LOS ANGELES - After a campaign marked by record-breaking spending and accusations of mudslinging, Gregory Totten won a resound...
SAN FRANCISCO - A jury foreman made a mistake when he lifted a piece of tape, peeked at a booking photo underneath and deduced...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The confluence of a federal court of appeals case and a recent speech by President Bush ha...
Judges and Judiciary
Davis Wins; Dekreon, Connolly in Runoff for SF Bench
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday's primary election produced mixed results for Northern California's incumbent judges and district atto...
SACRAMENTO -A little more than a year ago, when the Legislature debated whether to extend the statute of limitations for claim...
LOS ANGELES - The term "no-nonsense" comes up often when lawyers describe how Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Higa ...
LOS ANGELES - Defense attorneys brought several more witnesses to the stand on Wednesday to vouch for the sociability of two l...
LOS ANGELES - About 60,000 people die each year in Los Angeles County, and nearly a third of those end up as coroner's cases. ...
Focus Column - By Donald M. Gindy - A classic conflict played out recently: The duly enacted laws of a sovereign nation, the U...
Real Estate/Development
'Sofa U Love' Offers Helpful Reminders on Three-Day Notice and Lease Drafting
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Focus Column - By Hans Lapping - California, like most other states, has developed an expedited unlawful-detainer process by ...
Dicta Column - By Adrienne L. Krikorian and Jeffrey A. Tidus - The majority of civil litigators believe that they are familia...
Real Estate/Development
Property Passions Propel Eviction Lawyer, Divide State Supreme Court
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Andrew Zacks is a leading candidate for the most vilified lawyer in San Francisco. For instance, a ro...
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - Hundreds of owners of small parcels near Lake Tahoe have grown old waiting for permission t...
LOS ANGELES - The first defense witnesses to testify in the trial of two San Francisco lawyers whose dogs killed a 33-year-old...
SAN DIEGO - Judge Robert C. Coates is a rock hound. "I think geology is philosophically thrilling," Coates said. "The subject ...
Entertainment & Sports
'Caveman's Valentine' Suit Delivers Big Award
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Intertainment Licensing GmbH will have to pay $6.5 million for distribution rights to the 2001 film "Caveman's V...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has affirmed a judgment of the San Diego Superior Court ordering the San Diego City Coun...
Forum Column - By Tad Daley - On Sept. 27, the Los Angeles Times produced a lengthy examination of the biographical journeys t...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Faenza - Communities are promoting special mental-health courts to respond to the increasing numb...
Judges and Judiciary
Justices Lobby Senate for Judicial Pay Raises
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told a Senate panel Tuesday that unless federal judges receive long overdue...
Constitutional Law
Religious Beliefs Clash With Law in Infant-Death Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The Church of God Restoration in Upland holds some decidedly unpopular and, some say, misunderstood, tenets...
Appellate Practice
To Avoid Irreparable Harm, File Urgent or Emergency Motion
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Focus Column - By James M. Harris and Melissa Grant - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals takes, on average, 18 months from ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal magistrate judge has ordered that material discovered in any one Rampart case should be available to p...
Dicta Colum - By David H. Brickner - A few suggestions on preparation of your client for cross-examination at trial. Though i...
Dicta Column - A collection of quotes from recent pages of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Litigation
Monte Carlo Victory Over Vicarious Vice Makes Royalty, Lawyers Happy
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - The Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers á Monaco, or the Monaco Sea Bath Society an...
RIVERSIDE - A federal jury has deadlocked on whether two former Rocketdyne scientists illegally disposed of hazardous waste th...
LOS ANGELES - The city attorney's office is sending 18 lawyers into neighborhoods across the city in an effort to solve nuisan...
LOS ANGELES - Carl A. Lindstrom, a sole practitioner and arbitrator from San Jose, won a special election Wednesday to fill a ...
Criminal
'Bye, Bye Bernie' Rings At Last, Though for the Wrong Reason: Politics
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Forum Column - Opposing Counsel - By Stephen Yagman - At long last, to paraphrase Joseph Welch's jibe at Sen. Joseph McCarthy,...