Disciplinary Actions - SUSPENSIONS Moorehead, Denise Davis , San Leandro O'Neill III, William , Auburn Price, Roger Daniel , V...
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - If an insurance carrier disputes the reasonableness of attorney fees, and attempts to overc...
Letter to the Editor - As one who has taught Jewish law and studied Chrisitanity, I felt compelled to comment on Breea Willing...
LOS ANGELES - International law and intellectual property attorney Brian Peck has joined Crowell & Moring's international ...
LOS ANGELES - Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch announced that David B. Geerdes has joined the firm as of-counsel in its ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In its first defection since announcing plans to merge with Duane Morris on Oct. 11, San Francisco's Hancock, ...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles a Superior Court judge with ...
LOS ANGELES - A Court of Appeal on Friday reversed a voluntary manslaughter conviction because a Fresno prosecutor failed to e...
LOS ANGELES - Ten months after Proposition 69 took effect, the rate of increase in cold hits, matching up new DNA samples with...
SAN FRANCISCO - Dirk Mueller, formerly a real estate transactions partner with Portland-based Stoel Rives, has joined Thelen, ...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys say that the list of "famous last words" should certainly include "Oh, I'll just wing it before Judge ...
Constitutional Law
Panel Rules Smoke Doesn't Obscure Illegal Traffic Search
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. park police officer conducted an illegal search and seizure by knocking on the window of a man's car on...
WASHINGTON - The case against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, arising from his role in allegedly leaking the identity of a CIA offic...
WASHINGTON - With Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor could have a more substant...
Labor/Employment
Labor Department Broadens Rules to Protect Workers Under 18
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Employment Column - By Karen L. (Fine) Gabler - Every year, millions of teen-agers younger than 18 are employed by businesses ...
Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Pricing lawsuits and racehorses is hard. Racehorses are riskier, but lawsuits are more...
Focus Column - By Alan M. Cohen - Almost 10 years after being enacted, California's Sexually Violent Predator Act remains a co...
LOS ANGELES - The state appellate court on Thursday ordered a Glendora attorney at the center of a bitter eight-year-old partn...
LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles Superior Court judge was sentenced to four years in state prison for bilking his elderly cl...
LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted a Glendale attorney on charges he helped conceal corporate assets i...
Litigation
Energy Crisis Not Caused by Gas Shortage, Sempra Chief Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The top executive of a major Southern California utility holding company testified Thursday that California and th...
Judges and Judiciary
Conservatives Rejoice at Nominee's Withdrawal
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Having played a major role in forcing the White House to withdraw Harriet E. Miers' nomination to the Supreme Cou...
Litigation
U.S. Prosecutors Seek RICO Charges In Celebrity-Sleuth Investigation
By John Hanusz
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have sought permission from superiors in Washington, D.C., to bring racketeer...
SAN FRANCISCO - Roche Holding suspended shipments of its anti-viral drug Tamiflu to the United States and Canada on Thursday t...
BAKERSFIELD - The picture above U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa A. Goldner's desk shows a strong oak tree enveloped in what appe...
Forum Column - By Maragaret Crosby - The California Constitution protects freedom of speech, guarantees religious liberty, out...
Focus Column - By Craig Pinedo - Section 2019.210 of the Code of Civil Procedure requires a party alleging misappropriation of...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Shoots Down Denial of Motions Close to Trial
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A three-year-old practice by Compton judges of denying all motions filed less than 30 days before trial was not ...
SAN FRANCISCO - As the recruiting season winds down, students at top law schools and representatives from leading law firms ar...
SAN FRANCISCO - The big California HMO seeking to cancel insurance for a group of San Francisco lawyers again faced tough ques...