Ex-Parishioner Says Diocese Hid Abuse
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - A former parishioner accused the Diocese of Orange of concealing knowledge of a religious instructor's sexual acts...
McCoy Wins Point in Tiff With Alioto
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco appeal court has revived a bitter fee fight between Angela Alioto and Waukeen Q. McCoy, reinst...
AIDS Activists Sue U.S. Drug Maker
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The largest nongovernment health care provider for HIV-infected patients in the United States sued the U.S. arm ...
Self-Styled 'Journeyman Judge' Calls It a Day
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Judge Thomas R. Simpson has finished his last year on the Los Angeles Superior Court bench at the courthouse whe...
Should We Sacrifice Civil Liberties for Security?
By Staff Writer
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - "I don't think so. As soon as you start to give up civil liberties in the name of sec...
Paper Isn't Liable in Search of Cat Breeder
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - While it may be liable on other claims, a newspaper that assigned one of its reporters to cover a Humane Society...
Making Merit-Based Decisions
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Burt Pines - Before taking my present post as judicial appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis, I was accu...
Boards Wants Power to Oust Elected Officials
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - The Board of Supervisors wants to give itself unprecedented authority to oust other elected officials for a r...
May Clients Recover Punitives Lost by Attorney Negligence?
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Alec H. Boyd - Over the past year, the California appellate courts have dived head first into one of the las...
Why All the Commotion? Precedents Were There
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A decade ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court barred clergymen from offering school graduation prayers on grounds ...
Should We Sacrifice Civil Liberties for Security?
By Staff Writer
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - "I don't think so. As soon as you start to give up civil liberties in the name of se...
Writer of Pledge Decision Isn't Upset by Fuss
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The person who might be the least worked up over last week's federal court ruling to strike the words "under God...
May Clients Recover Punitives Lost by Attorney Negligence?
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Alec H. Boyd - Over the past year, the California appellate courts have dived head first into one of the las...
Media Draw
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Elizabeth Lampert - It almost doesn't matter whether 2002 turns out to be a boom year or a bust. Competition...
Making Merit-Based Decisions
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Burt Pines - Before taking my present post as judicial appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis, I was accu...
'Judge's Judge' Rarely Raises Any Eyebrows
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - He's an unassuming "Oregon cowboy" and a retired Army captain from World War II who favors Vanna White and, much...
Hospitals Get Healthy
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ The economy as a whole may be under the weather, but the expansion and renovation of healthca...
DEL MONTE ADDS KIBBLES TO FRUIT AND VEGGIE DIET
By Stefanie Knapp
Del Monte Foods Co. has agreed to acquire several food and pet brands from H.J. Heinz Co. The June 13 deal is worth nearly $3 ...
Cheaper, Better, Smarter
By Columnist
BY GARY JABARA "Cheaper, better, smarter" are three words corporate America is thinking a lot about these days. In an increas...
Liner Yankelevitz: PILLSBURY VETERAN JOINS OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO
By Staff Writer
The San Francisco office of Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has recruited Kim Zeldin , a complex commercial litig...
Best Practices
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Despite advances in technology, the property management industry is still a people busine...
Justices Will Consider Bail for Criminal Aliens
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking on an issue involving thousands of incarcerated criminal aliens, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to con...
Judge Induces Strong Feelings in Attorneys
By Tamara Scott
NORWALK - A portrait of a naked woman hangs on the wall of Judge James M. Sutton Jr.'s chamber. Sutton recognizes its politica...
Dancers Can't Fondle Themselves, Panel Rules
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A state appellate panel has decided that prohibiting topless dancers from fondling themselves while performing at ...
Supervisors Will Seek Advice of Outside Firm
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - At the urging of county counsel, Orange County's Board of Supervisors has agreed to look for an outside law firm f...
Custody Deserves Privacy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Court files regarding paternity cases are confidential in our court system. Files regardin...
Ex-Partners' Raid Could Shrink Brobeck
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison should be a slender version of its former self following what many expected to b...
Court Will Consider Bail for Criminal Aliens
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking on an issue involving thousands of incarcerated criminal aliens, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to con...
Earth First Parties Negotiating Deal
By John Roemer
OAKLAND - U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken is striving to broker a deal among counsel in the Earth First case that would all...
The Waiting Is Over
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - When the fateful phone call finally came last fall, San Jose business litigator Randolf Rice was sure it was a...