Government
Lawyer Warns Angry Alleged 'Extortion' Victims of Slow Change
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Any financial relief from the state Legislature will probably come too late for thousands of businesses currently...
Judges and Judiciary
Pasadena Judge Follows in Familial Footsteps
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - When he was still in college, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jan A. Pluim thought he'd tempt fate - or ...
Criminal
Legal Woes Continue for Jurist Arrested for Drunken Driving
By Matthew Heller
SANTA MARIA - It was bad enough for Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall when she was arrested at gunpoint last month for drunke...
SAN FRANCISCO - A dozen witnesses who would exonerate a defendant accused of acting as a guide or leader in an alien smugglin...
By Toni Vranjes Dole Food Co. Inc. has embraced the going-private trend. The fruit and vegetable producer, based in Westlake ...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - The separation of powers doctrine is something with which most people have a glancing co...
Judges and Judiciary
Devotion to Poor Earned Defender Respect
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - J. Dean Allen Jr., a longtime supervisor in the Orange County public defender's office and namesake of an award ho...
LOS ANGELES - The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles will bestow its highest honor on a lawyer with a medical degre...
SAN FRANCISCO - What a difference 11 months makes. In January 2002, Gov. Gray Davis did his standard thing and vetoed a Stockt...
Civil Rights
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Immigration Service Arrests
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by a coalition of immigrant advocacy groups to temporarily bar the ...
Labor/Employment
Court Steps Into Minefield of Wage-and-Hour Appeal Costs
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Clint Robison - On Dec. 2, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in Smith v. Ra...
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Dec. 11, 2002, the Treasury Department proposed regulations that would allow compani...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tax collectors take heed: If you ignore a refund claim, it could come back to haunt you years later. That's th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Dechert, a 750-lawyer Philadelphia firm, opened its second West Coast office Thursday - a modest, three-lawye...
LOS ANGELES - They're political activists who fight for social justice and don't pull any punches. And they're determined to ...
LOS ANGELES - Richard F. Alden, a Latham & Watkins partner and architect of the modern law firm management structure, die...
SANTA ANA - Jamie Duarte is going to Cuba, and he's taking 90 lawyers with him. Next month, Duarte, as president of the Orange...
CARLSBAD - Personal Expressions Inc., doing business as Patti's Hallmark (a card and gift store), leased 2,846 square feet of...
LOS ANGELES - Following a nationwide search that began last summer, county officials announced Wednesday that the field of co...
Litigation
Miffed God Sues Hollywood, Claims Copyright on Reality TV Stunts
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Who invented reality? And who first realized that reality could be both fun and profitable? Those are...
LOS ANGELES - An Irvine developer Wednesday filed a petition for a rehearing of an appellate decision that could allow its pa...
LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles on Monday cut a check for just under $1 million to a bystander shot by members of the co...
LOS ANGELES - Steven Nolan still looks like a cop. The thick mustache trails downward into a goatee. The full head of hair is ...
SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Thierry Colaw on Wednesday heard an unhappy investor's petition to force Merri...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Improving Health Care Requires First Recognizing Its Problems
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Gottlieb - The health care affordability crisis can be summed up in two words: unsustainable infl...
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Rieger v. Arnold , 2002 ...
EL CENTRO - TRI Capital Co. Inc. structured an FHA 223 $6.12 million refinance on behalf of the owners of the 272-unit Posada...
LOS ANGELES - A couple of tips from veteran Judge Charles E. Frisco on ruling from the bench: Be independent, and be mindful o...
Forum Column - By Bess Blank - Usually legislation that affects litigation procedure is of little interest to anyone other tha...
In a case of first impression, the Review Department of the State Bar Court has recommended that an immigration lawyer be susp...