Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Andrea M. Schoor - California statutory and case law justifiably provide...
Family
Girl's Plight Changes One Lawyer's View of Self, Meaning of Success
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Cynthia Loo - When I got out of law school, I had grandiose ideas about becoming a public defender - represe...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
State Could Fix Its Health Care Crisis, Lead U.S. in Reform
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - Of all forms of inequality, that which is present in health care is the most shocking and ...
Forum Column - By Nicole Ozer - Last month, parents and children in the small, rural town of Sutter learned firsthand about th...
LOS ANGELES - A keynote speech by President Clinton will crown the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel's two-da...
LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake killed the small-town grifter who had tricked him into marrying her when he couldn't find another w...
LOS ANGELES - You can come in from the cold, but don't expect to warm your buns on the government dole for the rest of your li...
Judges and Judiciary
Accusation of Child Molestation Led Lawyer to Kill Himself
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lloyd Jeffrey Wiatt died of a single gunshot wound to the head after telling sh...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Lesson of Church Mediation: Settlement Can't Be Forced
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By June Lehrman - In a mediation concerning sexual abuse claims against the Ro...
Constitutional Law
Media Like Lifting of Divorce-Case Seals
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - First Amendment advocates Tuesday applauded Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Roy L. Paul's ruling striking down ...
SANTA ANA - A judge has ruled that statements made by a Lake Elsinore man before he was arrested for the murder of 5-year-old ...
Civil Rights
Jury Determines Ricoh Did Not Practice Reverse Discrimination
By Tim Willert
SANTA ANA - Tustin-based Ricoh Electronics did not discriminate against two Caucasian men on the basis of race or national ori...
Judges and Judiciary
Parents Inspired Judge's History of Helping Less Fortunate
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Lisa A. Foster's father would point out the huts thrown up along the banks of the Tijuana River when the family to...
LOS ANGELES - Underscoring the difficulties of prosecuting police for workers' compensation fraud, a Los Angeles officer on Tu...
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday banned the death penalty for juvenile offenders, ruling that the execu...
Real Estate/Development
Litigation Over Rain Damage Pits Experts Against Experts
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Edward G. Burg - As Los Angeles inches toward its highest annual rainfall total on record, the ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will use a renters' lawsuit claiming personal injury from toxic mold in apartmen...
LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge has ordered the Los Angeles district attorney's office to produce documents from its inve...
Criminal
Accuser's Mom Lied, Mesereau Claims in Court
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's defense team said in opening statements in the pop star's molestation trial Monday that an emp...
Forum Column - By David Cameron Carr - Lawyers are zealous and passionate champions of their clients' interests. Lawyers are o...
Criminal
L.A. Hires Former Prosecutor to Defend Disgraced Ex-Cop in B.I.G. Suit
By Garry Abrams
Column - Garry Abrams - The city of Los Angeles has hired a former federal prosecutor to represent former Los Angeles police O...
Entertainment & Sports
Court Again Distinguishes Roles of Agents, Managers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By Jonathan E. Stern - For almost a decade, the California Labor Commission and California ...
Forum Column - By Pattrick Mattimore - Former priest Paul Shanley was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for raping a boy i...
Letter to the Editor - The recent episodes involving Harvard University President Larry H. Summers and Colorado professor Ward...
Forum Column - By Robert J. Grey Jr. - Recently, our televisions and newspapers have been deluging viewers and readers with co...
LOS ANGELES - A second insurer sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, claiming that the church is concealing what...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Finds Life on Bench Far From Dull, Even 'Outlandish'
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - In her 13 years on the bench, Judge Anita H. Dymant has seen it all. There was the plastic surgeon accused of vi...
SANTA ANA - An appellate court sharply rebuked Orange Superior Court Judge Pamela Lee Iles, ruling the jurist was improperly "...
Appellate Practice
In Debate Over Citation of Foreign Decisions, It's Scalia v. Breyer
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - The impending retirement of Chief Justice William Rehnquist has inspired a great deal of...
Judges and Judiciary
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Judge Ignored Constitution in Court
By Contributing Writer
I feel the need to respond to the profile of Judge Monica Bachner written by David Houston ("Judge Maintains Control Despite L...