Administrative/Regulatory
Reflecting County, 'Private Guy' Thrives on Bench
By Tyler Cunningham
REDDING - It's not every day that a litigant reports to court wearing buckskin and moccasins, answering to charges of illegal ...
Forum Column - By Ralph Barat Saltsman, Stephen Warren Solomon and Stephen Allen Jamieson - The French determine rules for win...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Scott P. DeVries and Elaine M. O'Neil - Substantial hoopla has arisen about perchlorate,...
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the city of Glendale apologized Monday for accusing female police officers of lying on the stand to...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Board of Supervisors approved a new two-year contract Tuesday for the city and county's public-sector lawy...
OAKLAND - Budget cuts proposed for the coming year could close the courthouse in Alameda, eliminate the district attorney's co...
SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee, faced with two bills that would make it easier for men to escape child support ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Tuesday threw out the majority of the evidence in the government's child-pornography possession ...
SAN JOSE - A Cupertino software company will have to be satisfied with a $1.29 million jury verdict for trade secret misapprop...
SAN DIEGO - A constitutional law expert said Tuesday that in the October 2002 term of the U.S. Supreme Court the nine justice...
LOS ANGELES - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Tuesday assigned Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marvin Lager to preside over...
SANTA BARBARA - The blonde in Room 309 did not wake up after a night of drug-fueled partying at a Montecito hotel with her law...
Personal Injury & Torts
Priest-Abuse Victim Passes Bar, Becomes New Lawyer
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES -The judge looked at the lawyer candidate and said, "You have a distinct background. You are in a unique position ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Tenderloin Housing Clinic is not licensed to practice law, but a judge has refused to force it to refund f...
LOS ANGELES - Courtney Love's stint on the poles at Jumbo's Clown Room in Hollywood notwithstanding, Los Angeles has never bee...
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators had no authority to require a railroad to maintain track safety at the scene of one of t...
Intellectual Property
Conflicting Duties Can Emerge During Prosecution of a Patent
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Eileen Lehmann - Prosecuting a patent application claiming an invention may create a...
Forum Column - By Katherine Darmer - Those who have followed the U.S. Supreme Court's recent confessions cases easily should h...
RIVERSIDE - A judge on Monday set a July 1 trial date for a case in which a San Bernardino County sheriff's investigator drew ...
Judges and Judiciary
Budget Woes Force County to Close Courts
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - In a move to stave off the effects of the state budget crisis, Riverside court officials are closing three court l...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday decided to enter a bitter dispute among several Southeastern states over a plan to st...
SAN DIEGO - A disbarred San Diego lawyer must face trial on charges of grand theft, misappropriation of entrusted money and un...
SAN FRANCISCO - An 11-judge federal appeals court panel today tackles the question of whether multinational corporations can b...
LOS ANGELES - A small South Los Angeles insurance agent is fighting one of California's 10 largest auto insurers over rights t...
Litigation
PLF Sues City, Says Contract Law Violates Proposition 209
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A conservative law firm once again is taking aim at a San Francisco ordinance that helps minorities and women ...
Entertainment & Sports
Pooh's New Lawyers Suggest Children's Character Trial of Century
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The plaintiffs' new legal team in the high-profile Winnie the Pooh royalty case reportedly will inclu...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hemorrhaging money as a result of falling advertising revenue and high staff costs, the San Francisco Chronicl...
Law Practice
Reporter's Notebook: Adachi Says Filing System Is a Virtual Fossil
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Jeff Adachi wants to operate a paperless office one day and is starting by destroying old misd...
SAN FRANCISCO - Ralph Baxter wants to get personal with his firm's marketing campaign, so for the first time in recent memory,...
Judges and Judiciary
Presiding Judge's Re-Election Is First in 40 Years
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - For the first time in four decades, the presiding judge of the Orange County Superior Court was re-elected, givin...