SAN FRANCISCO - In a tentative ruling, a San Francisco judge has ousted a state utility commissioner from office because he ow...
LOS ANGELES - Miriam Krinsky, chief of criminal appeals for the central district of the U.S. attorney's office, has been selec...
LOS ANGELES - As funny as it may sound to hear about a 6-foot-6, 236-pound man being beaten by a 5-foot-7, 145-pound woman, ex...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - What part of "extortion" don't they understand? Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Supreme Cour...
LOS ANGELES - The state's most-senior Superior Court judge, Leslie W. Light, is stepping down. Appointed to the court by Gov. ...
Forum Column - By Richard Glen Boire - According to a report issued by the National Drug Intelligence Center in December and ...
Law Practice
Real Estate Specialist Enjoyed Dodgers, Horses and Big Bear
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for attorney Ernest John "E.J." Caldecott, a real-estate specialist and devoted family...
Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - What would happen if the modern practice of law were to come head-to-head with 16th Cen...
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - You did it. After careful thought about whether you should leave your current positi...
Dicta Column - By Pete Peterson - Law firm merger activity slowed during the fourth quarter of 2001 because many firms were fo...
Corporate
Cram-Downs Present Conflict of Interest for Interested Directors
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Robert Haymer, Eric Zabinski and Erin Chrislock - Can a director be sued personally for approving a "cram-do...
LOS ANGELES - Open-government advocates on Wednesday praised the county Board of Supervisors for approving open-meeting reform...
SAN DIEGO - An internationally recognized expert in forensic dentistry will be allowed to testify as an expert on what he says...
SAN BERNARDINO - A federal grand jury Wednesday slammed embattled San Bernardino County Supervisor Jerry Eaves and a Newport B...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Fifteen Vie for Five State Bar Board Seats
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - Fifteen lawyers have announced they are running for five seats on the State Bar Board of Governors this year, se...
SAN FRANCISCO - Alan MacPherson has resigned from San Jose's Skjerven Morrill MacPherson amid a "divergence of opinion about t...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the nation's chemical giants has agreed to pay about $3 million - much of it for Bay Area wetlands proj...
SAN FRANCISCO - In an opinion that appears to broaden employers' duty to accommodate disabled employees, a state appellate cou...
DAVIS - As one of the country's top experts on evidence, Professor Edward Imwinkelried of the UC-Davis Law School has weighed ...
SACRAMENTO - Big changes are afoot at California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the state's leading criminal defense lawyers ...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court showed little interest Wednesday in allowing co-counsel to bring malpractice claims...
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced plans Wednesday to restructure the office. Herrera appointed Deputy Cit...
Criminal
Megaconspiracy Plot Linking Lurid Rap World to LAPD Proves Lucrative
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Normally, Kevin Hackie, a former Compton school district cop, Death Row Records bodyguard and confide...
Judges and Judiciary
Delay Tactics Keep Qualified Picks in Nomination Limbo
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - The Senate has been called the greatest deliberative body ever designed, but after the ref...
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and R. Tomas Olmos - Should an employer who has wrongfully terminated an undocumented worker i...
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - How should we respond to the Middle East crisis? - "I think the United Nations should...
Dicta Column - Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. - Is there anyone who doubts the timeless imperfection of the human race? The Book of Ge...
Real Estate/Development
Duty to Protect Against Attacks Is Narrow But Real
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - Throughout the 1990s, the California Supreme Court consistently constricted the burden...
Tax
Election May Reduce Taxes on Capital Gains Under Certain Circumstances
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Stephen M. Loeb - Section 311 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 provides a noncodified irrevocable election...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would exempt parole officers, probation officers and prison guards from jury duty whizzed through the...