RIVERSIDE - Superior Court Judge William H. Sullivan, 70, whose name has figured prominently in a scandal involving court-app...
In testimony sprinkled with humorous anecdotes, a raspy-voiced Jack Klugman told a jury Friday he never lived with nor discus...
Constitutional Law
Judge Won't Block Anti-El Toro Airport Initiative
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge reluctantly ruled Friday to leave the fate of an airport planned for the forme...
Assistant Executive Officer of the Ventura Superior Court Vince Ordez Jr. died Thursday in his Oxnard home after a long battl...
Administrative/Regulatory
9th Circuit 'Smokes' Ban on Storefront Tobacco Posters
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Contradicting three other federal circuits, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that local...
A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied three defense motions to dismiss the 1976 grand jury indictment of former reputed Symbio...
In yet more fallout from the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Division corruption scandal, a judge Friday freed from all...
SAN FRANCISCO - Genentech Inc.'s $200 million settlement of a bitter patent infringement case involving human growth hormone ...
Family
Woman Loses Support Appeal - Since Kids Are Now Pushing 50
By Anna Marie Stolley
It was not a case of better late than never. Rather, a 5th District Court of Appeal panel appeared downright annoyed that Rut...
PIONEER - In this place called the Sherwood Forest, it is eerily quiet. On this day, no birds sing, no dogs bark. Only a thic...
JACKSON - Bright red and white domestic-violence-awareness banners are hanging across the same downtown streets where 150 yea...
By Jeffrey A. Lowe In an attempt to go after deadbeat dads, the district attorney is using a recently enacted state statute t...
Bridging Sides Although this Los Angeles employment lawyer spends the majority of her time representing plaintiffs, some defe...
^^The Practice^^ By Cynthia Filla Two women, both victims of sex crimes, seek justice on this week's "The Practice." One vict...
November proved to be a sterling month in the city for Walnut Creek-based landlord Levin Menzies Kelly Associates. On its own...
^^Intellectual Property^^ Save or Delete? Document-Retention Issues Involving Intellectual Property A common rule of thumb is...
^^Ally McBeal^^ By Samantha Paynter Ally McBeal gets sued this week for intentional infliction of emotional distress by Reesa...
By Marianne Means If students lead prayers over a loudspeaker to a captive audience at a public high school football game, ar...
^^LAW & ORDER^^ By Mara V. Watkins This week's "Law & Order" focuses not on the legal maneuvers of the deputy distric...
New Domain Legislation Makes Cyberpirates Walk the Plank By Scott H. Rosenbaum The use of trademarks and service marks as dom...
^^Family Law^^ By Erin O'Bryan This week, Danni Lipton represents Carnell Hall in a child support action brought by a woman w...
Lender Name First Loan APN Owner's Name Site Address Mail Address Doc. No. BANKBOSTON NA $125,000,000 1610700039 WESTERN PACI...
PALM SPRINGS - Gov. Gray Davis was in Indian Wells Wednesday to proclaim Nov. 17 Wind Power Day. In a keynote address on wind...
SAN FRANCISCO - Although Ford Motor Co. narrowly dodged a bullet Thursday when an Alameda County Superior Court judge declare...
Bankruptcy
Court Remedies Congressional Slip of Pen By Allowing Debtor's Lawyer's Fees
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Splitting with one circuit and joining another, a federal appeals court resolved an ambiguity in the 1994 Ban...
LOS ANGELES - Here's a shocker: Someone's been accused of having an affair with President Clinton, and a lawsuit is involved....
SAN FRANCISCO - A $100,000-plus civil judgment was reversed Thursday when the California Supreme Court concluded that the tria...
The 2-year old daughter of Javier Ovando, the first man to be released from prison as a result of the Rampart Division scanda...
Insurance
Child Molestation Not Covered By Grandfather's Rental Policy
By Anna Marie Stolley
In one of a series of recent wins for insurers, a state appellate panel ruled Thursday that an owner of rental property who w...
By Robert E. Thompson The seven men and two women who deliberate in robed isolation within the great marble edifice of the Su...