3887 ABA Journal California articles.
A judge has approved a record $660 million settlement in a suit against the Los Angeles archdiocese for sexual abuse by priests.
Victims cried as Judge Haley Fromholz of Los…
Jul 17, 2007 2:28 PM CDT
The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for malicious prosecution suit by the founder of a software company.
The decision allows Siebel Systems founder Thomas Siebel to sue two…
Jul 17, 2007 12:37 PM CDT
Bingham McCutchen is putting a new partner at the helm of its San Francisco office, following the departure of seven partners and several associates since the beginning of the year.
…Jul 16, 2007 11:41 PM CDT
Tim Miller has met his life partner. The problem is, the couple can’t live happily ever after here in the U.S. That’s because his partner, Alistair McCartney, is not only…
Jul 16, 2007 10:22 PM CDT
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will present a record $660 million settlement of sexual abuse claims to a judge for approval today.
The settlement with 508 sexual abuse victims came…
Jul 16, 2007 2:00 PM CDT
In a sign of the law enforcement times, two California judges were asked yesterday to issue injunctions that would prohibit 76 alleged gang members from hanging out in certain areas…
Jul 13, 2007 8:54 PM CDT
War-torn Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a labor union member: Well over 2,000 trade unionists have been killed there since 1991, according…
Jul 13, 2007 6:59 PM CDT
Did Paris Hilton get special treatment during her brief jail stay for violating probation on an alcohol related traffic offense?
That is the question to be answered by a newly…
Jul 13, 2007 3:45 AM CDT
Bowing to the California Supreme Court’s effective decision that attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply, a lawyer who formerly represented music producer Phil Spector says she will testify in his ongoing murder…
Jul 12, 2007 10:05 PM CDT
Lawyers sparred over the extent of prosecutorial misconduct in California at a hearing convened yesterday by a state commission studying problems in the criminal justice system.
Santa Clara University law…
Jul 12, 2007 4:32 PM CDT
A proposed California bill that would have required pet owners to spay or neuter their animals or face a $500 fine has been tabled following an outpouring of support–and concern–from…
Jul 12, 2007 3:27 AM CDT
Too young to drive, a 14-year-old gang member in California allegedly was chauffeured by his mother, along with six buddies, to a Long Beach park on June 25 in order…
Jul 12, 2007 3:07 AM CDT
A former lawyer for Phil Spector must testify in the music producer’s ongoing murder trial, the California Supreme Court determined today.
By refusing to hear Sara Caplan’s appeal of a…
Jul 12, 2007 1:50 AM CDT
Updated: A former top aide to the vice president of the United States didn’t have to serve time for lying to a federal grand jury. So why should I?
That…
Jul 11, 2007 9:13 PM CDT
California bar authorities are closing down an insolvent Los Angeles criminal defense firm, saying that its Internet ambitions exceeded its ability to satisfy professional standards.
Robert Michael Nudelman, 59, agreed…
Jul 11, 2007 7:28 PM CDT