Stories by Chris Amico on Legal Newsline

Scott Summy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)--Oil companies have agreed to pay $422 million in clean up costs to settle lawsuits over their use of MTBE, a gasoline additive blamed for contaminating water supplies.

Laws are not the answer, California Attorney General Jerry Brown told a crowd in Modesto last week.

Brown Under threat of litigation, Jiffy Lube Inc. has agreed to step up environmental protection at its 300-plus locations in California.

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association v. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, a case that could shape how communities fund open space projects in the state.

Thomas Siebel PALO ALTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)--A San Mateo County judge has apologized and agreed to pay $100,000 to Silicon Valley billionaire Thomas Siebel for pursuing a claim she now admits had no legal merit.

Speculation is growing that Jerry Brown will run for California governor in two years. Some now say it's all but certain.

Jerry Brown SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline)-Attorney General Jerry Brown's office is investigating whether some California residents were improperly kicked off their health care plans, following a move by the state's Department of Managed Health Care to restore coverage to 26 patients whose plans it says were wrongly rescinded.