State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorney Who Resigned From Bar Can't Practice
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney who resigned from the State Bar with disciplinary charges pending against him cannot practice in a...
LOS ANGELES - For more than a decade the glassy-winged sharpshooter has threatened to destroy the state's $33 billion wine ind...
LOS ANGELES - Withering under attacks from business interests and other tort reformers, the Southern California plaintiffs' b...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges Gone Wild Can Turn Nation's Eye to Asylum System
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - It's rare that immigration judges make so much trouble on the bench that the public learns about them. But a ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Cooley Confronts the Crazy Crimeland Perception Problem
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Steve Cooley can't dance. In fact, you could call him the Bigfoot of California district attorneys. That's partl...
SAN FRANCISCO - Desperately trying to prove his U.S. citizenship, Salvador Rivera brought his mother and his Oregon birth cert...
LOS ANGELES -There's never a doubt that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Valerie L. Baker is paying attention from the ...
Corporate
Another Memory Maker Pleads Guilty in Price-Fixing Settlement
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Another manufacturer of dynamic random access memory agreed Monday to plead guilty in federal court to conspiring ...
Government
Senator Clinton Uses Humor to Attack Bush in S.F. Speech
By Savannah Blackwell
SAN FRANCISCO - Martha Z. Whetstone's explanation for getting Sen. Hillary Clinton to speak to the Bar Association of San Fran...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Professor Unearths Bar-Dues Exception for Those Over 70
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Boalt Hall professor of law emeritus Stephen Barnett says he may be getting older, but he's nobody's fool. What's...
SHOT IN THE FOOT - A convicted felon literally shot himself in the foot and then figuratively did it again when he called 9-1-...
HAWTHORNE - Downstream Exchange Co. LLC purchased the Villa Gardens, a 61,430-square-foot property at 3734 El Segundo Blvd., f...
Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - Jose Padilla, an American citizen, had an extensive criminal record when he converted to...
Technology & Science
For Good E-Discovery, Tech Know-How Goes Only So Far
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Andrew P. Li - The fact that electronic discovery is essential and prevalent in the legal practice has now b...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for business and finance attorney Lawrence H. Greaves. Greaves, managing partner of en...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley's fellow prosecutors have refused to endorse his bid to reform the st...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Starts Taking Over Fake Law Firms
By Savannah Blackwell
SAN FRANCISCO - For decades, the State Bar was powerless to do anything about the charlatans who pretended to be attorneys - m...
SAN FRANCISCO - Last week was rough for California police officers with knee and leg injuries. On Friday, the 3rd District Cou...
SACRAMENTO - Karen Getman, former chairwoman of the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, has been named a partner in ...
LOS ANGELES - A coalition of parents, teachers and civil rights groups has filed court papers, seeking to oppose lawsuits chal...
LOS ANGELES - Score one for Goliath. Or more precisely, score three for Goliath. That is the number of partners that recently...
LOS ANGELES - UCLA School of Law has a secret admirer. The school received a $1 million gift from an anonymous alumnus to end...
WESTMINSTER - In the dark, early-morning hours of Nov. 8, 2004, Jacqueline Anderson was found seven miles from the Santa Ana r...
Litigation
If Snowballs Fly on the Slopes, So Can Lawsuits Against Them
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Snowboarders beware: Getting into a snowball fight while speeding down a mountain might just get you sued. The ...
Judges and Judiciary
High Expectations, Patience Serve All Appearing in Court
By Don Ray
LOS ANGELES -It's not uncommon for Judge Thomas I. McKnew Jr. to lecture the first potential juror of the day who tries to get...
OK FOR DOMESTIC PARTNERS - California's domestic partnership laws do not violate Proposition 22, the voter initiative defining...
LOS ANGELES - Carroll, Burdick & McDonough has named Raymond Tittmann and Gregg Adam partners in the firm's San Francisco ...
LOS ANGELES - The Long Beach Bar Association recently honored Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard W. Lyman Jr. and...
New Foley Associates Will Make $135,000 Foley & Lardner on Friday became the latest firm to announce it would boost associ...
PALM SPRINGS - A political battle is looming for Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, and his likely opponents ...