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Constitutional Law


Closed Cells

Aug. 18, 2000
By Columnist

By Pablo Agrio. During his administration, former California Gov. Pete Wilson effectively banned media access to prisoners, cl...


Law Practice


City Attorney on Domestic Violence Front Line

Aug. 18, 2000
By Leonard Novarro

SAN DIEGO - Before Casey Gwinn joined the city attorney's office in 1985, domestic violence was not strong on anyone's radar s...


Litigation


Former Nurse Loses Gender Discrimination Case

Aug. 18, 2000
By Daniel Evans

A former head nurse at a youth correctional facility, injured by another female employee upset over not being promoted, cannot...


Government


Tapes Reveal Alleged Extortion

Aug. 18, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA--Jurors in the political corruption trial of a Santa Ana city councilman heard him describe in his own words how he ...


Law Practice


The California delegates to the Democratic National Convention made tons of scrambled eggs and French toast disappear each mor...


Communications


Injunction Blocks DVD De-Encryption Code

Aug. 18, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

The entertainment industry Thursday won one of the first legal battles in the ongoing war between the motion picture industry ...


Labor/Employment


Appellate Court Rules Against L.A. Officers

Aug. 18, 2000
By Daniel Evans

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a $175,000 judgment against the city of Los Angeles Thursday, ruling two whit...


Civil Rights


Thin Blue Line Blurs as Cops, Protesters Clash

Aug. 18, 2000
By David Houston

It looked like a disaster in the making Tuesday when gay rights marchers headed for Los Angeles police headquarters, where the...


Criminal


Observers See Protest Photos Taken by Police

Aug. 18, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Brian, along with legal observers, was swept up in a mass arrest that included more than a dozen juveniles, while photographin...


Judges and Judiciary


Some might call the process a formality or even a coronation, but don't tell that to Judge Robert Mallano, who on the eve of h...


Government


Proclaiming himself "my own man," Democratic Party presidential nominee Al Gore called for "a better, fairer, more prosperous ...


Government


Police, protesters and politicians revved it up one more time in Los Angeles Thursday, the last day of that urban thrill ride ...


Criminal


Court Allows Disclosure of Witnesses

Aug. 18, 2000
By PETER BLUMBERG

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite a warning from prosecutors that three witnesses may be killed in retaliation for testifying in a L.A. ...


Government


Volunteer Cameraman Sees the Rougher Side

Aug. 18, 2000
By Susan Mcraen

When Reuben Rivas told friends he was volunteering as a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild during the Democratic Na...


Law Practice


Young Democrats in suits with T-shirts and dresses with tennis shoes, danced to disco music all night long at the New Democrat...


Public Interest


Disabilities Group To Honor Pair

Aug. 17, 2000
By Staff Writer

The Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities will honor two Los Angeles attorneys at its upcoming 9th annual Access Award...


Public Interest


Unconventional Wisdom

Aug. 17, 2000
By Columnist

By Paul O'Brien. Those great conventions of the past that are so fondly remembered by political hacks were actually blood baths.


Litigation


Litigation Reality

Aug. 17, 2000
By Columnist

By Richard L. Antognini and Kenneth C. Feldman. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that "the life of the law has not been logic; it h...


Law Practice


Personal Injury Pioneer Elmer Low Dies at 93

Aug. 17, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

Services will be held today for Pasadena attorney Elmer Low, a pioneer in personal injury law. Low died Aug. 9 at his Pasadena...


Criminal


Arrested Protesters Run the Gamut

Aug. 17, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

The approximately 177 people arrested by Wednesday afternoon in Democratic National Convention-related protests and unrest inc...


Appellate Practice


Medical Pot Violates Drug Act

Aug. 17, 2000
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block temporarily a San Francisco federal judge's ...


Criminal


Legislative Link Boosts DNA Bills

Aug. 17, 2000
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - It was Karen Pomer, the victim of a brutal rape, who first suggested to legislative aides the idea of linking two...


Civil Rights


On Tuesday night, a small, somewhat forlorn group assembled at the Dome Village for homeless people in downtown Los Angeles. B...


Al Crespo made it through the war in Kosovo without a scratch, but the 59-year-old Miami photojournalist got shot three times ...


Civil Rights


Even with the Hollywood red carpet treatment and actor Sean Penn by his side, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was up...


Law Practice


By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto. Firms whose culture and philosophy are miles apart should think twice before merging.


Insurance


Good Will

Aug. 17, 2000
By Columnist

By Kirk A. Pasich. A carrier must consider the adverse consequences that its insured might suffer if it does not timely affect...


Government


Peace Prevails at Downtown Courthouses

Aug. 17, 2000
By Daniel Evans

Despite the seemingly endless demonstrations, Los Angeles County Courthouse workers say business has been pretty much as usual...


Labor/Employment


County Service Workers Vote to Strike

Aug. 17, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Sally Field take note: Los Angeles County service employees love you. They really love you if their deafening cheers to your c...


Civil Rights


FBI Spies Randomly On People

Aug. 17, 2000
By Columnist

By Steve Dasbach. You don't need to be a criminal to be spied on by the FBI. All you need is an e-mail account. In fact, thank...