California Statutes Keep Repeat Sex Offenders Off the Streets
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Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Bradley Weinreb - It has been estimated that a sex offender commits about 300 offenses in his...
RICO Charges Of Murder May Expand Oil Suit
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A human rights lawsuit against ChevronTexaco appears likely to be expanded to include a racketeering charge a...
Lawyer Warns Angry Alleged 'Extortion' Victims of Slow Change
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Any financial relief from the state Legislature will probably come too late for thousands of businesses currently...
Lawyers' Trip to Cuba Draws Some Criticism
By Spare 2
SANTA ANA - Jamie Duarte is going to Cuba, and he's taking 90 lawyers with him. Next month, Duarte, as president of the Orang...
Pasadena Judge Follows in Familial Footsteps
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - When he was still in college, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jan A. Pluim thought he'd tempt fate - or ...
Legal Woes Continue for Jurist Arrested for Drunken Driving
By Matthew Heller
SANTA MARIA - It was bad enough for Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall when she was arrested at gunpoint last month for drunke...
Defense Witnesses? Who? Oh, They Were Deported
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - A dozen witnesses who would exonerate a defendant accused of acting as a guide or leader in an alien smugglin...
Fruit and Vegetable Maker Goes Private
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Dole Food Co. Inc. has embraced the going-private trend. The fruit and vegetable producer, based in Westlake ...
In Over Their Heads
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Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - The separation of powers doctrine is something with which most people have a glancing co...
Devotion to Poor Earned Defender Respect
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - J. Dean Allen Jr., a longtime supervisor in the Orange County public defender's office and namesake of an award ho...
Consumer Attorneys Award Honors
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles will bestow its highest honor on a lawyer with a medical degre...
Governor's Change of Heart on Parole Raises Questions
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - What a difference 11 months makes. In January 2002, Gov. Gray Davis did his standard thing and vetoed a Stockt...
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Immigration Service Arrests
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by a coalition of immigrant advocacy groups to temporarily bar the ...
Court Steps Into Minefield of Wage-and-Hour Appeal Costs
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Clint Robison - On Dec. 2, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in Smith v. Ra...
Shrinking Pensions
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Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Dec. 11, 2002, the Treasury Department proposed regulations that would allow compani...
Geneva Towers Owners Prevail In Battle for Refund Claim
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Tax collectors take heed: If you ignore a refund claim, it could come back to haunt you years later. That's th...
Philadelphia Firm Opens S.F. Office
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Dechert, a 750-lawyer Philadelphia firm, opened its second West Coast office Thursday - a modest, three-lawye...
Former Foster Youths Demolish Stereotypes
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - They're political activists who fight for social justice and don't pull any punches. And they're determined to ...
Latham Partner Invented Firm Management
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Richard F. Alden, a Latham & Watkins partner and architect of the modern law firm management structure, die...
Lawyers' Trip to Cuba Draws Some Criticism
By Spare 2
SANTA ANA - Jamie Duarte is going to Cuba, and he's taking 90 lawyers with him. Next month, Duarte, as president of the Orange...
DAILY DEALS -- San Diego County
By Ron Mc Nees
CARLSBAD - Personal Expressions Inc., doing business as Patti's Hallmark (a card and gift store), leased 2,846 square feet of...
Officials List Finalists For Child-Services Job
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Following a nationwide search that began last summer, county officials announced Wednesday that the field of co...
Miffed God Sues Hollywood, Claims Copyright on Reality TV Stunts
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Who invented reality? And who first realized that reality could be both fun and profitable? Those are...
Builder Seeks Rehearing in Dispute
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - An Irvine developer Wednesday filed a petition for a rehearing of an appellate decision that could allow its pa...
L.A. Pays Out $1 Million to Police Victim
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles on Monday cut a check for just under $1 million to a bystander shot by members of the co...
Whistle-Blower Fights For Disability Pension
By Spare 2
LOS ANGELES - Steven Nolan still looks like a cop. The thick mustache trails downward into a goatee. The full head of hair is ...
Judge Hears Petition By Unhappy Investor
By Toni Vranjes
SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Thierry Colaw on Wednesday heard an unhappy investor's petition to force Merri...
Improving Health Care Requires First Recognizing Its Problems
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Gottlieb - The health care affordability crisis can be summed up in two words: unsustainable infl...
Only Conduct Involving a Perpetrator Is Admissible
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Focus Column Employment Law By Michelle A. Reinglass The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Rieger v. Arnold , 2002 DJDAR 14216 ...
Only Conduct Involving a Perpetrator Is Admissible
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Rieger v. Arnold , 2002 ...