LOS ANGELES - Broad workers' compensation reforms that made it much harder for employees to win awards for on-the-job injurie...
LOS ANGELES - In three hours of testimony Wednesday, state Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi attempted to explain his long...
Judges and Judiciary
State High Court Takes Case of Rental Car Insurers' Liability
By Hudson Sangree
WEB EXCLUSIVE - SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review whether insurers have a duty to check ou...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists frequently sue to increase the flow of water to wildlife. But in a federal court case filed...
Government
Governor Says Tanks a Lot to Those Who Support His Reform Proposals
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - At least he wasn't driving a tank. That was my first thought on seeing pictures of Gov. Arnold Schw...
LOS ANGELES - No one can say that U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick isn't a patient and deliberate jurist, not after his w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers handling Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's bankruptcy are seeking another $1 million in fees and cost...
LOS ANGELES - On Jan. 3, Judge Peter D. Lichtman watched from the sidelines as Judge Owen Lee Kwong announced a record $100 mi...
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 ...