Personal Injury & Torts
Farmers Market Tragedy Likely Will Provoke Suits, Experts Say
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The Santa Monica farmers market tragedy that left at least 10 people dead and injured dozens probably will give ...
SAN FRANCISCO - It may be politically awkward for liberals to oppose a black woman nominated for one of the nation's highest c...
FRESNO - When Franklin P. Jones applied for a vacant seat on the Fresno Superior Court bench 12 years ago, he was fairly confi...
Labor/Employment
State Courts Hold No Duty to Stop Nonemployee Harassment
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Dawn M. Irizarry - An unfolding drama could find California law be...
Forum Column - By Edward C. Wilde Sr. and Michael S. Overing - Amber Frey became famous for allegedly befriending Scott Peters...
LOS ANGELES - After losing several appeals of her conviction, child-star-turned-animal-rights-activist Pamelyn Vlasak began s...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Daily Journal won two first-place awards and two other honors at the Better Newspapers Contest s...
Reporter's Notebook - By Linda Rapattoni - Veteran lawmakers are accustomed to weaving words into texts of proposed laws, but ...
Litigation
Princess Di's Dismal Legal Legacy Discourages Death as Career Move
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The earthly afterlife of Princess Diana has not been happy. She's the English Elvis, damned to a tabl...
Personal Injury & Torts
Review Granted to Toxic Tort Statute of Limitations Suit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a mass toxic tort action can go forward even ...
SAN FRANCISCO - California juries deciding civil cases will soon be guided by a new, clearer set of jury instructions, the fi...
SAN FRANCISCO - The lead defense attorney for three cops accused of assault in connection with the infamous Union Street Faji...
LOS ANGELES - In a case dating to the glittering days of Hollywood's golden age, lawyers for Bing Crosby's estate and the comp...
Forum Column - By Janet M. LaRue - A seminarian gave a highly academic commentary on the Bible to his uneducated cleaning woma...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Faenza - As a social justice organization, the National Mental Health Association works toward a ...
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley - In Moore v. Anderson, Zeigler, Disharoon, Gallagher...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $4.9 billion budget Tuesday that includes cuts to the city att...
MADERA - Among local attorneys, Madera County Superior Court Judge John W. DeGroot is known, not affectionately, as "old bulle...
SANTA ANA - An attorney said Tuesday that a court ruling that upheld Southern California Gas Co.'s right to dig trenches witho...
LOS ANGELES - The heir to a renowned Russian art patron, who claims his grandfather's paintings were looted by Lenin during th...
SAN DIEGO - Insurance claims by a San Diego lawyer for supposedly stolen cars backfired when two of the claims ended up by coi...
SAN FRANCISCO - Efforts by state farm interests to escape federal air pollution regulation were rebuffed Tuesday by the 9th U....
SAN JOSE - Thomas Spielbauer, the veteran Santa Clara County deputy public defender facing a criminal charge for allegedly mis...
WASHINGTON - Spearheading an offensive to pressure Democrats to approve President Bush's judicial nominees, Senate Republicans...
LOS ANGELES - Reigniting a three-week-old controversy, the Los Angeles County public defender this week blamed the release of ...
Government
Memo to President Bush: Next Time, Use Billable Hours Syntax
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - President Bush has been taking a lot of flak recently for a statement he made in this year's State of...
LOS ANGELES - Since Julie Anderson's 6-year-old son began receiving adult dosages of Paxil, the foster child reportedly has be...
SAN FRANCISCO - Suspended San Francisco lawyer Nikolai Tehin was charged in federal court Tuesday with one count each of money...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's shift from state court judge to Northern California's top federal cop threw him in...
LOS ANGELES - The storybook manor on Palm Street in the foothills of Altadena is the former estate of charismatic Benjamin "Bu...