SAN FRANCISCO - Anybody looking to sue a public entity for damages must first file a claim under the California Government Cod...
Criminal
Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Abuse, Receives 10-Year Sentence
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - A former Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...
LOS ANGELES - Longtime Heller Ehrman partner Gary W. Maeder has departed for San Francisco-based rival Morrison & Foerster...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Fight Over Pledge of Allegiance Wording Returns to Court
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - All hell broke loose the last time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Michael A. Newdow to eras...
Entertainment & Sports
Los Angeles Lawyers Broker Merger of Vivendi, Activision
By Devan Mcclainen
Two Los Angeles lawyers helped negotiate an $18.9 billion deal Monday that created the world's best-selling video game maker. ...
Richard G. Vogl relishes his job as a family law commissioner because he says that, unlike during his days as a lawyer, he now...
Attorneys for a top intellectual property firm want to know whether ousted lawyer Scott Harris stands to make money from a pat...
Environmental
City Ordered to Pay for Turning Zoned Area Into a 'Bathtub'
By Rebecca Beyer
In the world of environmental law, creation of wetlands is usually considered a good thing. But a tiny Northern California co...
LOS ANGELES - It took a year, but a former Broadcom executive finally signed a federal plea agreement, offering information on...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mississippi Chooses Casinos Over the Poor in Hurricane Recovery
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Karen A. Lash and Reilly Morse - Despite the substantial damage suffered by Mississippi's poorest communitie...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury in San Francisco Friday awarded an Oakland couple $6 million in damages after finding that two ...
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - A recent 9th Circuit decision allows private-property owners to use the 14th Amendment's...
Environmental
Despite Green Light for Fighing, Lawyers Say Damages Still Owed
By Fiona Smith
SAN FRANCISCO - Fishermen suing for damages over the recent San Francisco Bay oil spill are still due big bucks despite the st...
Focus Column - By Steven B. Stokdyk - This is the only guide that outside counsel will ever need for answering the questions o...
Government
IRS Turns to Internal Probes When Looking for Tax Violations
By Dennis Pfaffn
Attorneys representing corporate clients are trying to figure out how best to protect them from a newly aggressive IRS policy ...
WASHINGTON - Twelve years after O.J. Simpson's acquittal on murder charges sparked new racial divisions around the nation, its...
In the latest move to expand its presence in the Bay Area, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will acquire Steefe...
Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...
In early 2008, Alex Kozinski will confront a turf threat from the U.S. Judicial Conference that would move some claims against...
Corporate
Consumer Advocates Object to Ford Explorer Settlement Offer
By Linda Rapattoni
Consumer advocates Thursday said they would try to block a proposed class-action settlement that would give owners of 1 millio...
Forum Column - By Michael Dever and Bryan Sinclair - An upcoming Supreme Court ruling may alter the royalties that inventors c...
The family of a Los Angeles woman who died in a commercial plane crash three years ago in Missouri has settled a wrongful-deat...
Judges and Judiciary
Scholar, Attorney Changed Land-Use, Redevelopment Law in California
By Peter Matuszakn
Eugene Brown Jacobs Jr., a legendary attorney who changed the face of California's land use and redevelopment law, died Nov. 2...
Arbitrator Ann Kough is willing to sidestep certain formalities if there's a cheaper and easier way to get something done. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Advances in Employment Nondiscrimination Ignore Transgendered
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Diane J. Klein - New federal anti-discrimination legislation moving through Congress is creating a rift amon...
Judges and Judiciary
Second-Career Lawyer and Family Man Shared a Practice With His Daughter
By Martin Bergn
Services will take place on Monday for William A. Fazio, a second-career lawyer who practiced for more than 40 years in La Hab...
Employment Column - By Leonid M. Zilberman - Three years ago, a California Supreme Court ruling led employers to believe that ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Reverses Defense Win in Shareholder Suit
By Zack Vaneyckn
A federal appellate panel this week reversed the defense victory from a long-forgotten bench trial in the shareholder class ac...
Construction
L.A. Judge Halts Demolition of Remaining Ambassador Site
By Peter Matuszakn
A judge's order on Thursday stopping the demolition of the Coconut Grove nightclub was the latest ruling in a long battle betw...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Cites Sloppy Writing in Dismissal
By John Roemer
Language police on a federal appellate court Thursday blue-penciled, shredded and booted a Hawaii lawyer's brief for crimes ag...