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Government


Perez Won't Testify About Bodies Without Guarantee

Oct. 14, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Disgraced former Los Angeles police Officer Rafael Perez's alleged refusal to testify about a former lover's claims he murdere...


Public Interest


Sidley & Austin Launches Pro Bono Program

Oct. 14, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

The Los Angeles office of Chicago-based Sidley & Austin launched a pro bono program at a reception Wednesday to celebrate ...


Government


Riverside Appoints Review-Panel Head

Oct. 14, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

RIVERSIDE - A former Houston police sergeant has been selected to run Riverside's first commission to review citizen complaint...


Real Estate/Development


Migration Headache

Oct. 14, 2000
By Contributing Writer

The 9th Circuit has chosen the minority view on the liability of passive intervening owners. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges Speak Against Drug-Testing Measure

Oct. 14, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Judges from Santa Clara, San Bernardino and Los Angeles spoke out Thursday against a state ballot measure that would require d...


Family


Lawyer Fights for Violence Victims

Oct. 14, 2000
By Cheryl Romo

The painfully thin African-American woman standing in the courtroom couldn't stop trembling. Soon, the young mother, a victim ...


Government


In a fast-food-restaurant parking lot on Vermont Avenue in 1996, former Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rafael A. Perez ...


Law Practice


Legal Community, Chapman Establish New Inn of Court

Oct. 14, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

ORANGE - More than eight centuries ago, young lawyers in England began joining Inns of Court to brush up on the law and get me...


Finding that the Orange County Social Services Agency made a halfhearted attempt to inform a mother of a hearing that put her ...


Government


Union Sues LAPD Over 'Brady Letter' Practice

Oct. 14, 2000
By David Houston

The Los Angeles police officer's union has sued the department over a 2-year-old practice of sending so-called "Brady letters"...


Labor/Employment


With county workers back at work thanks to the divine intervention of Cardinal Roger M. Mahoney, county and union attorneys ag...


Litigation


$13 Million Award Prompts Review by Schools

Oct. 14, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A jury's $13 million punitive damages award to the Fresno Unified School District in a bad-faith insurance lawsuit...


Labor/Employment


Internet Intimidation

Oct. 13, 2000
By Columnist

The court said that the electronic bulletin board was no different from a wood-and-cork bulletin board. ...


Entertainment & Sports


'Snake Charmers' tells the tale of the rise and demise of a money and power-grubbing San Francisco attorney. ...


Entertainment & Sports


A few weeks ago, the Senate's Commerce Committee hosted executives from the film industry who traveled to Washington to defend...


Criminal


Man Enters Plea In Vandalism Case

Oct. 13, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

An 18-year-old man pleaded no contest Wednesday to felony vandalism committed during the Democratic National Convention in Aug...


Criminal


Murderer Says She Didn't Get Fair Trial

Oct. 13, 2000
By Daniel Evans

A state appellate court heard arguments Wednesday that murderer Diana Haun was convicted on a bed of improper trial procedure,...


Government


Following energetic debate over the extent to which the public should oversee police officer's conduct, the Los Angeles City C...


Government


Despite Talks, Workers Strike

Oct. 13, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Los Angeles County workers manned the picket lines Wednesday in front of the Criminal Courts Building and the mall between the...


Education


ACLU Denounces School Vouchers

Oct. 13, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, together with representatives of religious, disabled rights and min...


Criminal


Prosecutors' Request Could Result in Delay

Oct. 13, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Los Angeles County prosecutors in the corruption trial of four police officers have asked the 2nd District Court of Appeal to ...


Education


Choice Is for Children

Oct. 13, 2000
By Columnist

In the article "School Voucher Gouger, School Reform Efforts Must Move Toward Accountability and Inclusion," (Sept. 26) where ...


Labor/Employment


Cumulative Conundrum

Oct. 13, 2000
By Columnist

The high court is faced with a fundamental public-policy issue: the continued viability and application of the continuous-viol...


Government


Police League Sues To Be Let in on Decree

Oct. 13, 2000
By David Houston

When civil rights lawyer Constance L. Rice sought a consent decree with the Los Angeles Police Department several years ago to...


Bicycling enthusiasts who claimed they were unlawfully detained during the Democratic National Convention and kept from partic...


Criminal


Most Rampart Jurors Favor Plea Bargains

Oct. 13, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Most of the jurors who will decide the fate of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused of corruption favor plea ba...


Criminal


The California Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to grant public defenders the same malpractice immunity that already...


The Rampart police scandal has begun to resemble the murky world of Cold War espionage. For those who miss the days when the I...


Large Firms


Entertainment Titans Joining Forces Monday

Oct. 13, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Two Century City entertainment litigation powerhouses and former adversaries - Kinsella Boesch Fujikawa & Towle and Greenb...


Discipline


Sign Here

Oct. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Client fee agreements are designed to protect both attorney and client.