An officer with Los Angeles Police Department's 77th division pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that he shot an unarmed ...
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III will plead guilty to mail fraud and a criminal scheme "to defr...
For the past dozen years, Jesse Jerry Gardona toiled away in a nondescript, one-story concrete building in the industrial Los ...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler on Thursday agreed with defense attorneys that the county grand jury was no...
Those who point out problems with poor interpreting too often focus on bad interpreters and do not criticize the system that a...
WASHINGTON - At the urging of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Senate Republicans quietly have inserted into a pending appr...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Litigation: The True Olympic 2000 Event
By Susan Mc Rae
In the end, litigation may become the true Olympian sport. As the 2000 Summer Games open today in Sydney, Australia, Olympians...
Judges and Judiciary
Evangelist Meets Judge - And the Rest Is CJA History
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - While the state's judges and lawyers gather for professional schmoozing at their annual conventions this weeke...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission Amends Charges, Postpones Its Hearing on Judge
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
The Commission on Judicial Performance postponed a hearing scheduled for next Monday after issuing an amended notice of charge...
Many examiners do not review the specification of a patent to determine if a claim is supported therein. ...
When thinking of moving to a branch office, consider whether the firm is managed as a unified profit center or if branches are...
In Armendariz, the California Supreme Court rejected the 9th Circuit's analysis on mandatory arbitration agreements. ...
An employee who was physically threatened by his boss wins a new trial. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Data reports from insurance companies that detail policies sold and canceled in each of the state's ZIP codes ...
Mishandling client trust accounts is the surest way to get into trouble with the State Bar. By JoAnne Earls Robbins. ...
In an unpublished opinion, a state appellate court has ruled that a judge cannot abdicate its judicial functions to the Depart...
By James Wheaton. People like to look at dirty pictures. Our Constitution protects that right. And present day successors to t...
After more than six years of wending through the appeals process, Faith Schreiber has finally found some solace. She has been ...
The murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a former public defender nearly a year ago was postponed Wednesday when ...
Judges and Judiciary
Republican Senator Claims President Clinton Abused His Power
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Claiming that President Clinton has abused the power to make recess appointments, and violated a pact he made wit...
WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential hopeful Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and his Republican rival's wife, social activist Lynn...
Services will take place Saturday for former state legislator and retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert S. Stevens. ...
A memorial service will be held Sept. 22 for retired Associate Justice Richard W. Abbe of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Members Give $900K to Bar Foundation
By Don De Benedictis
It came as a great relief to officials of the State Bar Foundation recently to learn the more than 15,000 California lawyers w...
Testimony began Wednesday in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a South-Central Los Angeles woman who claims her home was...
SAN CLEMENTE - Driving the snake-like curves of Pacific Coast Highway through this southernmost Orange County town, it's easy ...
Services will take place today for Barbra Davis, chair of the Los Angeles office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Dav...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed the Manhattan Beach Unified School District from a lawsuit that alleges offic...
A long time Los Angeles Police Department veteran was insubordinate when she refused to leave a supervisor's office before pho...
Law Practice
Probation Leaves Lawyer Larry Longo Undaunted: 'Life's Got to Go On'
By Garry Abrams
For most California lawyers, two years' probation by the State Bar would be like a punch in the gut. But for former Los Angele...