Among real estate attorneys, skyscrapers often are referred to as trophy buildings. With their massive height and stylish arc...
Criminal
Court Guard Tried to Sway Jury, Officials Say
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A security guard at the Rancho Cucamonga courthouse Thursday told jurors in a hallway during a break in del...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner acted within his power when he held an attorney in contempt of court a...
SAN FRANCISCO - This city's waterfront is getting a makeover thanks in large part to a quirky federal tax law known as the His...
SANTA ANA - Two Orange County brothers have sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a priest who they claim molested them on c...
Forum Column - By Rian W. Jones - Gloria Allred and R. Tomas Olmos' article titled "Captive Labor Force: Refusing Back Pay For...
LOS ANGELES - Move over, Fabio. Take a back seat, Tyson Beckford. On Thursday, some of the movers and shakers of Los Angeles' ...
LOS ANGELES - In an aftershock to the firm's recent layoffs and management change, San Jose's Skjerven Morrill has decided to ...
Forum Column - By Glenn Sacks - I wait for my son as he stands in line after school to get his daily behavior report, along wi...
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In the aftermath of its stunning victory in the 1967 Six Day War, Israel captured the Sin...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation Is Not as Confidential or as Voluntary as Attorneys Might Think
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Focus Column - By Mark J. Divelbiss - Mediation has been used with increasing frequency over the last 10 years, especially in ...
The California Supreme Court on Feb. 4, 2002, issued its decision in Hartwell Corp. v. Superior Court (Santamaria). Thi...
LOS ANGELES - Some of the biggest names in Los Angeles law will model the latest styles in men's attire at a fund-raiser on Th...
Although a physician's misdiagnosis allegedly led to a patient suffering a stroke, the defense attorney called that "Monday mo...
The role of the vocational expert in the forensic arena is to render an expert opinion about a particular individual's establi...
Every year, insurance companies in the United States spend billions of dollars defending lawsuits against their insureds throu...
Round Table - Steven G. Mehta recently hosted a round-table discussion exploring the most compelling abuses of the discovery p...
SAN FRANCISCO - California has the first and toughest three-strikes law in the nation. One would think the state's highest cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - Longtime judge and criminal lawyer Jack Berman died Thursday. He was 80. Known as much for his colorful politi...
LOS ANGELES - A tentative-looking group of jurors clutched paperback courtroom novels, purses and plastic water bottles as the...
Criminal
Prosecutors Charge Troubled Lawyer With Making Meth
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The drug charges against attorney Edward H. Horowitz represent the latest chapter in a career filled with trouble ...
When an employee complained of feeling sick, her boss recommended she see his doctor. But she had no idea that the physician a...
Government
L.A. Nominees Finally Appear Before Senate Judiciary Panel
By Contributing Writer
WASHINGTON - Two judicial nominees from California finally got the chance to present their case to the Senate Judiciary Commit...
Bankruptcy
Ratepayers Sue Over PUC Plan As PG&E Wins Round in Court
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, led by activist Harvey Rosenfield, filed a novel suit Thursda...
REDWOOD CITY - The woman in the black hat with the big feather soaring upward like a blue sail was obviously in trouble. Eyes ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Mendocino County judge Thursday gave prosecutors a green light to pursue felony-murder charges against two a...
Appellate Practice
Lawyer Wants Tentative-Opinion Practice Reviewed
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Santa Monica lawyer best known for his successful defense of adult businesses has asked the state Supreme Court ...
Forum Column - By Ron Crickenberger - What do convicted criminals have in common with public high-school students? Each can b...
OAKLAND - Attorney Lise Pearlman called an end Thursday to her campaign to join the Alameda County bench, all but assuring tha...
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a slow economy, attorneys must work harder to achieve their career goals. Now ...