LOS ANGELES - Judge Melvin B. Grover, "Barney" to those who knew him best, made a pledge to always do what was right, even if ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a boon for defendants, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that government prosecutors cannot characteriz...
Civil Rights
Racial Bias in Jury Selection Nets New Trial for Convicted Murderer
By Amy Tatko
LOS ANGELES - A Hispanic murder defendant will get a new trial because a prosecutor violated his right to a representative jur...
Civil Rights
Theme Park Wins Summary Judgment in Bias Suit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A federal judge has gutted a race-discrimination lawsuit against Six Flags Magic Mountain, granting summary judgme...
SAN JOSE - The cyberstalking trial of a Fremont man accused of making terrorist threats against a Michigan couple began Monday...
During law school orientation, new students are told to look at the person sitting on their right and then the one to their le...
SAN DIEGO - San Francisco outsider Pillsbury Winthrop has nabbed three attorneys for its intellectual-property and corporate p...
LOS ANGELES - San Francisco attorney Pauline H. Tesler and psychotherapist Nancy Ross will describe the collaborative approach...
There are many different ways of looking at the world, and the attitude that your jurors have will affect the verdict. This id...
It is probably not surprising that, under U.S. tax principles, an executor of an estate has certain tax filing and reporting ...
Terrorism comes in many forms. It is inflicted on women and children around the world, not just in the form of indiscriminate ...
WASHINGTON - When Lucas Guttentag was facing back-to-back hourlong arguments in the Supreme Court last April, he turned to the...
Judges and Judiciary
Three Justices Win Confirmation to 2nd District
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Appointments announced Monday the confirmation of three justices to the 2nd District ...
LOS ANGELES - A Rolling Hills woman will fill a vacancy on the 2001-02. Los Angeles County civil grand jury. The juror, Carole...
Personal Injury & Torts
Tosco Settles Case Brought By Workers In Explosion
By Matthew King
OAKLAND - Rather than proceed with a trial that posed risks for both sides, Tosco Corp. and two former employees have reached ...
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo unveiled his plan Monday to reorganize his office using a corporate model that en...
SAN RAFAEL - Superior Court Judge Jim Ritchie recently contemplated the fate of a criminal defendant he had just sentenced to ...
Criminal
U.S. Forces Must Target Bin Laden to Prevent Jihad, Observers Say
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Terrorism experts differ on the effectiveness of the military campaign against Afghanistan, but agree that tactic...
Administrative/Regulatory
One-Time Offer, Absolutely Free: Original Terrorism Anxiety Checklist
By Garry Abrams
The war on terrorism has generated so much to worry about that I decided to create the Terrorism Anxiety Checklist. Without su...
SANTA BARBARA - In a case that has divided two neighboring counties, Santa Barbara prosecutors Monday dismissed a murder charg...
LOS ANGELES - Edgar Hightower, a Daily Journal employee for more than half a century, has died. Hightower died in his sleep at...
Transactions
Wilson Sonsini: KLA BUYS DEFECT-DETECTION EQUIPMENT FROM QC OPTICS
By Staff Writer
San Jose's KLA Tencor Corp. has agreed to acquire QC Optics Inc. of Wilmington, Mass., in a transaction valued at $3 million. ...
When Santa Fe Springs-based Omni Plastics Inc. asked Jack Goldman to represent it in an upcoming transaction, the attorney ins...
On Oct. 11, President Bush said, "Ours is a war against terrorism ... [and] ... our focus is on Afghanistan ... right now." Hi...
Many lawyers found a great way to relax in the hills of Brentwood on Sunday, Oct. 14. Neville Johnson of the Westwood firm of ...
Firm Watch
Procopio Cory: SAN DIEGO IP EXPERT JUMPS TO PRACTICE ACROSS TOWN
By Staff Writer
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch is bulking up its intellectual property practice, adding attorney Troy Schmelzer to its...
Firm Watch
Morrison & Foerster: PROGRAMS FOR WORKING MOTHERS GARNER AWARD
By Staff Writer
One California-based law firm graced a list of companies that are helping women balance work and family life. Working Mother m...
The vital, day-to-day work done by the attorneys and staff at Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center in Los Angeles isn't all th...
It is not a semantic quibble to distinguish between criminal acts and acts of war when the toll in blood and treasure reaches ...