Congresswoman Calls For Official to Resign
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - African-American Maxine Waters demanded Thursday that Police Commission President Rick Caruso resign because he ...
Fear of the Unknown
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - In the movie "City Slickers," there is a scene in which the three "urban cowboys" comp...
Entertainment Lawyers Predict Oscar Winners
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The glossy front covers of the Hollywood trade publications have been adorned with a movie star's face - often R...
Getting to Bottom of Costly Calamity
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A pre-dawn collision between two giant freighters steaming through a thick California fog left more than a bro...
Howard Rice May Be Joined By Cooley at PG&E's Table
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which is nearing the one-year anniversary of its Chapter 11 filing with its bank...
Help Your Secretary Meet Pesky Deadlines
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Betty Morris - Secretaries are there to help you with whatever you need; all we ask is that you allow us to ...
Murder Conviction in Dog-Mauling Case
By Robert Selna
LOS ANGELES - A jury Thursday convicted Marjorie Knoller of second-degree murder and Robert Noel of manslaughter because of th...
'Case Within Case' Rule Should Shield Shoddy Negotiators No More
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Matt B.F. Biren For years, negligent transactional lawyers have been arguing that they should be exempt from...
Studio Executive Will Return to Law Firm
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - E. Barry Haldeman, an executive vice president of Paramount Pictures, will return on May 6 to Los Angeles' Green...
Sentencing Panel Will Look Into Hackers' 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...
Copyright Licensee Must Have Owner's Approval to Sublicense
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Katherine McDaniel - In a decision that could have a significant impact on businesse...
Fear of the Unknown
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - In the movie "City Slickers," there is a scene in which the three "urban cowboys" comp...
Help Your Secretary Meet Pesky Deadlines
By Columnist
Dicta Column - Secretaries are there to help you with whatever you need; all we ask is that you allow us to do that in a struc...
'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 attorne...
Copyright Licensee Must Have Owner's Approval to Sublicense
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Katherine McDaniel - In a decision that could have a significant impact on business...
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...
Poverty Wields Power
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - As part of a post-term bid to establish himself as an elder statesman and rehabilitate an im...
Lil' Cyos Gang's Racketeering Trial Opens
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - Standing beside an evidence table loaded with assault rifles, handguns, bags of money, cocaine and heroin, Assis...
Keep It Simple, Stupid
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger - Lawyers generally believe that the words they use in motions and briefs are the key ...
Compromise Possible for Record Deals
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - On the last day of winter, as musicians lobbied the state Legislature for a bill to give them an early release fr...
Water Well Before Sowing Recruitment Seeds
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto - The sluggish economy is finally showing signs of recovery. Law firms who alread...
Directors-and-Officers Insurance Premiums Are Continuing to Go Up
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Karsten Klehs - Just over a year ago, the new economy was taking Wall Street by storm. Stocks were high, and...
Reporter's Firing, Legal Star Power Bring Disney Case Out of Twilight
By Garry Abrams
Coloumn by Garry Abrams - Has Mickey Mouse started mugging reporters? That's the question some of us in the First Amendment Pe...
Guitar Dispute Shifts to the Tax Realm
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a broken record, the long-playing legal war over the late Jerry Garcia's legendary guitars goes on and on...
Coverage May Be Available for Accounting Liability
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - In recent months, the accounting practices of major corporations have been under ever-incre...
Defense Alleges DA Misconduct In Stabbing Case
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A deputy district attorney kicked a crack pipe across the courthouse hallway after his key witness in a stabbing c...
Adult Video Maker Settles Obscenity Suit
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - What might have been the first obscenity trial in Los Angeles in nearly 10 years settled Wednesday before making...
Justices Indicate Support of Contingency Fees
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Reviewing an issue that affects thousands of elderly, widowed and disabled people each year, Supreme Court justic...
'Legal Giant' Argued Japanese Internment Case
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Fred Okrand, legal director emeritus of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California and...
Mercury in Fillings Caused Autism, Family Claims
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - A Burbank family has sued the American Dental Association and 29 other dental corporations, claiming that they c...