Focus Column - Family Law - By Jane S. Preece - The determination of which family law cases should be dismissed for exceeding ...
LOS ANGELES - Upholding an immigration court's decision, a federal appellate panel Thursday denied a Chinese couple's asylum r...
Forum Column - By Daniel L. Siegel - An effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court extend the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation C...
LOS ANGELES - Laurence Pretty, a nationally prominent intellectual property attorney, has left Christie, Parker & Hale a l...
SAN FRANCISCO - Catch a baseball falling into McCovey Cove, a salmon flung from a Seattle fish market or an orchid floating d...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a cool reception to the civil rights damages suit filed by an Oxnard farmwork...
SACRAMENTO - In a victory for homeowners, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday extended California's doctrine of strict produ...
LOS ANGELES - The State Bar of California has filed charges to stop former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy ...
Litigation
They Did Nothing, Honest, and They're Really, Really Sorry, for Sure
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - What do actress Winona Ryder, Princess Haifa bint Faisal of Saudi Arabia and the El Paso Corp. have i...
LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday appeared ready to side with the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese, whic...
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal appeals panel that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional ruled Wednesday that the ma...
LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities Wednesday charged a Koreatown resident with allegedly harboring six Korean women and forcing...
LOS ANGELES - A professional horseplayer Wednesday filed a class action against the computerized wagering company behind a rig...
SAN FRANCISCO - The whole thing started in a Noe Valley cul-de-sac. A homeowner there wanted to build a new deck. But some nei...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court Considers Strictures on Arbitration
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with whether to impose new restrictions on mandatory arbitration...
SAN FRANCISCO - Displaying more indignation than contrition, embattled Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Bruce Van Voorhis sho...
Personal Injury & Torts
Justices Hesitate to Pin Liability on Defense Firm
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court seemed hesitant Wednesday to hold the world's largest defense contractor liable for...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Wednesday convicted a Redondo Beach woman of sending letters to a Los Angeles Superior Court jud...
SACRAMENTO - In a victory for homeowners, the state Supreme Court Wednesday extended California's doctrine of strict product l...
Focus Column -Tax Law - By Robert C. Barnes - On Jan. 1, 2003, new legislation will change California's tax withholding scheme...
Personal Injury & Torts
'Puck Stops Here' as Court Denies Liability for Injury
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Focus Column - Tort Law - By Michael Paul Thomas - Court of Appeal decisions subsequent to Knight have been seemingly c...
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Rene Mochkatel - The 2nd District Court of Appeal's decision on October 28, 2002, Salaz...
Forum Column - By James Acret - The unfairness of the California version of the mechanics lien law was brought into sharp focu...
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices Wednesday appeared poised to curb the reach of federal racketeering laws and rule that pri...
WOODLAND - A small farm town in the Central Valley is not the place you typically expect to find a legal clinic run by a pres...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court seemed wary Tuesday of approving medical screening for upwards of 50,000 Redlands ...
Intellectual Property
Wal-Mart Suit Is Frivolous, Says Site That Posts Deals
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - The after-Thanksgiving sales may be over, but a price war between a tiny consumer Web site and several nation...
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals panel has created what amounts to a new federal limit on punitive damage awards in p...
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices struggled Tuesday with whether to hold liable the owner of a Southern California real esta...
SAN JOSE - In opening statements Tuesday in the first criminal trial brought under a 1998 federal law intended to protect inte...