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...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court panel reacted skeptically Monday to a bid by federal officials to avoid state scrutiny...
SAN FRANCISCO - Massive rate hikes, a bankrupt utility, an electrical distribution system that a short while ago - and perhaps...
OAKLAND - Federal jurors said Monday they have reached partial verdicts in the Earth First civil rights trial. U.S. District J...
Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - Judge Sue Asponte, that active judicial apparition who goes around dismissing people's ...
Dicta Column - By Carlos Bea - Trial counsel should keep in mind the power of the printed word. If it is powerful in the newsp...
DENVER - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will look again next term at the question of whether using interest earned from...
Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - The Los Angeles Police Department is broken and has needed to be fixed for a long time. For...
Focus Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In re Marriage of De Guigne, 2002 DJDAR 4677 (Cal. App. April 3...
Forum Column - By Claudette G. Wilson and Michael S. Kalt - The law abhors uncertainty. So do employers, particularly when ev...
Firm Watch
Jackson DeMarco: TRIAL ATTORNEY MOVES TO IRVINE BUSINESS BOUTIQUE
By Tanya Rothman
Orange County trial attorney Veronica Gray has left a nine-attorney firm that carried her name to join Jackson DeMarco & ...
Column by Mark A. Smith - Through consistent implementation and demonstration of the principles behind the "3C" system - commu...
Transactions
Public Offering: LOS ANGELES' APEX SECURES $66 MILLION FROM INVESTORS
By Tanya Rothman
In an offering announced May 23, Apex Mortgage Capital Inc. grabbed $66 million in its sale of 4.4 million shares. Credit Suis...
Nokia Networks bought $36 million in stock of Redback Networks as part of a strategic alliance between the two companies. Wit...