WASHINGTON - The head of a California-based conservative advocacy group found himself defending his organization's position on...
Dicta Column - By Gerald W. Zelko - On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconci...
Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Many lawyers enter into agreements with other lawyers to practice law. Such an arrang...
Forum Column - By Glenn Sacks - SB1618 provides for a $10 raise in the California marriage license fee. The purpose of the bil...
LOS ANGELES - Donald H. Steier swears he's not a shill for the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. "I'm just doing what any good...
SACRAMENTO - Multiple offenses of sexual assault or identity theft, allegedly committed by the same defendant in different cou...
LOS ANGELES - When Stanley Mosk died last year, he was the longest-serving justice in the history of the California Supreme Co...
SAN FRANCISCO - An unwritten corporate policy against rehiring employees who leave because of drug abuse or alcoholism but hav...
LOS ANGELES - Three people convicted of trying to steal cocaine in a 1999 police sting will get 10 years cut from their prison...
LOS ANGELES - An Anaheim music production company has sued rapper and Christian prayer leader MC Hammer, alleging he neglected...
LOS ANGELES - His name begs for a play on words, and he has enough humor to join in the fun. "I'm Dr. De mento but Judge Ment ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Observers Say Charities, Orders Foot Bills for Church's Defense
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - How does a man devoted to the less-than-lucrative profession of being a minister, who often has taken a vow of p...
LOS ANGELES - Services for Los Angeles attorney William O. Garcia of Wilkes & McHugh will take place Thursday. The medical...
RIVERSIDE - A high-ranking official with the Mojave Water Agency has been indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly...
Government
Justice System Asks for Help With Mentally Ill, Report Says
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - A national coalition of law enforcers, corrections officials and mental health advocates delivered a 500-page re...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Police Department detective testified Tuesday that David A. Westerfield made a statement revealing an ...
Forum Column - By Steven Hill and Rob Richie - Observers of France's recent presidential election are breathing a sigh of reli...
SAN FRANCISCO - Cooley Godward, one of the first major Silicon Valley firms to lay off associates last year, let go three more...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse to sue their abusers, parti...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrators Must Comply With a Number of Ethics Rules and Laws
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Richard Chernick - Because of the strict limits on judicial review of arbitration awards (see Moncharsh v...
LOS ANGELES - In an effort to increase its presence in Los Angeles, Piper Rudnick has recruited two lateral partners from loca...
SACRAMENTO - In a restless era when it's not uncommon for people to change jobs and even careers every few years, David De Alb...
Forum Column - By Stephen W. Parrish and John H. Douglas - In Silo v. CHW Medical Foundation , 27 Cal.4th 1097 (2002), ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Luanne Sacks has become the sixth partner to leave Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May in the last six m...
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's detention of a U.S. citizen collared a month ago at Chicago's O'Hare Airport on suspicion of plott...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has awarded City of Hope National Medical Center $300,164,030 in compensatory ...
LOS ANGELES - In its defense of a lawsuit charging that it violated open meetings laws, the Los Angeles County Board of Superv...
SAN DIEGO - A girlfriend of Brenda van Dam testified Monday that the accused slayer of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was acting ...
LOS ANGELES - Bush administration advisor and California's two Democratic senators violated U.S. anti-secrecy laws and "usurpe...
Entertainment & Sports
Ex-Beatle Harrison's Estate Case Inspires Rules for a Lawsuit-Free Life
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Here are a few rules for a happy, lawsuit-free life. They are inspired by the legal predicament of Ca...