Young Woman Battles Demons, Awaits Justice
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - On a recent afternoon in a crowded coffee shop in Pasadena, the pretty young woman with long, blond hair quickly...
Court Must Instruct Capital Jury on 'Life Without Parole'
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Ordering the resentencing of a South Carolina death-row inmate, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled, 5-4, that w...
Transit Board Will Seek Decree Clarification
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - In a special session, the Metropolitan Transit Authority board Wednesday voted to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Judge Rules Errors Didn't Affect Election Results
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that, while there were errors and irregularities in polling p...
Geronimo Pratt Attorney Sues Over Fees
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The decades-old Geronimo Pratt saga swerved into a fee fight among his lawyers Wednesday as Oakland attorney R...
Setting the Stage for Future of Medicine
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Judith F. Daar, With little fanfare or public notice, President George W. Bush recently sounded the death kn...
Circuit Strikes No-Bail Statute for Aliens
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal statute requiring the detention of lawful resident aliens without bail while they fight deportation ...
Another Option
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Jon D. Meer and Eric S. Beane - As a result of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and the California...
AOC Officer Inducted Into Burger Society
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Sheila Gonzalez, regional administrative director of the Administrative Office of the Courts for Southern Cali...
Corporate Punishment
By Columnist
Employment Law Practitioner Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass, In a decision making clear distinctions between retaliation and...
Chromium Claims Against PG&E Move to State Court
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali has handed an important victory to plaintiffs in a series of cases that a...
Panel: Ease Rules for Out-of-State Counsel
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - After a year of study, a special panel has recommended that California ease its rules against out-of-state lawye...
Federal Defender Becomes U.S. Magistrate Judge
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Paul Abrams, a federal public defender for 14 years, took the oath Wednesday as the U.S. Central District Court'...
Bar Discipline
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins, Most attorneys know that discipline can be imposed by the State Bar if the attorney is...
Leader Left Exceptional Mark on American Policing
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Merrick Bobb, Respectful and effective policing, which was pioneered and practiced first in Los Angeles and ...
Pompous Words Don't Belong in Legal Writing
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger, Were you ever admonished to stop using unnecessarily large or pretentious words in yo...
Bar Discipline
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins, Most attorneys know that discipline can be imposed by the State Bar if the attorney is...
Court Must Instruct Capital Jury on 'Life Without Parole'
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Ordering the resentencing of a South Carolina death-row inmate, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled, 5-4, that w...
Corporate Punishment
By Columnist
Employment Law Practitioner Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass, In a decision making clear distinctions between retaliation and...
Another Option
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Jon D. Meer and Eric S. Beane, As a result of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and the California ...
Pioneer Founded Boutique Entertainment Law
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Norman Tyre, an entertainment-law veteran and a founder of boutique firm Gang Tyre...
Burke Williams Acquires Tort Boutique
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Marking its first foray into Northern California, Los Angeles-based Burke Williams & Sorensen has acquired t...
DA Establishes New Outpost on Seedy S.F. Block
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Joining the list of city agencies trying to shut down the circus of crime and drugs on San Francisco's notorio...
Bush Elevates More Assistant U.S. Attorneys
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - For Sheldon Sperling, an assistant U.S. attorney for 16 years in Muskogee, Okla., the decision to accept Presiden...
Deal Gives Craftsman Two Guitars
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A settlement ending the bitter legal battle over Jerry Garcia's famed guitars divides the four valuable instru...
Dennis Herrera Takes the Oath
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Maritime lawyer Dennis Herrera took the helm of San Francisco's municipal law office Tuesday, becoming the cit...
Civility Distinguishes Advocate
By Tamara Scott
LOS ANGELES - Lyle Greenberg kept his 1991 New Year's resolution to become active in some local organizations. "While it is tr...
Grand Jury Indicts Pilot Who Staged Protest
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Middle Eastern pilot who made headlines recently in Arizona a...
The Teleology Of the Bench
By Linda Rapattoni
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Joseph Tyree Sneed doesn't have much interest in tort law, but let a slip of tax code catch his eye and ...
Sent and Received?
By Contributing Writer
Column by Timothy J. Parsons - In the administration of employee benefit plans, significant issues of eligibility, for example...