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Law Practice


Clients have a right to the continuity of their matters, and their files must be transferred in an appropriate manner to anoth...


Criminal


Ex-County Worker Cleared by DCA

Jan. 7, 2000
By Daniel Jennings

Ex-County Worker Cleared by DCA RIVERSIDE - All of the charges against Philip Eldon Smith, one of the defendants in the Rail C...


Litigation


BUSINESS LAW

Jan. 7, 2000
By Denise Levin

LOS ANGELES - A travel company and two other businesses are accused in three Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuits of illegally ...


Criminal


TORTS

Jan. 7, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett.

LOS ANGELES - Two more men released from prison as part of the Rampart Division corruption scandal have filed claims against t...


Litigation


Police Killing of Man Brings Suit

Jan. 7, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

Police Killing of Man Brings Suit The family of a man who was fatally shot by police filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN DIEGO - Retired Superior Court Judge Artemis G. Henderson, who opened doors in San Diego County's legal world for women, ...


Criminal


The film 'The Hurricane' is based on the true story of middleweight boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's efforts to free himself f...


Government


Education Board Head Calls Garcetti Inactive

Jan. 7, 2000
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles Board of Education President Genethia Hayes Wednesday endorsed district attorney challenger Barry Groveman, accusi...


Real Estate/Development


Fertile Ground

Jan. 7, 2000
By Columnist

California has been a source of case fodder for the U.S. Supreme Court in the taking area. ...


Criminal


Two More File Claims in Rampart Scandal

Jan. 7, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

Two more men released from prison as part of the Rampart Division corruption scandal have filed claims against the city of Los...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Illusory Interest

Jan. 7, 2000
By Columnist

A long-term lessee has no right to compensation when the lease expires before condemnation proceedings are filed. ...


Criminal


Likely Sexual Predators Win Two Court Cases

Jan. 7, 2000
By Anna Marie Stolley

In a pair of rulings issued Wednesday, a state appellate court significantly limited the amount of information prosecutors can...


NEWPORT BEACH - Jurors in the trial of freelance TV cameraman David Harvey are such a hard-bitten lot they'd send grandma to j...


Criminal


Justices Allow Evidence of Prior Violence

Jan. 7, 2000
By Anna Marie Stolley

In an anticipated decision with widespread effect, a state appeal panel ruled Wednesday that the prosecution can present evide...


Criminal


CRIMINAL LAW

Jan. 6, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will retry former Disney executive Patrick Naughton on charges of traveling across state lines...


Public Interest


Access Denied

Jan. 6, 2000
By Columnist

SB48 was designed to make officialdom more responsive and less adversarial in its approach to open government.


Law Practice


Memorial Service Set for Rose Bird

Jan. 6, 2000
By From Staff Reports

Memorial Service Set for Rose Bird A memorial service for former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird will be held at 2...


Military Law


Gay soldiers should serve in the military under the same rules that govern heterosexuals. ...


Law Practice


Several months ago, Latham & Watkins partner Mike Weaver received a phone call from former State Bar President John Seitma...


International


Cuba's Crisis Is Castro

Jan. 6, 2000
By Columnist

That the Cuban people are suffering is lamentable, but the cause of that misery is not U.S. foreign policy. ...


Appellate Practice


Clerks' Complaints

Jan. 6, 2000
By Columnist

The authors asked the law clerks to offer some do's and don'ts in preparing and using the excerpts of record on appeal. ...


Litigation


REDWOOD CITY - An angry San Mateo County judge and feuding co-counsel have left in disarray a $500 million class action by 180...


Criminal


Case Merits Dismissal for Witness' Payment

Jan. 6, 2000
By Daniel Jennings

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Without charactertizing what was behind payments a key witness received before testifying before the grand ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Co-Habitating Couples Register Under New Law

Jan. 6, 2000
By Denise Levin

The secretary of state's office reported Tuesday it has received 91 registration forms during the first two days in which Cali...


Litigation


Olson's Defense Team Asks to Limit Case

Jan. 6, 2000
By Michael Harris

Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army solider Sara Jane Olson have asked the trial judge to scale back the p...


Investments


UCLA Grads Accused of Stock Fraud

Jan. 6, 2000
By Chris Ford

A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted two recent UCLA graduates accused of conducting an Internet fraud scheme in which they b...


Law Practice


Memorial services were held Tuesday for lawyer, teacher and renown legal language author David Mellinkoff. Mellinkoff died De...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Upholding the conviction of a member of a notorious Internet child pornography ring, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...


Criminal


Suspect Wounded, Charged in Assault of Lawyer

Jan. 6, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A suspected rapist who was shot and wounded by police shortly after assaulting a lawyer in her Beverly Glen-area home early Ne...


Judges and Judiciary


Unforgettable

Jan. 6, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

A bridge between the old days of L.A. Law and the new was crossed last week with the passing of Nathan Snyder, who for more t...