SAN FRANCISCO - The nonprofit Asian Law Alliance has filed suit in a San Jose federal court accusing a local businessman of il...
SACRAMENTO - How did Judge Russell Hom become the first practicing criminal defense attorney to be appointed to the Sacramento...
Constitutional Law
San Diego Settles Scouts Suit With ACLU, Will Pay $950,000
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The city of San Diego agreed Thursday to pay the American Civil Liberties Union $950,000 to settle part of a lawsu...
Judges and Judiciary
Reflection, Research on Appeals Bench Suit Jurist
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - It was a real dog of a case. Dog, that is, as in Rover, Lassie, Spot, Canis familiaris, the domestic fami...
LOS ANGELES - Long Beach's lawsuit against the state Republican Party was reinstated Thursday, the city's second appellate vic...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Commission on Judicial Performance has rejected a deal negotiated by its prosecutors and ordered an ...
Government
Harris Vows to Be Smart on Crime, Protect Civil Liberties
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Kamala Harris took office Thursday as San Francisco's district attorney, promising to create a prosecutor's of...
SAN FRANCISCO - Don't call the judge a rat. If you do so, apologize. Sharon Claire Brooks, a divorce attorney formerly of Sisk...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles prosecutor showed an author a confidential strategy memo that laid out perceived strengths and wea...
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan will protest the $831 in parking violations he racked up over three years, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris is rounding out her staff by reaching into the ranks of the state Justic...
Forum Column - By Kris Whitten - What do recent court decisions striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance a...
Labor/Employment
Sexual Stereotypes Can Serve as Evidence of Workplace Bias
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered sexual stereotypin...
LOS ANGELES - Stuart Buchalter, a Los Angeles corporate attorney noted for his skill at operating and guiding corporations, di...
Product Liability
Gun Company Liability Case Set for Third Trial in March
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A nationally watched case in which Berkeley parents claim a gun company is liable for the death of their 15-ye...
Holland & Knight has acquired seven-lawyer boutique Cowley & Chidester. The Cowley firm, located near San Diego in Ran...
Constitutional Law
City Cleared To Join Fight Against Limit On Abortions
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The city has joined the battle against the U.S. Department of Justice over the medical procedure known as part...
LOS ANGELES - A Palm Springs man, booted from his estranged lover's home on Valentine's Day, can go back, an appellate court h...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dan Oki said Wednesday that a projected $30 million to $40 million statewide sh...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he has named former state appeal court Justice Daniel M. Kolk...
LOS ANGELES - Two African-American workers have filed racial discrimination lawsuits claiming a supervisor at Home Depot's Woo...
Judges and Judiciary
Chamber of Commerce Plans State Judicial-Race Campaigns
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of the business community's increasing interest in judicial politics, the president of the U.S...
WASHINGTON - Even if the justices decide next month not to hear M.K.B. v. Warden, 03-6747, the post-Sept. 11 detention ...
LOS ANGELES - In the late 1990s, after he helped prosecute the O.J. Simpson case, Deputy District Attorney Hank M. Goldberg de...
SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency Wednesday sued Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, charging him with nearly 70 violat...
SAN FRANCISCO - Harold Taylor may not have known his ex-girlfriend was two to three months pregnant when he shot and killed he...
LOS ANGELES - If your clients are serious about settling difficult cases and you are well-prepared, the best man to bring abou...
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Aspinwall - Community service provides an excellent opportunity to see our profession from a fres...
Appellate Practice
Case Extending 'Constructive Filing' Doctrine Is Depublished
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Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Andrea M. Schoor - The old saw that "timing is everything" has particula...
SAN FRANCISCO - A computer worker who was fired for posting Bible scripture condemning homosexuality in response to company po...