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Former Legal Secretary Claims Discrimination

Mar. 19, 1999
By Denise Levin

A former secretary at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has sued the law firm for race and age di...


LAPD Officer Guilty of Bank Robbery

Mar. 19, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Despite his defense lawyer's contention that his client is an innocent victim of mistaken identity, a veteran Los Angeles pol...



Last of the Independents

Mar. 19, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Janet Reno on Wednesday urged Congress to let the Independent Counsel Act expire at the end of ...


SACRAMENTO - Court reporters who illegally overcharge their clients for trial transcripts are not disciplined by the agency t...



A former client of a Los Angeles sole practitioner has accused her in a lawsuit of breach of fiduciary duty for withdrawing fr...


The final chapter in a lawsuit that is more than a decade old was written Tuesday when the Los Angeles City Council approved ...



'Going Rate' Dispute Spurs a Lawsuit

Mar. 18, 1999
By Denise Levin

The Los Angeles law firm of Doniger & Fetter has sued its professional liability insurance carrier for breach of contract...


Attorney: Tobacco Verdict Proof of Misconduct

Mar. 18, 1999
By Patricia Jocobus

SAN FRANCISCO - The huge $51.5 million verdict against Philip Morris last month is proof that San Francisco jurors were unabl...



Justice Stepping Down to Run M&A Business

Mar. 18, 1999
By Jean Guccione

Unlike the many jurists who retire to become private judges, Court of Appeal Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine of Santa Ana sai...


Jury Anonymity Is Put to Rest

Mar. 18, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - A legislative proposal to make all criminal juries anonymous so that jurors feel safer died Tuesday amid critici...



Los Angeles had a slightly different idea when it came to hosting the Democratic Party presidential convention next year. The...



Suit Against Rabbi Can Proceed

Mar. 17, 1999
By Mathew Heller

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County woman suing a rabbi for allegedly engaging her in a sexual relationship while counseling her f...


Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles Monday, alleging government officials knew about crack cocaine traffickin...



S.F. Judge Did Not Falter at First Assignment

Mar. 17, 1999
By Mark Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Diane E. Wick nearly gasped for breath when she saw what she was in for. Her first assignment in San Francisc...


Lawyer Says Jonathan Club Humiliated Him

Mar. 17, 1999
By Denise Levin

Attorney Roger J. Nichols claims he was so humiliated by the way the Jonathan Club treated him a year ago in front of his gue...



Behaviorists Ask: Why Do Kids Kill?

Mar. 17, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

Trying to figure out why kids kill poses more questions than there are answers - and because it is such a perplexing problem,...


Budget Breathes New Life into State Bar

Mar. 17, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

SAN FRANCISCO - Told by their president that it is time to bring back the State Bar, the Board of Governors approved a 1999 bu...



SACRAMENTO - State-government lawyers and administrative law judges would get a 5.5 percent pay raise effective April 1 under...


S.F. Supervisor Pushes for Jury Reform

Mar. 17, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A cry for relief from a frustrated, inconvenienced juror - who happens to be San Francisco Supervisor Gavin N...



Pennies From Heaven

Mar. 17, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - The widow of Fred Astaire last fall lost a well-publicized court battle to prevent 90 seconds of film clips of t...


Sales Manager Wins $2.6M for Corporate Exile

Mar. 17, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

In an unusual case of employment fraud, a San Jose federal court jury has awarded a Santa Clara County woman $2.64 million af...



Inland Empire Judge Faces Ethics Charges

Mar. 17, 1999
By Jean Guccione

A San Bernardino County judge was accused Monday by state judicial discipline authorities of improperly jailing a tardy juror...


SAN FRANCISCO - A long-simmering fight boiled into pitched battle between federal prosecutors and the defense bar this week o...



Brobeck Lawyer Leaves to Take Corporate Post

Mar. 16, 1999
By Leslie A. Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - Thomas A. Bevilacqua, a partner on Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's executive committee and co-chair of the ...


A Children's Bill of Rights Urged in L.A.

Mar. 16, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

Concern about failures in the foster care system recently led the newly formed Los Angeles Chapter of the National Associatio...



Inside Defender

Mar. 16, 1999
By Charles Ashby

FREMONT - The Colorado State Penitentiary isn't the first place one would expect to find a person looking to set legal preced...


Mack: Good Cop or Bank Robber?

Mar. 16, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Jurors will begin their deliberations this week to decide whether David Mack was a veteran cop who turned bank robber, or the...



No Place Like Home

Mar. 16, 1999
By Leslie A. Gordon

As the compensation gap between associates at large law firms and their midsize-firm counterparts grows to $35,000 and up, on...


Sentence Criticized in Jehovahs Witness DUI Case

Mar. 16, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

A Los Angeles County prosecutor vows to appeal a 10-year state prison sentence handed down Friday to a convicted drunken driv...