SAN FRANCISCO - Was Lary James Plumlee just another paranoid defendant, worried that his own defense attorney was working aga...
SAN FRANCISCO - The central figure in an international sports doping scandal said after he was sentenced to four months in pri...
Administrative/Regulatory
Prosecutor Will Appeal Assault-Weapons Ruling
By Ryan Oliver
SANTA ANA - Orange County prosecutors plan to appeal the dismissal of one of the state's biggest illegal-gun-possession cases...
Appellate Practice
Advisory Panel Nixes Call to Publish All Appellate Rulings
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - An advisory committee studying California rules for establishing case law precedents has rejected a proposal to ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government's plans for managing water flows in the much fought-over Klamath River were found inval...
LOS ANGELES - The Coudert Brothers version of musical chairs continues. The music stopped on Aug. 18 when partners at the 152...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Under Fire Takes Back Application for Appellate Court
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court judge who drew fire last week for donating to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot init...
LOS ANGELES - Katherine Isaac's day can be measured in inches of paper and cans of diet Coke. The case initiation clerk for t...
LOS ANGELES - BellSouth and Yahoo Inc. will provide co-branded broadband service to BellSouth FastAccess DSL subscribers throu...
RETALIATION SUIT TOSSED - A federal judge has thrown out a retaliation suit by former State Bar prosecutor Alan Konig, ruling ...
LOS ANGELES - A Contra Costa County judge Monday declared a mistrial in a high-profile murder case as authorities investigated...
Administrative/Regulatory
El Monte Judge Is Master at Moving Cases, Lawyers Say
By Don Ray
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys chuckle when they tell the legendary story about Judge Richard W. Van Dusen. Then they usually qualify...
OFFICE EL MONTE - Yang Ming Corp. signed a 10-year, $3.2 million lease for 16,000 square feet of office space at 3401 Rio Hon...
Constitutional Law
Constitution Will Exist Only as Long As the Living Assent to Its Principles
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John Martinez - A popular argument put forward by some in the legal profession to justify the application of...
Judges and Judiciary
Gauging Activism Not Relevant to Assessing Court's Work
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - Most people agree that a "judicial activist" is a judge who makes the law -"legislates...
Entertainment & Sports
Bill May Protect Trademark Too Well, Risk Free Speech
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter - With little fanfare, a new piece of federal legislation is working its way through Con...
LOS ANGELES - To smooth the way for a downtown Los Angeles entertainment district, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Monday...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday removed inmate Warren Wesley Summerlin from Arizona's death ro...
LOS ANGELES - Most corporate executives talk about capping legal fees in terms of tort reform and plaintiff fees. But eight i...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals court judges reacted skeptically Monday to federal assertions that an environmental review of ...
Judges and Judiciary
Jury Trial on Retardation Claim Wasn't Needed, Supreme Court Says
By Brent Kendall
LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal erred when it ordered the state of Arizona to conduct jury trials to resolv...
LOS ANGELES - The murder of defense attorney and frequent cable commentator Daniel Horowitz's wife over the weekend is almost ...
Judges and Judiciary
AG Suspends Charges Against Judge Over Campaign Funds
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA MARIA - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer has suspended criminal charges against a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge...
Appellate Practice
9th Circuit Discrimination Case Weighs Religion and Land Use
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - Their religious beliefs may be different, but Christians and Sikhs found themselves on the same side Monday at...
Law Practice
Years of Living Precariously Leave Endless Mountains of Debt
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - She called it "her year on the sofa" - the time Melissa spent unable to move, living off friends and family. A ...
RETAIL MERCED - Larkey Wrigley LLC purchased Mainplace Merced, a 57,400-square-foot retail center at 403-439 W. Main St., for...
Focus Column - By Clay Calvert and Robert D. Richards - All of the bombast and bluster of the administration of Gov. Arnold Sc...
Focus Cloumn - By Elizabeth Barrowman Gibson and Amy Lerner Hill - You may have been there. You feverishly prepared the case f...
The Criminal Courts Bar Association held its 16th annual Golf Tournament and Auction on Oct. 10 at the La Canada Flintridge Co...
LOS ANGELES - Private services have taken place for family and divorce attorney Amy White Fixler. Fixler, whose efforts in the...