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The Beverly Hills Bar Association has sued a former manager of its Personnel Referral Service for allegedly stealing confiden...


REDDING - Sitting on the bench is more than just a job or a profession for James Ruggiero. It's a privilege. That's how the 45...



A former case manager for the now-defunct Chase & Miller claims in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was wrong...


Deal Struck to Reform State Superfund Law

Aug. 28, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Environmentalists, industry groups and state regulators have struck a deal on reforming California's Superfund l...



Retail Spin

Aug. 28, 1998
By Michael Ueda

During a recent walk along Glendon Avenue in Westwood, an upscale area of Los Angeles adjacent to the UCLA campus, Allan Absh...


Sheriffs to Arm Themselves With 'Copcams'

Aug. 28, 1998
By Lauren Blau

Sheriff's deputies on patrol in some areas will start wearing small video cameras in an attempt to provide neutral informatio...



Man, 67, Convicted in Bullet-Ricochet Death

Aug. 28, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA --- Eleutero O'Campo looked like the picture of sympathy as he stood outside a courtroom Wednesday, eyeing the juro...


SACRAMENTO - A bill to reform the Commission on Judicial Performance will be stripped of provisions that would restrict its p...



Murder Charges Dismissed Against Two Teens

Aug. 28, 1998
By Michael Harris

After hearing an eyewitness testify Wednesday she had mistakenly identified two teen-agers as assailants in the stabbing deat...


A $10 million jury verdict has been awarded in Los Angeles Superior Court to a woman who was critically injured when the chur...



SACRAMENTO - It's official: Dave Stirling has won his legal battle to put his full job title on the November ballot in his bi...


The California Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday it has opened a formal investigation into the Long Beac...



Baker & McKenzie, Partner Found Not Very Appealing

Aug. 28, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite pleas from trial attorneys, tort reformers and a prominent appellate lawyer, the California Supreme Co...


Appeals Court Not in Line With Roller Skaters

Aug. 28, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A roller skater who fell on an allegedly cracked alleyway is barred from suing the city for negligence, a state appeal panel ...



State Bar Pleads Poverty to Clip Lobbyist's Deal

Aug. 28, 1998
By Don De Benedictis

In negotiations to reduce at least one of its contracts, the State Bar of California has claimed to be insolvent, according t...


Judge: Ex-Prosecutor's Comments 'Reckless'

Aug. 27, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Calling the public comments by former U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi in the midst of a major drug trial "sho...



Jury Deadlocks in Eye-Swabbing Trial

Aug. 27, 1998
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court jury, despite viewing videotapes of screaming protesters whose eyes were being swabbed with a...


Law Firm Partner Is Sued for Libel, Slander

Aug. 27, 1998
By Denise Levin

A Superior Court libel and slander suit seeking $1 million in damages was filed Monday against Wayne S. Braveman, a law partne...



Powell's Passing

Aug. 27, 1998
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, a courtly man who for 15 years played a pivotal role at the court'...


SAN DIEGO - Claudia Smith stood knee deep in the squalor of the McGonigal migrant camp, where workers live when not working in...



Court Tightens Requirement for Insider Trading

Aug. 27, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

Rejecting a government effort to make it easier to get insider trading convictions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rul...


State Fails to Track Lawsuits, Study Says

Aug. 26, 1998
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - California's system for processing and tracking tort lawsuits against the state has undermined its ability to det...



Corporate Counsel Lambaste Locals-Only Law

Aug. 26, 1998
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - A trio of high-powered amicus briefs is perhaps the sharpest weapon wielded by a New York law firm in its battle...


Dinner Served With a Purpose

Aug. 26, 1998
By Tori Richards

COSTA MESA --- The bow-tied waiter hovered over the tables, serving each of the formal-attired guests goat cheese and caramel...



Closed Court

Aug. 26, 1998
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The courtrooms are dark. The law clerks' desks are bare. State Bar Court headquarters in San Francisco is in h...


Garcetti Grilled by Angry Deputy

Aug. 26, 1998
By Michael Harris

For the second time in a month, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti testified in a civil service claim filed ag...



Judge Hands Defense Win in Securities Suit

Aug. 26, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling that could prompt more stock fraud defendants to go to trial rather than settle lawsuits against t...


WASHINGTON - The California Supreme Court sent shock waves across the country last January when it ruled that out-of-state law...



Child Support Complaints Get Capitol Attention

Aug. 25, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Pity the first-term lawmaker who takes on both the attorney general and the California District Attorneys Associa...


Riverside Judge Cites Prosecutor for Contempt

Aug. 25, 1998
By Mathew Heller

RIVERSIDE - The judge in a bank robbery trial has cited the prosecutor for contempt, finding that Deputy District Attorney Cy...