LOS ANGELES - The federal government acted illegally when it detained a Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant for nearly five years while...
SAN FRANCISCO - No one knew it then, but it's clear now: Back in 1985, sitting on death row, convicted Los Angeles murderer Ja...
RESIGNATIONS Kamenetz, Bryan D. , Los Angeles LeBeau, Charles P. , San Diego Schenck, Ronald Dean , Wallowa, Ore. SUSPENSIONS ...
Firm Watch
Pillsbury's Bench Strength Draws Its New Land-Use Partner
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Despite a recent revenue dip and an internal reorganization, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is still attracting...
LOS ANGELES - Downtown Los Angeles' Frontier Hotel has two entrances: one for residents of the first seven floors, another for...
LOS ANGELES - O'Melveny & Myers has decided to eleminate its trust and estates practice now that the two partners in that ...
LOS ANGELES - For Edwin B. Reeser III, the managing partner of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Los Angeles office, a typic...
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - In Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co., 65 Cal.2d 263 (1966), the state Supreme Court addressed th...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
A Quick Study Who Gets to Heart of the Matter
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - James L Smith never planned on going into law. As an undergraduate at Redlands University, he was having a good ...
Dear Readers: Judge Delbert E. Wong, the first Chinese-American to be appointed to the bench in the continental United States,...
Labor/Employment
Equivalency of Positions Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Worker or Firm
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Allen J. Loeb - The Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave ...
Letter to the Editor - In her Op-Ed piece, "A Separate and Unequal Dropout Rate" (March 14 Daily Journal), Areva Martin opines...
Judges and Judiciary
Contributing in the Courtroom and on the Ballfield
By Linda Rapattoni And Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd is as deft at lobbing questions to lawyers as he is at hurling a baseball to ...
LOS ANGELES - They've taken some of the nation's highest-profile cases and are among the most famous attorneys in the world. A...
LOS ANGELES - Only individuals - and not consumer groups - can sue an insurance company, challenge the insurance commissioner...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Essence of Property Rights Is Protecting What You Have
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - In his column ("Oregon and What's to Come with Property Rights," March 13 Daily Journal), noted propert...
Focus Column - By Bruce Givner - Parents should consult with competent counsel and complete their estate tax planning long bef...
Forum Column - By Enrique E. Zepeda-Vzquez - On February 23, the government of Mexico arrested the infamous Armando Garcia Arr...
SANTA ANA - Federal prosecutors wanted the first witness in the federal death-penalty trial of Aryan Brotherhood leaders to l...
LOS ANGELES - Jones Day partner Robert W. Dickerson once read a performance evaluation that described an associate as "out of ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The current fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and ex-Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Ski...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission has fined attorney Pierce O'Donnell $147,000 for campaign finance violat...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles has given state health officials four months to come up with a plan to provide h...
By Robert Selna San Francisco Daily Journal George Kennedy's imminent retirement means that Santa Clara County will soon have ...
Immigration
Bill Would Limit Courts' Handling of Immigration Cases
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - Lawmakers looking to curb the flow of illegal workers are considering a broad range of sweeping reforms, includi...
LOS ANGELES - Terry N. Christensen may be down, but he's not out. Although the prominent entertainment attorney faces federal ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Does the First Amendment protect a private lawyer who published information about an individual's criminal pa...
SAN FRANCISCO - Boalt Hall can proudly tout the recent appointment of its Law Review's first black editor, who joins the schoo...
SAN FRANCISCO - After five years at the Federal Trade Commission, Silicon Valley veteran Susan Creighton will rejoin Wilson So...
Litigation
If the Gist of a Cause of Action Is Legal, Then a Jury Is Proper
By Columnist
Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - 'But I requested a jury," cried the disappointed plaintiffs' lawyer. "The gist of your ac...