Personal Injury & Torts
Sole Practictioner Awarded $1.1M in Fee Dispute
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A blowup over attorney fees in two exploding propane barbecue cases was brought one step closer to resolution...
Government
When Children Starve to Death, Questions Outnumber Answers
By Cheryl Romo
Nicole Stone starved to death last September in the Lancaster home she shared with her developmentally disabled mother. After...
Appellate Practice
Abuse Case Tests Joint-Prosecution Law
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - An effort by Riverside prosecutors to try a Norco man in one county for child abuse offenses he allegedly committ...
Criminal
For Drug Defendants, More Money Equals Better Access
By Chris Ford
The U.S. Constitution says anyone accused of a crime "shall enjoy the right ... to have the assistance of counsel for his def...
Public Interest
Envisioning a Different World
By Don De Benedictis
It came as something of a surprise to Sargent Shriver that using federal money to provide legal assistance to poor people wou...
Litigation
Y2K-Bug Suit Against Retailers Kept Alive With Judges Ruling
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Contra Costa County judge on Tuesday refused to kill a first-of-its-kind Y2K lawsuit that targets computer retai...
Public Interest
Republican Congressmen Rally to Support LSC
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - A Republican congressman Wednesday rallied to the defense of the Legal Services Corporation, which was attacked ...
Judges and Judiciary
Arguments Center on Treatment Under ADA
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that the Americans With Disabilities Act does not require the...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
$18M Verdict in Air Crash Leads to Malpractice Suit
By Denise Levin
A Texas-based law firm has been sued for legal malpractice over the loss of a jury trial that resulted in an $18 million verd...
International
Justices Decide A Pressing Issue
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing the federal government a limited victory, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the federal...
Public Interest
Churches Join to Reach a Community
By Stephanie Cahill
Like many other lawyers, Gary A. Farwell knows how tiresome it can be to have relatives and friends constantly asking for leg...
Technology & Science
On Stand, Scientist Admits to Secretly Cloning Growth Hormone
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A world-renowned DNA scientist who is the pivotal witness for the University of California in its patent infr...
Large Firms
Proskauer Adds L.A. Labor Lawyer, Group
By Pearl Piatt
New York's Proskauer Rose has recruited labor and employment lawyer Arthur F. Silbergeld for its Los Angeles office along wit...
Litigation
Suit Alleges Riverside Police Used Excessive Force
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - When Otha Lee Tucker was pulled over by Riverside police last year on suspicion of carjacking, officers allege th...
Criminal
Suspended Prosecutor Returned to Work
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Assistant U.S. Attorney John Lyons, suspended from work since November, has returned to regular court duties ...
Criminal
Client Who Assaulted Lawyer Is Sentenced to 35 Years to Life
By Michael Harris
Prosecutors said burglary and domestic violence defendant Sagi Mukatin was dissatisfied with the legal representation he rece...
Public Interest
Legal Aid Providers Struggle to Merge
By Don De Benedictis
Come Jan. 1, four or five major providers of legal services to the poor in the San Francisco Bay area will lose their federal...
Government
Littleton Shootings Bring Gun Legislation to a Halt
By Charles Ashby
DENVER - Lawsuits could proliferate as a result of Tuesday's fatal shootings at Columbine High School, and the nation's lates...
Large Firms
Higgs Fletcher Expands to 60 Lawyers After Firm Acquisition
By Martin Kruming
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack has acquired McInnis Fitzgerald Rees & Sharkey, with 21 lawyers joining one of San Diego's old...
Large Firms
Edison Nabs Prominent Los Angeles Litigator
By Pearl Piatt
Prominent litigator and rainmaker Barbara A. Reeves is leaving Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker to join the...
Technology & Science
Defense Challenges Claims of Internet Chat Intent
By Michael Harris
Due to the anonymous nature of Internet chat rooms, a Woodland Hills man could not have known for certain the age of the pers...
Government
Ship Owners Liable for Coast Guard Costs
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government can charge ship owners for the costs of watching over the company's shoulders as worke...
Government
Hahns Office Happy About Proposed Budget
By Lauren Blau
A proposed $4.2 billion budget for fiscal 1999-2000 for the city of Los Angeles released Tuesday includes funding for City At...
Criminal
Parents Guilty In Death of 5-Year-Old
By Matthew Heller
VICTORVILLE - A jury has found a High Desert couple guilty of killing their 5-year-old son, but delivered mixed verdicts on p...
Government
Support Expected for Amended State Bar Dues Bill, Sources Say
By Don De Benedictis
State Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, will amend his bill on the State Bar this week to give the bar the dues amount it wants a...
Personal Injury & Torts
Toy Company Sues Manufacturer Over Explosion
By Denise Levin
A toy company whose plant caught fire in a fatal blast has sued a toy-cap manufacturer whose products are being blamed for th...
Criminal
Defense Loses Bid for Casablanca Mistrial
By Martin Bergn
As the prosecution's key witness took the stand Tuesday in the Operation Casablanca money-laundering case, defense attorneys ...
Public Interest
Helping the Tired, the Hungry
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Congress in 1996 passed a far-reaching set of welfare and immigration laws that made life tougher for legal immi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judiciary Committee Draws Blanks
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - It's late April. Do you know where your judges are? That is what Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are...
Judges and Judiciary
Discipline Panel Moves to Make Quick Decision on Kline Matter
By Jean Guccione
In its first public action since a dramatic realignment, the state judicial discipline panel hastened to resolve the divisive...