Bedroom Briefs
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By W.F. Rylaarsdam In "Pity the Reader Who's Put to Sleep by a Block Quote" (Dicta, June 18), my good friend Jeffrey Calkins ...
Some Lawyers Are Discovering That Those Who Can, Teach
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By Hindi Greenberg Many lawyers consider teaching as an alternative to practicing law. They enjoy imparting information and t...
Cyber Arm
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^^Tort Law^^ Cyber Arm When Can a Court Reach Internet Tortfeasors? The court analyzed the issue using both traditional juris...
Beyond Limits
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Beyond Limits Elder-Abuse Claims Not Subject to MICRA By Steven G. Mehta In recent years, the topic of elder-abuse litigation...
State of Flux
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By John Burton The U.S. Supreme Court term ended just before the Independence Day holiday, allowing the justices and their la...
Explorer Sues Police Over Hazing
By Anne La Jeunesse
A teen-ager's claims that he was physically abused, threatened with sexual assaults, called racially offensive names and phot...
Report: Grand Jury Indictments Saved Millions
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles County grand jury saved taxpayers possibly millions of dollars by presiding over criminal matters during fisc...
Senate Approves Feess; Berzon Moves Forward
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday narrowly voted to send to the full Senate the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...
Indictments Target Alleged Members of Mexican Mafia
By Martin Bergn
In a continuing crackdown on the notorious Mexican Mafia, a federal grand jury has issued racketeering indictments against 16...
Room at the Inn
By Meredith Alexander
SAN FRANCISCO - It's a simple yet increasingly popular mixture of classroom and clubroom, where young and experienced lawyers...
Prisoner Wins Extension in MICRA Suit, Court Holds
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - An injured prison inmate who claims workers dropped him to the ground as they tried to load him into an ambul...
Confronting Alcoholism Led Lawyer to Change His Life
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - On a family trip to Yosemite in 1973, Jim Heiting first confronted the notion that he might have a drinking probl...
School District Settles Lawsuit Over Off-Campus Molestation
By Matthew Heller
SIMI VALLEY - The case of an elementary school student molested by a teen-age girl raised a novel legal issue: Could the scho...
Nominees Will Face a Changed Evaluation Board
By Jean Guccione
As Gov. Gray Davis prepares to make his first judicial appointments, the State Bar panel now completing its first evaluations...
Court Redefined Judicial Activism Again This Term
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In its recently completed 1998-99 term, the Supreme Court generated only 75 signed opinions - 16 fewer than last...
Some Legal Employers Must Offer Hamburger Instead of Steak
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Some legal employers must offer hamburger instead of steak By Theda C. Snyder To get and keep full-time employees you have to...
Rent Reversal
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By Michael M. Berger Although the courts have not been kind to landlords in recent years, the landlords finally won one in Ga...
It's All Greek
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^^Bench Press^^ It's All Greek Political correctness is sometimes enough to get one's Irish up By Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. My f...
Playa Vista Project Fends Off Another Lawsuit
By Denise Levin
Construction of the multimillion-dollar Playa Vista development at the Ballona Wetlands will continue in the wake of another ...
Businessman Sues L.A. for False Imprisonment
By Lauren Bartlett
A businessman who claims he was attacked in jail after he wrongly was arrested on an expired or false warrant has sued the ci...
Lawyer's Claim Against Former Firm Dismissed
By Denise Levin
A lawsuit against the now-defunct Solish, Jordan, Arbiter & Weiner and one of its former senior partners, who was accused...
Litton Admits Hiding Payments to Consultants
By Martin Bergn
Several divisions of Woodland Hills-based Litton Industries agreed Wednesday to pay $18.5 million after pleading guilty to ch...
Charges Stand Against Retired Judge
By Michael Harris
Ruling that any failure by prosecutors to present the grand jury with exculpatory evidence was not prejudicial to the defendan...
U.S. Attorney's Office Still Facing Misconduct Allegations Despite Defendant's Departure
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A former Thai lawmaker extradited in 1996 to face marijuana smuggling charges in the United States is now fre...
Silicon Sizzle Keeps M&A Hot
By Tom Orewyler
It's hard to say what corporate lawyers would be doing today had Intel not invented the microprocessor in the 1970s. One thin...
High Court Says No to 187 Intervention
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Removing a possible roadblock toward the mediation of Proposition 187, the California Supreme Court on Wednes...
Litigator Takes on Criminal Law With Focused Precision
By Marsha Dorgan
CHICO - About 18 months ago, when Barbara Roberts donned her black robe, took her wooden gavel and ascended to the bench, she...
Charles Ng Gets Death Sentence for 11 Murders
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge echoed jurors' sentiments and sentenced serial killer Charles Ng to death W...
Court Workers Suspected of Embezzlement
By Michael Harris
In a case that has sparked a district attorney's investigation into allegations of widespread theft by Los Angeles Municipal ...
Fee Simple
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By Karl E. Geier On May 18, the 1st District Court of Appeal refused to follow the 4th District's decade-old decision in Famil...