Man Admits Use of Dog in Hate Crime
By Martin Bergn
Man Admits Use of Dog in Hate Crime A Sun Valley man pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanor federal hate crimes for using h...
ABA Will Honor Retired S.D. Judge
By Don De Benedictis
ABA Will Honor Retired S.D. Judge Retired San Diego Superior Court Judge J. William Beard will receive an award from the Amer...
Consent Consensus
By Columnist
^^Appellate Procedure^^ Consent Consensus Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Stipulated Judgments Norgart provides a welcome addi...
Brobeck Phleger CISCO SYSTEMS TAKES BIG EQUITY STAKE IN KPMG San Jose-based Cisco Systems invested $1 billion in New York acc...
Blame It on 'Rio'
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Cyberspace Law Blame It on 'Rio' Uncertainty surrounding the downloading of digital music could spawn a deluge of litigation....
CyberEstate
By Jane Zastrow
Staying current Creating a universal repository of documents and critical resources and keeping them up to date is the goal o...
Firm Watch: Report of a Cover-Up Denied by Leaders -- Best Workplace for Women, Says Magazine -- Real Estate Lawyer Opts for Smaller Outfit -- General Counsel Receives a Promotion -- Two CA Lawyers Promoted to Partnership -- Seven Associates Hired in....
By Pearl Piatt, Leslie Gordon & J. Byrd
The achievement of justice is an endless process. John F. Kennedy Graham & James REPORT OF A COVER-UP DENIED BY LEADERS T...
Attorneys Sue Over Secret Wiretapping
By Michael Harris
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, former Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams and several m...
Loss Is a Rare One for SEC
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - When U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Taylor ruled last month that a former employee of Dain Rauscher Inc. did n...
Last-Minute Dealing Resurrects Asset Seizure Legislation Given Up For Dead
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - When the 1999 legislative session drew to a close, rookie Democratic Assemblyman Herb Wesson of inner city Los A...
Judge Certifies Class Action in Sheriff's Case
By Lauren Bartlett
A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit filed by former transit agency officers who claim the Los Angeles County sheriff...
Laws Must Block Foreign Corruption From U.S. Shores
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By James A. Leach Recent allegations that American and European banks have facilitated money laundering for Russian organized...
N.Y. Firm Loses Battle to Oust Milberg Weiss
By Craiq Anderson
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Jose has rejected a bid by a New York law firm to oust plaintiffs' class action attorn...
Santa Monica Prosecutor Abruptly Resigns Post
By Anne La Jeunesse
Norman T. Wegener, 42, chief deputy of the Santa Monica city attorney's criminal division, abruptly resigned his post Tuesday...
Soul Searching
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
SAN FRANCISCO - It's no secret that the number of lawyers who hate their jobs is growing. Some attorneys leave the law to bec...
Flesh Wounds
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - If Gail Marie Harrington-Wisley were trying last Mother's Day to smuggle contraband into the prison where her hu...
U.S. Trustee Has Brought Refreshing Sense of Openness
By Susan Mc Rae
Since its inception in 1978, the U.S. Trustee's Office has toiled in relative obscurity. That's just fine with Maureen A. Tig...
Panel Does About-Face On Thermal Imaging Use
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The replacement of one judge on a divided three-judge federal appeals panel resurrected Thursday the warrantl...
After 17 Years, Man's Plea Of Injustice Yields Results
By Martin Bergn
It's been a long, steep road for Billy Carl Turner since he was convicted in 1982 of setting a sleeping man afire and killing...
Hanging Ten Prompts Dr. Laura To Sue for Slander, $2 Million
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has filed a lawsuit against the owner of an Ora...
Justices Hear Challenge to Arbitration Pacts
By David Kravetz
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court heard lively oral arguments Thursday in a case that could undermine many mandato...
Proposal to Add Judges Seems To Be Benched
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - California's trial and appeal courts may have to go without new judges until 2001. One reason, said informed sou...
L.A. County D.A. Deserves Raise, Supervisors Say
By Lauren Bartlett
With the Los Angeles district attorney's salary lagging behind more than 40 percent of the county's other department heads, a...
Senate Confirms Bars Judy Johnson
By Don De Benedictis
Senate Confirms Bar's Judy Johnson SACRAMENTO - On a 36-0 vote Thursday, the state Senate confirmed Judy Johnson to a second ...
Coerced Participation
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^^Environmental Law^^ Coerced Participation Appellate Court to Decide Legality of Duplicate Cleanup Order The 3rd Circuit dec...
Bases Loaded
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Bases Loaded Ninth Circuit Opens Federal Facility Remediation to Greater Scrutiny By Brian S. Haughton Like most professional...
Lawyers Make Their Beds and Then Lie in Them
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^^The Rodent^^ Lawyers Make Their Beds and Then Lie in Them Practicing law often presents situations in which telling the tru...
Off Balance
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^^Gender and Justice^^ By M.C. Sungaila "Oh, beha-a-ave," cooed Austin Powers on the big screen this summer. Unfortunately, t...
Contact Negotiations
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^^Marketing Mailbag^^ Contact Negotiations To construct a network from the ground up, start with the people you know By Anne ...
Student Indicted on LSD Charges
By Martin Bergn
Student Indicted On LSD Charges A 21-year-old University of Southern California drama major was indicted Thursday on charges ...