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Large Firms


Closing Statements Begin For Brobeck

May 16, 2003
By Robin Davidson

LOS ANGELES -- Closing statements began late Wednesday in the trial pitting Dickson, Carlson & Campillo against former par...


Criminal


Where to House a Sex Predator?

May 16, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

Reporter's Notebook - By Craig Anderson - State and local authorities cannot find a home for the first convicted child moleste...


Judges and Judiciary


No Magic Potion Will Rejuvenate Grand Jury

May 16, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - It is the Gray Wall of Orange County. As judges Wednesday selected the members of the 2003-04 grand jury that will...


Judges and Judiciary


The Worst Is Over, Gov. Davis Tells Courts

May 16, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - California's judiciary and trial courts should feel some relief after Gov. Gray Davis announced Wednesday he is ...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles civil rights lawyer Wednesday praised a federal judge for blasting the U.S. government over its ha...


Criminal


Judge Brings Humor to Bench

May 15, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - On his first week on the job, just out of law school, Santa Clara County prosecutor David H. Ezgar got a big surpri...


Litigation


Marin Judge Can Run Hot and Cold

May 15, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN RAFAEL - Marin County Superior Court Judge John Stephen Graham barely speaks above a whisper in his dimly lit courtroom as...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Employment Law - By Scott H. Dunham and Anne E. Garrett - The world is facing an international health crisis be...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Karl Manheim - In the fight over Judge Carolyn Kuhl's nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, o...


Corporate


Book Cooking

May 15, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Stephen P. Milner - Many investors have a higher expectation of a certified audit than the actual intent and...


Government


Board Taps Prosecutor For Inspector General

May 15, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Andr Birotte Jr., a former deputy county public defender who became a federal prosecutor, is the Los Angeles Boa...


Litigation


Court Delays Hearings on Trevor Group

May 15, 2003
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A hearing scheduled for today on state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's suit against the Trevor Law Group was abr...


Litigation


Parties Settle 'Allstate' Fee Fight

May 15, 2003
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights will receive $175,000 for its work on a class action against All...


Criminal


Detective Tells of Seedy Underworld

May 15, 2003
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - When he sat down for a deposition in November, Riverside police Detective Ronald E. Kipp provided a rare look in...


International


LOS ANGELES - Four elderly Chinese survivors of Japanese slave labor camps arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday for a day of reckoni...


LOS ANGELES - For prosecutors, the DNA fragments on a bloody knife and a beer bottle are the key physical evidence in their ca...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A judge ruled Tuesday to admit the confession of the man who allegedly killed a state senator's son, but she ...


Judges and Judiciary


Kuhl's Comments 'Astonish' Former Colleague

May 15, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - A former colleague of Carolyn Kuhl, the Los Angeles judge nominated for a spot on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...


Litigation


GOP Bills to Fix 17200 Fail in Committee

May 15, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Three bills that proposed moderate reforms to the state's Unfair Competition Law were shot down by the Senate Jud...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Forbidden Fruit of the Vine

May 15, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

NAPA - In a constitutional battle between adherents of two conservative legal doctrines, Napa Valley wineries are demanding t...


Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By Wesley H. Avery - The Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California has amended i...


Constitutional Law


National Character

May 14, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By John A. Frederick - In her recent article "Nonbelievers Shouldn't Have to Honor a Deity They Do Not Worship"...


Product Liability


$16M Awarded In Candy Death

May 14, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury awarded nearly $16.7 million Monday to the family of a 12-year-old girl w...


Judges and Judiciary


A Few Words From the Wise

May 14, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Between them, David A. Garcia and Ronald E. Quidachay have 15 years of experience as San Francisco's law and ...


Family


County Honors Seven Foster-Care Heroes

May 14, 2003
By Alice Lee

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's first-ever Foster Care Awareness Week is under way, with the Los Angeles County Board of Su...


Judges and Judiciary


Prosecutors Wary of South Bay Jurist

May 14, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - On his first week on the job, just out of law school, Santa Clara County prosecutor David Ezgar got a big surprise...


Appellate Practice


Lawyer Had No Duty to Add Plaintiff, Court Says

May 14, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - An attorney for a bereaved mother did not have a duty to include the woman's husband as a plaintiff in a wrongfu...


Appellate Practice


Lawyer Wins Unanimous Decision

May 14, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Coronado lawyer Mary Lehman continued her climb in women's professional boxing by extending her record to 5-0 on F...


Immigration


Immigration Consultants Charged

May 14, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Charges were filed Monday against 24 immigration consultants accused of posing as lawyers and promising to obtai...


Personal Injury & Torts


LOS ANGELES - Harvey Rosenfield, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, is usually on the same side as ...