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Personal Injury & Torts

Mysterious Fumes Lawsuit Settled by County

May 8, 1999
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - After nearly five years of litigation, relatives of the woman at the center of the so-called Riverside mystery fu...


Solo and Small Firms

Patent Practice Named Fastest-Growing Firm

May 8, 1999
By Susan Kostal

SAN FRANCISCO - Since 1996, the Dow Jones industrial average has climbed by an impressive 55 percent to reach its recent 10,0...



Military Law

Sailors Sentenced in Beating Death in Ecuador

May 8, 1999
By Leonard Navarro

SAN DIEGO - The case against two servicemen accused of beating to death an Ecuadorian hotel clerk came to a close Thursday wh...


Law Practice

DA Responds to Commissions Criticism

May 8, 1999
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office Thursday all but dismissed a recommendation by the U.S. Commission on Civil...



The California Supreme Court strongly hinted Thursday that it will grant the news media and the public a right to gain access...


Personal Injury & Torts

A judge has ruled that a Los Angeles police officer critically wounded in the North Hollywood shootout cannot sue the makers ...



Technology & Science

Computer Source Code Is Protected Speech

May 8, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down government regulations that gave officials virtual veto power over the wide d...


Government

Digre Resigns as Head of DCFS

May 8, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

Peter Digre, the controversial director of the Department of Children and Family Services, has resigned the post he has held ...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility

A Malibu attorney has been indicted on federal charges that he participated in an insurance fraud scheme with doctors who per...


Criminal

An attorney described by prosecutors as "a driving time bomb" pleaded no contest Thursday to felony assault, evading police a...



Discipline

Grad Enters Plea in Transcript-Doctoring Case

May 7, 1999
By Michael Harris

A UCLA law school graduate pleaded no contest Wednesday to doctoring his transcripts to get hired at a law firm, becoming the...


Bankruptcy

House Passes Bankruptcy Reform Legislation

May 7, 1999
By Douglas Fabrick

Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee passed The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999 (H.R. 833), the full House passed the bi...



Immigration

SACRAMENTO - If you're wondering what will come of Gov. Gray Davis' effort to mediate the Proposition 187 court battle, just ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The German chemical firm Hoechst AG has agreed to pay a $36 million fine and plead guilty to a 17-year conspiracy to fix the ...



Judges and Judiciary

When Youre Singing, the CJP Frowns on You

May 7, 1999
By Jean Guccione

An Orange County judge is being investigated for repeatedly making "undignified" comments on the bench - including singing "w...


Appellate Practice

An attorney trying to attack an injunction against racially derogatory words in the workplace ran into a buzzsaw Wednesday at...



Civil Rights

Civil Rights Lawyers Praise Report

May 7, 1999
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles civil rights lawyers and police abuse plaintiffs' counsel Wednesday praised a reported recommendation by the U.S....


Judges and Judiciary

Community Standards

May 7, 1999
By Laura Impellizzeri

SAN FRANCISCO - Staring at a video about their career possibilities as they slouched in a row of office chairs, the defendants...



Appellate Practice

Media Argues For Release Of Transcripts

May 6, 1999
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court looked askance Tuesday at an attempt by news organizations to gain access to the...


Law Practice

Gibson Dunn Partner Lesley Wolf Dead at 46

May 6, 1999
By E Freudenthal

Lesley Wolf, a real estate partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office, died Sunday of breast cancer. She was...



Judges and Judiciary

Display Honors Local Legal Giants

May 6, 1999
By Martin Kruming

For years, the San Diego County Bar Foundation's Distinguished Lawyers Memorial was displayed outside the Superior Court pres...


Criminal

Ex-Conservator Pleads Not Guilty to Thefts

May 6, 1999
By Michael Harris

After waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, a former Los Angeles Superior Court conservator and trustee has been ordere...



Large Firms

Cincinnati insurance giant American Financial Group Inc. is about to gain a high-profile, high-tech attorney. As of June 1, V...


Law Office Automation

San Bernardino Superior Court is planning to join the slowly increasing number of California county courthouses establishing ...



Discipline

A former Los Angeles police officer accused of sexual abuse by a former Explorer program member has filed his own lawsuit aga...


Intellectual Property

Defense Begins in Growth Hormone Patent Case

May 6, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In the opening salvo of the defense by Genentech Inc. against charges it infringed a University of California...



Criminal

Judge Arrested on Suspicion of Spousal Abuse

May 6, 1999
By Laura Impellizzeri

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge James J. McBride, 47 could be arraigned as early as today following his we...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Lawyers Reach Out to Community

May 6, 1999
By Martin Kruming

^^San Diego Watch / Martin Kruming^^ Lawyers throughout San Diego are participating in Law Week activities, including a band ...



Civil Rights

SIS Civil Rights Case Loses More Judges

May 6, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Four more federal judges have recused themselves from a civil rights case stemming from shootings by the Los Angeles police S...


Law Practice

Taking It SLO

May 6, 1999
By Dick Goldberg

SAN LUIS OBISPO - Denton Wilson, a deputy district attorney in San Mateo County, and his wife, Ann, practicing insurance defe...