Government
Masked Protesters Cause Fracas at School Meeting
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
ORANGE - 'Who were those masked people?' is a question the board of trustees at the Orange Unified School District may be aski...
DICTA This week's rerun shows us the reasons 'Ally McBeal' is a hit. ...
Litigation
Promoter Testifies, Sobs in Holocaust Trial
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Hollywood promoter Alan Boinus, accused of duping an 80-year-old woman out of the rights to her life story of hidi...
By Alan Cochrum How can I put this? I have serious problems with Roman Catholic theology. (Which is not a surprising thing, gi...
Rapid Disclosure Northern District of California Procedures for Markman Hearings By Guy W. Chambers The Supreme Court's landma...
By Jill "J.R." Labbe How many times and how many ways does this have to be said before it sinks in? Criminals don't care about...
SAN FRANCISCO - A "tasteless joke" told by a bailiff to a juror during deliberations was not enough to bring down the $5 billi...
DICTA 'The Practice' asks how can our system allow defendants innocent of a crime to be convicted. Page 8. ^^The Practice^^ By...
^^Intellectual Property^^ Secret Bits New Rules Liberalize Export of Encryption Software The new regulations remove some of th...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Los Angeles County Commissioner H. George Taylor had the rest of his life pretty well planned out: relaxing...
Lawyers stop him in hallways and at elevator bays, each expressing a version of, "Oh, no - say it ain't so!" The reaction to t...
COSTA MESA - The current spate of economic prosperity is benefiting almost everyone - except bankruptcy attorneys and trustees...
Government
DA, Chief Trade Accusations on Rampart, Fight for Their Jobs
By Martin Bergn
It was one extraordinary day. On Wednesday, the Rampart police scandal's bitter, long-simmering brew of political jockeying, l...
The Los Angeles City Council within the next two weeks will consider the Los Angeles Police Commission's request for about $1....
One day after an extraordinary public showdown between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcet...
Insurance Law: Insureds may have some coverage for sexual harassment under traditional insurance policies. ...
By Tracy K. Rice The stunning verdicts in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo reflect a gross miscarriage of justice and only ...
Caremark Rx Inc., formerly known as MedPartners Inc., has sued its former state-appointed conservator and attorneys for $100 m...
SAN DIEGO - A Riverside Press-Enterprise reporter was called as a witness by the defense Wednesday in the sanity phase of a cu...
WASHINGTON - Odds are you've probably never heard of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service until now. And that'...
At least four Los Angeles Superior Court judges plan to take a permanent spring break from the bench in the next couple of mon...
Personal Injury & Torts
Jury Finds No Liability -- And $4.3M Damages
By Anne La Jeunesse
In a decision that lawyers say is rare but not unprecedented, a jury has awarded millions of dollars to plaintiffs without fir...
Native Americans
Condemned Are Told to Keep Their Cool - Even on Their Way to Execution
By Garry Abrams
On his way to San Quentin's death house early Wednesday morning, serial killer Darrell Rich wanted to make a detour to the swe...
Taking swipes at Mayor Richard Riordan's plan to fund judgments arising from corrupt policing with tobacco-settlement money, C...
Following an extraordinary public standoff between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcetti o...
SAN FRANCISCO - Delving into the rights of motorists, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review two cases in ...
RIVERSIDE - After two dissenting jurors were removed from the panel on consecutive days, a jury Wednesday sentenced a Riversid...