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Criminal


Bail Agents File Civil Rights Suit Over Rampart

Mar. 20, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Two bail agents have filed a civil rights lawsuit, contending they were unlawfully arrested and harassed by Rampart Division p...


Government


WASHINGTON - Boycotts by state and local governments of companies that do business with "outlaw" foreign countries became popu...


Judges and Judiciary


Erin Brockovich True-Life Tale of Deep, Deep Pockets

Mar. 20, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Hollywood is often accused of distorting the facts in reality-based dramas, but this time it managed to get them right. That's...


Litigation


New Program Targets Complex Cases

Mar. 20, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

Briefcases are being stacked atop briefcases in Department 304. Attorneys routinely spill over from the plaintiff and defense ...


Government


Riverside Supervisors OK Justice Center

Mar. 20, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

A new justice center will serve residents of southwestern Riverside County, now that county supervisors have agreed, after yea...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Department of Insurance announced Thursday that Old Republic Title Company will pay the state $...


Family


Hard Custody Issues Done Thoughtfully

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA To what extent should a child's race be considered in deciding custody? This and other difficult questions were handled ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Label Liability

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM Holding manufacturers liable for medical errors caused by similar drug names ensures that manufacturers do not allow a l...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Recalls Last Time He Saw Taylor, Hours Before Shooting

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Dennis Cole remembers looking across the room and seeing Los Ang...


Criminal


Judge Drops 146 Charges in Food Bank Scam

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Orange County Judge Steven Perk Wednesday dropped all 40 charges against Glendora attorney James Brian Watkins, ac...


Government


Masked Protesters Cause Fracas at School Meeting

Mar. 18, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

ORANGE - 'Who were those masked people?' is a question the board of trustees at the Orange Unified School District may be aski...


Entertainment & Sports


Dying Boy Is Comforted by Blimps, Angels

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA This week's rerun shows us the reasons 'Ally McBeal' is a hit. ...


Litigation


Promoter Testifies, Sobs in Holocaust Trial

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Hollywood promoter Alan Boinus, accused of duping an 80-year-old woman out of the rights to her life story of hidi...


Constitutional Law


By Alan Cochrum How can I put this? I have serious problems with Roman Catholic theology. (Which is not a surprising thing, gi...


Intellectual Property


Rapid Disclosure

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

Rapid Disclosure Northern District of California Procedures for Markman Hearings By Guy W. Chambers The Supreme Court's landma...


Public Interest


Handguns Dont Kill, People Do

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

By Jill "J.R." Labbe How many times and how many ways does this have to be said before it sinks in? Criminals don't care about...


Environmental


Exxon Still Mired in $5B Verdict

Mar. 18, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A "tasteless joke" told by a bailiff to a juror during deliberations was not enough to bring down the $5 billi...


Entertainment & Sports


Innocents Do Not Belong in The Slammer

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA 'The Practice' asks how can our system allow defendants innocent of a crime to be convicted. Page 8. ^^The Practice^^ By...


Intellectual Property


Secret Bits

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

^^Intellectual Property^^ Secret Bits New Rules Liberalize Export of Encryption Software The new regulations remove some of th...


Judges and Judiciary


Echoes Of Loss Remain

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Los Angeles County Commissioner H. George Taylor had the rest of his life pretty well planned out: relaxing...


Judges and Judiciary


Altman Says Goodbye to Bench After 20 Years

Mar. 18, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Lawyers stop him in hallways and at elevator bays, each expressing a version of, "Oh, no - say it ain't so!" The reaction to t...


Bankruptcy


Peacemaker

Mar. 17, 2000
By Rebecca Kuzins

COSTA MESA - The current spate of economic prosperity is benefiting almost everyone - except bankruptcy attorneys and trustees...


Government


It was one extraordinary day. On Wednesday, the Rampart police scandal's bitter, long-simmering brew of political jockeying, l...


Government


The Los Angeles City Council within the next two weeks will consider the Los Angeles Police Commission's request for about $1....


Government


Garcetti, Parks Seem To Be Cooperating

Mar. 17, 2000
By Michael Harris

One day after an extraordinary public showdown between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcet...


Public Interest


Apostrophic Musings

Mar. 17, 2000
By Columnist


Insurance


Policy Protection

Mar. 17, 2000
By Columnist

Insurance Law: Insureds may have some coverage for sexual harassment under traditional insurance policies. ...


Criminal


By Tracy K. Rice The stunning verdicts in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo reflect a gross miscarriage of justice and only ...


Litigation


Bankrupt Firm Sues Conservator, Lawyers

Mar. 17, 2000
By Denise Levin

Caremark Rx Inc., formerly known as MedPartners Inc., has sued its former state-appointed conservator and attorneys for $100 m...


Criminal


Shield Protects Reporter in Cult Case

Mar. 17, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A Riverside Press-Enterprise reporter was called as a witness by the defense Wednesday in the sanity phase of a cu...