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Criminal


Court Appears Cool to Right-to-Counsel Case

Nov. 4, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unreceptive to arguments that a Florida death-row inmate's Sixth Amendment ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups filed two lawsuits early this week in an attempt to insulate themselves against the effec...


Litigation


Judge Refuses to Stop County's Seal Change

Nov. 4, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge Tuesday refused to temporarily halt Los Angeles County's plans to remove the tiny golden...


Government


Lawyer Who Volunteered Finds Orderly Voting

Nov. 4, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-area entertainment lawyer Scott Tenley arrived at Longwood Manor, a convalescent home in Mid-City Lo...


Judges and Judiciary


Jurist Applies His High-School Teaching Skills on Bench

Nov. 4, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

FONTANA - Sitting as a San Bernardino Superior Court commissioner often reminds Michael A. Knish of his former career as a hi...


Government


Ohio Ballots

Nov. 4, 2004
By John Ryan

A federal judge in Toledo ruled Tuesday that Ohio voters who did not receive absentee ballots on time can cast provisional bal...


LOS ANGELES - A record number of lawyers and law-students in Southern California volunteered their time and expertise on Elect...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN JOSE - U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull comes from that generation of women lawyers who were first. Trumbull, 5...


Product Liability


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys involved in the state's massive litigation surrounding "fen-phen" quickly reached a $70,000 settlement...


Government


LAS VEGAS - Hundreds of California lawyers joined a temporary migration of volunteer attorneys to election swing states Tuesda...


Criminal


Sheriff Stumps for Measure A: More Money

Nov. 3, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - When Sheriff Lee Baca emptied the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, there was none of the outcry tha...


Intellectual Property


Forum Column - By Antonio A. Sarabia II - There has been a fair amount of publicity, primarily by Google itself, about Google ...


Litigation


Bagpipe-Playing Litigator Mentored Many

Nov. 3, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Services have taken place for Justin Michael McCarthy, a longtime Riverside civil attorney known for zealously li...


Government


Kerry Isn't Catholic, Let Alone Devout

Nov. 3, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Letters to the Editor - I am responding to Pierce O'Donnell's article ("Breaking News: God Is a Republican, or So Says America...


Focus Column - Legal Ethics - By Alec H. Boyd - On Oct. 13, the state Supreme Court declined to review or depublish Janik v. R...


Criminal


Rule 15 Depositions Possible in Spy Trial

Nov. 3, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - U.S. District Judge James Ware, voicing concerns about the length and fairness of a pending economic-espionage cri...


Criminal


2nd 'Riders' Trial Opens With Animosity

Nov. 3, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The corruption retrial of the Oakland police officers known as "the Riders" had barely begun Monday when the ...


Litigation


WASHINGTON - Acting in a case in which an estranged husband abducted and killed his three children, the Supreme Court agreed M...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - For Greg Jordan, firmwide managing partner for Reed Smith, two of the most important goals for the Pittsburgh-b...


Probate


LOS ANGELES - A probate lawyer main duty is to his client, not to the beneficiaries of any wills he writes, a state appellate...


Environmental


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge will decide in the next week whether prosecutors can present evidence linking accused SUV-firebo...


Juvenile


Role of Delinquency Attorney Will Expand

Nov. 3, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - The juvenile-delinquency court has been called everything from a revolving door to the unwanted stepchild of the...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran San Francisco appellate specialist Paul Fogel has been appointed to the California Judicial Council's ...


Government


SACRAMENTO - A slew of television ads by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a sharp turnaround in the polls have prosecutors belie...


Corporate


Manufacturer Of Medical Devices Sues Coudert Bros.

Nov. 3, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A small Southern California company has sued Coudert Bros., claiming the global law firm failed to properly pu...


Judges and Judiciary


Hard-Charging DA Gets Fresh Start on Bench

Nov. 3, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - After a career as one of Los Angeles County's highest-profile prosecutors, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mic...


Appellate Practice


Will O'Connor Win Betting on Election Again?

Nov. 3, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Given the Supreme Court's historic and still-controversial role in determining the outcome of the 2000 presidenti...


Judges and Judiciary


Tough Customer

Nov. 3, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SACRAMENTO - Judge Consuelo M. Callahan of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tap dances around the law - literally. A hoo...


Column - By Garry Abrams - The final days of the 2004 presidential campaign resembled an especially weird and menacing episode...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Not long ago, Amr I. Elgindy or, as he was known in his high-flying millionaire days, "Tony Elgindy" or "Anthon...