SAN JOSE - A Russian software company was acquitted Tuesday of copyright violation charges brought in the first criminal pros...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court, in a major victory for oil companies, sharply restricted the ability of plaintiffs Tues...
SAN FRANCISCO - In contemplating moving its headquarters, Fenwick & West first had to decide if its culture was best exem...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Alameda County Superior Court assignments for the coming year are the first since the state Judicial Coun...
SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a suit filed by a domestic servant against the Korean deputy consu...
SAN FRANCISCO - The defense and prosecution tables are pushed together in the center of the courtroom. Sitting in the middle, ...
Forum Column - By Robert S. Gerstein - A case pending in the California Supreme Court, Jonathan Neil & Associates Inc. ...
Government
Chaleff Will Oversee Police Handling of Consent Decree
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - It's back to Parker Center for veteran criminal defense attorney and former Board of Police Commissioners Presid...
Labor/Employment
Alternatives to Covenants Not To Compete Can Aid Employers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Nabil Abu-Assal, Louis R. Dienes and Thomas D. Rutledge - Among the most significant differ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge appeared sympathetic Tuesday to the argument that California's 1996 medical marijuana law cre...
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court ruled Monday that makers of Arrowhead spring water can be sued for allegedly exceeding th...
LOS ANGELES - Ventura attorney William Q. Liebmann and prosecutor Bruce A. Youth have been chosen as Ventura County Superior C...
SAN FRANCISCO - Kirkland & Ellis, a Chicago firm that opened its doors Monday in San Francisco, is another happy benefici...
SAN FRANCISCO - Having tightened the screws on corporate offices, the Securities Exchange Commission is turning its attention...
Forum Column - By James Sturdevant - Historically, corporate interests have proclaimed disclosure regulations as the panacea f...
LOS ANGELES - In an attempt to toss out the largest punitive damages verdict in U.S. history, attorneys for Philip Morris Inc....
Entertainment & Sports
If Reporter's Suit Survives, It May Shed Light on Disney Pooh Doings
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based journalist Nikki Finke has now scored legal wins against the media em...
SAN FRANCISO - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate responsibility is forcing lawyers to wade into waters normally inhabited b...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A. Bar Wants To Ban Judges As Scout Chiefs
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Bar Association wants the state Supreme Court to ban judges from being Boy Scout leaders ...
SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Bonnie M. Dumanis, who will take office as district attorney Jan. 6, on Monday named another ...
LOS ANGELES - In the first capital murder trial in the state to weigh a defendant's claim that he is ineligible for the death ...
SAN FRANCISCO - That's why they call it kidnapping. A teen-age girl who stole a friend's baby is guilty of kidnapping even th...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the governor has broad authority to deny parole to murderers, ...
WASHINGTON - Dealing a blow to a California land developer, an equally divided Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a federal appe...
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys for David A. Westerfield, convicted of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, on Monday a...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury rejected claims Monday that Isuzu Motors manufactured a defective sport utility vehicle that ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Zacks has clearly won his battle with the city over a local housing ordinance that would have limited ...
Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By John T. Hansen - On Nov. 18, a trial began in the courtroom of San Francisco Bankruptcy Jud...
LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man once accused of being the "Belmont Shore Rapist" can keep a $1.75 million judgment against the ...
Labor/Employment
2002 Saw Enactment of Many New State and Federal Employment Laws
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By John P. LeCrone - This year has been a busy one for state and federal lawmakers, particular...