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Civil Rights


Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...


Law Practice


Judge Calls Litigation 'Offensive'

Nov. 3, 1998
By Denise Levin

A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...



Family


Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...


Government


Snowball's Chance

Nov. 3, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...



State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar Leader Still Sees Glass Ceiling

Nov. 3, 1998
By Leslie Gordon

OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...


Law Practice


Top Morrison Lawyer Joins Ernst & Young

Nov. 3, 1998
By Leslie A. Gordon And Pamela Mc Clintock

SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...



Law Practice


Do-It-Yourself Law Franchises Vex Attorneys

Nov. 3, 1998
By Mary Micheletti

Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...


Criminal


Gang Injunction Trial Halted by Appellate Court

Nov. 3, 1998
By Michael Harris

An appeal court for the first time has stayed a civil gang abatement trial - ordering prosecutors to show why it should not s...



Criminal


Cops Killing Of HIV-Positive Man Is Under the Gun

Oct. 31, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Lonnie Wenger called San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies to his Fontana home Oct. 15 to turn himself in ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The high-stakes retrial of the damages phase in Litton Systems Inc.'s antitrust suit against Honeywell Inc. got off to a rock...



Constitutional Law


Home-Schoolers Challenge Monrovia's Curfew

Oct. 31, 1998
By Denise Levin

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday took under submission arguments on the constitutionality of a daytime curfew ordi...


Judges and Judiciary


In a busy day for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, two Los Angeles judges were publicly admonished Thursday: one...



Judges and Judiciary


While other appeal court justices have largely skipped campaigning, appellate jurists in Los Angeles have raised $235,000 from...


Judges and Judiciary


In Switch, L.A. Employees Get Full Juror Pay

Oct. 30, 1998
By Denise Levin

While complaining for years about the difficulty of getting citizens to serve as jurors, the Los Angeles Superior Court had d...



Law Practice


Lawyers Will Seek to Restore Hefty Fees

Oct. 30, 1998
By Martin Bergn

A bitter dispute over whether attorneys in a class-action settlement deserve what a judge described as an "eye-popping" rate ...


Public Interest


The head of the Indigent Criminal Defense Association withdrew her intention Wednesday to agree to a 30-day extension of the ...



Judges and Judiciary


Panel Finds Judge Failed to Give Proper Hearing

Oct. 30, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A state appeal panel has found that a Los Angeles judge failed to give a proper hearing before imposing hefty sanctions again...


Public Interest


Out of Service

Oct. 30, 1998
By Claudia Rosenbaum

SAN FRANCISCO - Low-income residents of Alameda County in need of civil legal assistance hear only a tape-recorded message wh...



Family


Attorneys for the county are attempting to seal court files and gag participants in two civil lawsuits involving three childr...


Criminal


State Thwarted in Bid to Block Habeas Order

Oct. 29, 1998
By David F. Pike

WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court justice has rejected California's emergency bid to block a federal judge's order barring applica...



Criminal


Jury Problems Stall Ng Trial

Oct. 29, 1998
By Tori Richards

Jury Problems Stall Ng Trial SANTA ANA - The trial of accused serial killer Charles Ng barely began its second day of testimon...


Large Firms


Morrison Partner Leaves For U.S. Attorney's Office

Oct. 29, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Michael L. Zigler, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at Morrison & Foerster, has returned to the ...



Juvenile


Defense Will Attack Staging of Youth's Slaying

Oct. 29, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - When 14-year-old Tristan Tyson Jensen's bones were discovered clogged in an underground sewer line of a quie...


Criminal


Earlier this week, the Indigent Criminal Defense Association's contract with Los Angeles County was in danger of expiring by ...



Criminal


Beeper Ban Unconstitutional, Court Decides

Oct. 29, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

Citing the importance of pagers and beepers in modern-day communications, a state appeal panel has ruled that an injunction p...


Technology & Science


SAN JOSE - The Recording Industry Association of America has failed in its attempt to stop a San Jose electronics company fro...



Criminal


Mass-Murder Trial of Ng Finally Has Begun

Oct. 28, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA - The day that many thought would never happen finally arrived Monday: Opening statements were delivered in the tri...


Media


Judge Blasts Newspaper

Oct. 28, 1998
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Creed, one of the targets of an unflattering expose by the San Jose...



Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Madison & Sutro may be reversing its recent trend of defections. It has announced the acquisitio...


Entertainment & Sports


Van Damme Sees Action in L.A. Superior

Oct. 28, 1998
By Denise Levin

A champion martial artist claimed in court Monday that action movie star Jean Claude Van Damme relied on him to script and ch...