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Cyberstalker Pleads Guilty to Crimes

Apr. 30, 1999
By Michael Harris

The North Hollywood man charged with using the Internet to stalk and solicit the rape of a woman who had rebuffed him - the f...


Jury Awards Ex-Kmart Cashier $4.2M in Damages

Apr. 30, 1999
By Denise Levin

A former Kmart cashier was awarded $4.2 million in damages by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury that found she was fired in r...



Bankruptcy Bill Penalizes Bad Lawyers

Apr. 29, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Bankruptcy legislation wending its way through the House and Senate Judiciary Committees is bogged down in vigor...


Animation and Video Help Tell a Legal Story

Apr. 29, 1999
By Martin Kruming

For years, Jim Gripp has helped criminal attorneys - both prosecution and defense - tell their stories with graphics. Today, ...



Tribal Say in Adoptions Wins Committee OK

Apr. 29, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - A proposal to give Native American tribal courts greater say in child custody placements won unanimous approval ...


Bill to Rebuild State Bar Passes First Hurdle

Apr. 29, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO ---- Legislation to cut lawyers' dues to $395, reduce continuing education requirements and restrict the bar's lob...



Court Halts Ex-Intel Employees E-Mails

Apr. 29, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - In a major battle pitting a corporation's right to control its Internet system against an individual's right of fr...


Prostitution Ring Trial to Begin Today

Apr. 29, 1999
By Michael Harris

Facing an almost certain conviction on charges he operated a prostitution ring out of his law office, Tarzana tax attorney Bo...



Katzenberg Testifies on Rift With Eisner

Apr. 29, 1999
By Garry Abrams

Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner rose from his desk and backed away from his estranged studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg ...


SACRAMENTO - Memo to San Diego County unified court judges: Avoid angering state lawmakers who represent the area, at least wh...



After Years on Docket, Adoption Case Settles

Apr. 29, 1999
By John Roemer

The bitter, protracted litigation over the custody of 5-year-old Haley A. settled Monday, just eight days before it was set f...


Agreement Reached to Spend Tobacco Dollars

Apr. 29, 1999
By Lauren Blau

In an unusual display of unity, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and City Attorney James K. Hahn have stopped fighting over ...



House/Senate Committees Pass Bankruptcy Reform

Apr. 29, 1999
By Douglas Fabrick

The Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate have approved their versions of the sweeping bankruptcy reform legislation t...


Court Rebuffs Independent Counsel

Apr. 29, 1999
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Handing another setback to Independent Counsel Donald C. Smaltz, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday tha...



A Career in Wreckage

Apr. 29, 1999
By Martin Bergn

On May 12, 1989, a freight train loaded with chemicals derailed, barreling on to Duffy Street in a residential neighborhood o...


Damages Phase Of Katzenbergs Claim Begins

Apr. 28, 1999
By Garry Abrams

After three years of sparring, the legal rumble between movie executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and the Walt Disney Co. on Monday ...



Appellate Lawyer Killed in Automobile Accident

Apr. 28, 1999
By E Freudenthal

ANAHEIM HILLS - Christie L. Noel, senior associate at the Law Offices of Ronald E. Lais in Anaheim Hills, was killed Friday i...


Public Counsel Honors Shriver for Volunteerism

Apr. 28, 1999
By Stephanie Cahill

Reflecting on his more than 30 years of government and public service, Sargent Shriver, founder of the Peace Corps, the Speci...



SAN JOSE - In a rare legal assault on an Internet retailer, the Santa Clara County district attorney's office filed a civil c...


Lockyer Won't Prosecute Merced Builder

Apr. 28, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a disappointing decision for aggrieved former residents of a problem-plagued subdivision, Attorney General ...



Former Inmate Sues County Over Medical Care

Apr. 28, 1999
By Lauren Blau

A former inmate at the Men's Central Jail who is a paraplegic with a bladder problem filed a claim Monday against the county ...


Patrick Hallinans Second Wind

Apr. 28, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Patrick S. Hallinan started smoking on the advice of counsel. The deep drags on Camel filters he inhales thes...



Firm Sues Vatican Library for Fees

Apr. 28, 1999
By Denise Levin

A Los Angeles law firm claims in a lawsuit that the Vatican Library owes it more than $1.2 million in attorney fees and costs...


Welfare Cheats Counsel Decries Hefty Sentence

Apr. 28, 1999
By Michael Harris

In an attempt to spare a convicted welfare cheat from a state prison term, her lawyer argued she was being used as fodder for...



Ernst & Young To Pay Big For Bad Bankruptcy Advice

Apr. 28, 1999
By Douglas Fabrick

The accounting firm of Ernst & Young has agreed to pay the Chapter 7 bankruptcy estate of Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc....


Patent Claim May Quietly Go Away

Apr. 28, 1999
By James Evans

SAN FRANCISCO - A patent that spooked thousands of Internet commerce companies is now before the Federal Circuit Court of App...



Taking advantage of city rules that allow him to start his campaign two years before the election, Los Angeles City Councilma...


WASHINGTON - What could prove to be the definitive battle on the regulation - and perhaps banning - of tobacco products moved...



SACRAMENTO - With a one-page order, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday formally granted Gov. Gray Davis' request...


Public Defender Post Precarious in Riverside County

Apr. 27, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Three years ago, Margaret Spencer became public defender of Riverside County. At the time, she gave an interview ...