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In one of a series of recent wins for insurers, a state appellate panel ruled Thursday that an owner of rental property who w...


By David A. Lash In a direct effort to encourage major law firms to increase their pro bono participation, the American Bar A...



By Robert E. Thompson The seven men and two women who deliberate in robed isolation within the great marble edifice of the Su...


Mayorkas Sworn in as U.S. Attorney

Nov. 19, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Mayorkas Sworn in As U.S. Attorney In a ceremony filled with emotion and humor, Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in Tuesday as U....



Contractor Guilty of Entombing Director

Nov. 19, 1999
By Matthew Heller

Contractor Guilty of Entombing Director INDIO - After only an hour of deliberations, a jury Wednesday convicted a contractor ...


Solicitations Not Complying with Securities Laws Are Flawed By John W. Cones I was horrified recently to witness a prominent ...



Deserving Discipline

Nov. 19, 1999
By Columnist

^^Insurance Law^^ Deserving Discipline When Should Punitive Damages Be Imposed in Bad-Faith Cases? Claims handlers typically ...


Retirement Roulette

Nov. 19, 1999
By Columnist

Retirement Roulette Don't gamble with funding your golden years By Paul O'Brien Popular wisdom has it that the economy is str...



Homeless Sue Guard Firms for Harassment

Nov. 19, 1999
By Denise Levin

A dozen predominantly homeless men have filed a lawsuit against three security companies and the downtown Los Angeles propert...


SLA Defense Demands Bomb Evidence

Nov. 19, 1999
By Michael Harris

Contending that Los Angeles County prosecutors are playing hide the ball with up to 10,000 pieces of "crucial" explosives evi...



Alleged Computer Snoop Resigns From Bar

Nov. 19, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Palo Alto attorney Gail Easton has given up her license to practice law in the face of charges she illegally searc...


Censured Chino Judge Won't Seek Re-Election

Nov. 19, 1999
By Dan Jennings

SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Fred L. Heene, censured Oct. 14 by the state's Commission on Judi...



High Court to Hear Case of Ad Typo

Nov. 19, 1999
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - Testing the parameters of truth in advertising, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the ...


Lottery Winnings Come, Go - Appeal to Follow

Nov. 19, 1999
By Denise Levin

A woman whose $1.3 million California Lotto winnings were taken away from her earlier this week because she allegedly tried t...



WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of women in prison in the United States has increased at nearly double the rate for men since 1...


This week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...



Last week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...


Judicial Songbird Denies Improper Conduct Charges

Nov. 19, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Susanne S. Shaw, accused of imploring drunken driving defendants to "fly with ...



Paper Chase

Nov. 18, 1999
By Columnist

By Kevin M. Christensen The recent debate about whether an insurer may be estopped from asserting the one-year suit limitation...


Financings North

Nov. 18, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

ALAMEDA COUNTY CIVIC CENTER DRIVE AND STEVENSON BOULEVARD, FREMONT Sq. Ft.: UNDISCLOSED Borrower: HUNTINGTON PARTNERS INC. Le...



Defaults North

Nov. 18, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

ALAMEDA COUNTY STEVENSON BLV, FREMONT, CA 94538 APN: 531--0165-033-0 Use: 401 Trustor: BEHOCO INC Owner: BEHOCO INC Mailing: ...


What Is Definition of Green?

Nov. 18, 1999
By Columnist

By Thomas D. Elias Things are not turning out quite as simply as California's energy planners figured when they set up large ...



Too Much Justice

Nov. 18, 1999
By Columnist

Probate Law Too Much Justice Parties Must Make Sure That Scope of Reference Is Clear As probate judges refer accounting proble...


Computer Gifts Planned by Court

Nov. 18, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Computer Gifts Planned by Court Inglewood Municipal Court will present computer systems valued at $10,000 to local school dis...



Pillsbury Web Site Turning Japanese

Nov. 18, 1999
By Chris Ford

Pillsbury Web Site Turning Japanese Claiming to be the first large firm to do so, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro recently laun...


North Meetings

Nov. 18, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

DEC. 1 BOMA San Francisco holds its annual holiday party from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Merchants Exchange Ballroom & Confere...



County to Review Its Pension Rules

Nov. 18, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

County to Review Its Pension Rules The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday asking t...


REOs North

Nov. 18, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

SACRAMENTO COUNTY 9830 FAIR OAKS BLV, FAIR OAKS, CA 95628 APN: 242-0195-023-00 Use: BCE0 New Owner: FRUGOLI FAMILY TRUST Mail...



Racial Rile

Nov. 18, 1999
By Columnist

By Vernon Jarrett When earlier this month the U.S. Supreme Court weighed the William Wardlaw stop-and-frisk case, Illinois v....


Bad-Faith Referendum to Be Submitted

Nov. 18, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - An insurer-led coalition today will submit petitions to qualify for the March 2000 ballot a referendum to overtu...