LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Catholic priest on sexual abuse charges, citing prosecutoria...
SAN FRANCISCO - Four and a half years after standing trial for the murder of his wife, Northern California doctor Louis Pelfin...
LOS ANGELES - You've gotta get 'em into the tent, as old-time revivalist preachers might say. And that is one reason for the...
SAN FRANCISCO - Experts say a federal appeals court ruling outlawing harsh treatment of the homeless in Los Angeles is a warni...
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge assigned to the explosive privacy lawsuit alleging that AT&T helped the federal government spy o...
Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm Myman Abell Fineman Greenspan & Light has made David M. Fox a name partner.
SAN FRANCISCO - Unrelenting rains flushing raw sewage into Oakland's Lake Merritt; high tides washing away Santa Monica's fame...
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit Draws Line Between Competing Beliefs and Workplace Hostility
By Amy Kalinn
Employment Column - By Kere Tickner and Joshua Bordin-Wosk - In the world of employment law, one of the most controversial and...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Avid Mystery Reader Applies Detective Skills to Mediation
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - Jack E. Goertzen loves a good mystery. The retired appellate court justice enjoys separating the clues from the...
Focus Column - By Catherine K. La Tempa - California courts have consistently held that the appearance of impropriety is not a...
Administrative/Regulatory
'Operation Safe Streets' Article Is Misleading
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - Your article "Police Frown on S.F. DA's Drug Arrest Plan" (April 7 San Francisco Daily Journal) fails t...
Corporate
SEC Must Revise Its Rules on Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Concerns
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Hillel Cohn - Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in response to the perception that cases like E...
LOS ANGELES - The list of lawyers at the center of rampant Hollywood speculaton about who might be charged in connection with ...
LOS ANGELES - One side sees it as a boring contract dispute brought by a former law firm partner; the other sees a salacious l...
LOS ANGELES - The case involved multiple real estate transactions and touched on rules of professional conduct. But according ...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to allow the citation of so-called "unpublished" opinions in all federal courts...
INDUSTRY - Commercial Cooling Par Engineering Inc. purchased a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 17855 Arenth Ave. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Roberts' Dissent in 'Randolph' Reveals Shrinking View of Privacy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Edward Loya - In a commentary published in the Daily Journal last fall ("Search Case Will Shed Light on Robe...
Intellectual Property
'Bad Girl' Wins Round in Platypus Infringement Suit
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - The author of the "Bad Girl's Guides" figured that if anyone sued her, it would be over the more provocative sug...
Environmental
In Land Battles, It Ain't Easy Being Green or Red-Legged
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal wildlife regulators Thursday significantly reduced the amount of land designated as essential to the s...
LOS ANGELES - After a decade practicing together under their own shingle, John Shaeffer and Pierce O'Donnell have decided to ...
LOS ANGELES - Police officers administering a suspect lineup or displaying photo spreads to a witness should not know which is...
Administrative/Regulatory
Teaching Law Students About the 1992 Riots
By Tamadhur Al Aqeel
LOS ANGELES - Today's law students would have been 10 years old when Los Angeles erupted in flames following the Rodney King v...
Appellate Practice
When Private Enterprise Hits Public Agencies, Splits Arise
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Laura W. Brill, Katharine J. Galston, Alana B. Hoffman, Ted M. Sichelman and Jonathan P. SteinsapirIn - Febr...
SANTA ANA - Astonishing bar activists across the state, San Diego's two top elected lawyers, District Attorney Bonnie M. Duman...
Appellate Practice
Union Official Earned Her Pay in Inmate Labor Lawsuit
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A union official who helped inmates win fair wages for prison labor has won $1.25 million in attorney fees over ...
Forum Column - By Michael A.S. Newman - When we act to protect those over whom we have power, we invariably restrict their lib...
LOS ANGELES - When parents lose their children to the dependency court system, they often are required to complete a drug trea...
Zoning, Planning and Use
L.A. Sees Luggage Shop as Too Much Baggage
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - Developers want to transform Hollywood's most famous intersection with a fancy hotel, but the owner of a mom and...
LOS ANGELES - Using the Internet to buy KY Jelly normally isn't a crime. But on Tuesday it was part of a 40 count federal in...