Locked up in a California jail, Malcolm Alarmo King wanted healthier meals. In an argument apparently made to a friendly court, he won a ruling from Superior Court Judge Derek…
A California lawyer’s claim that jailhouse sex was consensual and lasted no more than “an hour’s total duration” shows he still doesn’t get it and should be disbarred, a state…
Frank McCourt lost a round in a divorce battle with his wife of 30 years when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today that a 2004 postnuptial agreement recognizing…
Among the thousands of contraband cell phones confiscated from California prison inmates in recent years was one found under the mattress of Charles Manson, the notorious architect of the 1969…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was among the justices who took an aggressive posture toward California’s prison overcrowding in spirited oral arguments on Tuesday.
California’s lawyer, Supreme Court litigator Carter Phillips, took…
Matthew H. Haberkorn, a sole practitioner in Los Gatos, Calif., is no jive turkey. Earlier this week he donated 1,000 birds to Sacred Heart Community Service, a San Jose, Calif.,…
A federal jury has found SAP AG is liable for $1.3 billion for stealing Oracle Corp. software in one of the largest copyright infringement verdicts ever.
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