Law Center fo...
Kline Edges Out Write-In Candidate
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - The final tally in the March 5 race for Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline's office shows that Kline ...
Damaging Evidence Might Help On Appeal
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The hotly contested admission of evidence that Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel were associates of the Aryan B...
Dog-Mauling Defendants Face Uphill Appeal
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Evidence introduced at trial that Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel were associates of the Aryan Brotherhood pr...
PG&E This Week to Defend New Reorganization Plan
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which hopes to begin reviving its troubled bankruptcy reorganization plan this w...
ACLU Fighting Mandatory Pledge
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Two bills before the state Legislature are giving civil libertarians the heebie-jeebies. One would require all sc...
Hanson Bridgett Picks New Leader
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Giacomini has been named managing partner of San Francisco's Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rud...
Locking In Tax Credits
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Now that you've secured tax credits to help finance your affordable-housing projec...
Defense Must Be on Alert During Guilty-Plea Hearing
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Guilty pleas are not games. They are serious proceedings that have lasting consequences...
Police Can Search Car for Documents Anywhere That They Might Be Found
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Alex Ricciardulli The California Supreme Court in the potentially far-reaching opinion in In re Arturo D....
New ACLU Head Is on High Alert
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Inside the gilded lobby of a stately downtown hotel, Anthony D. Romero refuses the luxury of a deeply cushioned ch...
Water Rules
By Columnist
Opinion Column - By Edward J. Casey - Some say that the story of California is the story of water. Without the construction of...
Look Before Make the Leap to Another Law Firm
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Michael Brown - At some point in their careers, many attorneys grapple with disillusionment and dissati...
Court Authority
If a claimant prevails in contractual arbitration and the arbitrator fails to demonstrate compliance with statutorily prescrib...
Women's Commission Lauds Pair of Female Judges in L.A.
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Commission for Women has named two Los Angeles Superior Court judges Women of the Year. T...
Post-Traumatic Address
By Columnist
Viewpoint Column - By Noelle C. Nelson - National events of the magnitude of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shape every aspect...
Swapping Strategy
By Columnist
Roundtable - Linda B. Bulmash, Mediator with ADR Services, Robert Altman, Mediator and retired judge ADR Services, Nancy Bornn...
Solo Act
By Christina Landers
He may be young, but Stephen M. Doniger, 31, says he projects a thoughtful and ethical wisdom, particularly when it comes to p...
Bugged By Bugs
By Lisa Milller
Trial Tech Column - By Paul R. Kiesel - WAIT! I say that to you, but I need to heed my own advise. Remember, never buy the fir...
'Viner' Will Lead Way to Speculative Lawsuits for Transactional Malpractice
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Mark Waterman - In 1997, the appellate court proclaimed that the "trial-within-a-trial standard for attorney...
Attorney Gets 7 Years for Taking $1.7 Million
By Columnist
SAN JOSE - A Monterey attorney has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony grand theft, and will serve a state prison term for ...
Sentencing Panel Will Look Into Hacker's Motives
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Michael Edmund O'Neill was a computer geek growing up, and he readily admits he sometimes hacked into protected c...
Look Before You Make the Leap to Another Law Firm
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Michael Brown - At some point in their careers, many attorneys grapple with disillusionment and dissati...
WRECK: Divers Could Try to Seal Oil Leaks
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A pre-dawn collision between two giant freighters steaming through a thick California fog left more than a br...
Commission Delays Hearing About Judge
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday called off a hearing originally scheduled for next week in its ...
Uncompromising Strictness Marks Demeanor of Judge
By Gina Keating
TORRANCE - Judge William G. Willett bears more than a passing resemblance to the late actor Tony Perkins. And like Perkins' fa...
Senators Expand on Their Bickering Over Pickering
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The fallout over the defeat of circuit court nominee Charles W. Pickering spilled out onto the Senate floor Thurs...
Parents Challenge L.A. Schools' Fees
By Amy Tatko
LOS ANGELES - Esther Michel doesn't mind buying school gym clothes for her two daughters every year. What she does resent is t...