WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., vowed Thursday to move quickly on a U.S. Supreme Court nomination if ...
LOS ANGELES - Three administrative Superior Court judges allowed alleged burglars, batterers and carjackers to go free rather ...
LOS ANGELES - After Friday night, attorney Robin Meadow officially will be at the helm of the nation's largest voluntary bar o...
SAN FRANCISCO - Changes in a popular anti-diarrhea medication prompted by a court settlement with the state could present a ri...
WASHINGTON - Handing a stunning 7-2 victory to defendants facing the death penalty, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that defe...
LOS ANGELES - As many as 800 people convicted of child molestation under a California law allowing prosecution of long-ago sex...
LOS ANGELES - In a stunning reversal of one of its own rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down state laws that...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Jessica A. Mayer - If you are like most computer-savvy consumers, th...
Forum Column - By William W. Funderburk Jr. and David Niebauer - In the continuing saga of the state's efforts to allocate fin...
Technology & Science
Companies Using Unsolicited E-Mail Must Be Careful to Avoid Spam Laws
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Focus Column - Business Law - By Frank J. Johnson Jr. - On June 16, Microsoft filed a series of complaints alleging that profe...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County sheriff can challenge newly installed term limits on the sheriff's office as unconstituti...
SAN DIEGO - California appellate justices ruled in 75 cases since 1970 that prosecutorial misconduct prejudiced the defendant,...
LOS ANGELES - Flanked by the family of Kenitha Saafir, attorney Carl Douglas on Wednesday announced a wrongful-death lawsuit ...
Personal Injury & Torts
'State Farm' Imperils Huge Tobacco Verdict
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A California appeals court will consider whether to reduce a $26 million landmark tobacco verdict in light of ...
Litigation
Euphemisms Line Up Like Johns to Accompany Escort-Service Case
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Let's call this one Pimp v. MasterCard . The litigious owner of a string of Florida escort ser...
SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense attorney Michael Burt, known for his unusual courtroom strategies, wants a San Francisco judg...
Judges and Judiciary
DOJ Official Fares Poorly At 9th Circuit Gathering
By Pamela Mac Lean
POIPU, Hawaii - Larry Thompson, the Justice Department's second-in-command, drew a hostile reception from some federal judges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A demented San Quentin death row inmate who thinks Howard Hughes told him how to cure AIDS with yellow chili ...
LOS ANGELES - A group of prosecutors voted Tuesday night to ask the Committee on Judicial Performance to investigate three adm...
SAN FRANCISCO - Guarding one of the most recognized brands on the Internet is a full-time job. Just ask Rose Hagan, Google In...
Government
Senators Gently Chastise DOJ for Treatment of Aliens After Attacks
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department must learn from its mistakes handling illegal immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attac...
MARTINEZ - So far so good for lawyers who work for Contra Costa County. The new county budget won't require any layoffs, but a...
Judges and Judiciary
It's Not Over, Senator Says Of Cuts to Court Budget
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The chairman of the state Senate budget subcommittee has warned court administrators and bar leaders that a "p...
LOS ANGELES - Citing "blunt reservations" expressed by his critics, Jonathan Varat, dean of the University of California, Los ...
Forum Column - By Charles Hobson - The response to the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Constitutional Law
Commercial Speech Has Strong Protection of First Amendment
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Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Jeanine K. Clasen - Some might interpret statutes and case law permitting various forms...
Forum Column - By Leslie R. Daff and Christopher L. Carpenter - Troubling dicta in a recent case, Estate of McAdams , 1...
RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a high-school football player who claimed he injured his back wh...
SAN FRANCISCO - Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, facing misconduct charges for allegedly fixing tickets fo...
SANTA ANA - Sidney L. Radus, who helped two Orange County fathers get their small children out of a religious cult in a high-p...