SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Monday threw into question a 10-year prison sentence given to a Polish woman convic...
LOS ANGELES - There was a time when the word "blackberry" meant only one of the many flavors of Knott's Berry Farm pancake sy...
THE NEW LAWYER - The months of fear ended for Justine M. Phillips at 6:09 p.m., Friday. After three years of law school, hundr...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and two California plaintiffs' firms planned Monday to file a class action ...
LOS ANGELES - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday found that an expert's trial testimony can be challenged on appe...
Entertainment & Sports
Behind Every Successful Athlete Is an Attorney or Agent
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Tired of getting busted by senior partners while surfing ESPN.com? Bored stiff slogging through the monotony of...
SAN FRANCISCO - First District Court of Appeal Justice Carol A. Corrigan first donned a black robe in 1987, but she hasn't for...
MULTIFAMILY LOS ANGELES - Beverly Hills-based Combined Properties Inc. purchased the 65,500-square-foot Brentwood Place, a "v...
Focus Column - By Marshal A. Oldman - In McIndoe v. Olivos (August 31, 2005), the 4th District Court of Appeal determined that...
Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse...
LOS ANGELES - The push for law-firm growth appears to be slowing. As law firms finalize their 2006 budgets, some are planning ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Craig Manson, a former California judge who became a lightning rod for environmental critics of the Bush admi...
LOS ANGELES - Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat, a top litigation firm in San Diego, is changing its name. At the start of next y...
SANTA ANA - Finding a $1.9 million wrongful-death verdict was too low, an Orange County Superior Court judge has taken the un...
SAN FRANCISCO - First, he was scammed by a phony lawyer. And then Mexican immigrant Jose Juan Martinez Barroso was steered to ...
Judges and Judiciary
Disciplinary Inquiry Halted After Clerk Makes Accusations
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
VENTURA - The Commission on Judicial Performance has stayed disciplinary proceedings against Santa Barbara County Superior Co...
CALIFORNIA - DISBARMENTS Borrevik, Jason D. , Palo Alto RESIGNATIONS Covey, John A. , San Diego Hawes, William Ray , Millville...
CALIFORNIA - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has announced that Stephen Harris has been promoted to partner in the firm'...
CONGRESS DEBATES IDENTITY THEFT - A bill that would toughen federal laws on identity theft, co-sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feins...
INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - TODA Development purchased a 59,316-square-foot research-and-development building at 5285 Hellyer Ave. ...
LOS ANGELES - Michael D. Young usually takes an understated approach to mediation. "I can only think of one time I raised my v...
Focus Column - By Alan G. Saler and Leonard Levy - On Oct. 26, the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div. 4, issued its opinion in...
Labor/Employment
Interaction with Workers is Key to Lawful Handling of Disability Claims
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Employment Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - A longtime employee learned he had Hepatitis C. He continued working, but years...
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Thursday that would make it easier to deport Salvadorans detained al...
LOS ANGELES - Controlling the cost of expert witnesses has taken on added importance in recent years because their hourly rate...
SAN FRANCISCO - Grieving East Bay defense attorney Daniel Horowitz pledged Thursday to continue representing alleged murderer...
LOS ANGELES - For the second time in two weeks, a state Court of Appeal has ordered a child custody case returned to the tria...
LOS ANGELES - Something was wrong with the baby. Charlie's eyes, dark and foggy, drifted during peak-a-boo; his tooth was blue...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Hears State's Oldest Death-Row Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate panel appeared to be split Thursday on whether the longest-sitting death row inmate in Calif...
LOS ANGELES -Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley made an emotional written plea Thursday to Gov. Arnold Schwarze...