Palestinians Have Given Up Right to Have U.S. Support
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Steven Zak - At the end of World War I, the British and French received "mandates" from the League of Nation...
DNA Expert Links Westerfield to Van Dam
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A police DNA analyst testified Thursday that blood from slain 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was on the carpet in Dav...
Never, Never Ever Argue With a Juror
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Occasionally during voir dire, you will encounter a juror who loudly states a propositio...
Veteran Prosecutor Was Devoted to Bruins
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Margaret A. Barreto-Morehouse, a 22-year-veteran prosecutor who rose to become special assistant to former Distr...
Fraud Charges Provoke Murder Suspicions
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A former Beverly Hills attorney accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 in life insurance proceeds from the sons o...
Proposed Bill Would Protect Most Reference-Check Data
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo - Most California law firms understand the benefit of conducting background checks on new...
Attorney Faces Extortion Trial In Alleged Plot
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A Monterey Park attorney and his female co-defendant could stand trial on charges they tried to blackmail a San ...
Tied to the Past
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Raymond C. Marshall, Joanne Leah Castella and Kristen A. Palumbo - Ever since the promise of 40 acres and a ...
Judge OKs Suit Against ADA Lawyer
By Matthew King
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against noted East Bay disability rights attorney Paul ...
Accused Judge Can Withdraw From Election
By Jenna Bordelon
LOS ANGELES - Citing unclear law on the matter, a judge has allowed Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline to withdra...
Never, Never Ever Argue With a Juror
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Occasionally during voir dire, you will encounter a juror who loudly states a propositio...
Planning for Disability
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Is your family's financial security at risk? Most lawyers don't know that their chance of be...
Palestinians Have Given Up Right to Have U.S. Support
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Steven Zak - At the end of World War I, the British and French received "mandates" from the League of Nation...
Ruling Allows HMO Patients To Demand a Second Opinion
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Managed care patients in California and 41 other states that have laws protecting their rights celebrated a vict...
CJP Charges Alameda Jurist With New Set Of Violations
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - New misconduct charges were filed Wednesday against Alameda Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde for allegedly ...
Gag Order After Speech Trial Seems to Miss Point
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge's Claudia Wilken's controversial gag order silencing the Earth First jury drew a strong ch...
Seyfarth Shaw Loses S.F. Leader
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Ford, the longtime managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw's San Francisco and Sacramento offices, has left t...
Paraphernalia Exemption Sought
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The Santa Clara County district attorney's office is taking on an influential state law enforcement group to suppor...
Lawyers Argue Judge's Motives for Liaison
By Susan Mc Rae
SANTA ANA - Both plaintiffs' and defense attorneys agreed that former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III ...
Writing Historical Wrongs
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By The Rodent - Recently, there has been much attention in the news about certain people from the sports world ...
Leadership, Courage Mark Civil Rights Hero
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - For anyone who has fought for civil rights and equal justice, or clean air and fair housing, and for anyone who ...
Attorney Teams Up With World Cup Soccer Goalie
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Almost everyone from President Bush to your local barfly is claiming to be a soccer fan following the U.S. natio...
Keep Those Marketing Balloons in the Air
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto - Attorneys use a variety of methods for business development, which include rela...
Arco to Pay Nearly $50 Million in Fines and Upgrades
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Atlantic Richfield Co. agreed Wednesday to pay $45.8 million to settle claims that its underground gasoline st...
Prints in Vehicle Match Slain Girl, Expert Testifies
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A police fingerprint expert testified Wednesday that fingerprints found on a cabinet beside a bed in the rear of D...
City of Hope Lawyer Suggests Punitives Range
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Jurors don't have to go for the jugular in calculating punitive damages against Genentech Inc., the lead attorne...
Bad Faith Liability Can Exist Absent Contractual Duty
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - Over the last few years, California and federal courts frequently have addressed whether an...
The World's Noblest Calling
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - Excerpted from a law school commencement address delivered May 18 to the University of West ...
Intending to assure the public of integrity in the arbitration process, the Legislature has amended the California Arbitration...
Year So Far Yields a Healthy Crop of Corrupt Persuaders
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - It's only June, but 2002 already is a vintage year for scandal-drenched lawyers, who have been drivin...