This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
News

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


Litigation


Yahoo! Changes Customer ID Disclosure Policy

Aug. 1, 2000
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Yahoo! Inc., which is being sued by an Ohio message-board user for disclosing his personal identity in response to ...


Family


New Legal Center an Instant Success

Aug. 1, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Maria Montengo and her husband Albert wearily scrutinized the signs along the second floor of the Los Angeles County Courthous...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Man Who Threatened Molina Returned to Court

Aug. 1, 2000
By Daniel Evans

A state appellate court has ordered a man who threatened to kill Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina to return to cour...


Criminal


Convictions Stand Despite Shady Informant

Aug. 1, 2000
By David Houston

A U.S. appellate court refused Friday to overturn murder-for-hire and narcotics convictions even though evidence in the case ...


Litigation


In response to homeowners who complained that an influx of cars from a private school was destroying their exclusive Brentwoo...


Education


A group of almost-lawyers waits, nervously, in the foyer of the Court of Appeal in Ventura. Armed with stacks of papers, notes...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A man sentenced to three years in prison for theft by fraud must be resentenced because the judge who presided...


Administrative/Regulatory


A vending machine that sells pre-paid phone cards and a chance at cash prizes is an illegal slot machine, an appellate panel ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Breeders Sue After $100,000 Show Dog Dies

Aug. 1, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - At 125 pounds and 5 years of age, Othello, a strapping male Rottweiler, had just won the title of "Best of Breed" ...


Education


Early Exposure

Aug. 1, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

FULLERTON - Fresh out of law school, new attorneys often lack the skills needed to maneuver a client through the system. One O...


Education


Two UCs May Fulfill Law School Dreams

Aug. 1, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

After decades of vows to add a public law school to the University of California system in Southern California, the new millen...


Intellectual Property


9th Stays Judge's Order Shutting Down Napster

Aug. 1, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet music maverick Napster Inc., having succeeded in staving off a court-ordered shutdown of its free onl...


Government


DA May Scrap Huge Conspiracy Case

Aug. 1, 2000
By Michael Harris

In filing the third and most serious case thus far in the Rampart scandal - attempted murder charges against officer Nino Durd...


Criminal


Mystery in Mexico

Aug. 1, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - It has been nearly two years since Kimberly Bailey and Richard Post drove across the border to Tijuana, where they...


Constitutional Law


X-Rated Rights

Jul. 31, 2000
By Columnist

By John C. Eastman. For more than a quarter century, Congress and state legislatures have been trying to rid our land of child...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Sunrise, Sunset

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

Q. Can mediations be shortened? Sessions seem to kick into high gear only after the sun goes down. Ben Schonbrun, of Venice's ...


Criminal


Ending Legalese

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

The laudable goal is making the new instructions more comprehensible to jurors, the vast majority of whom are not lawyers. ...


Litigation


Surrender to a Pen-Free Cross-Examination

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

Judge Brickner counsels against taking notes during cross-examination. ...


Public Interest


Obfuscators' Delight

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

Lawyers, take heart: When it comes to obfuscation, you are mere novices compared to lexicographers. ...


Public Interest


Lawyers and other professionals are being ripped off by the phone companies with the connivance of the state Legislature. As a...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The End Is Here

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

In Pierotti v. Torian, 81 Cal.App.4th 17 (2000), the appellate court has issued another opinion in support of the finality of ...


Juvenile


Snubbing Parental Child Snatchers

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

In the spring of 1999, the media broadcast the story about the Palm Beach land developer who was arrested and charged for kidn...


Commercial Law


'SpeeDee' Trap

Jul. 29, 2000
By Kelly Lee

Terrence A. Beard of Antioch's Law Offices of Terrence A. Beard obtained a $4 million verdict on behalf of eight SpeeDee Oil C...


Litigation


Bridge to Settlement

Jul. 29, 2000
By Kelly Lee

Almost two years after he survived a deadly tank explosion on the job, in a complicated case with multiple defendants, tens of...


Large Firms


Meyer Turns to Manatt Phelps as Partner

Jul. 29, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

David J. Meyer has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' litigation and employment unit in Los Angeles as a partner. Meyer's o...


Public Interest


Babcock Heads O.C.'s Public Law Center

Jul. 29, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - The Public Law Center of Orange County has named Kenneth W. Babcock as its new executive director. Babcock, curren...


Criminal


Welcoming Trail

Jul. 29, 2000
By Columnist

In three of these cases, the court issued opinions that in some way ameliorated the harsh effects of the 1996 act. ...


Criminal


Study Shows Increase in Reports of Hate Crimes

Jul. 29, 2000
By David Houston

The number of hate crimes reported in California rose 12.1 percent in 1999, but authorities are unsure how much of that is att...


Criminal


Lawyer May Face Charges in Deaths of Women

Jul. 29, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Santa Monica police on Monday will present the city attorney with the case of a West Los Angeles lawyer who reportedly drove i...


Criminal


Couple Pleads Guilty in Charity Scam, Cooperates With DA

Jul. 29, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Prosecutors say they may charge new defendants in the case of a La Verne couple who has pleaded guilty to allegations of obstr...