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2006
S.C.: Juror’s
Reading of Bible in Jury Room Was Not
Prejudicial
(December 29,
2006)
C.A. Affirms
Dismissal of UCLA Primary Care Doctor
(December 29,
2006)
Appeals Court
Slaps Trial Judge for Calling It ‘Kangaroo
Court’
(December 28,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Rules American Samoa Sweatshop Owner Was
Properly Tried in U.S. District Court in Hawaii
( December 28,
2006)
C.A. Cuts $19
Million Verdict in Harassment Case to $3.4
Million
(December 27,
2006)
Court: Woman
Alleging Abuse in Divorce Case Entitled To Seek
Personnel Files of Ex-Officer Husband
(December 27,
2006)
Children’s Law
Center Names Interim Committee to Replace
Director
(December 27,
2006)
Judge’s Sua
Sponte Mistrial Declaration Barred Retrial—C.A.
(December 26,
2006)
State Bar
Court Panel Says Sacramento Lawyer Deserves
Suspension for Unilaterally Withdrawing From
Cases
(December 26,
2006)
S.C.: Tribe
Not Immune From Suit Over Campaign Contributions
(December 22,
2006)
Governor Names
Three to Los Angeles Superior Court
(December 22,
2006)
CJP Censures
Retired Orange Superior Judge, Bars Her From
Assignments
(December 22,
2006)
First District
Court of Appeal Upholds Right of Local Jail
Inmates to Vote
(December 22,
2006)
Supreme Court
Agrees to Review Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
(December 21,
2006)
Web Marketing
Not Enough to Sustain State’s Jurisdiction—C.A.
(December 21,
2006)
Court of
Appeal Rebuffs Hearst Heirs in Bid to Sue
Trustees
(December 20,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Overrules FERC on Energy Contracts
(December 20,
2006)
Portantino
‘Educated’ During ‘Day on the Bench’
(December 20,
2006)
C.A. Reverses
Class Certification in Suit Alleging Sony Vaio
Defects
(December 19,
2006)
Children’s Law
Center of Los Angeles to Begin Search For New
Director Today, Board President Says
(December 19,
2006)
Controller
Chick to Be Public Member of State Bar Board of
Governors
(December 19,
2006)
Appeals Court
Approves Testimony by Partially Disguised
Witness
(December 18,
2006)
Justices Rule
Arbitrator Need Not Disclose Unrelated, Pro-Bono
Mediation Involving Same Attorney
(December 18,
2006)
Inland Empire
Lawmakers: Region Needs More Judges
(December 18,
2006)
C.A.: Counsel
Was Ineffective in Not Pursuing BWS Defense
(December 15,
2006)
Company Held
Immune From Tort Action Over Threats Employee
Allegedly Made Through Work Computer
(December 15,
2006)
Arguments Set
in Case Against Judge Charged With Delaying
Decisions
(December 15,
2006)
S.C. Agrees to
Hear Artificially Colored Salmon Cases
(December 14,
2006)
Prior State
Audit Is ‘Public Disclosure’ Barring Suit Under
False Claims Act—C.A
(December 14,
2006)
S.C. Declines
to Block Use of School Bond Funds to Construct
Gym
(December 14,
2006)
C.A.: Police
May Not Impound Driver’s Car Parked at Residence
After Traffic Stop, Arrest on Prior Warrant
(December 14,
2006)
CJP Orders
Removal of Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge
Hall
(December 13,
2006)
California
Supreme Court Amends Publication Rule,
Encourages Certification of More Opinions
(December 13,
2006)
Disabled High
School Students Sue Over Lack of ‘Transition’
Services
(December 13,
2006)
Former
Assembly Majority Leader Joins Mayer Brown
(December 13,
2006)
Attorney:
Federal Decision a Win for Companies, Consumers
(December 13,
2006)
U.S. Supreme
Court Rules: Wearing of Buttons in Court Did Not
Deny Murderer Fair Trial
(December 12,
2006)
Proprietor of
Bagel Shop to be Assigned to Pomona Courthouse
Czuleger Makes Assignments of Eight Who
Prevailed in Judicial Contest
(December 12,
2006)
Admission in
Probation Report Not Part of Three-Strikes
Record—S.C.
(December 12,
2006)
Preliminary
Injunction Ruling Delayed in ACLU’s Suit Over
Holding Conditions of County Jail Inmates
(December 12,
2006)
Prisoner
Admits Trying to Extort Money From Two Local
Lawyers
(December 11,
2006)
Limits on
Donations to Candidate Committees Invalidated
(December 11,
2006)
Ex-Latham
& Watkins Litigator Joins Winston &
Strawn
(December 11,
2006)
Rental Car
Agent Need Not Question Facially Valid
License—S.C
(December 8, 2006)
C.A. Rejects
Attorney’s Lien Claim in Scientology Case
(December 8, 2006)
C.A.: State
Voting Rights Act Does Not Violate Equal
Protection
(December 7, 2006)
Governor
Appoints Four to Los Angeles Superior Court
(December 7, 2006)
Nine Local
Jurists Nominated to Serve as Special Masters
for CJP
(December 7, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Special Schools for Native Hawaiian
Children
(December 6, 2006)
Attorney
Disqualification Motion Must Be Supported By
Direct Facts, Not Just Inferences—Appeals Court
(December 6, 2006)
Court Probes
Whether ‘Recovered Memory’ Patient May Sue
Psychologist
(December 6, 2006)
U.S. High
Court Declines to Hear Parents’ Challenge to Sex
Survey
(December 5, 2006)
Arbitration
Clause in Franchisee’s Contract With National
Advertising Company Held Invalid
(December 5, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Orders Environmental Analysis for Logging
Project
(December 5, 2006)
Sex Offender’s
Conviction for Not Registering Reversed
(December 5, 2006)
Judicial
Council Rules Will Let Jurors Take Notes in All
Trials
(December 4, 2006)
Washington
Asks S.C. to Revive ‘Top Two’ Primary Law
(December 4, 2006)
Little League
Baseball Not Liable for Molestations by Coach,
C.A. Rules
(December 4, 2006)
Health Law
Attorney Robert Layton Joins Davis Wright
(December 4, 2006)
Transfer of
Mt. Soledad Memorial to U.S. Held Constitutional
(December 1, 2006)
C.A.
Reinstates Lawyer’s Suit Against His Former Firm
(December 1, 2006)
Arbitrator
Lacks Jurisdiction Over Dispute Involving TV
Judge—C.A
(December 1, 2006)
Joint and
Several Liability Unnecessary for Implied
Indemnification—C.A.
(December 1, 2006)
CJP Admonishes
Orange County Judge for ‘Sarcastic’ Remarks
(November 30,
2006)
S.C. to Rule
on Enforcement of Non-Compete Clauses
(November 30,
2006)
Dismissal for
Refusal to Be Deposed Held Termination on Merits
(November 30,
2006)
C.A. Throws
Out Death Benefit Award to Employee’s Estate
(November 29,
2006)
Elderly
Woman’s Gifts to Live-In Caretaker Held Invalid
(November 29,
2006)
City May Give
Money to Local Chamber of Commerce Whose
President Serves on Council—Lockyer
(November 29,
2006)
Brian Pass
Joins Sheppard Mullin, Levene Neale Adds
Associates
(November 29,
2006)
High Court
Will Not Review Ruling on County Strip Search
Policy
(November 28,
2006)
S.C.: 2003
Medical Marijuana Law Applies Retroactively
(November 28,
2006)
C.A.: Web User
Not Guilty for Child Pornography in Unknown
Cache Files
(November 28,
2006)
C.A.:
Amendment to Juvenile Records Law Applies
Retroactively
(November 27,
2006)
Czuleger
Completes Management Team, Sets Assignments for
2007
(November 27,
2006)
Hearing Set
for Riverside Judge Accused of Backdating Orders
(November 22,
2006)
Council
Members Cannot Sue Colleagues for Violating
Open-Meetings Provisions of Brown Act—C.A
(November 22,
2006)
C.A. Orders
New Election for Mendocino County District
Attorney
(November 22,
2006)
Pass Rate on
July California Bar Exam Reaches Five-Year High
(November 21,
2006)
George S.
Cardona Named Acting United States Attorney
(November 21,
2006)
Turner,
Schiavelli, Cerrell to Be Feted as ‘Persons of
the Year
(November 21,
2006)
S.C.: Father
Who Removed Children From Mother Need Only Raise
Reasonable Doubt for Good Faith Defense
(November 21,
2006)
Internet
Poster Not Liable for Republishing
Defamation—S.C
(November 21,
2006)
C.A. Throws
Out $34.2 Million Verdict for Oakland Raiders
(November 20,
2006)
‘Zankou
Chicken’ Trademark Remained With Founders Of
Restaurant, Not Their Son—Court of Appeal
(November 20,
2006)
State Bar
Governors Consolidate Five Constituent Access
Committees
(November 20,
2006)
Judge in Anna
Nicole Paternity Suit to Rule on Jurisdiction
(November 20,
2006)
Proposed State
Bar Resignation Rule Passes Committee Test
(November 17,
2006)
Venue on
Receiving Stolen Property Charge Lies Where
Property Was Stolen—Court of Appeal
(November 17,
2006)
Lawyer Has
Final Say Whether Sexually Violent Client
Testifies—C.A
(November 17,
2006)
Los Angeles
Juvenile Court to Hold ‘Adoption Saturday
(November 17,
2006)
Former LACBA
President Receives Pepperdine Teaching Award
(November 17,
2006)
Bush Nominates
James E. Rogan to Federal Bench
(November 16,
2006)
Butte County
Judge Admonished Over Campaign Loan
(November 16,
2006)
C.A.: Spouse’s
Duty to Support Needy Parent a Community
Obligation
(November 16,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds U.S. Jurisdiction Over Crew of
Drug-Laden Ship Seized in International Waters
(November 16,
2006)
Lefkowitz
Praises New Facilities in Santa Monica
Courthouse
(November 16,
2006)
C.A. Allows
Case to Go Forward Against ‘Fajitagate’ Officers
(November 15,
2006)
Superior Court
Judge Conway Slates February Retirement
(November 15,
2006)
Apartment
Owner Liable When Employee Shoots Tenant—C.A
(November 15,
2006)
High Court
Reinstates Death Sentence in San Joaquin Valley
Case
(November 14,
2006)
Superior Court
Judge Jack Morgan Dies of Cancer
(November 14,
2006)
Retired
Municipal Court Judge Joseph Gordon McNulty Dies
at 82
(November 14,
2006)
Justice Armand
Arabian Receives 2006 Fernando Award
(November 14,
2006)
Ninth Circuit:
No Church Services at Shelter in City-Owned
Building
(November 13,
2006)
New MALDEF
President Promises Growth
(November 13,
2006)
C.A.:
Ex-Couple’s Date of Separation Determined by
Subjective Intent
(November 13,
2006)
C.A. Approves
Conversion of Pasadena’s Raymond Theater
(November 13,
2006)
Court Revives
Suit Challenging Proposed Lodi Wal-Mart
Supercenter
(November 13,
2006)
Prosecutors
Win All Four Runoff Elections for Superior Court
(November 9, 2006)
Brown Plans to
Build Team, Enforce Global Warming Law
(November 9, 2006)
George Praises
Defeat of South Dakota Judicial Accountability
Measure
(November 9, 2006)
Retarded Man
Held Entitled to Jury Trial on Commitment
(November 9, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Reverses Death Sentence for Attorney
Incompetence
(November 8, 2006)
State Not
Required to Give Free College Education to
Highly Gifted Student Under 16—Court of Appeal
(November 8, 2006)
C.A.:
Subcontractor’s Duty Set by Industry Standard,
Not Subcontract
(November 8, 2006)
Police
Officers Sue City, Say Gangs are Dictating
Assignments
(November 7, 2006)
Justices Will
Not Review Order Reversing Death Sentence
(November 7, 2006)
Campaigns Draw
to Close as Spending Exceeds $1 Million Mark
(November 7, 2006)
Attorney for
Woman Widowed at Municipal Air Show Calls Demand
for Litigation Costs ‘Mean,’ ‘Vile
(November 7, 2006)
Justice
Department Slates Effort On Election Law
Enforcement
(November 7, 2006)
Bond Opponents
Say They Will File FEC Complaint Over Ads
(November 6, 2006)
Richard
Aldrich Receives State Jurist of the Year Award
(November 6, 2006)
Federal
Prosecutor From Los Angeles Gets San Diego
Judgeship
(November 6, 2006)
Attorney
General’s Race Ending Where it Began
(November 6, 2006)
Court Denies
Attorney’s Request to Lift Suspension, Orders
Probe
(November 3, 2006)
Two Former
Valencia Attorneys Sentenced to Prison For
Conspiracy to Promote Tax Fraud Scheme
(November 3, 2006)
Woman Falls to
Death From Court Building
(November 3, 2006)
LACBA Launches
Web Page in Law Student Outreach Effort
(November 3, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Brown Act Suit Over Council Members’ Private
Talks
(November 2, 2006)
Appeals Court
Rules Sexual Predator Remains Threat, May Be
Recommitted After Undergoing Castration
(November 2, 2006)
C.A.: Consent
to Trial Delay Implied Where Attorney Had Other
Case
(November 2, 2006)
Supreme Court
to Decide Whether Fleeing Suspect Was Properly
Convicted of Assaulting Officer
(November 2, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Inmate’s Contract Claim Against Former Attorney
(November 1, 2006)
Justices Hold
‘Security Freeze’ Law Unconstitutional as
Applied to Public Records, Reverse Injunction
(November 1, 2006)
No-Contest
Clause Providing for Group Forfeiture
Permissible—C.A
(November 1, 2006)
C.A.: Courts
May Not Modify Foreign Child Custody Order
(November 1, 2006)
George:
Diversity in Judiciary Will Increase
(October 31, 2006)
Top
Environmental Prosecutor to Join Musick Peeler
(October 31, 2006)
Lawyer:
California GOP Paying for Suit Challenging
Brown’s Eligibility
(October 31, 2006)
Judges Burke,
Gardner Granted Disability Retirement
(October 31, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Professor’s Brutality Suit Against Sheriff’s
Deputies
(October 30, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Split Inevitable, Tashima Tells Gathering
(October 30, 2006)
Brown:
Poochigian Paid Firm Involved in
Disqualification Suit
(October 30, 2006)
Appeals Court
Limits ‘Lemon Law’ Relief in Lease Case
(October 30, 2006)
Memorial
Service Scheduled for Former Judge Robert Swasey
(October 30, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Bid for Class Action Over ‘Living Wage’
Violation
(October 27, 2006)
Court: Showing
of Discriminatory Intent Required to Trigger
Greater Penalties for ADA Violations
(October 27, 2006)
Los Angeles
County Bar Staff Members Earn National
Recognition
(October 27, 2006)
Everything I
Needed to Know to Be the Presiding Judge of the
L.A. Superior Court I Learned From the
Teamster’s Union
(October 27, 2006)
High Court
Will Not Revive ‘Shock Jock’s Suit Against
College
(October 26, 2006
)
Court: Gun
Need Not Emit Bullet to Create Liability for
Personally, Intentionally ‘Discharging’ a
Firearm
(October 26, 2006
)
Court Upholds
Permit Revocation for Club That Held ‘Lust
Parties
(October 26, 2006
)
Judge Declines
to Expedite Injunction Hearing in Brown Case
(October 25, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
50-Year-to-Life Sentence for Teenager Who Killed
Two at La Crescenta Elementary School
(October 25, 2006)
Court:
Probation Condition Banning All Travel to Mexico
Overbroad
(October 25, 2006)
Secretary of
State, A.G. Seek to Intervene in Suit Against
Brown
(October 24, 2006)
Court of
Appeals Rejects Ex-Sheriff’s Bid to Have County
Pay His Legal Fees in False-Claims Case
(October 24, 2006)
Justices
Overturn Order Allowing Plaintiffs to Depose
Convalescent Hospital’s Attorney in Malpractice
Suit
(October 24, 2006)
C.A. Says
Pregnancy Resulting From Rape Is ‘Great Bodily
Injury
(October 24, 2006)
Group Files
Ethics Complaint Over Proposition R Mailing
(October 24, 2006)
Judicial
Council Rejects Mandatory Judicial Education
Rule
(October 23, 2006)
Court Strikes
Down Ordinances Banning Solicitations, Setting
Up of Tables at Downtown Promenade
(October 23, 2006)
Wife of
Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate Gets Probation in Tax
Scheme
(October 23, 2006)
Republican
Lawsuit Says Brown Ineligible to be Attorney
General
(October 20, 2006)
Appeals Court
Says Auto Repair Shop Not Liable Where Thief
Stole Car, Caused Accident
(October 20, 2006)
C.A.:
Declaration Referencing Future Evidence Does Not
Save Suit
(October 20, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Asbestos Suit by Man Unable to Recall Products’
Names
(October 19, 2006)
Appeals
Court’s Holding on Lawyer’s Right to Sign DFEH
Complaint for Client Left Standing by S.C.
(October 19, 2006)
Czuleger Makes
Few Changes in 2007 Supervisory Assignments
(October 19, 2006)
Yang to Resign
as U.S. Attorney, Join Gibson Dunn
(October 18, 2006)
Superior Court
Candidate Reports Spending Over $200,000 on
Campaign as Runoff Election Nears
(October 18, 2006)
Disability
Lawyers File Class Action Over San Bernardino
Courthouses
(October 18, 2006)
Memorial
Reception Set to Remember Attorney Kenneth G.
Griffin
(October 18, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
Conviction for Forgery of Cameron Diaz Signature
(October 17, 2006)
Grace Quinn,
Co-Founder of Levitt & Quinn Family Law
Center, Dead at 91
(October 17, 2006)
Landlord
Unfamiliar With Tenant’s Dog Not Liable for
Injuries It Caused—C.A
(October 17, 2006)
John C.
Rayburn Jr. Appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge
(October 17, 2006)
Republican
Group Opposes Kennard’s Retention
(October 16, 2006)
Court of
Appeal: Divorce Attorneys May Collect Interest
on Fee Award, Even if Client Objects
(October 16, 2006)
Officer May Be
Questioned in Investigation of Officer
Spouse—Lockyer
(October 16, 2006)
Sen. Kevin
Murray to Join William Morris Agency As Senior
Vice President
(October 16, 2006)
Los Angeles
County District Attorney’s Office Honored by ABA
for Juvenile Crime Program
(October 16, 2006)
Injunction
Against Animal Rights Group in Harassment Case
Upheld
(October 13, 2006)
Appeals Court
Upholds Firing of Police Officer for Disclosing
Personal Information Regarding Suspect
(October 13, 2006)
Former JAG
Officer Jon Holdaway Joins O’Brien Abeles
(October 13, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
Fee Award in Defamation Action Against Google
(October 12, 2006)
College Campus
Security Guards Lack Authority to Consent to
Police Search of Dorm Rooms—C.A
(October 12, 2006)
Robert Kwan
Named Bankruptcy Judge for Central District
(October 12, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Gulf War-Era Ban on Travel to Iraq
(October 11, 2006)
Court of
Appeal: Phony Traffic Stop Voids Search, Even if
It Leads to Discovery of Valid Warrant
(October 11, 2006)
Janavs
Switches Seats, Is Undecided About Re-Election
(October 11, 2006)
Western Center
on Law and Poverty Leads Legal Action to Enjoin
Delayed Determinations on Disability-Based
Medi-Cal Applications
(October 11, 2006)
George
Endorses Free Legal Services in ‘Core’ Civil
Matters
(October 10, 2006)
Arabian Says
He May Ask High Court to Recuse Entire D.A’s
Office From Jesse James Hollywood Case
(October 10, 2006)
Sheldon H.
Sloan Sworn In as State Bar President, Calls for
Civility
(October 10, 2006)
Chief Justice
Stresses Need for Judicial Independence
(October 10, 2006)
California
Women Lawyers Leader: Group Needs to Diversify
(October 10, 2006)
Mexican
State’s Chief Justice Praises Links With
California Counterparts
(October 10, 2006)
Governor
Appoints Judge Dzintra Janavs to Superior Court
Vacancy
(October 10, 2006)
New CJA Leader
Scott Kays Urges Preservation of Independent
Decision-Making
(October 10, 2006)
Justice
Bedsworth Tells Lawyers to Enjoy Their Success
(October 10, 2006)
Text of Chief
Justice Ronald M. George’s State of the
Judiciary Address
(October 10, 2006)
Prosecutor/Author
Bounced From Rape Case by Court of Appeal
(October 6, 2006)
State Bar
Gathers Today in Monterey, 3,000 Expected to
Attend
(October 5, 2006)
C.A. Declines
to Reinstate Suit Against Cellphone Providers
(October 5, 2006)
Governor Names
Judge in Butte County
(October 5, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Unfair Competition Suit Over U-Haul Fueling
Charges
(October 4, 2006)
Former State
Bar President Shallenberger’s Cause of Death
Still Undetermined
(October 4, 2006)
Judge Edmon
Becomes President of American Bar Endowment
(October 4, 2006)
Bar Court
Trial Counsel: Attorney Should Not Be Allowed to
Resign
(October 3, 2006)
Former Lawyer
Steven Krell Arrested on Grand Theft Charges
(October 3, 2006)
Former Los
Angeles Attorney Among Recipients of State Bar
Diversity Award
(October 3, 2006)
Investigative
Report on School Superintendent Held Public
Record
(October 2, 2006)
Court:
Emotional Distress Not ‘Bodily Injury’ Within
Arbitration Exclusion in Home Purchase Contract
(October 2, 2006)
Indian Tribes’
Sovereign Immunity Extends to Tribe-Owned
Casinos—C.A.
(October 2, 2006)
Excluding
Defendant’s Friends During Testimony Not
Unconstitutional
(October 2, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
Names Judges to Posts in Sacramento, Fresno, and
San Francisco
(October 2, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Suit Alleging Banks Misrepresented Tax Refund
Loans
(September 29,
2006)
Prudent Person
Standard, Not Limited Duty of Care, Applied to
Middle School Golf Class—Appeals Court
(September 29,
2006)
Physician
Cannot Revoke Settlement Consent After Oral
Agreement—C.A.
(September 29,
2006)
Parent’s
Assault While Son at Scene Held Child
Endangerment
(September 28,
2006)
Governor Signs
Bills on Handling of Conservatorship Cases
(September 28,
2006)
High Court
Denies Depublication of Ruling on Offshore
Coastal Views
(September 28,
2006)
L. A. Gay
Center Sues IRS Over Delay in Producing
Documents
(September 27,
2006)
Prison Guard
Hurt While Helping at Accident Scene Held Not
Entitled to Workers’ Compensation
(September 27,
2006)
Governor Signs
Bill Extending Time for Armenian Genocide Suits
(September 27,
2006)
Judge May Be
Challenged When Case Is Remanded for Fee
Award—C.A.
(September 26,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Rules Alien’s Ineffective Assistance Claim Need
Not Be Pled Before Immigration Appeals Board
(September 26,
2006)
Game Maker May
Use Celebrity’s Likeness if ‘New Expression’
Added—C.A.
(September 26,
2006)
Governor Signs
Bill on Seismically Deficient Courthouses
(September 26,
2006)
Governor Signs
Bill Creating 50 New Superior Court Judgeships
(September 25,
2006)
Appeals Court:
Evidence of Computer Hacking Conspiracy Enough
to Send Case to Jury, Defeat Summary Judgment
(September 25,
2006)
Memorial
Service to Be Held For Attorney James Beebe
(September 25,
2006)
Donald F.
Miles Named State Bar Court Hearing Judge
(September 22,
2006)
Judiciary
Committee Backs Idahoan for Ninth Circuit,
Senator Dianne Feinstein Threatens Filibuster
(September 22,
2006)
State May Ban
Employers’ Use of State Funds to Fight
Unionization—C.A.
(September 22,
2006)
Lockyer:
District Attorney Cannot Make ‘Rap Sheets’
Public
(September 22,
2006)
City Council
Rejects Proposed Skid Row Settlement With ACLU
(September 21,
2006)
S.C. to Decide
if Actress’ Manager May Sue for Commissions
(September 21,
2006)
Public
Libraries May Ban Religious Worship in Meeting
Rooms—C.A.
(September 21,
2006)
Scalia to
Present Alito Award at NIAF Awards Dinner
(September 21,
2006)
Staleness of
Underlying Claim Fatal to Malpractice Suit—C.A.
(September 20,
2006)
Court Rejects
Constitutional Claims, Upholds Investigators’
Warrantless Visits to Homes of Welfare
Applicants
(September 20,
2006)
Recall
Petitions Need Not Be Printed In Foreign
Languages—C.A.
(September 20,
2006)
LABCA
Evaluation Panel Finds Appellate Justices
Qualified
(September 20,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Restrictions on Residential Picketing
(September 19,
2006)
Court: Lenders
May Be Liable for Secretly Hiking Pass-Through
Fees for Services Provided by Others
(September 19,
2006)
DirecTV Class
Action Waiver Held Unconscionable
(September 19,
2006)
Ham Radio
Operator Sentenced to Seven Years for Jamming
Frequencies
(September 19,
2006)
Lawyer
Convicted in Insurance Plot Resigns From State
Bar
(September 19,
2006)
Eastern
District Court Moves Toward Adopting Policy of
Fully Shackling Detained Criminal Defendants
(September 19,
2006)
Bar Seeks
Applicants for Hearing Judge Position in San
Francisco
(September 19,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Shackling Policy for Central District
Court
(September 18,
2006)
Princess
Cruise Lines Not Liable for Sexual Assault on
Teenage Passenger in Sauna—Court of Appeal
(September 18,
2006)
Content-Based
Exceptions Render Sign Ordinance
Unconstitutional—C.A.
(September 18,
2006)
Attorney
Disbarred in Oregon After California Suspension
(September 18,
2006)
Court of
Appeal Reinstates Employees’ Suit Over Hidden
Camera
(September 15,
2006)
S.C. to Decide
Whether Long-Running Code Violations Justify
Forced Demolition of Santa Monica Residence
(September 15,
2006)
Law
Enforcement Officials Urge Governor to Address
DNA Analysis Backlog
(September 15,
2006)
Driver
Involved in Freeway ‘Gamesmanship’ Required To
Stop at Scene of Accident—Court of Appeal
(September 15,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Orders Reversal of Death Sentence Based on
Counsel’s Failure to Present Mitigation Evidence
(September 15,
2006)
Czuleger,
McCoy Elected Superior Court’s Administrative
Leaders for 2007-2008
(September 14,
2006)
Court of
Appeal Reinstates Council’s Language for Term
Limit Measure on November Ballot
(September 14,
2006)
State
Responsible for Harassment of Female Guards by
Inmates—Court
(September 14,
2006)
Commission
Fines Torres, Committee for Violating Campaign
Laws
(September 14,
2006)
S.C. to Review
Ruling Invalidating State’s Agreement With Union
(September 14,
2006)
Court:
Sentencing Man While He Was Nearly Naked,
Bleeding, Shackled Violated Due Process Rights
(September 14,
2006)
Woman May
Reunite With Children After Partner Killed
Niece—C.A.
(September 13,
2006)
Commission
Sets Oct. 17 Arguments in Discipline Case Of
Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Diana Hall
(September 13,
2006)
LACBA Set to
Launch Educational Effort on Judicial Elections
(September 13,
2006)
Court:
Registration With State a Prerequisite to
Petition in Family Court to Dissolve Domestic
Partnership
(September 13,
2006)
C.A. Approves
Use of School Bond Funds to Construct Gym
(September 13,
2006)
Court Tosses
Convictions, Says Indians Wrongly Kept Off Jury
(September 12,
2006)
Justices Rule
Drivers for Courier Services Employees, Not
Independent Contractors Under State Law
(September 12,
2006)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Arnold Gold Receives 2006
Treat Award
(September 12,
2006)
Court of
Appeal Voids Contempt Orders Against Local
Attorney
(September 11,
2006)
Appeals Court
Upholds Burglary Conviction of Man Who Assaulted
Wife in Off-Limits Family Home
(September 11,
2006)
Report:
Opinions Down, Overall Dispositions Up for High
Court
(September 8,
2006)
Ex Parte
Communication With Unrepresented Employee Of
Party Not Grounds for Disqualification —C.A.
(September 8,
2006)
Bush Nominates
Judges to Central District
(September 7,
2006)
Screen Actors
Guild Names New General Counsel
(September 7,
2006)
Individual,
Not Common Issues Dominate in Tobacco
Lawsuit—C.A.
(September 6,
2006)
Court: Lying
to Obtain Eligibility for Federal Funding
Triggers University’s False Claims Act Liability
(September 6,
2006)
Judicial
Candidate’s Designation Called ‘Disingenuous’
(September 5,
2006)
California
Legislature Approves Legislation Creating 50 New
Judgeships, Requiring Court Interpreters
(September 5,
2006)
Governor Names
Two New Judges in San Bernardino County
(September 5,
2006)
Parents May
Sue Charter Schools Under Fraudulent Claims Act
(September 1,
2006)
Prosecutors
May Not Impeach Defendants With Statements Made
in Court-Ordered Mental Competency Exams—S.C.
(September 1,
2006)
Non-Competition
Contracts Invalid Even if Narrowly Drawn—C.A.
(August 31, 2006)
S.C. Agrees to
Review City’s Liability for Injunction Enforcing
Unconstitutional Zoning Ordinance
(August 31, 2006)
Bill Calls for
Disclosure of Ethnicity, Gender Data of Judicial
Applicants
(August 31, 2006)
Worker May Sue
Without Exhausting Administrative Remedies—C.A.
(August 30, 2006)
Court: Pyramid
Scheme Program Violated State Securities Law
(August 30, 2006)
Sacramento
D.A. Jan Scully Appointed to Council On Criminal
Justice
(August 30, 2006)
S.C.—Dog Bite
Statute Does Not Apply to Kennel Workers
(August 29, 2006)
David Huebner
Elected Chair of Law Revision Commission
(August 29, 2006)
Gov. Signs Law
Protecting College Student Newspapers
(August 29, 2006)
Ventura
Superior Court Elects Colleen White as Presiding
Judge
(August 29, 2006)
C.A. Affirms
Convictions of Ex-Compton Mayor, Two Others
(August 28, 2006)
Court: Parking
Violation Alone Justifies Investigatory Stop
(August 28, 2006)
Assembly Votes
to Restore Authorization for 50 New Judgeships
(August 28, 2006)
Alan Lenkin
Joins Fulbright & Jaworski as Senior Counsel
(August 28, 2006)
S.C. Names
Remke Bar Court Presiding Judge
(August 25, 2006)
Court Upholds
Death Sentences in 1989 Local Church Shootings
(August 25, 2006)
Insurance Auto
Exclusion Includes Children’s Deaths in Hot
Car—C.A.
(August 25, 2006)
Producer’s
Ex-Wife Gets Second Shot at Allegedly Concealed
Assets
(August 24, 2006)
Divorce
Records Bill Apparently Dead for This Year
(August 24, 2006)
Valley
Community Legal Foundation to Help Finance
Children’s Waiting Room for San Fernando Court
(August 24, 2006)
Judicial
Advocate Voices Optimism on Bid to Increase
Judgeships
(August 23, 2006)
Court Strikes
Down Washington State ‘Top Two’ Primary Law
(August 23, 2006)
C.A. to Rehear
Arguments in Sex Harassment Suit Against Local
Charter School
(August 23, 2006)
State Bar
Board of Governors Supports Permanent Disbarment
Rule
(August 22, 2006)
California
High Court Rules Testimentary Transfers to
Deceased’s Care-Giving Friends Presumed Suspect
(August 22, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence for Deputy Convicted of Killing
Prostitutes
(August 22, 2006)
Judge
Manufactured Reason for Denying Asylum, Court
Says
(August 21, 2006)
Officials
Still Uncertain About When CCW Will Reopen
(August 21, 2006)
Health
Provider Has Broad Right to Share Patient Data
With Counsel—C.A.
(August 21, 2006)
Riverside
Attorney Bruce Varner Named to UC Regents
(August 21, 2006)
Bill to
Increase Judgeships, Convert Commissioner Posts
Clears Assembly Committee
(August 21, 2006)
Judicial
Candidate to File Late Reports, Consultant Says
(August 18, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Murder of Witness
(August 18, 2006)
Residents of
Venice Apartment Complex Lose Bid to Stop
Evictions
(August 18, 2006)
State Bar
Committee Votes for Stricter Disbarment Rules
(August 18, 2006)
Advisory
Committee Recommends Judicial Education
Requirements
(August 18, 2006)
CJP Admonishes
Judge Iles for Violating Probationer’s Rights
(August 17, 2006)
Court Throws
Out Most of Ex-Student ‘Shock Jock’’s
Reverse-Discrimination Case Against College
(August 17, 2006)
S.C. Declines
to Review Ruling on Ventura Public Safety
Initiative
(August 17, 2006)
Court Allows
Battered Husband to Void Property Agreement
(August 16, 2006)
CJP Rebukes
Judge Who Went to Game While Jury Deliberated
(August 16, 2006)
Los Angeles
Sues Kern County Over Imperiled Biosolids
Program
(August 16, 2006)
CCW Courthouse
Will Remain Closed This Week
(August 16, 2006)
City Need Not
Negotiate Racial Profiling Study With Police
Union
(August 15, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence for Palo Alto Drug Dealer
(August 15, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Reinstates ‘Pelican’ Trademark
Infringement Suit
(August 15, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Reinstates Suit Over Handcuffing of 11-Year-Old
(August 14, 2006)
Governor Names
Judith L. Meyer to Superior Court
(August 14, 2006)
CCW Courthouse
to Remain Closed While Undergoing Electrical
Repairs
(August 14, 2006)
State Law
Limits Funding of Online Charter Schools—A.G.
(August 14, 2006)
Appeals Court
Strikes Down Ruling on High School Exit Exam
(August 14, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Bars Suit Over U.S. Diplomat’s Russian Accident
(August 11, 2006)
Court
Overturns Change of Venue in Federal Drug Case
(August 11, 2006)
Albertson’s
Managers Lose Bid to File Class Action for
Overtime Pay
(August 11, 2006)
Bill to
Require State Contractors to Pay for Jury Duty
Clears Assembly Appropriations Committee
(August 11, 2006)
Court
Reinstates Whistleblower Suit Over Alleged
Bid-Rigging
(August 10, 2006)
L.A. County
Officials to Honor Judge Michael Nash Tonight
for Supporting Adoption
(August 10, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Says Landlords May Be Forced to Pay
Interest on Tenants’ Security Deposits
(August 10, 2006)
County Waiver
of Animal Shelter’s Licensing Obligation
Illegal—C.A.
(August 10, 2006)
Justice Laurie
D. Zelon Joins ABA Board of Governors
(August 10, 2006)
Senators Drop
Bid to Force District Elections for L.A.
Superior Court
(August 9, 2006)
Central Civil
West Courthouse Remains Closed This Week
(August 9, 2006)
State Bar
Operations Committee Supports Mandatory Judicial
Education
(August 9, 2006)
Former NBC
Litigator Camilo Echavarria Joins Davis Wright
Tremaine
(August 9, 2006)
Court
Criticizes Law Firm’s Mischaracterization of the
Law
(August 9, 2006)
S.C. Affirms
Convictions, Death Sentence of ‘Night Stalker’
(August 8, 2006)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Ryu Home After Giving Birth
to Son
(August 8, 2006)
Court Will
Remain Closed for at Least One More Day Due to
Power Failure
(August 8, 2006)
Court Upholds
Sanctions Against Proposition 65 ‘Bounty Hunter’
(August 8, 2006)
Seasoned
Advertising and Marketing Lawyer Rejoins Manatt
Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles Office
(August 8, 2006)
Court Rejects
Plan to Demolish Historic San Jose Building
(August 7, 2006)
Jury Awards
Lawyer $1.1 Million in Wrongful Termination Suit
(August 7, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Whittier Man’s Sentence in
Killing of Ex-Spouse
(August 7, 2006)
Judge
Criticizes Use of Court’s E-Mail System for
Fundraiser Invite
(August 4, 2006)
S.C.
Strengthens Employers’ Right to Terminate
Without Cause
(August 4, 2006)
CJP Charges
Riverside Judge Spitzer With Backdating Orders
(August 3, 2006)
Superior Court
Candidate Changes Ballot Designation
(August 3, 2006)
Sanctions
Ruling Against Valley Lawyer Left Standing by
S.C.
(August 3, 2006)
Magistrate
Judge O’Neill Nominated by President to Eastern
District Judgeship
(August 3, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Orders Officials to Allow Sikh Group to Build
Temple
(August 2, 2006)
Encino
Attorney Wolf Arrested for Stealing From Clients
(August 2, 2006)
C.A. Orders
New Trial Because of Juror’s Hearing Impairment
(August 2, 2006)
Lockyer Sues
Pay Day Loan Company Over Small Claims
(August 2, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
to Name James Rogan to Orange County Bench
(August 1, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Denies Review of Ruling on Anti-Gay Shirt
(August 1, 2006)
C.A.
Reinstates Daughter’s Suit Against Billionaire
Ron Burkle
(July 31, 2006)
Order to
Medicate Defendant Held Unconstitutional
(July 31, 2006)
Garamendi May
Suspend Insurance Agent’s Rights Before
Hearing—C.A.
(July 31, 2006)
Judges Not
Entitled to Attorney’s Fees for Defending
Against Frivolous Conspiracy Lawsuit—Court
(July 31, 2006)
L.A. Police
Commission Seeks Hearing Examiners
(July 31, 2006)
Suit Against
Lawyer Alleging Extortion Attempt Not SLAPP—S.C.
(July 28, 2006)
Court:
‘SLAPPback’ Plaintiff Has Burden of Showing
Illegality of Underlying Suit to Avoid SLAPP
Motion
(July 28, 2006)
Court May Not
Reopen Jury Selection After Jury Is Sworn—S.C.
(July 28, 2006)
Mother May
Assert Fatherhood of Non-Party in Paternity
Suit—C.A.
(July 27, 2006)
Court Holds
Judge Not Estopped From Vacating Order Placing
Minor in Deferred Judgment Program
(July 27, 2006)
C.A. Rejects
Sexual Harassment Suit Against Local Charter
School
(July 26, 2006)
Retired L.A.
Superior Court Judge Glenette Blackwell Dead at
72
(July 26, 2006)
Judge Allows
Challenge to Bathhouse Ordinance to Go Forward
(July 26, 2006)
Board Cannot
Deny Parole to Deportable Alien Due to Lack of
Plan for Living in California—Court
(July 26, 2006)
Governor Fills
Judicial Vacancy In Solano County
(July 26, 2006)
Proposition 64
Applies to Pending Cases, Supreme Court Rules
(July 25, 2006)
Union
Authorizes Strike by Superior Court Interpreters
(July 25, 2006)
Primary
Assumption of Risk Does Not Bar Recovery by
Injured Golfer
(July 25, 2006)
Court Says
Alien Admitted Into Family Unity Program
Eligible For Cancellation of Removal
(July 25, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Rejects Asylum Claim of Chinese Christian Man
(July 24, 2006)
Court
Interpreters May Go on Strike as Soon as Today
(July 24, 2006)
Attempted
Ambush No Basis for Assault Charge—Court of
Appeal
(July 24, 2006)
Sohigian to
Rule on Challenge To Bathhouse Ordinance
(July 24, 2006)
Behar, Campos
Elected Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioners
(July 21, 2006)
Juvenile Court
Judge Cannot Make Custody Order Regarding
Missing Child—Court of Appeal
(July 21, 2006)
State High
Court Holds Doctor’s Suit Against Hospital Was
SLAPP
(July 21, 2006)
Laches No
Defense in Private Actions to Enforce Child
Support Orders—State Supreme Court
(July 21, 2006)
Supreme Court
to Review Ruling Throwing Out Conviction of
Priest
(July 20, 2006)
Attorney
Sentenced to Prison for Preying on Minors
(July 20, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Conviction for Forging Celebrity
Signatures
(July 20, 2006)
Ford Liable
for $55 Million in Punitive Damages for
Defective Explorer, Court of Appeal Rules
(July 20, 2006)
House Moves
Toward Impeaching Judge Manuel Real
(July 19, 2006)
Disciplinary
Hearing Set for Willful Misconduct Charges
Against Monterey Judge, Local Justice to Head
Panel
(July 19, 2006)
Juvenile Court
May Order Drug Testing of Dependent
Children—C.A.
(July 19, 2006)
Court Tests
Multilingual Hot Line Service at Mosk Courthouse
(July 19, 2006)
West L.A.
Attorney Robert Guilford Dies in Crash After Air
Show
(July 18, 2006)
S.C. Limits
Remedy for Allegedly Invalid Parole Searches
(July 18, 2006)
Court Allows
Evidence of Telemarketing Fees in Charity Fraud
Case
(July 18, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Allows Suit Over Rabbi’s Alleged Attack
on Writer
(July 17, 2006)
Lawyers
Sanctioned for Frivolous Motion in Appellate
Court
(July 17, 2006)
Judge May
Solicit Jurors’ Assurances of No Jury
Nullification—C.A.
(July 17, 2006)
Howard Miller
Wins Seat on Bar Board of Governors
(July 14, 2006)
Close Votes in
Late-Term Cases Were Not a Blow to
Consensus-Building, Chief Justice Roberts
Insists
(July 14, 2006)
California
Telephone Privacy Rights Trump Foreign Law—S.C.
(July 14, 2006)
Marketing
Campaign Using Solicitation Checks May Violate
Federal Law
(July 14, 2006)
Former
Sheppard Mullin Partner Roy Wuchitech Named
Deputy General Counsel for Department of Defense
(July 14, 2006)
Business Web
Site Insufficient to Confer U.S.
Jursidiction—C.A.
(July 13, 2006)
Governor Signs
Law Amending Prop. 36, Lawsuit Filed
(July 13, 2006)
Man
Unsuccessfully Sues Entire Ninth Circuit Bench
for Conspiracy
(July 13, 2006)
Prop. 64
Restricts Class Members in Listerine Suit — C.A.
(July 13, 2006)
Contract With
City Does Not Bar Political Activity by Local
Chamber of Commerce—Lockyer
(July 13, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Lack of Secrecy Under Vote-by-Fax
Law
(July 12, 2006)
Berkeley Sea
Scouts Ask Nation’s Highest Court to Review
California S.C. Ruling on Free Berthing
(July 12, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Approves Seizure of Suspect’s Roommate’s
Computer
(July 12, 2006)
Injured Jail
Inmate Has No Civil Rights Claim Against
County—C.A.
(July 12, 2006)
High Court
Upholds Murder Conviction of Prosecutor’s
Stepson
(July 11, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Riverside Stabbing Murder
(July 11, 2006)
Justice
Anthony Kennedy Criticizes Sentences, Prison
Union Lobbying
(July 11, 2006)
Committee
Invites Comments on Judicial Ethics Changes
(July 11, 2006)
C.A. Holds
Park District Immune in Drowning Death of
Swimmer
(July 10, 2006)
Court
Invalidates Proposition 65 Settlements Between
Consumer Rights Group and Major California
Hotels
(July 10, 2006)
ACLU Seeks to
Intervene in Suit Challenging Medical Marijuana
Use
(July 10, 2006)
Court Upholds
Injunction Against Nevada Air Show Vendor
(July 10, 2006)
Supreme Court
Rejects Bid to Exclude Race-Based DNA Evidence
(July 7, 2006)
Bad Legal
Advice Held No Ground for Vacating Settlement
(July 7, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Invites Comment on Bankruptcy Judge’s
Reappointment
(July 7, 2006)
Musitano
Elected Partner at Lord, Bissell & Brook
(July 7, 2006)
Court Reverses
Order Disqualifying P.D. Over Prior
Representation
(July 6, 2006)
C.A.
Reinstates Claim of Same-Gender Sexual
Harassment
(July 6, 2006)
C.A. Allows
Mediator to Break Impasse Over Farm Labor
Contract
(July 6, 2006)
S.C. Allows
Discovery of Sexual History in HIV Exposure Suit
(July 5, 2006)
Justice Stays
Order for Removal of San Diego Cross
(July 5, 2006)
Yagman Pleads
‘Presumed Innocent’ to Tax Evasion
(July 5, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Says Congress Can Ban Homemade Machineguns
(July 3, 2006)
Court Must
Review Sealed Affidavit Supporting Defendant’s
Motion for Police Records Before Ordering
Disclosure—C.A.
(July 3, 2006)
Hufstedler to
Be Honored at Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
(July 3, 2006)
Supreme Court
Approves Search of Passenger in Stopped Vehicle
(June 30, 2006)
Tenet
Healthcare to Pay Record Whistleblower
Settlement
(June 30, 2006)
Civil Grand
Jury Urges Quick Action on Hall of Justice
(June 30, 2006)
District
Attorney’s Office Probing Prosecutor Over
Alleged Threats
(June 30, 2006)
S.C. Allows
Counties to Regulate Location of Timber Cutting
(June 30, 2006)
S.C. Will Not
Stop Suit Over School’s Expulsion of Alleged
Lesbians
(June 29, 2006)
Builder May
Block Boaters’ Offshore Coastal View—C.A.
(June 29, 2006)
Jury Awards
$15 Million to Woman Injured in Crash With
Sheriff’s Deputy
(June 29, 2006)
Whistleblower
Suits Changed ‘Corporate Culture,’ Attorney
Tells ACLU Supporters
(June 29, 2006)
C.A. Overturns
Denial of Claim to Paternity of Dependent Child
(June 28, 2006)
Budget Deal
Would Bring More Judges, Higher Pay
(June 28, 2006)
House
Committee Sets Hearing in Wake of Ceballos
Decision
(June 28, 2006)
Code
Violations Justify Forced Demolition of
Residence—C.A.
(June 28, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Traffic Stop Based on Anonymous Phone Tip
(June 27, 2006)
C.A. Shields
District Attorney From Discovery of Reports
Pertaining to Santa Monica Farmers Market
Accident
(June 27, 2006)
Attorney
Stephen Yagman Indicted for Tax Evasion
(June 26, 2006)
U.S. Senate
Unanimously Confirms Andrew Guilford As District
Judge for Central District of California
(June 26, 2006)
Judge Kays
Elected President of California Judges
Association
(June 26, 2006)
C. A.
Reinstates Commission Suit Against Actress Blasi
(June 26, 2006)
Witness Must
Attest to Will’s Execution Before Testator
Dies—S.C.
(June 23, 2006)
CHP Not Liable
for Injuries to Tow Truck Driver — C.A.
(June 23, 2006)
S.C. to Decide
Whether City Liable for Alleged Sex Abuse by
Official
(June 22, 2006)
State
Conflict-of-Interest Law Does Not Bar City
Officials From Renting Hangar Space at Municipal
Airport—A.G.
(June 22, 2006)
Identity Theft
Victim Held Entitled to Surplus Proceeds of
Foreclosure Sale
(June 22, 2006)
No Services
Planned for Manson Trial Judge Older
(June 22, 2006)
Governor Names
San Diego, Alameda Superior Court Judges
(June 22, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
Names Four to Los Angeles Superior Court
(June 21, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Limits Use of Invasive Testing Procedure Used to
Treat Sex Offenders as Condition of Parole
(June 21, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Upholds $12 Million in Fines Against
Cingular Wireless
(June 21, 2006)
Sheldon H.
Sloan Elected President of State Bar
(June 20, 2006)
Senate
Confirms California Official Sandra Ikuta as
Judge of Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
(June 20, 2006)
Red Light and
Siren Didn’t ‘Distinctively’ Mark Police
Car—S.C.
(June 20, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Nearly $2 Million Award Against
Attorney for Mishandling Escrow
(June 20, 2006)
Court Upholds
Most of Santa Monica’s Public Use Permit Scheme
(June 19, 2006)
Utilities Do
Not Have to Pay for Relocation of Lines During
Pasadena Metro Rail Construction, Court Says
(June 19, 2006)
Court Upholds
Life Sentence in Los Angeles Murder-Robbery Case
(June 19, 2006)
Assembly
Rejects Bid to Ease Passage of Bill on Divorce
Records
(June 16, 2006)
CJP Censures
Ex-Judge Kline, Awaiting Sentencing in
Pornography Case, and Bars Him From Assignments
(June 16, 2006)
C.A. Dismisses
Some Charges Against Official Charged With
Misuse of Funds
(June 16, 2006)
State Supreme
Court Agrees to Hear Lesbian Insemination Case
(June 15, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Invalidates State’s Agreement With Union
(June 15, 2006)
Ruling Cutting
Punitive Damages to Grocery Workers Left
Standing
(June 15, 2006)
Local Car
Dealer Brings $1.7 Million ‘Lemon’ Lawsuit
(June 15, 2006)
Defamation
Action Over Critical E-Mail Ruled SLAPP
(June 15, 2006)
CJP Admonishes
Judge Over Use of Court Stationery
(June 14, 2006)
C.A. Rejects
Second Post-Appellate Challenge Under Sec. 170.6
(June 14, 2006)
Another
Seasoned Litigator Defects to Greenberg Traurig
(June 14, 2006)
DMV May Impose
Longer License Suspension Than That Ordered By
Trial Court, Fourth District Court of Appeal
Panel Rules
(June 14, 2006)
‘Tim’ McCoy
Running Unopposed in Election for Superior Court
Assistant Presiding Judge
(June 13, 2006)
CJP Admonishes
Bay Area Judge for Sarcasm, Discourtesy
(June 13, 2006)
S.C. Overturns
Gang Member’s Death Sentence for East L.A.
Killings
(June 13, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Throws Out $3.7 Million Judgment Against
‘Golden Girls’ Actress Rue McClanahan
(June 13, 2006)
O’Melveny
Insurance Lawyer Defects to Manatt Phelps
(June 13, 2006)
Governor Says
He Will Re-Appoint Janavs to Superior Court
(June 12, 2006)
Panel Confirms
Suzukawa as Justice of Court of Appeal
(June 12, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Says Four Year Stay in Canada Does Not Bar
Asylum
(June 12, 2006)
Colleagues
Bemoan Janavs’ Defeat, Want Governor to Appoint
Her
(June 9, 2006)
Commission
Censures Two Judges Who Sought Preferential
Treatment Following DUI Arrest
(June 9, 2006)
Murdered
Lawyer Was Helping Son Study Before Being Shot,
Police Say
(June 9, 2006)
Brown Says He
Welcomes Spotlight on Record, Reputation
(June 9, 2006)
Lawyer-Turned-Businesswoman
Unseats 20-Year Incumbent Judge
(June 8, 2006)
Brown’s Past
Will Define A.G. Race, Poochigian Vows
(June 8, 2006)
Inmate Who
Lacked Spanish Legal Materials Given New Hope of
Freedom
(June 8, 2006)
Concealing
Drug Evidence Not a Proposition 36 Offense—C.A.
(June 7, 2006)
Student Sues
School District, Claims He Was Denied First
Amendment Right to Protest Illegal Immigration
(June 7, 2006)
Jones Day
Litigation Partner Bertzyk Defects to Greenberg
Traurig
(June 7, 2006)
Two Judicial
Candidates Top $100,000 Mark in Campaign
Spending
(June 6, 2006)
U.S. Supreme
Court Rejects Prospective Waivers Of Right to
Speedy Trial Under 1974 Act
(June 6, 2006)
City
Attorney’s Conflict Requires Disqualification of
Entire Office—S.C.
(June 6, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Malpractice Action Against Mid-Wilshire Attorney
(June 5, 2006)
Court Says
Environmental Report for Nuclear Facility Must
Assess Possibility of Terrorist Attack
(June 5, 2006)
Write-in
Candidate Could Complicate Race for Judge
Janavs’ Seat
(June 5, 2006)
Police May
Enter Home to Arrest Drunk Driving Suspect—S.C.
(June 2, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Panel Revives Suit Over Conditions Under Which
Sexual Predators Are Confined
(June 2, 2006)
Expert
Declaration Held Sufficient to Withstand Summary
Judgment in Medical Malpractice Case
(June 2, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
Termination of Longtime General Manager at KNX
(June 1, 2006)
Motion to Ban
‘Racist and Abusive’ Language Advances
(June 1, 2006)
U.S. High
Court Limits Free Speech Rights of Public
Employees
(May 31, 2006)
Peremptory
Challenge to Trial Judge Not Allowed on Remand
for Filing of Statement of Decision—C.A.
(May 31, 2006)
Justices Allow
Attorneys to Recover Fees Without Client
Approval
(May 30, 2006)
Decision Not
to Discipline Employee Need Not Be Reported
Under Brown Act—Lockyer
(May 30, 2006)
Appeals Court
Upholds Journalistic Rights of Internet News
Publishers
(May 30, 2006)
Haight Brown
Partner Lori Behar Tops New Commissioner List
(May 26, 2006)
LACBA Trustees
Oppose Permanent Disbarment Rule
(May 26, 2006)
S.C. Bars
Joinder of Unrelated Constitutional Changes on
Ballot
(May 26, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Limits Scope of Parole Search
(May 26, 2006)
S.C.
Reinstates School Exit Exam, Orders C.A. to
Consider Merits
(May 25, 2006)
Declaration of
‘Journalistic Purpose’ Sufficient to Obtain
Arrest Records, Lockyer Concludes
(May 25, 2006)
Loss of Claim
in Mail Held Fatal to Suit Against Postal
Service
(May 25, 2006)
Tort Claims of
Artist Whose Work Was Used for Lopez Song Held
Preempted by Copyright Act
(May 25, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
$2.65 Million Bad Faith Award Against Insurer
(May 24, 2006)
State Bound by
Sentence Cap in Extradition Agreement, Ninth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules
(May 24, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Ban on Anti-Abortion Banners Over Hawaii
Beaches
(May 24, 2006)
Court Upholds
Extradition of Man Who Tried to Bomb Embassy
(May 23, 2006)
Czuleger Says
Steven Van Sicklen Likely to Be Next Supervising
Judge of Criminal Courts
(May 23, 2006)
Stanley Levy
to Chair National Pro Bono Practice at Manatt
Phelps
(May 23, 2006)
Ventura Public
Safety Initiative Held Unconstitutional by C.A.
(May 22, 2006)
Court Finds
Attorney’s Appeal of Sanctions Untimely
(May 22, 2006)
High Court
Rejects Claim That Jews Were Excluded From Jury
(May 19, 2006)
Court Finds No
Hidden Assets, Undue Influence, In Billionaire
Burkle’s Dissolution Agreement
(May 19, 2006)
Ruling on
Sealing of Divorce Records Left Standing by S.C.
(May 18, 2006)
Court Declines
to Review Ruling Allowing Racial Bias Suit
(May 18, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Affirms Sante Kimes’ Murder Conviction
(May 18, 2006)
Senate
Confirms Torrance Lawyer’s Nomination to Ninth
Circuit
(May 17, 2006)
Review
Department Recommends Suspension of Marina del
Rey Lawyer for Abandoning Clients
(May 17, 2006)
Candidate
Blasts LACBA for Rating Him ‘Not Qualified’ for
Bench
(May 17, 2006)
Nine Judicial
Candidates Rated ‘Not Qualified’ by LACBA
(May 16, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Killing of Fresno Women
(May 16, 2006)
Judges Flynn
and Adajian Schedule Retirements for Next Month
(May 15, 2006)
Sacramento
Woman Named to Board of Governors
(May 15, 2006)
High Court
Upholds Death Sentence in Fullerton Stabbin
(May 12, 2006)
State Bar
Court Review Department Recommends Disbarment of
Lawyer Implicated in ‘Capping’
(May 12, 2006)
Arraignment
Delay Held No Basis for False Imprisonment Suit
(May 11, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Lawyer’s Prison Sentence for Plotting to
Scuttle Yacht, Collect Insurance
(May 11, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Rejects Former Ballplayers’ Suit Over Pensions
(May 10, 2006)
Superior Court
Candidate Richard Loomis Reports ‘Well
Qualified’ Rating by County Bar Panel
(May 10, 2006)
Justices
Appear Skeptical at Bid for New Trial for Sante
Kimes, Convicted With Son of Two Murders
(May 10, 2006)
Kings Superior
Court Judge Admonished by CJP
(May 10, 2006)
Janavs, Meyer
Rated ‘Exceptionally Well Qualified’ for
Election
(May 9, 2006)
S.C. Affirms
Death Sentence, Rejects Judicial Bias Claim
(May 9, 2006)
Homeowner’s
Liability for Assault on Teenage House Guest
Limited
(May 8, 2006)
Gay Couple
Lacks Standing to Challenge Federal Law On
Same-Sex Marriage, Ninth Circuit Says
(May 8, 2006)
Marcos Torture
Victims Entitled to Millions, Ninth Circuit Says
(May 5, 2006)
George to
Receive Top Award From American Judicature
Society
(May 5, 2006)
CJP Charges
Judge With Delaying Decisions, Swearing Falsely
(May 4, 2006)
Commission
Slates June 9 Hearing for Suzukawa
(May 4, 2006)
Governor Names
Judge Steven C. Suzukawa to Court of Appeal
(May 3, 2006)
Contractor Not
Liable to Worker Hit by Scaffolding During Cell
Phone Conversation—Court of Appeal
(May 3, 2006)
Student
Athletes Had Right to Petition for Coach’s
Firing—Court
(May 2, 2006)
Courts See
Minimal Disruption as Thousands March to Observe
‘Day Without Immigrants’
(May 2, 2006)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Names Three as Commissioners
(May 1, 2006)
Agreement
Reached in Litigation Over ‘Napa’ Wines
(May 1, 2006)
CJP Launches
Misconduct Proceedings Against Monterey Jurist
(April 28, 2006)
S.C. to Rule
on Class-Action Waivers in Employment Disputes
(April 27, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
Cutoff of Support Obligation to Abusive Ex-Wife
(April 26, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Rejects Rule Under Which Defense Was Barred From
Calling Border Patrol Agent as Witness
(April 26, 2006)
High Court
Upholds Death Sentence in Store Owner’s Murder
(April 25, 2006)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Philip Gutierrez Gains
Nomination to U.S. District Court Vacancy
(April 25, 2006)
C.A. Upholds
$28 Million Damage Award in Smoking Case
(April 24, 2006)
Judge Rejects
Challenges to Stem-Cell Institute
(April 24, 2006)
Commission
Slates June Hearing For C.A. Nominee
(April 24, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
Names Four to Los Angeles Superior Court
(April 21, 2006)
S.C. Rejects
Harassment Claim by ‘Friends’ Assistant, Cites
Needs of Television’s Creative Process
(April 21, 2006)
Judicial
Candidate Blasts Times for Not Endorsing
Christians, Veterans
(April 21, 2006)
Bid to Force
School to Allow Anti-Gay Shirt Rejected
(April 21, 2006)
San Diego Man
Charged With Hacking USC Computer System
(April 21, 2006)
Removal of
Judge Kevin Ross From Bench Left Standing by
S.C.
(April 20, 2006)
Witness Must
Identify Source of Anonymous Web Postings—C.A.
(April 19, 2006)
Fresno
Superior Court Judge Brad R. Hill Confirmed As
Justice of Fifth District Court of Appeal
(April 19, 2006)
Supervisors
Name Taylor Chief County Probation Officer
(April 19, 2006)
High Court
Lets Stand Ruling on Subpoena of Church Records
(April 18, 2006)
Justices
Overturn Ruling on Asylum for South Africans
(April 18, 2006)
Court to Rule
on Wearing of Buttons Depicting Victim During
Jury Trial
(April 18, 2006)
City Cannot
Arrest Homeless for Sleeping on Sidewalks—Court
(April 17, 2006)
En Banc Ninth
Circuit Panel Upholds Employer’s Policy
Requiring That Female WorkersWear Makeup
(April 17, 2006)
C.A. Tosses
Priest’s Conviction, Finds Prosecutorial
Misconduct
(April 14, 2006)
Privacy of
AT&T Customers Imperiled by Cooperation With
NSA, Group Suing Over Spy Program Claims
(April 14, 2006)
State Bar
Board Candidate Drops Out, Leaving Three in Race
(April 13, 2006)
S.C. Turns
Aside Attack on Domestic Partnership Laws
(April 13, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Suit in Fatal Shooting by Pomona Police
(April 12, 2006)
Retired Judge
James Natoli Dies After Lengthy Illness
(April 12, 2006)
Newest Court
of Appeal Justice to Take Office Next Month
(April 12, 2006)
Local Attorney
Inducted into Trial Lawyers Group
(April 12, 2006)
Nora Manella
Unanimously Confirmed to C.A.
(April 11, 2006)
Court Upholds
Death Sentence, Rejects Claim That Judge Wrongly
Deviated From Standard Competency Instruction
(April 11, 2006)
Andrew
Guilford to Receive Pro Bono Attorney Award
(April 11, 2006)
Field of
Candidates for State Bar Board Narrows at
Deadline
(April 10, 2006)
Lockyer,
McPherson Say They Will Jointly Conduct Probe
Into Claims of Voter Registration Fraud
(April 10, 2006)
Risk of
Intentional Beanball ‘Inherent’ in College
Baseball Game
(April 7, 2006)
State High
Court Upholds Death Sentence in Drug-Related
Murder
(April 7, 2006)
Three Join
Field of Candidates for State Bar Board
(April 7, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Upholds City’s Restrictions on ‘Big Box’
Stores
(April 6, 2006)
Health Club
Held Not Liable for Patron’s Heart Attack
(April 6, 2006)
Harrison,
Marpet Elected L.A. Superior Court Commissioners
(April 5, 2006)
New Class
Action Law Does Not Shift Burden to Plaintiffs
on Issue of Removal Jurisdiction, Ninth Circuit
Judges Rule
(April 5, 2006)
Police Need
Not Perform CPR on Stricken Man in Custody
(April 4, 2006)
Director John
McTiernan Charged With Lying to FBI, Becomes
14th Person Charged in Pellicano Scandal
(April 4, 2006)
Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton Add Stigi
(April 4, 2006)
C.A. Denies
Hearing on Claim That Lawyer Turned Informant
(April 3, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Clarifies Elements of Self-Defense Claim
(April 3, 2006)
Order Recusing
District Attorney in Murder Case Overturned
(March 31, 2006)
S.C. to Review
Pacific Lumber Plan for Logging On North Coast
(March 30, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
Names Deputy District Attorney Goul Judge of the
Los Angeles Superior Court
(March 30, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Rejects Challenge to State Assembly
Redistricting
(March 29, 2006)
Services Set
for Judge Jean Matusinka, 67
(March 29, 2006)
C.A. Rejects
Holden Challenge to Ethics Commission Fines
(March 28, 2006)
Breakfast Club
Backs Howard Miller for Seat on State Bar Board
of Governors
(March 27, 2006)
Appeals Court
Allows Dissidents to Go Forward With Suit
Against Sierra Club Over Disputed Board Election
(March 27, 2006)
Candidate
Received Less-Than-Honorable Discharge, Records
Show
(March 24, 2006)
Sean Kennedy
Appointed Federal Public Defender for Central
District of California by Ninth Circuit Judges
(March 24, 2006)
Judge Admits
He Drove Drunk, Sought Preferential Treatment
(March 23, 2006)
Three Expected
to Seek Breakfast Club Support in Bids for Seat
on State Bar Board of Governors
(March 23, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Alaska Restrictions on Group
‘Electioneering’
(March 23, 2006)
Justice Curry
to Join Arbitration Firm
(March 23, 2006)
Justice Earl
Johnson to Receive Beacon of Justice Award
(March 23, 2006)
U.S. High
Court Mulls Free Speech Claim by Local
Prosecutor
(March 22, 2006)
Convictions
for Stealing Petroglyphs Are Overturned
(March 22, 2006)
C.A. to Hold
Special Session at USC Law School Today
(March 22, 2006)
Reed Smith
Adds Four Attorneys From Musick, Peeler
(March 22, 2006)
Sloan,
Hokokian and Shelton to Vie for State Bar
Presidency
(March 21, 2006)
State Bar
Board Opposes ‘Whistleblower’ Exception to
Lawyer-Client Confidentiality Requirement
(March 21, 2006)
Anti-Union
Bias Claim Against Local Hospital Wrongly
Rejected
(March 20, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Says State High Court Deprived Killer Of Due
Process in Ruling on Special Circumstances
(March 20, 2006)
C.A. Justice
Daniel A. Curry Slates May Retirement
(March 17, 2006)
State Bar
Board Panel Backs Permanent Disbarment
(March 17, 2006)
Inmate’s
Letters to Attorney Spouse Held Subject to
Disclosure
(March 17, 2006)
Nomination of
Stephen Larson To District Court Approved In
Senate Vote
(March 17, 2006)
Commissioner
Tillmon Goes Unopposed in Bid for Superior Court
Open Seat
(March 16, 2006)
Private Party
May Not Sue Insurer Over Setting of Rates Under
Proposition 103, C.A. Rules
(March 16, 2006)
Two Public
Lawyers Join Race for Superior Court Open Seat
(March 15, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Asks California Supreme Court to Clarify Ruling
on Publication of Facts About Past Crimes
(March 15, 2006)
Four More
Become Candidates for Superior Court Open Seats
(March 14, 2006)
Services Set
for Retired Judge Wong
(March 14, 2006)
C.A.: Letter
Seeking Class Representative Was Properly
Ordered
(March 14, 2006)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge David Doi Retires
(March 14, 2006)
Governor Makes
Three Appointments to Superior Courts
(March 14, 2006)
Janavs Is Lone
Superior Court Judge to Draw Election Challenge
(March 13, 2006)
Judge Rodney
Nelson, Facing Hearing On Fitness, Elects to
Retire
(March 13, 2006)
C.A.: Judge
Erred in Declaring Mistrial Over Objection of
Both Sides
(March 13, 2006)
Governor Taps
Nora Manella for Court of Appeal
(March 10, 2006)
Assistant City
Attorney and Private Lawyer Take Out Papers to
Run for Open Superior Court Seats
(March 10, 2006)
Prosecutor,
Beverly Hills Practitioner to Run for Superior
Court
(March 9, 2006)
Judge T.K.
Herman Sets Working Retirement
(March 9, 2006)
City Not
Liable for Alleged Sex Abuse by Ex-LAPD
Official—C.A.
(March 8, 2006)
Panel Rejects
Proposal to Reinstate Alcoholic Lawyer
(March 8, 2006)
Presumption
Against Publication of C.A. Opinions Could Be
Dropped
(March 8, 2006)
Ex-UCLA Law
School Dean Susan Westerberg Prager Named Next
President of Occidental College
(March 8, 2006)
S.C. Overturns
Death Sentence, Cites Judicial Misconduct
(March 7, 2006)
GOP Lawyers
Lay Plan to Push Governor on Judge Appointments
(March 6, 2006)
Court
Commissioner Richard D. Hughes to Retire
(March 6, 2006)
CDAA Takes
Stance Against Cooley Three-Strikes Initiative
(March 6, 2006)
Services Set
for Superior Court Judge Robert Sandoval
(March 6, 2006)
Commissioner
Tillmon to Seek Superior Court Seat
(March 3, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Beverlywood Murder
(March 3, 2006)
Anti-Proposition
209 Groups Do Not Have to Pay Ward Connerly’s
Lawyers—Supreme Court
(March 3, 2006)
S.C. to Rule
on State Ban on Importing Kangaroo Products
(March 2, 2006)
Court of
Appeal Rules Litigation Privilege Bars Suit
Based on Constitutional Right to Privacy
(March 2, 2006)
C.A. Cuts
Punitive Awards in Sexual Harassment Case
Against Grocer
(March 2, 2006)
Feinstein
Statement on Ninth Circuit Nomination
(March 2, 2006)
Superior Court
Judge Robert Sandoval Dies at 56
(March 1, 2006)
California
Needs More Judges, Better Courthouses, Chief
Justice Ronald George Tells Lawmakers
(March 1, 2006)
Full Text of
Chief Justice George’s State of the Judiciary
Address
(March 1, 2006)
Riverside
Judge Charged With Misconduct Over DUI Incident
(February 28,
2006)
Judge Larry
Knupp Not Running for Re-Election
(February 28,
2006)
Judge Sandoval
in Grave Condition Following Heart Attack
(February 28,
2006)
LACBA Promotes
Professional Diversity Program
(February 28,
2006)
Mosk Mementoes
Placed on Permanent Display
(February 28,
2006)
Justice
Hastings Retires From Court of Appeal
(February 27,
2006)
Prosecutor to
Seek Seat Being Vacated by Judge Mabrey
(February 27,
2006)
James Rogan
Appointed to Little Hoover Commission
(February 27,
2006)
Daniel
Lowenthal to Seek Seat of Judge Barbara Burke
(February 24,
2006)
Funding Under
2004’s Proposition 63 Cannot Be Used For Mental
Health Courts, Lockyer Opines
(February 24,
2006)
New First
District Court of Appeal Justice Confirmed
(February 24,
2006)
Judge Petersen
to Forgo Re-Election, Retire From Court in
Spring
(February 23,
2006)
Court to Rule
En Banc on Kamehameha Schools’ Admissions
Preference for Native Hawaiians
(February 23,
2006)
Governor Names
San Diego Prosecutor to Superior Court
(February 23,
2006)
Ross Asks S.C.
to Overturn Removal From Office
(February 22,
2006)
Ninth Circuit
Ordered to Reconsider Whether Brother Of Slain
Dissident Can Attach Award to Iran
(February 22,
2006)
Governor Names
Three to Court, Shakes Up Election Races
(February 21,
2006)
C.A. Rejects
First Amendment Claim, Says Suspension Of Permit
for Adult Business Not a Prior Restraint
(February 21,
2006)
S.C. Limits
Courts’ Authority to Remove Initiatives From
Ballot
(February 17,
2006)
Parental
Rights Cannot Be Terminated by Stipulation, C.A.
Rules
(February 16,
2006)
Santa Monica
Attorney Montgomery to Run for Superior Court
Judgeship
(February 16,
2006)
Commissioner
Tia Fisher Named Superior Court Judge
(February 16,
2006)
C.A. Clarifies
Meaning of ‘Acts in Furtherance’ of Prostitution
(February 15,
2006)
Former Prison
Guard Convicted of Aiding White Supremacist Gang
(February 15,
2006)
Court’s
Leaders Hailed for Spurring Inter-Agency Harmony
(February 14,
2006)
Former DOJ
Official Calls for U.S. to Join International
Court
(February 14,
2006)
Prosecutor,
Commissioner Pay Fees, Take Out Papers To Run
for Los Angeles Superior Court Posts
(February 14,
2006)
Placement of
Violent Inmates at County Hospital Is Criticized
(February 13,
2006)
C.A.:
Allegation of Business Connection Not Enough to
Revive Time-Barred Childhood Sexual Abuse Claim
(February 13,
2006)
Feinstein
Introduces Measure to Increase Salaries of
Federal Judges
(February 13,
2006)
CJP Admonishes
Judge Ruffo Espinosa, Says Jurist Violated
Rights of Defendant and His Lawyer
(February 10,
2006)
Schwarzenegger
Administration Official Sandra Ikuta Nominated
to Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
(February 10,
2006)
Schwarzenegger
Signs Bill Extending Candidate Statement
Deadline
(February 10,
2006)
State Supreme
Court to Rule on Scope of ‘Freeze and Seize’ Law
(February 9, 2006)
UCLA to Expand
LL.M. Program to American Lawyers
(February 9, 2006)
Governor Names
Two Prosecutors to Superior Court Bench
(February 8, 2006)
Poll Shows
Brown With Big Lead in A.G. Race
(February 8, 2006)
S.C. Says Good
Faith Is Defense to Unregistered-Securities
Charge
(February 7, 2006)
Doctors’ Suit
Over Unpaid Bills Held SLAPP by C.A.
(February 7, 2006)
Northridge
Practitioner, Prosecutor Plan Bids for Superior
Court Open Seats
(February 6, 2006)
C.A. Rules
Withheld Documents Claim Is Insufficient To
Support Damages Sought Over Corporate Merger
(February 6, 2006)
Supreme Court
Overturns C.A. Ruling in Custody Dispute
(February 3, 2006)
Pierce
O’Donnell Fined, Banned From Fundraising After
Pleading No Contest to Campaign Finance Charges
(February 3, 2006)
MacLaughlin,
Czuleger Bring Stability to Court Leadership
(Person of the
Year, February 2, 2006)
S.C. to Rule
on Application of Claims Act to Contract Cases
(February 2, 2006)
Defendant
Whose Confession Was Thrown Out by Ninth Circuit
Gains Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks
(February 2, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Panel Strikes Down ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban
(February 1, 2006)
Judge Approves
Settlement of Class Action as Officials Agree to
Improve Disabled Access to Local Courts
(February 1, 2006)
Ex-Lawyer May
Not Practice Before Administrative Bodies—C.A.
(January 31, 2006)
C.A. Rejects
Los Angeles Ordinance Designed to Help
Low-Income Tenants Remain in Subsidized Housing
(January 31, 2006)
C.A. Revives
Suit Against Wells Fargo Over ATM Charges
(January 30, 2006)
Prosecutor
Cynthia Zuzga Elected Superior Court
Commissioner
(January 30, 2006)
Two Law
Offices Raided in Crackdown on Unauthorized
Practice
(January 27, 2006)
Death Sentence
Upheld for Lynwood Man Convicted of Killing
Three in Monterey Park Drug Robbery
(January 27, 2006)
Court Upholds
Ban on Americans Buying Child Sex Overseas
(January 26, 2006)
Court Rules
Employer May Discharge Worker, or Force
Retirement, When Disability Becomes Permanent
(January 26, 2006)
LAUSD Renames
School in Honor of Johnnie Cochran
(January 26, 2006)
Reed Smith
Adds Financial Services Lawyers to Local Office
(January 26, 2006)
Assumption of
Risk No Defense for Reckless Snowboarder
(January 25, 2006)
CJP Moves
Hearing as High Court Names Masters in Forced
Retirement Case
(January 25, 2006)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence in Killing of Bay Area Women
(January 24, 2006)
Ruling on
‘Napa’ Wine Labels Left Standing by High Court
(January 24, 2006)
Law Sealing
Information in Divorce Cases Held
Unconstitutional
(January 23, 2006)
Justice Chin
Recuperating After Surgery, to Miss Oral
Arguments Next Month
(January 23, 2006)
Valley Lawyer
Says He Will Not Challenge Judge Murphy After
All
(January 20, 2006)
Class-Action
Waiver Upheld in Employment Dispute
(January 20, 2006)
Bay Area
Jurist Nominated to First District C.A
(January 20, 2006)
State Senate
Passes Bill Extending Candidate Statement
Deadline
(January 20, 2006)
S.C. to Decide
Legality of Search Based on Anonymous Tip
(January 19, 2006)
Execution Date
Set in San Joaquin Valley Rape-Murder
(January 19, 2006)
Superior Court
Judge Cannot Enjoin Federal Suit, C.A. Rules
(January 18, 2006)
Senate Delays
Action on Judicial Candidate Statements, CJA
Lobbyist Says Bill Likely to Pass Tomorrow
(January 18, 2006)
CJP Slates
Hearing on Forced Retirement of Judge Nelson
(January 18, 2006)
Panel Rules
for L.A. Woman in Dispute Over Nazi-Looted Art
(January 17, 2006)
Judicial
Candidate Statement Bill Expected to Pass Today
(January 17, 2006)
Supreme Court
Rejects Last-Minute Petition by Condemned Inmate
(January 17, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Tosses Out Yahoo! Suit Over Nazi Souvenir Sales
(January 13, 2006)
Deputy Public
Defender C. Edward Mack Moves Toward Second
Superior Court Election Bid
( January 13,
2006)
Nation’s
Highest Court Reinstates Kern County Death
Sentence
(January 12, 2006)
Schwarzenegger
Names San Francisco Attorney, Ex-FCC Member
Chong to Utilities Commission
(January 12, 2006)
WLALA Urges
Rejection Of Alito Nomination
(January 12, 2006)
Malpractice
Statute Still Tolled After Lawyer Leaves Firm
(January 11, 2006)
Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Ruth Essegian to Retire,
Creating Possible Election Race
(January 11, 2006)
C.A. Overturns
Restraining Orders Against Animal Rights
Activists
(January 10, 2006)
U.S. District
Judge Ronald S.W. Lew Says He Will Take Senior
Status
(January 10, 2006)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Senator,
Clinton Aides
(January 10, 2006)
Attorney/Litigant
May Recover Fees for Representing Others
(January 9, 2006)
Siggins
Confirmed to First District Court of Appeal
(January 9, 2006)
Judge Charles
Rubin ‘Almost Certain’ Not to Run for
Re-Election
(January 6, 2006)
Drunk Driver
Liable to CHP for Sobriety Testing—C.A.
(January 6, 2006)
S.C. to
Appoint New Masters in Hall Misconduct Case
(January 5, 2006)
Superior Court
Judge Murphy Draws Potential Challenger
(January 4, 2006)
Fear of
Genital Mutilation Enough to Support Asylum
Grant
( January 3, 2006)
JNE Commission
Rates Corrigan ‘Well Qualified’ to Replace Brown
on California Supreme Court
(January 3, 2006)
Court: Jurors
Must Unanimously Reject Insanity Defense to
Convict
(January 3, 2006)
C.A.: CEQA
Review of Interior Remodel of Historic Building
Unnecessary
(January 3, 2006)
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