LOS ANGELES - Kevin Garnett. Amare Stoudemire. LeBron James. Kobe Bryant. Each represents the multimillion-dollar cornerstone ...
Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Daniel W. Park - When is a threat really a true threat? This is a question with which g...
Administrative/Regulatory
Court Goes 'Clueless': Now 'Public Use' Means Whatever!
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Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Nearly a decade ago, a commentary in Time magazine sarcastically concluded that "eminent...
SAN FRANCISCO - Shaping the way mass-tort cases are defended, pharmaceutical companies increasingly are hiring one law firm fo...
LOS ANGELES - Faced with the prospect of having to answer to a Court of Appeal justice, a Compton judge agreed to allow a pub...
Verdicts
State-Court Rulings Strengthen Right of Consumers to File Class Actions
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Recent state Supreme Court decisions in California and Florida have strengthened the right of consumers to file...
SAN JOSE - A Campbell family law attorney who touts himself as "Mister Divorce" on his Web site has been convicted in U.S. Di...
LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles probate attorney was arrested in the downtown civil courthouse Wednesday on charges that h...
LOS ANGELES - The ACLU has reached a settlement with a South Los Angeles high school that calls for a series of training sess...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Classes Expand as More Legal Professionals Weigh Going Into Mediation
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - Mediation is not just for mediators anymore. Law students, sitting judges, attorneys and other legal profession...
SAN FRANCISCO - On the eve of trial, Roman Catholic dioceses in Sacramento and Santa Rosa agreed Wednesday to settle 42 clerg...
Administrative/Regulatory
Psychologist May Testify About 'Fajitagate' Cop
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A psychologist may be forced to testify about red flags that came up during a pre-employment evaluation of a ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The house looked like any other in the tidy Ingleside tract. But inside, two elderly residents - chronic hoard...
Judges and Judiciary
Ten Commandments Rulings Pave Way for Capitol Cases
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Far be it from me to disagree with the United States Supreme Court. But may I humbly suggest that a...
INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - The Welk Group Inc. signed Quixote Studios, a Los Angeles-based production services company, to a lo...
WASHINGTON - The day after announcing its last rulings of the term, the Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted three more cases for...
Intellectual Property
Message in Music Copyright Disputes: Move Over, Juries
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Nathaniel Bruno - When authors, musicians and artistic designers seek protection for...
Constitutional Law
New Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Expect Resolution of Church-State Issue
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Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - Sometime soon, Iraq's interim government will submit a constitution for approval by ...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - It may sound trite, but the practice of family law could hardly be called a bed of roses. ...
LOS ANGELES - If Delaware drivers were allowed to travel up to 90 miles per hour anywhere in the country but California traff...
Corporate
Pfizer Will Shell Out $1.9 Billion for Vicuron Pharmaceutical
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug company, will pay $1.9 billion to acquire Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento lawyer must pay $5,700 in sanctions for filing a frivolous appeal after he failed to disqualify ...
Corporate
Drug Company Pulls in $78 Million Before Launching Products
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - A pediatrics-oriented pharmaceutical company that has yet to publicly announce its initial line of products pul...
Judges and Judiciary
New Judge Proves Ambitious, Innovative, Willing to Learn
By Don Ray
SAN BERNARDINO - The folks in and around Department 3 in Victorville have been talking a lot about the blind boxer. They've be...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will revisit its March ruling that only an arbitrator, not a judge, can...
Intellectual Property
French Drug Maker Sues Over Use of Name in News Web Site
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Can a publisher use the name of a drug trademarked by somebody else in the domain name for its own medical ne...
Intellectual Property
Defendant in Camcording Case Decries 'Lies' and 'Spin' at Trial
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The first person to stand trial in federal court for illegally camcording theatrical movies gave an impassioned ...
LOS ANGELES - James E. Blatt has been known to pull some legal rabbits out of the hat during his 32 years as a criminal defens...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the Bay Area's top criminal defense attorneys, Cristina Arguedas, confirmed Tuesday that she's been hi...
WASHINGTON - The future of church-state litigation will remain in turmoil after the Supreme Court issued two conflicting opini...