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Digital IPOs

Aug. 22, 1998
By Tom Orewyler

Last week, New York's Wit Capital Corp. was named "e-manager" for an initial public offering by EarthWeb Inc., a New York com...


VENTURA - A Santa Barbara judge has rejected a defense attempt to disqualify four Ventura County judges from hearing certain ...



SLAPP Plaintiff Can't Evade Fees

Aug. 22, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A state appeal panel has ruled that a plaintiff who files a meritless strategic lawsuit against public participation suit and...


Court: Policyholders Have to Prove Exceptions

Aug. 22, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant victory for insurers, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a policyholder -- not...



AG Clears DA in Voter Fraud Probe

Aug. 22, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA - While the attorney general's office has found that the Orange County district attorney's investigation into alleg...


SAN BERNARDINO - A self-styled government watchdog has begun serving an 18-month jail sentence after the judge - who earlier ...



Public Has Right to Disclosure of Mental Reports

Aug. 22, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In the first ruling of its kind, a federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a common-law right of public acce...


WASHINGTON - The president has testified, verified and skipped town, leaving the media and its ever-revolving roster of pundi...



Legal Aid Group Contests Verdict

Aug. 20, 1998
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for California Rural Legal Assistance said Tuesday he will attempt to persuade a Sonoma County judge...


A legal secretary says she was forced to quit her job with a Van Nuys law firm because of ongoing harassment by one of the fi...



SANTA ANA --- Thanks to a program that operates without any help from taxpayers, the Orange County district attorney's office...


Baca's Role in Settlement Questioned

Aug. 20, 1998
By Lauren Blau

A former high-ranking Los Angeles County law enforcement official trying to unseat Sheriff Sherman Block is being investigate...



Father's 'Toy' Seized by County

Aug. 20, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

ALTA LOMA - For sale: a 1997 Chevrolet Z-71 aqua-blue extended cab truck with leather interior loaded with gadgets and gizmos...


Kids in the Halls

Aug. 20, 1998
By Cheryl Romo

Courtroom day-care facilities that can keep restless children occupied while their parents appear as litigants, witnesses or j...



Efforts to Boost HMO Liability Seem Doomed

Aug. 20, 1998
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - This year's major legislative proposals to strengthen consumers' ability to fight health maintenance organizatio...


Judge Censured For Lying About Childhood Event

Aug. 20, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In its first public reprimand, the Judicial Council of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals openly censured ...



WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed an important "environmental racism" case it had agreed to review...


AG's Opinion Sought in Election Dispute

Aug. 19, 1998
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Counsel Ann M. Ravel has asked the state attorney general's office for a written opinion to cle...



Lawyer Questions Rio Hondo Judge's Residency

Aug. 19, 1998
By Denise Levin

Rio Hondo Municipal Court Judge Peter J. Meeka spent Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court defending his seat on the bench fro...


Glendale Commissioner Is Placed on Leave

Aug. 19, 1998
By Denise Levin

Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation int...



SAN FRANCISCO - A day after his resignation takes effect Aug. 24, U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi faces a head-on confrontati...


AIDS Coverage Ruled Out Under Policy

Aug. 19, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A state appeal court on Monday allowed insurers to deny coverage to people who have even minor symptoms of serious illnesses ...



Judge Denies DA Request for Bail for Teens

Aug. 19, 1998
By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday unsealed an 11-week-old indictment charging three 15-year-old boys with th...


She jokes that she is just trailer trash. But Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White - who does work out of a...



Disabled Workers Win Right to Seek Higher Damages

Aug. 19, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - In a long-awaited victory for disabled workers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that employees who ...


Confusion Over Prior Convictions Envelops Courts

Aug. 19, 1998
By Michael Harris

Recent modifications to a California Penal Code section have created confusion in the state's courtrooms as to whether defend...



Kenyan Blast Rattles Hopes of Immigrant

Aug. 19, 1998
By B. Scott Bortnick

OXNARD - For Jimmi Juma Shua, midnight was far more than the turn of another day. It also marked his birthday - and the differ...


Governor Fills Vacant Appellate Court Seats

Aug. 15, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Pete Wilson filled the last two empty spots on the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday, elevating t...



San Diego Teen-agers to be Tried as Adults

Aug. 15, 1998
By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that three 15-year-olds charged with murder in the death of a 12-...


Critics Assail Commissioner's Actions

Aug. 15, 1998
By Denise Levin

Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke, who ordered the arrest of dozens of defendants for perjury and filing fa...