LOS ANGELES - Whether it's a Bible on display outside a Texas courthouse, prayer over a school's public address system, intell...
WASHINGTON - If Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. is confirmed as expected, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wil...
Focus Column - By William F. Sullivan and Morgan J. Miller - On Jan. 4, a unanimous Securities and Exchange Commission led by ...
Forum Column - By Judith F. Daar - The U.S. Supreme Court added another page to the rule book on federal and state power-shari...
Labor/Employment
Suits Likely to Spring From Camera Phone High Jinks in the Workplace
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Employment Column - By Christopher M. Ahearn - What would you think if, when you showed up for work tomorrow, your supervisor ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Illegal Trade of Body Parts Hurts Trust in Organ-Donation Programs
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Forum Column - By Arthur Caplan and Glenn McGee - When it comes to the body, they say you can't take it with you when you die....
LOS ANGELES - A former priest once accused of molesting 23 boys was rearrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport o...
LOS ANGELES - A Circuit City employee cannot pursue a wage-and-hour class action against the retailer because of a signed pre-...
Constitutional Law
There Are Rules but No Science to Granting Clemency
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not show much interest in granting clemency to 76-year-old Clarence Ray Allen,...
LOS ANGELES - The assignment of two different judges to hear a pair of cases arising from the wiretapping investigation of cel...
SACRAMENTO - An effort to impose a two-year moratorium on California's death penalty failed to clear a key fiscal committee T...
Judges and Judiciary
Former DA Begins to 'See Both Sides' in Juvenile Cases
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Every evening, Judge David S. Milton stops at a coffee shop on his way home. Over a latte, without the distract...
SAN FRANCISCO - James A. Richman, an Alameda County Superior Court judge known for his courteous-style and mastery of complex ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Lawyer's Leniency Bid Compares Sex Trade to Day Labor Industry
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Someone who harbors an undocumented alien who works in San Francisco's sex industry is no different than a day...
HONEST MISTAKE - A dog-bitten juvenile prisoner got a break this week on a deadline missed by his lawyer's secretary. The 3rd ...
DISBARMENTS Creque, George Anthony , Willow Springs Shalant, Joseph Leib , Los Angeles Smith III, Frank Leonard , High Springs...
SACRAMENTO - A San Diego man who spent 21 years in prison after being wrongly convicted for the death of his girlfriend's todd...
NEWPORT BEACH - Julie McCoy became a pilot because of an Orange County Bar Association charity event. Now she is one of a hand...
SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney nicknamed "Hurricane" conjures up all kinds of courtroom caricatures, from a wild-eyed orator to a...
Focus Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - May a defendant present evidence that a plaintiff in a quid pro quo sexual harassment ca...
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing," wrote the Greek poet Archilochus. From this insight, histor...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Gibson Dunn Guides Radio Advertising Company's Sale to Google
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher attorneys in three California offices helped Newport Beach-based dMarc hammer out it...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Wednesday to decide whether an anonymous tip justifies a warra...
LOS ANGELES - The Trevor Law Group may be dead, but the legacy of its abuse of the state's Unfair Competition Law lingered la...
Judges and Judiciary
Persnickety Indio Bench Officer Carefully Considers Each Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
INDIO - He describes himself as persnickety. Lawyers who have appeared before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas N. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for an allegedly corrupt prosecutor has subpoenaed the San Francisco District Attorney's Office a...
LOS ANGELES - There's an old legal maxim that says, If you stack lawsuit money high enough, they will come ... even after the ...
LOS ANGELES - Trevor Law Group may be dead, but the legacy of its abuse of the state's Unfair Competition Law lingered Wednesd...
LOS ANGELES - Criminal defendants rarely request a public defender by name. One would think this maxim would be especially tru...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Justice Mustn't Spare the Rod if Slumlord Spoilage Is to Be Fixed
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Forum Column - By Rocky Delgadillo - This week, the slumlords who own the Morrison Hotel will be brought to answer for crimes ...