Judges and Judiciary
Views on Justice Brown Illustrate Great Political Divide
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The state's highest ranking black judge sent a loud and clear message this week to other black women and minor...
LOS ANGELES -Mayor Jim Hahn directly solicited campaign contributions from a Beverly Hills developer, who is now accused of la...
LOS ANGELES - First, there was a series of articles in the Daily Journal, then a grand-jury probe, followed by a scathing revi...
INDUSTRIAL ANAHEIM - Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP arranged $12 million in financing to Greenlaw Partners LLC for the acquisiti...
SAN FRANCISCO - When the Securities and Exchange Commission drafted its regulations governing public stock offerings, America...
INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Kontron America signed an 11-year, $13.26 million sublease for 127,495 square feet of industrial space loca...
SAN FRANCISCO - The walls are bare sheetrock. Green spray paint sketches the outlines of planned art installations. Construct...
Judges and Judiciary
Board of Supervisors Puts Public Defender on Leave
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has placed Public Defender John Roth on paid administrative le...
SAN DIEGO - A judge on Wednesday confirmed the election of San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy after a three-day trial of a challenge ...
Real Estate/Development
Property Owners Should Have Access to Federal Courts
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Some people believe that they ought to be able to sue in federal courts to vindicate rig...
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - In many situations, an insured may find that more than one insurance policy...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to renovate courthouse bathrooms and doors to settle a la...
LOS ANGELES - In a case of first impression, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday that a company can be sued by an insurer ...
LOS ANGELES - City Controller Laura Chick is refusing to make public a document she furnished to James Hahn's four campaign ri...
Government
Judge's Pointed Questions Poke Holes in DA's Public-Integrity Probe
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - The downtown Los Angeles criminal courthouse could have been the site of a psychics convention Tues...
Daily Journal Web Excluxive - SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ordered a review of a 1988 death sentence Wednesday...
SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest in a series of partner departures, Silicon Valley law firm Cooley Godward has lost intellectual...
Administrative/Regulatory
1st District Rejects Retroactive Use of Initiative on Tort Reform
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - An opinion issued Tuesday, holding that Proposition 64 should not be used retroactively to dismiss cases that ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Crips co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams will remain on San Quentin's death row, thanks to the 9th U.S. Circ...
LOS ANGELES - The mother of actress Lana Clarkson will file a wrongful-death lawsuit today claiming that legendary rock produc...
INDUSTRIAL VISTA - Trent Lake and Jennifer Betlazar, doing business as World Buyers, purchased a 17,440-square-foot industria...
Focus Column - Construction Law - By Laurence P. Lubka - In December, California courts issued opinions that are very importan...
Forum Column - By Reza Dibadj - Many of us who study telecommunications policy are saddened by Michael Powell's resignation fr...
Forum Column - By Joseph R. Grodin - The first reaction most people have to the news that Californians enjoy a constitutional ...
LOS ANGELES - An appeals court Tuesday ordered the city of Malibu to pay a couple $35,000 in sanctions for filing a "frivolou...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego's registrar of voters testified Tuesday that she often counted ballots that offered clues to voter inte...
SAN FRANCISCO - Insurers have agreed to pay a fraction of the costs the state has incurred in cleaning up one of California's...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate panel tossed one of the final claims remaining from a two-decade-old toxic-tort case that once...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge sharply questioned prosecutors Tuesday about their bid to convict top litigator Pierce O'Don...
LOS ANGELES - The case of McClure v. City of Long Beach climaxed, so it seemed, in August, when, after an eye-popping five mon...