SAN FRANCISCO - The impact of unprecedented cuts in court budgets took on a human face Friday as abused children and elderly w...
Column - By Philip Carrizosa - SAN FRANCISCO - When I used to interview judges for judicial profiles, I liked to ask: What do ...
Constitutional Law
Rare Pro Per Succeeds Before 9th Circuit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
CORONA - A defendant facing a tough courtroom fight to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison would want a high-powered...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera, defending same-sex unions to the state Supreme Court, wrote Thu...
Forum Column - By Lilly Spitz - This Sunday, one million women, men and young people from across the country and around the wo...
Forum Column - By Ralph G. Neas - The long and complicated history of campaign finance reform has taken a bizarre twist in thi...
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Jeffrey M. Loeb and Adam F. Streisand - On Jan. 1, 2005, the suspect was pulled over in Any Ci...
Employment Column - By Marcia B. Newell - You've found the ideal candidate: smart, educated, credentialed, with fantastic subj...
Notebook - By John Roemer - SAN FRANCISCO - Dan Hamburg and Wal-Mart seemed destined to clash. Hamburg is a former Democratic ...
LOS ANGELES - Services for attorney and activist Selma Mikels Lofgren will take place today. Lofgren died March 24 on vacation...
SACRAMENTO - An influential state lawmaker is threatening to seek contempt sanctions against at least five major energy compan...
LOS ANGELES - The grand jury indictment returned against Michael Jackson this week normally would have opened a window on the ...
Criminal
Closing Courts, Jails Shouldn't Result in Layoffs, Officials Say
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - No layoffs are expected when officials close three courthouses, in Culver City, Monrovia and South Gate, and shu...
SAN FRANCISCO - After putting San Francisco attorney Raul Aguilar through a grueling two-day contempt hearing this week becaus...
Civil Rights
Panel Revives Harassment Suit By Writers' Aide for 'Friends'
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Three male writers on the television comedy "Friends" treated their assistant, Amaani Lyle, "like one of the guy...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Perseveres to Run Drug Court and Program
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - When 17-year-old Deborah L. Christian attended her first class at UCLA, she was the only student from her Inglew...
WASHINGTON - This weekend's NFL draft will be without two marquee prospects after the Supreme Court on Thursday twice denied a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Citing a groundbreaking federal appellate decision, a San Jose federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Santa Cruz...
Appellate Practice
Courts Shouldn't Put Publishable Data in Unpublished Opinions
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert S. Thompson - Given the manner in which the state appellate courts have administered the present regi...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - The subject of dog tracking evidence may become the subject of popular ...
Forum Column - By J. Kevin Lilly - For years, employers have cited the high costs for workers' compensation insurance as a maj...
SANTA CLARA - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser's decision to give light sentences to two defendants conv...
SAN FRANCISCO - Negotiators for Attorney General John Ashcroft have agreed the FBI will pay $2 million to settle long-running ...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court Wednesday threw out a defamation suit filed by fashion retailer Forever 21 against garme...
SANTA ANA - An Orange County lawyer who made his mark in the 1990s helping conservative Christians get elected to Southern Cal...
LOS ANGELES - Robert Hertzberg, a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and a former speaker of the Assembly, announced Wedn...
SAN DIEGO - The criminal defense system for those who can't afford lawyers would be dealt a severe blow if the San Diego Count...
WASHINGTON - Dismissing arguments by California environmental and labor groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it wi...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris refused a demand from the police union Wednesday to step aside f...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers drafting contracts that waive the parties' right to a jury trial in case of a dispute are currently un...