A man serving more than six years in prison for arson at a San Diego synagogue must be retried because the judge issued flawed...
Labor/Employment
Lower Costs Are Only One Factor in Picking a Provider
By Anne Marie Ruff
MUMBAI, India - American Jay Ethington is a criminal defense attorney with a solo practice. He uses a legal process outsourcin...
Verdicts
Judge's Lashing of KPMG Prosecutors Heartens White-Collar Defenders
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Members of California's white-collar criminal bar said Tuesday that an opinion by a New York federal judge could...
MUMBAI, India - Sanjay Kamlani is co-chief executive officer of Pangea3, a legal outsourcing firm where 55 Indian lawyers work...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Tuesday tentatively cleared the way for a lawsuit to force the University of California system t...
Judges and Judiciary
Late Budget Maneuver Adds Judges and Increases Judicial Raises
By Savannah Blackwelln
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Cruz assemblyman Monday night inserted funding into the 2006-07 state budget for 50 new judges - twice...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Merck & Co. and plaintiffs in the Vioxx litigation will meet with the judge in a Los Angeles cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill wastes no time. ...
MARTINEZ - About 90 deputy public defenders and other court employees went on strike along with 6,000 Contra Costa County work...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, facing re-election and trying to stave off a court takeover of the state's prison sys...
Litigation
Medical Journal Runs Correction on Study of Vioxx Data
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - On the eve of the first California Vioxx trial, the drug's manufacturer was dealt a potentially devastating blow...
Administrative/Regulatory
Daily Journal Reporter Is Named Press Club Journalist of Year
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Daily Journal staff writer Anat Rubin has been named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club....
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to stay out of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood. ...
Lawyers and judges do not reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of our state - a fact starkly illustrated by the statistical...
LOS ANGELES - Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Leonard P. Edwards will become the first Judge-in-Residence for ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal lawsuit to be brought on behalf of four siblings alleges Pasadena school district officials are illega...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Computer Programs Can Help Determine Spousal Support
One of the biggest challenges in many family law cases is agreeing on the amount of permanent spousal support. The challenge a...
Administrative/Regulatory
Daily Journal Reporter Is Named Press Club Journalist of the Year
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Daily Journal staff writer Anat Rubin has been named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club....
A black man's murder conviction need not be reversed after prosecutors kicked all black people off the jury in his trial over ...
Constitutional Law
Scalia Joins Liberal Wing, Backs Right to Have Lawyer of Choice
By Amy Kalinn
WASHINGTON - Endorsing the notion that no two lawyers are alike, a deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a payin...
LOS ANGELES - When people think of the scandal surrounding celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano, they think of one thing: i...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court inserted itself into the hot-button debate over global warming Monday, announcing it would...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court inserted itself into the hot-button debate over global warming Monday, announcing it would...
SANTA ANA - Even before the military announced murder charges Wednesday, the seven Marines and one Navy corpsman suspected of ...
FRESNO - Hilary Ann Chittick was raised with an insatiable curiosity. That could be a good thing, Chittick said, but it made ...
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - On June 7, U.S. Army First Lt. Ehren Watada became the first officer to publicly state his r...
Focus Column - By David Martinez and Carlos Chait - Congress enacted the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 1...
Firm Watch
O'Melveny & Myers Lures Antitrust Expert From Visa
By William Arthur Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - Beefing up its antitrust capabilities on the West Coast, O'Melveny & Myers has lured a top lawyer from Vis...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate OKs Former President of State Bar for Federal Bench
By Amy Kalinn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Orange County lawyer and former State Bar President Andrew J. Guilford as a ...
James N. Godes is happy with his office assignment. "They've made this transition very comfortable for me," he said. ...