Judge Retired After Acquittal in Stabbing
By Claude Walbert
LOS ANGELES - Former Superior Court Judge Lloyd S. Davis, who retired from the bench after stabbing his wife in what he descri...
Rubber Checks Prod Cash-Only Policy at Courts
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A rash of rubber checks has caused the federal court's Central District to enforce a long-standing local rule ag...
Judge's Creativity Speeds Cases
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - Judge Victoria G. Chaney is not exactly your run-of-the-mill judge, and she likes it that way. Take for example ...
Blue Skies
By Columnist
Focus Column by Keith Paul Bishop - As a result of the downturn in the stock market, as well as the dot-com economy, many comp...
RESIDENTIAL
By Wire
BY PATRICK BARTA Dow Jones Newswires The housing market continued to show its resilience in November as home-construction acti...
LAND HO!
By Contributing Writer
BY DANIEL J. CURTIN JR., CECILY T. TALBERT, DAVID J. PETERSEN AND ELIZABETH M. NAUGHTON While the energy crisis occupied much ...
STUDY
By Contributing Writer
BY ALAN NADITZ Special to CREJ Despite a rough economy, a new study predicts that South San Francisco's commercial constructi...
Circuit Dissenters Fail to Get Rehearing on Miranda
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A deep philosophical split among judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went on full display last wee...
Who's Talking? And Where?
By Contributing Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Suppose you represent Caltrans and the Ku Klux Klan demands an Adopt-A-Highway sign? Or maybe your client, the...
For Children, a Few Rays of Hope
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Like many other stories about 2001, the tale of juvenile justice in Los Angeles last year was one of tragedy and...
Juvenile Court Undergoes Major Changes in Leadership Positions
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - At year's end, Michael Nash, the charismatic supervising judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court's dependency di...
Legal Consultant Faces Felony Charges
By Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - A self-described "international attorney" faces arraignment in Orange County Superior Court Jan. 16 on five felony...
Agency Silence
By Columnist
Forum Column - Pursuing Justice - By Peter A. Schey - In 1992, the Guatemalan military announced that Efrain Bamaca Velsquez, ...
Crucial Provisions
By Columnist
Construction Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - Typically, a contract between a subcontractor and a general co...
Counties Liable for Sheriffs' Misbehavior
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - In a big win for civil rights plaintiffs, a federal appellate court has ruled that counties are liable for dam...
O.C. Grand Jury Investigates DA
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - A special Orange County grand jury panel is investigating District Attorney Tony Rackauckas for possible criminal ...
Quick-Witted Judge Keeps Mood Lighter With Humor
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - Ventura County Superior Court Judge Steven Hintz thinks that a new career might be out there waiting for him. Af...
Crucial Provisions
By Columnist
Construction Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - It is important to understand the difference between an action...
Dot-Com Defrauders
By Leonard Novarro
When Gloria Handelman's husband, Douglas Coppin, died in 1991, his company, Hydro Mill, a Los Angeles manufacturer of airplane...
Escape Route
By Columnist
Defective compliance with Section 364 provides an effective basis for challenging the timeliness of a lawsuit. While the Legis...
Charitable Yet Tough
By Leonard Novarro
In a highly publicized case in the late 1980s, the head of a cryonics freezing firm was challenging the will of late televisio...
Concealment No Defense for Non-Support
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that a divorced father cannot escape his child support obligations just...
At Home on the Frontier
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's largest federal appellate court, long seen as the cutting edge of legal trends, once again in 200...
Judge Allows Defense Attorney to Sue Cooley
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve L. Cooley can be sued for malicious prosecution by a defense lawyer who claims he was fa...
Rainmakers, In-House Counsel Remain Desirable in Recession
By Columnist
Employment Column by Robert Major - Rarely does a day pass without someone asking me when the job market will rebound. My answ...
Just Kidding
By Columnist
Entertainment Law Practitioner Column by David Halberstadter - In his 1928 novel "Point Counter Point," Aldous Huxley observed...
Sept.11 Leads to Vast New Powers for Attorney General
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - On Oct. 26, President Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law, giving sweeping new powers to both domestic law-...
More Appointments: Rushing Is Named to 6th DCA
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis filled a vacant seat on the 6th District Court of Appeal on Thursday by elevating Santa Clara ...
Audit Probes County Counsel Role
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - A management consultant hired by the county Board of Supervisors recommends stripping the county counsel of its ...
Eclectic Past Prepares Judge
By Tamara Scott
LOS ANGELES - Judge Michael Bruce Harwin is a hero in a black robe. Harwin saved a dozen lives when he disarmed a crazed gunma...