LAX EXPANSION - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce today a settlement between the city and five plaintiffs t...
YOUTH REFORM - K eeping with its vision of reform, state juvenile-justice officials Tuesday released the latest report in a wi...
RETAIL SAN YSIDRO - Westwood Financial Corp. purchased the 258,862-square-foot San Ysidro Village at 4330 Camino de la Plaza ...
LOS ANGELES - The famous American writer wanted to kill himself; his lawyer wanted to save him. It was 1984, and the two sat i...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawsuits aimed at invalidating a voter-approved bond initiative that would disburse $3 billion in public fund...
Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - You're all excited. You just won a trial in which you represented the defendant, who woul...
Focus Column - By Nick Morgan - Despite recent statements by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox that ...
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - In a candid and revealing moment, Stanley "Tookie" Williams told a visitor at San Qu...
LOS ANGELES - Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. will join forces to make flash memory chips for consumer electronics, re...
A WOMAN'S WORK - I still remember who told me that this firm had a really low divorce rate. It was a female associate, and she...
Appellate Practice
'Unimpressed' Panel Renders Both Sides Losers in Fee Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - It's a case William Shakespeare would have appreciated. Enemies declare peace, then resume hostilities and fina...
LOS ANGELES - Unlike some jurists, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman didn't always possess a burning desire to don a ro...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Known for Compassion Toward Kids and Drug Addicts
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Akao, whose judicial career focused on helping abused and negl...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Thursday for Matthew Horway Witteman, retired general counsel for the Atchison Topeka ...
MIRELL WINS - Following two unsuccessful attempts, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won City Council approval Tuesday fo...
MEXICO COURT OKs EXTRADITING CRIMINALS - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that criminals facing life in prison can be extr...
RETAIL SAN MATEO - San Francisco-based SPI Holdings purchased the Bridgepointe Center, a 270,000-square-foot portion of a reg...
WASHINGTON - In a case with huge potential ramifications for the world of patent law, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed...
LOS ANGELES - Dick Volpert won't argue about it: He took a business risk that put O'Melveny & Myers' capital and reputatio...
Letter to the Editor - Thanks for the excellent series "A Woman's Work" (Nov. 28 Daily Journal). I worked my way through schoo...
Constitutional Law
Count Your Blessings: An Open Letter to Ex-'Combatant' Padilla
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - Dear Jose Padilla: This Thanksgiving, I'm sure you have a lot to be thankful for. After a...
Focus Column - By David M. Grey - The party that challenges an "individualized educational program" - a program created by a p...
Forum Cloumn - By Ruth Silver Taube - Access to justice for the poor continues to be a critical problem in this country. There...
SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham resigned Monday from the House of Representatives shortly after pleading guilty in...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether a Scarlet Letter-style punishment imposed by a San Fra...
LOS ANGELES - I could be a mother or a lawyer but not at the same time. And not with my baby at my breast. I found that when I...
LOS ANGELES - Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I found there was almost no escape from Stanley "Tookie" Williams. No matter what...
Criminal
Prosecutor Uses Videotape to Challenge Drug Agent's Account of Why He Shot Suspect
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County prosecutor is hoping to persuade a jury to convict a state drug agent of voluntary manslaught...
Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles Judge Is Praised For Troubleshooting Abilities
By Don Ray
LOS ANGELES - In 35 years as a prosecutor and a bench officer, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James A. Bascue has ear...
IMMIGRATION APPEAL SUCCEEDS - A Chinese citizen got a second chance Monday at asylum in the United States when a federal appea...