Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Jury Will Get Antitrust Suit by Makers of Medical Equipment
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Masimo Corp.'s antitrust case against rival medical-equipment maker Tyco Healthcare Group was expected to reach ...
Judges and Judiciary
Compton Judge Lives, Dies for Lakers, Fighting Injustice
By Don Ray
LOS ANGELES - The lone picketer outside the Great Western Forum was undaunted. Not even free tickets to the Lakers game could ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Edwards Talks Politics and Law to BASF Lunch Crowd
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - John Edwards brought his populist message to several hundred sympathetic San Francisco lawyers Thursday, decl...
LOS ANGELES - The case had long been known in the district attorney's office as "Cooley's O.J.," prosecutors said Thursday. An...
Environmental
Oil Giant Settles Two Air Pollution Suits for $81 Million
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Southern California air pollution regulators Thursday said they settled a pair of lawsuits against an oil com...
SAN FRANCISCO - The chairman of a San Jose Catholic parish knew about a pastor's pedophile tendencies and failed to do anythin...
SAN FRANCISCO - For an ex-prosecutor to confess that he cheated to win a death sentence is virtually unheard of in the annals ...
Discipline
Some See Ethical Quandary for Justice Chin in Alameda Case
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Thomas Orloff and Ming Chin go way back, to 1970, when they each landed their first jobs out of law school as ...
LOS ANGELES - A Moorpark couple who allegedly concealed their ownership of an escaped tiger that terrorized the Southland were...
INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - Aerovironment signed a five-year, $2.5 million sublease for an 83,356-square-foot industrial building...
Administrative/Regulatory
1st DCA Falls Out of Step With Voters, Intent of Prop. 64
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael A. S. Newman - In 1795, Congressman Fisher Ames, speaking to the House of Representatives, likened a...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Case Fuels Tug-of-War Over State, Federal ADR Handling
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Michael G. McGuinness and Adam J. Karr - Arbitration of employer-employee d...
Administrative/Regulatory
Attempt to Cap Contingency Fees Threatens More Than Plaintiffs Bar
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Proposition 202 is now on the ballot. It is called the Lawyer Contingent Fee Limitatio...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Marvin H. Zinman, who practiced law in Los Angeles for half a century. Zinman, who...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Shea. Shea died Feb. 19 of a stroke...
SAN BERNARDINO - At a time cash-strapped counties across the state are holding off hiring new lawyers, San Bernardino County i...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Alameda County Sheriff's office has dropped its lawsuit against the county Superior Court and State Judic...
LOS ANGELES - To the dismay of Hollywood executives, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to rehear or grant a fu...
Corporate
Under Tight Security Seal, Pooh Enters Federal Protection Program
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Keep your eyes peeled for whirlybirds spewing greenbacks. Here's why: Pati Slesinger says she would...
SANTA ANA - The father of the accuser in the gang-rape retrial of three young men fed her a line that she used to excuse what ...
SAN FRANCISCO - John Daniel "Dan" Van Voorhis, co-founder of the former East Bay law firm Van Voorhis & Skaggs, who spearh...
WEB EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a hearing into whether a famous female impers...
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has junked enforcement actions by the state liquor-control department, ruling that its procee...
LOS ANGELES - In a stinging setback for Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, a jury on Wednesday acquitted actor Robert...
LOS ANGELES - In 1988, Michael Banyard was convicted of robbery after taking $6 from an uninsured motorist who ran into him. F...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - LBA Realty purchased a 134,000-square-foot research-and-development building at 10450 Pacific Center C...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for the two disbarred attorneys convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco's notorious dog mauling ca...
LOS ANGELES - Two brothers who were molested by their coach can sue Little League Baseball Inc., claiming they were duped by t...
Real Estate/Development
High Court Tackles Scope of State's Prevailing Wage Law
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Robert C. Pearman Jr. - In City of Long Beach v. Department of Industrial Relations , 34 Cal...
Forum Column - By Alec Rose - Last Thursday, fascinated trial watchers and legal news media throughout the world focused their...