LOS ANGELES - Fish & Richardson will acquire the bulk of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe's San Diego patent prosecutio...
Judges and Judiciary
U.S. Sentencing Commission Leader Will Relinquish Post
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Sentencing Commission is stepping down at the end of the month to devote more time to her ca...
SANTA ANA - Attorney and pilot, Countess Pease Jeffries lived an extraordinary life, say friends, cut short by an illness few ...
Entertainment & Sports
Public Defenders' Attack on Delgadillo Gives Nitpicking a Bad Name
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Sometimes a tempest in a teapot is caused by a dangerous combination of sour grapes and lamebrains. S...
LOS ANGELES - Harry L. Hupp, who served as a federal and state judge in Los Angeles for 32 years, died late Tuesday after suff...
LOS ANGELES - In October, federal agents arrested an 85-year-old Garden Grove man preparing to board a plane at Los Angeles In...
SAN FRANCISCO - Saying that a plaintiff's expert witness was too opinionated at trial, an appellate court Wednesday reversed a...
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Kamala Harris says she looks forward to working with the Innocence Project to determine whet...
SAN FRANCISCO - Wading into another of Attorney General Bill Lockyer's battles in the federal pre-emption arena, the Californi...
LOS ANGELES - New York Life Insurance Co. will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit filed by descendants of some of the 1.5 mil...
LOS ANGELES - Gerald Rosenberg was no ordinary spectator at NFL Raiders football games during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...
Labor/Employment
Survey Can Help Court Decide Issues of Class 'Commonality'
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Robert W. Crandall and Karyn E. Model - Plaintiffs seeking class certification in wage-and-...
Forum Column - By Richard Glen Boire - If a medication existed that could safely and significantly improve your memory, would ...
LOS ANGELES - New York-based Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Tuesday announced its 2004 roster of Skadden Fellows. Fi...
SAN FRANCISCO - The domestic partner of a former Foley & Lardner partner can proceed with a lawsuit accusing the firm of d...
SACRAMENTO - Joining the crusade of a man who uses a wheelchair, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed suit against Mi...
SACRAMENTO - A state political watchdog agency said Tuesday it would review its regulations in the wake of two court decisions...
LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Friday for Los Angeles attorney Marvin Greene, a securities law expert, retir...
Personal Injury & Torts
Plaintiffs' Lawyers Call Church's New Motion 'Delay Technique'
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs' lawyers accused Roman Catholic church officials Tuesday of trying to delay justice for alleged victi...
Judges and Judiciary
Justice Had Famous Wit, Passion for Helping Poor
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Justice Thomas F. Crosby Jr., a longtime 4th District Court of Appeal jurist known for his witty opinions and pass...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Motions Question the Capability of Marin Judge
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - A Marin County judge's apparent mental disability has prompted one lawyer to seek a new trial for a client and...
SAN FRANCISCO - A dying 71-year-old prison inmate, serving a life term for the shotgun slaying of his wife of 41 years, asked ...
SAN JOSE - Less than a week after prosecutors removed a retired judge assigned to the Scott Peterson trial, a retired Alameda ...
LOS ANGELES - In a world in which communication is key, most deaf people simply give up on the court system before they even s...
International
China Offers Benefits to Lure Research Centers to Its Shores
By Columnist
Focus Column - International Law - By Stephen Nelson and Simone Yew - Multinational companies contemplating the outsourcing of...
Forum Column - By Stan Karas - Sometimes an odd twist of judicial reasoning that could have been ignored or revised by other c...
Appellate Practice
Chief Justice Tells Senators To Stay Out of Recusal Fight
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on Monday gave a sharp back of the hand to two Democratic senators who had wri...
SAN DIEGO - To cut costs by improving efficiency, San Diego Superior Court administrators said Monday that they will close two...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Fred J. Martino, a Beverly Hills sole practitioner. Martino died of heart failure ...
SAN DIEGO - Five major publishers have sued a local bookstore owner, alleging that three outlets routinely copied and distribu...