Forum Column - By Garry Mathiason and Traci Beach - Although SB1661 may give employees some security because it provides up to...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge's Compassion Got Him Into, Out of Scandal
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
REDLANDS - Craig Kamansky had an unsettling experience last year when he served as a juror deliberating on a civil case. "Some...
SAN DIEGO - While a jury deliberates whether to convict Kristin M. Rossum of murdering her husband, she's free to eat lunch wi...
SAN FRANCISCO - In an opinion drenched with sarcasm, a federal appeals panel skewered Santa Ana attorney James Toledano on Thu...
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Jonathan R. Flora - Time and again, the IRS has used the "hobby loss" rule to disallow losses from...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles-based Western Center on Law and Poverty argued Thursday the so-called "man in the house" visits ...
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - As an associate working long hours in the trenches, you might think that, once yo...
Criminal
Two Virginia Counties Will Get First Crack at Trials for Snipers
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The two suspects collared in the serial sniper killings here will be tried first in two Virginia counties where t...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld San Francisco's 1973 ban on write-in votes in loca...
Appellate Practice
Supreme Court Will Reconsider Its Stay Of Man's Execution
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court today will reconsider at its weekly conference the last-minute stay of execution it granted lat...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Years ago, people labeled them "NIMBYs" - those who opposed local development projects b...
OAKLAND - The Women Lawyers of Alameda County are looking forward by looking back, honoring the newest women on the bench as w...
LOS ANGELES - After Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting charges Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox delivered a...
SAN DIEGO - Insurance defense lawyer Richard S. Whitney apparently has defeated incumbent Superior Court Judge Geary D. Cortes...
SAN BERNARDINO - Any doubt Michael A. Ramos might have had about taking the helm of the San Bernardino County district attorne...
Judges and Judiciary
Three Criminal Prosecutors Take Close Judicial Contests
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Three veteran criminal prosecutors, Hank Goldberg, Richard Naranjo and Richard Walmark, were elected to the Los ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A clean campaign, a likable personality and endorsements from liberal groups helped place criminal defense att...
LOS ANGELES - California appellate court justices were unanimously returned to the bench by the state's voters in Tuesday's el...
LOS ANGELES - A Beverly Hills jury Wednesday convicted actress Winona Ryder of felony grand theft and vandalism for a $5,500 h...
MARTINEZ - A historically competitive and at times downright nasty campaign for Contra Costa County district attorney wound do...
SAN FRANCISCO - Ernest Sevier 1922-2002 - Ernest Sevier, a 40-year member of San Francisco's Severson & Werson, died Sunda...
SAN DIEGO - After a bruising campaign, San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pfingst trailed challenger Bonnie Dumanis on We...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hefty political connections have failed to protect California construction giant Tutor-Saliba Corp. from one o...
Civil Rights
New California Bills Protect Domestic Partners and Aid Hate-Crime Victims
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Focus Column - Family Law - By Boyce Hinman - Several bills passed in 2002 give new rights to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans...
SANTA ANA - Voters in Orange County on Tuesday shrugged off a challenger's allegations and elected businessman John Adams to r...
Entertainment & Sports
Winnie-the-Pooh Case Becomes Theme Park Only Lawyers Could Love
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - It has been a busy and unusual week in Winnie-the-Pooh Lawsuit Land, a theme park for lawyers best kn...
SAN FRANCISCO - Northern California voters, either through ignorance or indifference, brushed aside the judicial misconduct of...
VAN NUYS - Dressed in a blue fleece pullover covered with miniature moose, the woman sat on the witness stand looking neither ...
LOS ANGELES - An exultant Mayor Jim Hahn called on defeated San Fernando Valley city advocates Wednesday to join him in making...
Focus Column - Real Property - By Ethan Friedman - Emeryville is a big "dig" on aggressive trial tactics common in em...