LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica man accused of spying for North Korea waived his right to a hearing Wednesday so he can retain p...
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred - Should the law be changed to make a defendant eligible for the death penalty if he or she mu...
Zoning, Planning and Use
New Law on Densities Takes Aim at State's Housing Crisis
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Focus Column - Real Property - By Christian Carrigan - Effective Jan. 1, AB2292 prohibits local land-use agencies from reducin...
SAN FRANCISCO - All eyes are on the Legislature and Gov. Gray Davis to see how long they will take to balance a state budget ...
SAN DIEGO - Five years after the slaying of an Escondido girl, prosecutors say they've got the right man, but defense lawyers...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court clearly was troubled Wednesday that a city was held liable when a public drunk take...
SAN FRANCISCO - The steady stream of tragic stories, the constant pressure of litigation and the dingy surroundings make some ...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton's proposal to end police response to unverified burglar alarms receive...
Forum Column - By Joseph L. Sax - The doctrinal debate over "takings" seems destined to drag on endlessly, but the property-ri...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday with shades of the film "Twelve Angry Men" - except that in th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Deputy City Attorney Kamala Harris leads the fund-raising pack in the race for district attorney by a wide ma...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court seemed Tuesday to be of two minds about mandatory arbitration. In one case they hea...
LOS ANGELES - California has made "no real progress" in improving the lives of foster-care children, a state oversight agency...
LOS ANGELES - As Earl Krugel, a former lieutenant in the once-powerful Jewish Defense League, pleaded guilty Tuesday to consp...
SAN FRANCISCO - Back in 1999, before the names Enron and Worldcom became synonymous with stock fraud and corporate corruption,...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County has followed the states of Michigan and Florida by posting the names and ages of 740 childre...
LOS ANGELES - The gape-mouthed Paul Frank monkey emblazoned on tens of thousands of T-shirts and handbags may not be grinning...
Personal Injury & Torts
Suit Over Actor's Shooting at Halloween Party Goes to Trial
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Anthony Dwain Lee was laughing, having fun at a Halloween party in Benedict Canyon with a toy gun. But Los Angel...
SAN FRANCISCO - Five days after management announced it was dissolving, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison began sending out lay...
Appellate Practice
Standards of Good Appellate Practice Are Rarely Followed
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Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad - Much has been written on the cornerstones of good appellate pract...
Intellectual Property
PTO Fee Hike Less Onerous Than Feared By Patent Bar
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced plans Tuesday to increase the costs of procuring a patent by a...
Judges and Judiciary
'Visionary' Presiding Judge Has Made Many Changes
By Anne La Jeunesse
SANTA ANA - Twenty years ago, on a sunny September Saturday, Frederick P. Horn, then a Los Angeles County prosecutor, and his ...
SAN DIEGO - In Latin America, where many view the justice systems as stacked against the underdog, costumed crusaders are tea...
LOS ANGELES - San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster has recruited Irell & Manella entertainment and aviation lawyer...
SAN FRANCISO - Partners at recently dissolved Skjerven Morrill are splitting up largely along the lines of their practice grou...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bolstered by five of the jurors who convicted him, a courtroom full of supporters and San Francisco's distric...
RIVERSIDE - In the second case in the state to apply the U.S. Supreme Court decision banning the death penalty for mentally re...
Forum Column - By Dilan A. Esper - In Eldred v. Ashcroft , decided on Jan. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued w...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor has been sued in federal court for allegedly embezzling funds and defrauding a for...
SAN FRANCISCO - Within hours of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's announcement last week that it would close its doors, Calif...