SAN FRANCISCO - Individual judges still must decide for themselves whether to participate in the Boy Scouts, the state Supreme...
Investments
Stock Exchanges Will Phase Out Fractions for Decimals by April
By Marisa Navarro
In what Congress and the Securities Exchange Commission call good common sense, eh hem, American-based stock exchanges will tr...
SAN FRANCISCO - Following a recent grand jury indictment, Sonoma County prosecutors formally charged respected Petaluma physic...
SAN FRANCISCO - A kiss is just a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh. And when Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline of the 1st Appellate...
Government
Election Process Provides a Peaceful Transition of Power
By Contributing Writer
The states have spoken. Californians chose Vice President Al Gore, as did New Yorkers, Iowans and voters in 17 other states. N...
Criminal
The City of Simi Valley Passes Law Prohibiting Public Nudity
By Matthew Heller
SIMI VALLEY - It's not been a good week for nudists in Ventura County. Despite protests from the Naturist Society and the Amer...
Having mastered the art of bankruptcy, Judge Lisa Hill Fenning is ready for "a different pace of life." As someone who likes "...
In T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the protagonist measures out his life with coffee spoons. Frederic...
Not long ago, wealth and prestige were granted to any newcomer to the Silicon Valley who touted a graduate degree and ample ex...
The 11-month ordeal to create history's biggest media merger has ended with most early nay-sayers applauding. If all goes as p...
SACRAMENTO - To help the state's trial courts cope with thousands of drug addicts entitled to treatment under Proposition 36, ...
Environmental
Judge May Sharply Limit Liability for Leaks at Gas Stations
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here indicated Thursday that he is considering a potentially huge reduction in the scop...
They've redefined how to do business. They've set new rules. They've even changed our vernacular. And now they're in Washingto...
The growth of elder law has been mirrored in the number of books devoted to the subject that have been released recently. Uniq...
Many attorneys believe they couldn't be guilty of common ADR advocacy faux pas, but even the best sometimes fall into a false ...
SANTA ANA - An Orange County man filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Herbalife International's new CEO is reneging on at lea...
SANTA ANA - Sam Majdi used to enjoy his job in the electronics field. His dedication even earned him a sales-manager-of-the-ye...
LOS ANGELES - Two veteran, local legal aid offices have merged. The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Long Beach Legal A...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a new affirmative defense to insider-trading violations. ...
SANTA ANA - With the filing of a new lawsuit Wednesday, a 10-year-old Guatemalan girl orphaned by the Alaska Airlines crash an...
LOS ANGELES - A defense attorney's public claim that a detective sexually molested a witness is privileged, not defamatory, an...
LOS ANGELES - Authorities on Thursday released from custody an heir to the Max Factor fortune while he awaits a Jan. 17 prelim...
LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge gave no hint Thursday of how she is leaning in the motion for a new trial for three convi...
On Nov. 14, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration published the final Ergonomics Standard, a far-reaching rul...
LOS ANGELES - With little fanfare, Anita Bock, the director of the Department of Children and Family Services, this month rece...
Government
Police Investigate Why Woman Threw Her Kids Over Ledge, Then Jumped
By Chris Ford
LOS ANGELES - A single bouquet of fuchsias and white carnations Thursday signaled where on the 9th floor balcony of the downto...
SAN FRANCISCO - The "shall" issue isn't the only thorny question of legal prose preoccupying Bryan A. Garner. Add footnotes to...
SAN FRANCISCO - Now we say "shall," but should we say "must?" To Texas lexicographer and attorney Bryan A. Garner, it's a no-b...
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state government is not granting unconstitutional favor...
LOS ANGELES - In the business world, a man's best friend is often his pit bull, as in attack-dog lawyer. The Eye finds it hear...