SANTA ANA - After finishing up a prison term in 1996 for the last of four burglary convictions, Michael Robles seemed to be g...
Government
Governance Is Stumbling Block To Coordination of L.A. Courts
By Denise Levin
Although the ultimate goal for Los Angeles County's courts is to make a decision on trial court unification, the Municipal an...
Health-insurance forms, emergency contact cards and employee handbooks are not the only paperwork that new employees must sig...
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved contingency fee agreements with two law firms helping City Attor...
SAN BERNARDINO - A deputy district attorney wants a suspected gang leader who is already facing the death penalty for his par...
At the urging of Los Angeles county supervisors concerned about the Los Angeles police department's Rampart Division corrupti...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court Will Decide if Violence Against Women Is Federal Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Adding another federalism case to its docket, the Supreme Court will decide whether Congress exceeded its authori...
When the state Supreme Court struck down Kaiser Permanente's mandatory arbitration process in a ground-breaking decision in 19...
SAN DIEGO - A pastel drawing hangs at eye level between the high windows overlooking San Diego Bay. It depicts a man so lost ...
Entertainment & Sports
Joe Shapiro, Former Disney Executive, Dies at 52
By Katherine Gaidos
Joe Shapiro, former executive vice president and counsel for the Walt Disney Co., died Thursday following a recent recurrence...
Law Office Automation
Electronic Filing Legislation Wins Governor's Signature
By Chris Ford
Gov. Gray Davis brought California's judicial system into the digital age this week, signing a bill that enables courts to es...
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Tough Fight Avoiding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Once a client has signed a binding arbi...
SACRAMENTO - An estimated 14 million Californians now have a new litigation weapon to wield against health plans that deny, d...
SAN FRANCISCO - Exactly a year after a mysterious oil spill was discovered off the Northern California coast, the captain and...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge Monday declared unconstitutional a state law requiring Superior Court judges to live in...
RIVERSIDE - The former public defender here has filed a wrongful dismissal claim against the Riverside County Board of Superv...
SACRAMENTO - Few have more to lose politically than Gil Garcetti now that the governor has signed legislation that strips dis...
Few people can boast of once living beneath Dodger Stadium. Civil rights attorney Sharon Lybeck Hartmann is one of them. A na...
In 1992, Beverly Benton went to her doctor at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group for treatment of a urinary tract infection. ...
SACRAMENTO - Now comes the hard part. On Friday, Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a historic overhaul of California's troubled...
The boy wore a red sweatshirt with a picture of Minnie kissing Mickey Mouse and spent the day quietly drawing pictures of bra...
In an effort to ease the fears of trial court unification foes, Attorney General Bill Lockyer has strongly refuted critical a...
The head of the Los Angeles County district attorney's major narcotics division Monday dismissed the defense bar's latest att...
A federal judge Monday gave final approval to the settlement of a 1993 class-action lawsuit brought against the Anti-Defamati...
A dispute over what Los Angeles Police Department materials the inspector general should have access to has been resolved, of...
By Kent R. Raygor and Oral Caglar The federal Trademark Amendments Act, Pub. L. No. 106-43, 113 Stat. 218, signed into law by...
Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks is calling a county anti-gang loitering ordinance "a viable tool" and recommending the...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court: Driver At Fault for Car Door Injury
By Anna Marie Stolley
SAN FRANCISCO - One could certainly argue that when Somma Sriee Sooria Arratchiga decided to become a parking lot attendant, ...
By Don J. DeBenedictis Yes, Virginia, there really is a State Bar. Contrary to popular opinion, it did not expire when then-G...
By Gary S. Wong Major earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural occurrences can be potential disasters for law firms. Hard...