Forum Column - By Stanley "Tookie" Williams - There are at least two illegitimate reasons for my sitting on San Quentin's deat...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles McCoy has recommended that clergy sexual-abuse lawsuits filed in Northe...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County and state officials have no authority to force adult-film actors to use condoms during sex sc...
SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County prosecutors dismissed sex-abuse charges Tuesday against an embattled Oakland minister who was a...
LOS ANGELES - Audrey Woods promises women that, if she represents them in divorce court, they'll get everything they deserve f...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris tapped Criminal Division Chief Paul Cummins on Tuesday to prosec...
LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins has hired a Los Angeles finance partner from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom a mon...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday blocked $100 million in Yosemite National Park construction projects th...
SAN FRANCISCO - A California law prohibiting employers from using money they get from the state to finance anti-union efforts ...
Column By Philip Carrizosa - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has been taking a considerable amount of heat latel...
WASHINGTON - Taking its first look at the Bush administration's war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a bar...
SANTA BARBARA - Robert M. Sanger threw Santa Barbara courts into disarray last year when he convinced a judge that the county'...
Forum Column - By Dirk Stemerman - Many have characterized the recent workers' compensation legislation as another victory for...
Focus Column - International Law - By Carlos Dodds, Mara Eugenia Oliver & Daniel Orlansky - U.S. employers with employees ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A veteran San Francisco attorney under fire for standing up the California Supreme Court in February made "num...
Criminal
Johnnie Cochran Underwent Surgery for Neurological Condition, Publicist Says
By Jory Farr
LOS ANGELES - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., one of the most celebrated attorneys in the United States, underwent exploratory surgery...
Government
Court Will Weigh Whether Arrest Unrelated to Stop Violates Fourth Amendment
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they arr...
SAN FRANCISCO - Advocates for reform of the U.S. patent system have gained a new champion. The National Academy of Sciences, a...
SAN FRANCISCO - He ignored five orders for discovery. Then he was sanctioned twice for disobeying court orders. In an attempt ...
Judges and Judiciary
Three-Strikes Life Sentence Blocked in Discovery Row
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge, accusing a prosecutor of the "willful, deliberate concealment" of evidence, has refused...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley vowed Monday to fight county plans to eliminate 23 deputy dist...
WASHINGTON - Faced with the prospect of overturning more than 100 death penalties - and perhaps thousands of noncapital senten...
Judges and Judiciary
Primary Could Derail Specter's Chance to Chair Judiciary Panel
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - After serving on the highly contentious Senate Judiciary Committee for 23 years, Sen. Arlen Specter is only one e...
Appellate Practice
Splitting 9th Circuit Is No Big Deal for Some Justices
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Among federal judges, size matters. ...
FAIRFIELD - Superior Court Judge Mike Nail works hard to banish the notion that he favors prosecutors in his Solano County cou...
SANTA ANA - Westminster officials dodged a $7.8 million bullet Monday, as state education officials found the school district'...
SAN FRANCISCO - You've got to know when to fold 'em. An angry client unjustly accused Woodland Hills lawyer Jerome Zamos of fr...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court voided a three-time shoplifter's 25-years-to-life prison sentence Monday, labeling it ...
The Internet has taken over many facets of everyday life, from shopping to meeting that special someone. But until recently, y...
Administrative/Regulatory
Eyewear Concern Prevails Against Consumer Cause
By Draeger Martinez
Emerging Vision, an eyewear company that operates the Sterling Optical and Site For Sore Eyes retail chains, has won its fight...