SAN FRANCISCO - Judicial ethics rules now apply to subordinate judicial officers such as commissioners, referees and hearing ...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers in the clergy sexual-abuse litigation worked for a second day Tuesday trying to reach a settlement in 60...
Litigation
Home Depot and Lowe's Reach Class-Action Global Settlement
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers are preparing to notify thousands of consumers by April of a global settlement reached in seven state cl...
REDWOOD CITY - The Scott Peterson penalty trial began Tuesday with the prosecution's passionless plea for the death sentence ...
WASHINGTON - Lawyers in New York and Germany on Tuesday asked German prosecutors to investigate Secretary of Defense Donald Ru...
SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted murderer won a new trial Monday because his trial attorney had previously represented the chief p...
INDUSTRIAL RANCHO BERNARDO - DRA Advisors purchased the 60,600-square-foot West Bernardo Corporate Center, a research-and-dev...
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have denied charges that they committed misconduct in the criminal case again...
Focus Column - Tax Law - Schuyler M. Moore - The 2004 Tax Act showered gifts on the film industry, but none is more striking t...
Labor/Employment
When Is Offensive Workplace Language, Conduct Part of Job?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Richard S. Whitmore - On July 21, the state Supreme Court agreed to decide whether an assistant writer on th...
Family
County Must Stop Penalizing Abused Children for Department's Mistakes
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Shelvy - In Los Angeles County, 30,000 abused and neglected children are dependents of the court an...
SAN FRANCISCO - In an about-face, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the Constitution's double jeopar...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the only state law sanctioning gay marriages. The jus...
SAN DIEGO - A woman who shot her boyfriend four times after they had rough sex will not get a new trial, a state appellate co...
Law Practice
Litigator Steered Bingham's Adoption Pro Bono Initiative
By Claude Walbert
Services have taken place for Richard Clark Field, a business and commercial litigator who represented clients in some of the...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge has cited San Francisco attorney Peter Furst for contempt of court and fined him $850 f...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government cannot withhold federal funds from law schools for refu...
Administrative/Regulatory
Commissioner Doesn't Cut People Off in Traffic Court
By Craiq Anderson
PALO ALTO - Santa Clara County Commissioner James Madden, who handles traffic court cases during most of his work week, views...
Judges and Judiciary
Editors Call Shots in Judges' Op-Ed Debate Over Splitting 9th Circuit
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - A friend of mine, a liberal residing in a conservative state, told me recently that, when he gets t...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Wetlands Case Send Warning About Zoning
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - A Superior Court jury's $5.6 million verdict against the Santa Barbara County planning department sends a loud...
Real Estate/Development
Law School Dorm Project At Stanford to Be Adjusted
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Stanford University officials Monday downplayed reports that investor Charles Munger might withdraw his $43.5...
WASHINGTON - The courtroom of U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth probably should have a sign on the door reading "Don't Mes...
INDUSTRIAL VISTA - The Majmudar Family Trust purchased a 34,194-square-foot distribution facility at 2350 Oak Ridge Way from ...
A slight rumble can be felt on the 32nd floor of the east Century Plaza Tower. And no, it's not the seemingly never-ending dem...
Public Interest
Dinner Raises $520,000 for Legal Aid Foundation of L.A.
By Lorelei Laird
In 1929, the Southern California Legal Aid Foundation Clinic opened its doors under the auspices of the USC Law School to prov...
Personal Injury & Torts
U.S. Charges Unlicensed Doctor For 'Equivalent of Botox Parties'
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The man known as "Dr. Daniel" made house calls, showing up at private residences with a black bag full of syring...
Column - Closer - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The office holiday party or other business holiday entertaining can be an opportuni...
LOS ANGELES - Children's social worker Jose Galindo spends his days - and often nights and weekends - protecting foster kids a...
Entertainment & Sports
Marvel Sues Game Makers For Copyright Infringement
By Draeger Martinez
Fresh off the filing of a federal lawsuit against Walt Disney, comic book titan Marvel Enterprises has new foes to contend wit...
San Andreas attorney Kenneth M. Foley will try once again to convince a judge that a law enforcement officer should face poten...