Corporate Reform Doubles Cost of Being Public
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Executives are calculating the costs of corporate reform, and they're not pleased with the results. A nationwide...
DAILY DEALS -- Santa Barbara County
By Jack Briggs
LOMPOC - The Everett Trust purchased a 31,608-square-foot retail building in the Mission Plaza Shopping Center at 1408 N. H S...
Coudert Picks Leader From L.A.
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - For the first time in its 150-year history, New York's Coudert Brothers has tapped a Los Angeles-based partner t...
Ruling Clarifies Federal ERISA Pre-Emption of State Measures
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich - Kentucky Association of Health Plans Inc. v. Miller , 123 S.C...
Inflammatory Acts
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Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - The burning cross may be the most reviled symbol in the United States - perhaps tied wit...
Arbitration Polices Must Conform to 'Armendariz'
By Sandra Corrales
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - After Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychare Services Inc., 24 Cal.4th 83 ...
Data Shows Record Low of Child Homicides
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - The Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect released annual statistical findings Thursday showing that i...
DA Tackles Corruption, Creates Integrity Unit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - District Attorney Michael A. Ramos formed a public integrity unit this week on the heels of recent government...
'No Bond' Rule For Aliens Irks Their Backers
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Immigration lawyers reacted with alarm Thursday as word spread of Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to sta...
Judge Opens Files on Dead Foster Child
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Reversing an earlier decision, a Los Angeles Juvenile Court judge on Thursday threw open court documents and fil...
Program Recognizes Volunteering Lawyers
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The county's Volunteers in Parole program will honor Riverside attorneys John Vineyard and David M. Philips at an ...
Claiming Ineffective Help, Murderer Wins New Trial
By Matthew Heller
VENTURA - During her murder trial, Bridget Callahan was so unhappy with her court-appointed attorney that she refused to speak...
State Auditor: Bar Must Fix Files, Avoid 2005 Deficit
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The State Bar is working diligently to ensure its membership dues are being used for legitimate purposes, but ne...
S.F. Presiding Judge: Close Early Wednesday, Not Friday
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Hitchens, presiding judge of San Francisco Superior Court, said Thursday that she anticipates budget cu...
Split Court Limits the Scope of Arbitration
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A divided California Supreme Court continued to limit the scope of mandatory arbitration agreements Thursday, ru...
Civil Warrior, Retired
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland class-action whiz Guy Saperstein closed the book on his legal career once and for all at the start of...
Mexico Crusades to Halt Executions of Its Nationals
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo, chief counsel to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, is on a crusade to stop the United Sta...
Court Rejects Limits on 'Bad Lawyer' Claims
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One Nation: Nonbelievers Shouldn't Have to Honor a Deity They Do Not Worship
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Forum Column - By Margaret Crosby - In June, 2002, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel breathed life into the Pledge of ...
Bench Trials May Prove Better For Employers Than Arbitration
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Barry M. Appell - Many employment defense attorneys believe that binding arbitration is pre...
One Nation: Words 'Under God' in Pledge Are Description, Not Religious Statement
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Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In the second Newdow v. U.S. Congress , otherwise known as Newdow II , the 9th U.S...
Memorial Service Is Set for Prosecutor, 34
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Friday in Palos Verdes Estates for Deputy District Attorney Stephanie R. Wils...
Attorney Early on 'Take Our Daughters to D.C.'
By Erik Cummins
Reporter's Notebook Large Firms By Erik Cummins SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Pooley took his daughter Catherine to the Lincoln Memoria...
Swap Meet Vendors May Sue Orange County Fair
By Mark Cromer
COSTA MESA - Angry swap meet vendors are threatening to sue the Orange County Fair Board for commandeering their spaces for a ...
California to Review Case of Boss' Affairs
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a boss who has an affair with an employee and...
New Ploy For Pot Growers
By Craiq Anderson
SANTA CRUZ - With help from the city and county of Santa Cruz and a big-name law firm, medical marijuana advocates are trying...
Van Der Hout Still Pushing Civil Rights
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Next month, San Francisco immigration lawyer Marc Van Der Hout will once again stand before a federal appeals...
Walker to Stay On Humboldt Pepper-Spray Case in Eureka
By Dennis Pfaff
EUREKA - U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will continue to handle the police brutality case brought by antilogging protesters...
Group Against Death Penalty Lauds Heroes
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Mexican President Vicente Fox and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan were honored Tuesday night in Beverly Hills f...
Nevada Need Not Defer to California Law, Court Says
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that state courts are not required to give full weight to the laws ...