LOS ANGELES - A family-oriented channel is at the center of a heated legal battle between two media giants fighting for contro...
LOS ANGELES - After five years with the Los Angeles federal public defender's office, Michael J. Proctor is returning to priva...
WASHINGTON - In Washington, D.C., nothing is routine anymore after Sept. 11, when I stood on the roof of an apartment building...
Judicial Profile
Former Civil Lawyer Runs Tight Ship as Judge in Criminal Court
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After 16 years on the Superior Court in Los Angeles, Judge Keith L. Groneman may retire next year - or maybe he ...
WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft was just 220 days into his new job when the world turned upside down. Before the terrorist attacks ...
Dicta Column by Richard J. Simmons - California employment law is expanding as a result of new judicial opinions, statutes and...
Focus Column by Michael M. Berger - Santa Monica had a decent idea but had rotten execution. The city's Rent Control Board co...
Dicta Column by The Rodent - Remember last year when just about all associates had way too much to do? At that time, the quest...
Focus Column by Ethan K. Friedman - The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool...
Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in ...
LOS ANGELES - Only time will tell how deep a seismic shift the California Supreme Court will experience from the death of Just...
Judges and Judiciary
Monterey Jurors' Stay Will Be a Bit More Enlightening
By Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - The dominant feature of main jury assembly room in Monterey County Superior Court is, in the words of Presiding Jud...
SAN DIEGO - Courts have lagged far behind corporations in moving toward the paperless world of complete computerization, but S...
Forum Column by Pablo Agrio - Propelled by the kidnap and murder of Polly Klaas back in 1993, political opportunists seized th...
Forum Column by Philip J. Hess - California once looked with favor on private-attorney-general fee awards. Within a five-day p...
LOS ANGELES - Former Superior Court Judge Lloyd S. Davis, who retired from the bench after stabbing his wife in what he descri...
LOS ANGELES - A rash of rubber checks has caused the federal court's Central District to enforce a long-standing local rule ag...
LOS ANGELES - Judge Victoria G. Chaney is not exactly your run-of-the-mill judge, and she likes it that way. Take for example ...
Focus Column by Keith Paul Bishop - As a result of the downturn in the stock market, as well as the dot-com economy, many comp...
Appellate Practice
Circuit Dissenters Fail to Get Rehearing on Miranda
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A deep philosophical split among judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went on full display last wee...
SAN FRANCISCO - Suppose you represent Caltrans and the Ku Klux Klan demands an Adopt-A-Highway sign? Or maybe your client, the...
LOS ANGELES - Like many other stories about 2001, the tale of juvenile justice in Los Angeles last year was one of tragedy and...
LOS ANGELES - At year's end, Michael Nash, the charismatic supervising judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court's dependency di...
SANTA ANA - A self-described "international attorney" faces arraignment in Orange County Superior Court Jan. 16 on five felony...
Forum Column - Pursuing Justice - By Peter A. Schey - In 1992, the Guatemalan military announced that Efrain Bamaca Velsquez, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a big win for civil rights plaintiffs, a federal appellate court has ruled that counties are liable for dam...
SANTA ANA - A special Orange County grand jury panel is investigating District Attorney Tony Rackauckas for possible criminal ...
Judges and Judiciary
Quick-Witted Judge Keeps Mood Lighter With Humor
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - Ventura County Superior Court Judge Steven Hintz thinks that a new career might be out there waiting for him. Af...
Construction Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - It is important to understand the difference between an action...
When Gloria Handelman's husband, Douglas Coppin, died in 1991, his company, Hydro Mill, a Los Angeles manufacturer of airplane...