Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Specialist Enjoys Tilting at Windmills
By James Evans
MONTEREY - G. Gervaise Davis is an intellectual property specialist and champion of the underdog who focused on computers, so...
A state appeal panel has reversed the assault and battery convictions of a supermarket security guard who claimed he shot one...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon is following in the footsteps of Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, becoming the...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New Bill Would Restore Much Of Old State Bar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - California lawyers would have to meet less rigorous continuing education requirements under a proposal likely to...
A year after an appellate court ruled her case was erroneously dismissed, a former field deputy for Los Angeles City Councilm...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Company Claims Malicious Prosecution by Lawyer
By Denise Levin
A malicious-prosecution lawsuit has been filed against entertainment lawyer Martin D. Singer, his firm and a client by a book...
A $3.8 million settlement by about 70 mortuaries that did business with Paradise Memorial Park, where graves were dug up and ...
A court commissioner has struck the last remaining cause of action that could bring monetary damage in a lawsuit against UCLA...
SAN FRANCISCO - It is a homeowner's worst nightmare: Cracks appear in floors and walls; water seeps up through the cement flo...
SAN FRANCISCO - A defendant charged with continuous sexual abuse of a minor under a 1990 state law can be convicted based in ...
SAN FRANCISCO - State prison officials can't abruptly stop female hormone treatments for transsexual inmates after first allo...
SACRAMENTO - In its attempt to avoid the problem of federal pre-emption, a bill to curb mandatory arbitration could have far-...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Worked to Ensure an Easy Transition to Unification
By Mark Blumberg
SANTA CLARA - As the Santa Clara County struggled to unite both halves of its court system last year, Sandra S. Faithfull sto...
After a six-year legal battle fought in both state and federal courts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approv...
Judges and Judiciary
High Court Weighs Whether States Can Be Sued Over Federal Rights
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - A slim majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike another blow for states' rights by rulin...
For the second time in recent weeks, the Los Angeles city attorney's office has declined to file misdemeanor charges against ...
SAN FRANCISCO - With the trustees of Golden Gate University heading into a potentially critical meeting in the midst of a fac...
By Cary S. Treff Property management has always been highly competitive. To remain at the forefront of the industry these fir...
Civil Rights
Jury Trial Nears Closing in Deadly Force Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Riverside police officers used the appropriate force needed to subdue a man who died in part because of restraining maneuvers...
A state appeal court Wednesday rejected a bid by the Los Angeles County public defender to set legal precedent by providing c...
Civil Rights
Court Upholds L.A. County's Liability for False Arrests
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to become ensnared in a long-running $7.4 million suit against...
A record number of state judges received private admonitions by the Commission on Judicial Performance last year for minor of...
Josh is a tenured faculty member who is going through a divorce. You've noticed that Josh hasn't attended many faculty meeting...
A chaplain who claims her church-affiliated employer has discriminated against her cannot turn to the California courts for h...
Appellate Practice
Court Allows Autistic Woman, 20, to Be Sterilized
By Anna Marie Stolley
Approving court-ordered sterilization for a 20-year-old autistic woman, a state appeal panel has defied statutory constraints...
SACRAMENTO - For James M. Hall, the outgoing chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission, his predecessor was b...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled, 7-2, Tuesday that federal prosecutors may charge defendants with using a firearm during...
WASHINGTON - On a day when the horror in Kosovo - and the corresponding U.S. involvement there - appeared to be escalating by ...
Two of Mexico's largest banks pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to criminal charges Tuesday stemming from what authorities said w...
Environmental
Water Companies Sued for Having More Than H2O in Their Bottles
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Carefully avoiding dubbing bottled water as generally unsafe, two environmental groups Tuesday launched a spl...