SANTA ANA - Witnesses in a hearing Tuesday to determine the viability of charges against a man accused of killing a Garden Gr...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve spending $475,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit fil...
^^ABA Notebook// Don J. DeBenedictis^^ ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno issued a call Tuesday for the creation of s...
Judges and Judiciary
ABA Votes on Pay to Play, Practice Restrictions
By Don De Benedictis
ATLANTA - True to expectations, the policy-making body of the American Bar Association called Tuesday for further study of a ...
Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden plans to be in court again. This time it's because he wants to be. Holden - who is sc...
Discipline
Miller's Behavior: A Technical Violation or Grossly Reckless?
By Martin Bergn
A State Bar prosecutor said Tuesday it "strains credibility" to believe that an experienced litigator like Louis "Skip" Mille...
ATLANTA - The vote Tuesday by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates to defer action on so-called multidisciplinary...
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Ties That Bind Arbitration Agreements Can Be Enforced Against Some Third Parties A nonsigna...
By Ellen A. Pansky Many attorneys believe that when they are involved in a trial, they are justified in either delaying or fa...
^^ The Bookshelf ^^ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA By Elliott Currie OWL BOOKS, $12.95, 230 PAGES By Harvey Gee In "Crime an...
By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus In the well-publicized case Marriage of Bonds , 71 Cal.App.4th 290 (1999), modified...
By Philip S. Anderson For 25 years, the Legal Services Corp. has been a lifeline for Americans in desperate need. For poor Am...
Ruling that the Department of Motor Vehicles has a rational reason for requiring Social Security numbers on drivers' license ...
To thunderous applause, Wayne Doss, the director of Los Angeles County's much-criticized child support agency, was honored Th...
This year's race for San Francisco district attorney is underway with five official candidates, including one who is already ...
SANTA ANA - Four years after Garden Grove police officer Howard E. Dallies Jr. died from being shot in the stomach beneath hi...
A Santa Clara County judge on Monday rejected a prosecutor's bid to force a defense jury consultant to turn over information ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Plight of Detained Immigrants Draws Plea for Reform of INS
By Don De Benedictis
^^ABA NOTEBOOK Don J. DeBenedictis^^ ATLANTA - The president of the American Bar Association sharply criticized the Immigrati...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Inequity In Sentencing, Legal Services Decried by Clinton
By Jean Guccione
ATLANTA - President Clinton, welcomed by a warm and overflowing audience of the American Bar Association, called on the natio...
Real Estate/Development
Individual Condo Owners' Rights Eroded By Court
By Philip Carrizosa
In an important victory for condominium and other common-interest housing associations, the California Supreme Court held Mon...
By Tom Orewyler If there was any doubt, Lucie Barron knew Action Dispute Resolution Services Inc. had begun to break from the...
Securities
Latham & Watkins SAFEWAY GOBBLES UP REGIONAL GROCERY CHAIN Continuing its plan to acquire regional grocery store chains, ...
By Jennifer Byrd This fall, like every fall, the campus of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco will be a whirlwind o...
Large Firms
Lawyers' Screenplay Being Shopped Around
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
By Jennifer Byrd What do a minister in South-Central Los Angeles and a detective have in common with two lawyers in San Franc...
By Garry Abrams El Nio is, of course, the mysterious and dreaded periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean that triggers destruct...
By Justin T. Beck In the landmark decision Markman v. Westview Instruments Inc. , 517 U.S. 370 (1996), the U.S. Supreme Court...
A federal judge has ruled that federal authorities must move quickly to protect the habitat of a threatened California coasta...
GOLDEN, Colo. - From his spacious office at the foot of the mountains just west of Denver, Jefferson County District Attorney...
Solo and Small Firms
Berger Kahn Opens Office in Woodland Hills
By Elizabeth Freudenthal
Irvine-based Berger, Kahn, Shafton, Moss, Figler, Simon & Gladstone has opened a new office in Woodland Hills. A "major f...
Law Practice
Firm Watch: Oppenheimer Enjoined From Soliciting Lawyers -- Gore's Chief of Staff Joins Beltway Office -- Three IP Partners Depart L.A. Office
By Pearl Piatt, Leslie Gordon & J. Byrd
The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court. William O. Douglas CORREC...