Judges and Judiciary
Ticket-Fixing Details Come Out During Judge's Trial
By Craiq Anderson
SANTA CLARA - Two of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser's colleagues took the stand Wednesday, outlining ...
SAN FRANCISCO - When she entered the fold of family lawyers, Rebecca L. Wightman was greeted with a shotgun. Wightman herself ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has yet to name his judicial appointments secretary nearly five months into hi...
Government
The Past Is Never Past, as Any Alleged Terrorist Should Know by Now
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The finger-pointing and hand-wringing over the Sept. 11 attacks appears to be reaching a bone-crackin...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court now wants to know why it should nullify more than 4,000 San Francisco marriage li...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed unanimously Wednesday to review a controversial appeal court ruling that ...
Forum Column - By Emma T. Suarez - In August and September of 2001, the devastating Star Fire swept through the El Dorado and ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator-Neutrality Rule Reflects Change in Ethics
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - A well-drafted arbitration clause specifies the number o...
SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer says blame an outmoded 80-year-old legal policy for the state's inability to win ba...
LOS ANGELES - An attorney for UCLA's troubled willed-body program told a court commissioner Tuesday that the school wants to u...
SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew P. Bridges, an eminent trademark and copyright law specialist, has left Palo Alto's Wilson, Sonsini, Go...
LOS ANGELES - Leroy Stanley Walker, a Los Angeles employment attorney who helped secure key legal protections for gays and les...
SAN DIEGO - A memorial service for Alpha L. Montgomery, the second black appointed to a Superior Court judgeship in San Diego ...
SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would protect hapless litigants whose complaints ma...
SACRAMENTO - Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has agreed to pay $263,000 - the largest penalty ever assessed a candidate by the state'...
SAN DIEGO - James O. Sullivan, a prominent trial lawyer whose legal career spanned 54 years, died Sunday of congestive heart f...
SANTA ANA - A videotape showing three youths allegedly having sex with an unconscious 16-year-old girl can be used at the teen...
Appellate Practice
Judge Agrees With Himself After Appeal Of Fee Ruling
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - On orders from an appeals court, San Francisco Superior Court Judge John Munter reconsidered the $16 million i...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California State Controller's Office has acknowledged that, for years, it has ignored a legal requirement ...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has acquired 13 attorneys and two offices in Arizona, giving ...
HAYWARD - Alameda Superior Court Judge Robert Fairwell has been handling a busy misdemeanor calendar for most of his 38 years ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Fresno employer does not have a right to probe the citizenship status of 23 Latina and Southeast Asian women...
INDUSTRIAL CARSON - Watson Land Co. has signed AMCO Distribution Services to a five-year lease at a 168,398-square-foot build...
Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In a case of first impression, Raphael v. Bloomfield
Forum Column - By Joyce Tischler - A new field of law is gaining ground fast, and if you haven't met an attorney who specializ...
Notebook - By Peter Blumberg - SAN FRANCISCO - Twice in a month the California Supreme Court has ruled on cases involving preg...
Discipline
Bar Court Judge Advises Attorney's Disbarment
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A State Bar Court judge has recommended that a Riverside immigration attorney be disbarred for "frivolously" filin...
WASHINGTON - In a letter made public Monday, Justice Antonin Scalia apologized for the actions of a federal marshal who confis...
LOS ANGELES - Project Islamic HOPE founder Najee Ali was ordered Monday to stand trial in Los Angeles Superior Court for felon...
SACRAMENTO - Proponents of two major legal initiatives, one dealing with tort reform and the other with DNA testing, announced...