Letter to the Editor - The column "California Needs to Help Poor Men Meet Support Obligations" (Nov. 4 Daily Journal) and what...
Administrative/Regulatory
Dear Santa: A Cert Grant, and Free Speech for All
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - December is a time of gift-giving, as we chalk up credit card debt and purchase items for fri...
Law Practice
Riverside Litigator 'Played by the Rules'
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Donald F. Powell, a Riverside civil litigator who commanded the respect of the lawyers who opposed him in cases an...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to step into a dispute between the Hells Angels and a group of San Jose...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge's decision to overturn a jury's $465 million damage award against Japanese technology g...
Judges and Judiciary
Asylum Case Illustrates 9th Circuit's Ideological Divide
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - A severely disabled newborn who was tossed into the trash after his caretakers at a Russian state hospital man...
LOS ANGELES - For those who appreciate complexity, coincidence and ambiguity, this is a compelling one. Basically, it's a sto...
Corporate
Court: Firm's Incorporation Site Doesn't Negate California Law
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case of first impression, the 4th District Court of Appeal has reinstated an insider-trading case agains...
LOS ANGELES - Like most juvenile dependency court judges, Daniel Zeke Zeidler fills his courtroom and chambers with children's...
Real Estate/Development
Conflict Looms Over Proposal to Extend Toll Road
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Growing up in San Bernardino, Howard Coleman remembers watching as suburban strip malls and housing tracts slowl...
MULTIFAMILY NEWPORT BEACH - Security Properties Inc. of Seattle purchased the 298-unit apartment community at 1710- 1720 N. F...
Appellate Practice
A Disciplined Appeal Strategy Paves a Sure Path to Success
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Catherine Valerio Barrad - Much has been written about the cornerstones of good appellate practice, and comm...
Law Practice
Retired Atlantic-Richfield Counsel Had 'Majestic Dignity'
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Edgar H. Twine, retired associate general counsel for the Atlantic Richfield Co. ...
SAN JOSE - The number of attorneys who responded to the Santa Clara County Bar Association's bi-annual survey of local judges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Marc Morgenstern has left his post as managing partner of Cleveland's Kahn Kleinman for the San Francisco off...
LOS ANGELES - A $2 million award to an HIV-positive, gay California Youth Authority cook who sued his employer for harassment ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego appellate panel has ruled that public funds should not be used to help a sexually abused foster ch...
LOS ANGELES - James Rogan, a former congressman and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined Preston Gate...
Entertainment & Sports
Judges Tosses Trademark Case About Famous Hot Rod Eleanor
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has thrown out a trademark infringement case over the legendary hot rod "Eleanor" from the "Gon...
LOS ANGELES - Lorraine L. Loder is not just a lawyer. She is also a client. When the American Civil Liberties Union was search...
SAN FRANCISCO - Kate Ohlandt, a wealth management partner from Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, has joined Farella, Braun + M...
Appellate Practice
Court Scraps Oral Arguments in Gennifer Flowers' Appeal
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Those wishing to catch a glimpse of Bill Clinton's former mistress Gennifer Flowers during an oral argument Tu...
EL CENTRO - It was a conundrum for the Imperial County Superior Court judges. Federal law required that the court hire a child...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor Puts Federal Public Defender on Superior Court
By Ryan Oliver
LOS ANGELES - Maria E. Stratton, the federal public defender for the Central District for the past dozen years, was appointed...
Criminal
Finding Fugitives in Mexico Presents Quandary
By Ryan Oliver And Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Now that Mexico's Supreme Court has opened the way for thousands of alleged killers to stand trial in the Unit...
BIG THUNDER PACT - Admitting responsibility for a roller-coaster fatality two years ago, Disneyland has agreed pay a confident...
SUSPENSIONS Alexander, Steven Mark , Merced Boyd, Shannon Roberts , Laguna Niguel Fegen, Paul F. , Los Angeles Mahdessian, Rit...
LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins has announced the promotion of 30 associates to partner throughout 13 offices. In Los Angel...
MULTIFAMILY EMERYVILLE - Fremont Investment & Loan provided $109 million in financing to Port Kihei Investments Inc. for ...
A WOMAN'S WORK - Patricia Oliver grew up in Los Angeles and Denver. She married Tom Oliver in 1985. ...