SAN DIEGO - Hoping to end the return to prison by paroled nonviolent felons, San Diego County officials announced Tuesday a pr...
LEBEC - The commercials look harmless, but the world's largest broadcasting networks are fighting to keep viewers from seeing ...
FRESNO - Fresno County Superior Court Judge Donald R. Franson Jr. insists he never tried to orchestrate his career for a seat ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Who's Most to Blame? 'Baird' Clears Way for an Answer
By Amy Kalinn
Focus Column - By Robert S. Gerber and Matthew W. Holder - Should two defendants found liable for intentionally causing a wron...
Civil Rights
1960s-Era Judge Sparked Gay-Rights Battle That Continues Today
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Robert Nakatani - San Francisco may well be the most welcoming of cities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and tran...
Civil Rights
In School Battles, Fee Recovery Helps Level Field for Parents
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - The much-anticipated decision in Arlington v. Murphy, 05-18, is expected to be issued by l...
SAN JOSE - Google Earth's popular virtual tours of landscapes around the world will not be shut down, at least for now, after ...
People suing Hollywood stars may not serve complaints on their booking agents, a unanimous state appellate panel held Monday. ...
LOS ANGELES - All lawyers are required to complete minimum continuing legal education. But some law firms are going beyond MCL...
Entertainment & Sports
Panel Says Court Is Place for Suit Over Firing
By Donna Dominon
Grammy-winning musician Carlos Santana will have to answer in court to allegations that he fired a former personal assistant b...
Entertainment & Sports
Family's Notorious Lawsuit Against City Gets Resurrected - Again
By Martin Bergn
Column - By Garry Abrams - Legal whiplash alert! In a neck-wrenching turnaround, the judge in the wrongful death case brought...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury Monday awarded $41,500 in compensatory damages to two men involved in a brawl over a bag ...
The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a decade-old death sentence in a Los Angeles double murder because...
Investments
Despite Prosecutorial Background, Judicial Umpire Calls Balls and Strikes Down the Middle
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - When two-time California Lotto winner Jesus Figueroa invested more than $1 million of his $8 million windfall ...
Judges and Judiciary
Bipartisan Budget Panel Approves Salary Increase for Judges
By Savannah Blackwelln
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges and justices across the state are likely to get a significant raise, thanks to a decision made by a spe...
LOS ANGELES - The federal judge overseeing the Anthony Pellicano criminal wiretapping case ordered prosecutors and defense law...
Environmental
Tiny Fish's Legal Powers Are Limited in Gravel Mine Fight
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - If Southern Californians get to drive on freeways made with inexpensive local gravel, they may have the sacrif...
Judges and Judiciary
To Tenants and Their Lawyers, Janavs' Defeat Was Justified
By Anat Rubinn
LOS ANGELES - When a less-experienced candidate defeated Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs, a chorus arose from ...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with condemned inmates in two death penalty rulings Monday, allowing a challenge to ...
Lancaster Commissioner David W. Bianchi is not about to put up with any shenanigans - from pro pers or lawyers - in his family...
The state Commission on Judicial Performance on Monday issued a public admonishment to a Contra Costa County judge for what it...
SAN DIEGO - Two Superior Court commissioners with 40 years of experience between them have retired.
LOS ANGELES - Raquel Fonte isn't a fan of reality television. The 35-year-old attorney doesn't tune in to "Big Brother," chan...
Prosecutors call Pomona Judge Francis A. Gately tough; public defenders say he's compassionate. 'If he errs,' said one, 'he er...
Administrative/Regulatory
Punitives in Nortel Infringement Case? Come On!
By Amy Kalinn
Letters to the Editor - Just read your article on the $47.4 million punitive award in the Nortel copyright infringement case (...
Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - Moises Sanchez-Llamas, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in rural Oregon on Dec. 18, 1999,...
Intellectual Property
Decisions Support Privilege Protection for Patent Lawyers
By Amy Kalinn
Focus Column - By Edward B. Weller - Mixing technology and patent law often presents problems for courts applying the attorney...
LOS ANGELES - Thelen Reid & Priest has established a scholarship fund at the USC Gould School of Law in memory of veteran ...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will reappoint 20-year veteran Judge Dzintra Janavs to the Los Angeles Superi...
Entertainment & Sports
Muddling Tipsters Make L.A.'s Notorious B.I.G Case Hardly Confidential
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Trying to figure out who killed the rapper Notorious B.I.G. sometimes seems to me like trying to put together a...