LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' latest high-profile criminal case could feature a showdown between a couple of highly respected vet...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly lost seven partners last week, fueling speculation th...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrators Will be Subject To Disclosure, Ethics Rules
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The Judicial Council has approved tough ethics rules for arbitrators that ban ex parte communications, forbid ...
Firm Watch
Foley & Lardner: SOUTHLAND FIRMS HELP SPONSOR INVESTMENT CAPITAL CONFERENCE
By Staff Writer
Multimillionaire and publishing mogul Steve Forbes was among 65 speakers at Los Angeles Venture Association's annual Investmen...
Partner Paul "Chip" Lion led Tilia International Inc. in its sale to Alltrista Corp. for $160 million. Tilia, which produces h...
Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Given that more than 90 percent of criminal defendants plead guilty, the most important...
Forum Column - By Melanie E. Lomax - There were compelling reasons to reappoint Chief Bernard Parks to a second term as head o...
When Kenneth R. Chiate and Dimitrios P. Biller took on a fraud and unfair business practices case against an insurance company...
Dimitrios P. Biller has been accused of being a workaholic, and he admits he takes his cases too seriously. It really sunk in ...
Question: What has been the biggest change in mediation in the last five years? Answer: Mediation has come into its own as a p...
In some contractual arbitration cases, problems or deficiencies exist in both the process and resulting award. However, in man...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County prosecutors investigating suspicious municipal contracts in 1997 had no ethical conflict in team...
SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar is on track to formally authorize its in-house lightning rod for controversy, the Conference of ...
LOS ANGELES - They look like the guys from ZZ Top and carry around a life-size casket with a drawing of Yosemite Sam stenciled...
Judges and Judiciary
County Targets, Fines Its Most Stubborn Jury-Service Scofflaws
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County residents who think they can avoid jury duty by ignoring the steady stream of summonses that ...
SANTA ANA - A judge on Thursday ordered Motocross promoter Michael Goodwin to stand trial in the 1988 killings of auto-racing ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Although federal agents were armed with consent from the San Francisco city attorney, the warrantless search o...
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The instant that Mayor James K. Hahn publicly announced that he would not back a se...
Judges and Judiciary
Tea, Formality Characterize Intellectual Judge on Bench
By Tamara Scott
LONG BEACH - When the clock strikes 3, Judge Margaret M. Hay pours herself a cup of tea. Attorneys who practice in Hay's court...
SANTA ROSA - The Sonoma County courts were embarking on a "social experiment of grand proportions," Sebastopol mediator Gary W...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis announced the appointments Thursday of civil litigator Daniel J. Buckley and Deputy Attorney Gen...
SAN FRANCISCO - An informal gathering to honor the memory of the late San Francisco Superior Court Judge Jack Berman will be h...
LOS ANGELES - Someone in a group of police officers damaged Betty Jones' house during a gang-related search in April 1995. Yet...
SAN RAFAEL - The man stabbed by San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews just moments earlier was seen pinning Andrews on his ba...
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge on Thursday refused to allow broadcast coverage of pretrial proceedings or access to writte...
WATSONVILLE - Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Heather Morse is used to long days. Being the sole full-time judge servin...
LOS ANGELES - Police Chief Bernard Parks is exploring potential federal civil rights and state open meetings claims against th...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for William C. Hobbs, a longtime clinical professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angele...
Employment Column - By Luan J. McElroy - An important step in structuring a successful job search is carefully selecting appro...
Dicta Column - By Leigh Datzker - Many of my colleagues tell me how difficult and time-consuming trial preparation can be. Eve...