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Litigation


Ruling Rules

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

In a summary judgment proceeding, objections to evidence not made at or before the hearing on the motion are waived. Code Civ....


Litigation


The Buzzz!

Mar. 29, 2001
By Ed Kimble

What! No Green Beer? Here's one for Ripley's ... Believe It Or Not! There wasn't a drop of green beer for the asking at either...


Personal Injury & Torts


Unseen Scene

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Amy Ellington, a 31-year-old wife and mother of three, lost control of her car on a remote mountain road in Ventura County and...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Cyber Summit

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Mediators should not ignore new online communications methods when conducting a mediation. ...


Litigation


Elder Abuse

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Although enacted in 1982, California's elder abuse laws, Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15600 et seq., have only recen...


Government


Miami Doctor Accuses LAPD of Racial Profiling

Mar. 29, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - The attorney for a Miami surgeon who says he recently suffered debilitating nerve damage to his hands after Los ...


Litigation


Skirting Legal Sand Traps

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Matthew B.F. Biren of Biren & Katzman in Los Angeles won a $3.8 million settlement in November in a confidential case invo...


Education


Former Whittier Law School Dean Dies of Cancer

Mar. 29, 2001
By Claude Walbert

COSTA MESA - John A. FitzRandolph, who served nearly two decades as dean of Whittier Law School, died of cancer Thursday in La...


Insurance


State AG Defends New Quake Law

Mar. 29, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has defended a new state law extending the limitations period on Northridge earthq...


Law Practice


Investigator Gets Time For Leaking Records

Mar. 29, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A legal investigator who leaked confidential records to a TV reporter showing that the Los Angeles Police Depart...


Personal Injury & Torts


Half Full

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Former amateur baseball pitcher Geoffrey S. Wells learned a valuable lesson about practicing law from Hall of Famer Frank Robi...


Labor/Employment


Disclosure Dilemma

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Q: What happens to mediation confidentiality when, during a joint session, it appears that the human resources director obstru...


Criminal


Judge Tosses Charges Against Lawyer's Wife

Mar. 29, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed charges of grand theft against the wife of a once-promin...


Large Firms


Howard Rice Discovers Less Is More

Mar. 29, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - These days, most law firms will admit that growing by merger or acquisition is part of their strategy. Not at ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - After failing four times to place the case in other courtrooms, Van Nuys Supervising Judge Paul Gutman announced...


Energy Law


Power, and Light

Mar. 29, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - As a plaintiffs' lawyer who has fought his share of corporate giants, state Sen. Joe Dunn may be uniquely qualifi...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Two San Francisco attorneys were indicted Tuesday in the dog mauling death of their neighbor Diane Whipple, an...


Securities


Investor Admits Trading on Attorney 'Slip'

Mar. 29, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto investor on Tuesday admitted lying to securities officials about a "slip of the tongue" by a forme...


Criminal


Officers Enter Pleas in Rampart Police Scandal

Mar. 29, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Two former Los Angeles police officers have pleaded no contest and one has pleaded not guilty in response to the...


Constitutional Law


Pray Check

Mar. 28, 2001
By Columnist

The genius of the American constitutional system is its recognition that mixing church and state damages both religion and dem...


Public Interest


What Will You Do if the Lights Go Out?

Mar. 28, 2001
By Pamela Kraver

The Daily Journal asks lawyers what they would do if the lights went out. ...


The reasons Mayor Richard Riordan first gave for his Feb. 5 firing of Los Angeles Police Commission President Gerald L. Chalef...


Administrative/Regulatory


New System Cuts Jurors' Wait Time

Mar. 28, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Inglewood and Torrance courthouses on Monday joined 19 others around Los Angeles County that have implemented th...


Government


Family of Angels-Flight Crash Victim Sues City

Mar. 28, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - The family of an 83-year-old New Jersey man killed early last month in the crash of Angels Flight in downtown Lo...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Studio City entertainment attorney Harden C. Bennion. Bennion died March 2...


Civil Rights


Court Takes on Minority Preferences

Mar. 28, 2001
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Randy and Valerie Pech, the white owners of Adarand Constructors Inc., a Denver construction firm specializing in...


Appellate Practice


Judge Dodges Issue of Publication

Mar. 28, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declined Monday to be drawn into a head-on confrontation over the ticklish question of whether...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Large out-of-state corporations doing substantial business in California may be facing a legal brick wall when...


Criminal


Racist Gunman Makes Apology, Gets Life Term

Mar. 28, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - The smirking white supremacist who boasted of shooting minorities two years ago was not in evidence Monday as Bu...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Normally, the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles does not rival Disneyland as the happiest place o...