Judges and Judiciary
Letting Jury Submit Questions Brings More Informed Jury, Better Decision
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Forum Column - By Philip K. Mautino - In admitting that jurors are indeed "judges" of the facts, we are finally appreciating t...
LOS ANGELES - After less than a day of deliberations, a federal jury in Los Angeles rejected damage claims from seven convicte...
Large Firms
Piper Will Plant Real Estate Flag Downtown
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Four months after real estate attorney Michael Meyer joined Piper Rudnick from Pillsbury Winthrop, he is carryin...
Civil Rights
Judicial System Narrowed Segregation Remedies in 1970s, 1990s
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Advocates of school desegregation have learned that what the Supreme Court gives, it also can take away. On May 1...
LOS ANGELES - A $1.2 million settlement for demonstrators injured in a police clampdown during the 2000 Democratic National Co...
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury on Friday awarded $15 million in damages to the children of an Orange County couple who died in a...
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Renee Mochkatel - Should employers be able to conduct surveillance of their employees in t...
Employment Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Lawyers with disabilities or chronic illnesses, or who are pregnant, confront simila...
Government
Costly Judicial Elections Erode Faith in Courts, Report Finds
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - State judicial elections are growing more political and more costly, eroding the public's trust in the nation's c...
LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Performance has launched formal charges against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevi...
Criminal
Prosecutors Charge Venice Man With Threats to Contaminate Store's Food
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against a Venice resident for allegedly threatening to pl...
Though a defamatory statement may well run continuously on a Web site, the statute of limitations begins the day it is posted,...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - For years, property owners, particularly in California, have turned to federal rather th...
Government
Electronic-Voting Ban Sparks Suit by County, Disabled Groups
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The county of Riverside and disabled-voter advocates filed a federal court challenge in Los Angeles on Thursday ...
LOS ANGELES - The "wiretap hand-off" scandal that rocked Los Angeles law enforcement in the late 1990s was revisited in a fede...
LOS ANGELES - The gun that killed actress Lana Clarkson at music producer Phil Spector's home went off inside her mouth, and s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Boards Must Reduce Their Exposure to Creditor Suits
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Focus Column - Corporate Law - By David A. Kays and George W. Kuney - While most corporate directors and officers recognize th...
Intellectual Property
Carole Handler Moves to Thelen Reid
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - High-profile intellectual property and antitrust lawyer Carole Handler is joining the Los Angeles office of Thel...
Forum Column - By Matt Daniels - I don't know if the Internal Revenue Service has ever conducted a poll to see what part of th...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Kristina Lawson - Three recent cases have confirmed the California Environmental Quality...
Real Estate/Development
Courts OK Efforts to Enforce Judicial-Reference Provisions
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Focus Column - Real Estate Law - By William M. Hensley - In Pardee Construction Co. v. Superior Court, 100 Cal.App.4th ...
Forum Column - By Douglas Heller - Despite the fanfare with which it was greeted, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recently enacte...
WASHINGTON - Political efforts to create a national asbestos trust fund are continuing this week as businesses, insurance comp...
LOS ANGELES - Saying attorneys had failed to establish an "urgent need," a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Wednesday refus...
LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles could be the beginning of a massive legal battle over alleged bad faith...
Criminal
Eternal Vigilance: L.A. Is Adrift With Tempting Targets for Terrorists
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - An episode of increased terrorism anxiety, or foreground chatter, has made life in Los Angeles a litt...
SANTA ANA - Suppliers who provide shoddy materials can be held liable for defects that have not yet caused property damage, a ...
SAN DIEGO - B. Birgit Koebke is ready to pit her considerable golf skills against those of her country club's president. If on...
Forum Column - By Daniel Tokaji - California and the rest of the country are in the middle of a once-in-a-generation transform...
Law Practice
Surfing State Bar Prosecutor Tries To Distinguish Heroes From Scum
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Book Review - "Bluebird Rising: A Novel," by John DeCure (St. Martin's Minotaur 2003) - By Daniel A. Olivas - Attorney J. Shep...