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  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    S.F. Elderly Woman Fights Foreclosure, Predatory Lending

    Latanya Marie Session, a San Francisco woman, is locked in a bitter dispute over her foreclosed home, which she lost while she was in the hospital suffering from a brain injury.Session's daughter and appointed guardian, Bess Kennedy, filed a complaint in 2010 after the bank foreclosed on her mother' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Prop. 8 Appeals Court Ruling: Inside the Dissenting Opinion

    ​Same-sex marriage advocates rejoiced today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 decision that Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative banning gay marriage, is unconstitutional.The decision is almost certainly destine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Appeals Court Judges Grill Arpaio's Lawyer on Alleged First Amendment Violations

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio​An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had some tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer about why "America's Toughest Sheriff" should be exempt from a lawsuit claiming he violated an Arizona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Lawsuit Against Sheriff Who Jailed Village Voice Media Executives

    Joe Arpaio​The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments tomorrow in a lawsuit filed against Arizona law-enforcement officials who falsely arrested two Village Voice Media executives as retaliation for stories printed in the Phoenix New Times in 2007.All 11 judges of the appe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Jewish Students Sue UC Berkeley for Allowing "Violent Anti-Semitic Attacks"

    Apartheid Week on the UC Berkeley Campus, 2009​Two Jewish UC Berkeley students are suing the school, claiming that the UC Berkeley administration failed to halt "violent anti-Semitic attacks and a hostile environment" created by two pro-Palestinian groups on campus. Plaintiff Jessica Felber, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Apple Can't Stop Amazon from Using "App Store"

    Weren't apples famous before Apple?​In another case of the Silicon Valley giants butting heads, a federal judge denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon and its use of the term "App Store."Lawyers for Apple argued that the "Amazon Appstore for Android" name infringes on it ... More >>

  • News

    July 6, 2011

    Fantasy Island: The Strange Tale of Alleged Fraudster Pearlasia Gamboa

    Weren't apples famous before Apple?​In another case of the Silicon Valley giants butting heads, a federal judge denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon and its use of the term "App Store."Lawyers for Apple argued that the "Amazon Appstore for Android" name infringes on it ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

    Weren't apples famous before Apple?​In another case of the Silicon Valley giants butting heads, a federal judge denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon and its use of the term "App Store."Lawyers for Apple argued that the "Amazon Appstore for Android" name infringes on it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Barry Bonds Trial: A Lesson in Human Anatomy

    ​Most of us found federal prosecutors' decision to present evidence of former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' allegedly shrunken testicles a bit gauche. Granted, the size of Bonds' balls is relevant: The government hopes to prove that he used performance-enhancing steroids that diminished his private ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    ​Most of us found federal prosecutors' decision to present evidence of former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' allegedly shrunken testicles a bit gauche. Granted, the size of Bonds' balls is relevant: The government hopes to prove that he used performance-enhancing steroids that diminished his private ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Jeff Greene, Senate candidate in Florida, linked to alleged Bay Area con man

    ​Most of us found federal prosecutors' decision to present evidence of former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' allegedly shrunken testicles a bit gauche. Granted, the size of Bonds' balls is relevant: The government hopes to prove that he used performance-enhancing steroids that diminished his private ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Porn, Sex Talk Justify Airline Pilots' Firing, Court Says

    'Something special in the air...'​Just how friendly are the friendly skies? Not friendly enough to accommodate porn use and raunchy sex talk by lecherous pilots, according to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The San Francisco-based court grounded pilots Gregory Hawn, Michael Prince, and Aric Aldr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Torturer's Apprentice John Yoo Says It's Constitutional to Ban Gay Marriage

    John Yoo​You gotta hand it to John Yoo, the former Bush Administration attorney who provided a legal rationale for torturing prisoners of war. It must be tough being an anti-human-rights playa in the midst of Collectivist Berkeley, where Yoo is a professor of -- wait for it -- constitutional law. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    iPad Owners Sue Apple In Class Action Suit

    Steve Jobs -- and vampires -- need not worry about taking the iPad out in the sun...​If Steve Jobs has been slamming his head into the wall over the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" debacle, here comes another legal slap from unsatisfied customers: A trio of iPad owners are suing Apple in a class action law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Federal Judge Supports Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco

    ​A federal judge has rejected efforts by former supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum to put a halt to San Francisco's "ranked-choice" system of voting, dismissing the argument by Dudum and other plaintiffs that the process is unconstitutional.In a 19-page written ruling delivered Friday, U.S. Distric ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    Worms in the Apple

    Two rebels take on America's most beloved computer company.

  • News

    July 29, 2009

    For He Has Sinned

    A new lawsuit sheds light on the S.F. years of Mother Teresa's spiritual adviser – who is also one of the Jesuit order's most notorious convicted pedophiles.

  • News

    July 15, 2009

    Predators are free to move about the cabin

    The girl flew as an unaccompanied minor, and she's still experiencing turbulence.

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Creators of Emily the Strange assert their character's lack of originality in court

    The girl flew as an unaccompanied minor, and she's still experiencing turbulence.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    Earl’s Last Laugh

    Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    The Parmalat Syndrome

    How U.S. financial firms -- including Bank of America -- allegedly abetted a multibillion-dollar fraud, and how U.S. regulators are letting them get away with it

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Poisoned Gods

    As museums return stolen religious artifacts, Native Americans are learning that their most sacred objects may kill them

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Missed Interpretation

    Deaf students wonder why officials at UC Berkeley and UC Davis won't hear their plea for equal access to education

  • Culture

    February 27, 2002

    My Country Versus Me

    Two books delve into the Wen Ho Lee espionage case

  • Culture

    April 18, 2001

    Custody Battle

    Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

    He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Babes in Toyland

    Two hackers piss off Mattel and spawn an Internet legal imbroglio

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    This Bud's for John

    John McCain's family

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Silicon Valley Shakedown

    A con man feeds on fear and paranoia in the software business

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Shaky Ground

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Jamba Liar

    One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Unsettling History

    Kidnapped and interned during World War II, Japanese brothers intend that their story not fade away

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Smoke and Mirrors

    Hype over the Laguna Honda bond issue hides some ugly facts

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Rock Em! Sock Em! Sue Em!

    Legal battles decked the wildly popular Robot Wars competitions. Now a challenger has arisen to save the sport.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Letters

    Legal battles decked the wildly popular Robot Wars competitions. Now a challenger has arisen to save the sport.

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    Is This Any Way to Run A Railroad?

    Union Pacific's tenacious fight to gut safety laws passed when a derailment sterilized 40 miles of the upper Sacramento River

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    From Russia With Diamonds

    In 1995, Golden ADA Inc., a San Francisco diamond-importing firm, collapsed, unveiling an international trail of theft and betrayal that embarrassed San Francisco luminaries involved with the company. Now, newly unsealed court files show that high-level m

  • News

    March 4, 1998

    Dial Saddam for Murder

    Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

  • News

    April 2, 1997

    Scarf Dance

    Gary Bukovnik says his flowers are sprouting on Gucci neckwear, but that's not where they belong

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1997

    Unspun

    Gary Bukovnik says his flowers are sprouting on Gucci neckwear, but that's not where they belong

  • News

    April 3, 1996

    The Fire Next Time

    As a civil rights advocate, Bob Demmons called in the federal government to end racism in the Fire Department. Now that he's chief, he has to remove federal control and prove that firefighters can manage race relations on their own.

  • News

    September 6, 1995

    Dis-Lodged

    In which an exalted ruler is expelled his wife ostracized, their Elk brother banned, and the oldest active Elks lodge in the country findsitself in court

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    Cyperpornocopia

    Milpitas residents Carleen and Robert Thomas found a lucrative way to sell the hardest of hardcorepornography to smut fans all over the country: by computer bulletin board. Then their little Silicon Valley startup attracted the interest of a U.S. Postal S

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