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Constitutional Law


SAN BERNARDINO - A Superior Court judge dismissed a marijuana-growing charge against Apple Valley resident Richard Channing o...


Labor/Employment


Workers Say Asbestos Hazards Forced Upon Them

Sep. 24, 1999
By Denise Levin

A developer who used workers to remove asbestos and mold and mildew from apartment complexes in Orange County and Washington ...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - In the latest twist in a case raising charges of misconduct by local prosecutors, bench warrants issued Wednesday...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has moved to dampen some of the demands to split the circuit by indepen...


Labor/Employment


Mervyn's Loses Attempt to Have Class Decertified

Sep. 24, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge decided Wednesday that more than 1,600 low-level managers at Mervyn's depar...


Media


Teen Extra Sues Firm Over Movie Settlement

Sep. 24, 1999
By Denise Levin

One of the teen-age extras who sued Phoenix Pictures after allegedly being forced to strip bare for a scene in the movie "Apt...


Law Practice


Building the New Blacklist

Sep. 24, 1999
By John Roemer

Master wordsmith Bryan A. Garner was teaching his advanced legal writing seminar to about 100 lawyers and judges at a San Fra...


State Bar & Bar Associations


When Adrienne Byers takes over as the 25th president of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles tonight, she's not...


Public Interest


Speak Easy

Sep. 23, 1999
By Columnist

^^ Speak Easy ^^ By Charan Levitan Pleasant Tone and Appropriate Volume Retain Attention Your case preparation is thorough and...


Government


Mistrial Declared in Calderon Civil Trial

Sep. 23, 1999
By Denise Levin

Just hours before former Sen. Charles Calderon was expected to take the witness stand Tuesday in the $83,000 breach of contra...


Entertainment & Sports


Memorial Gathering Planned for Edward Rubin

Sep. 23, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

A memorial gathering will take place Sunday for Edward Rubin, an entertainment lawyer who represented many high-profile clien...


Criminal


In the latest fallout from the scandal rocking law enforcement in Los Angeles, a Superior Court judge Tuesday temporarily sus...


Judges and Judiciary


A federal judge has thrown out key evidence in a drug trafficking case against the Lawndale city clerk, ruling that federal ag...


Government


The debate over the role of the police inspector general heated up Tuesday when Los Angeles City Council members said he shou...


Judges and Judiciary


Democrats Block Vote On Hatch Friend

Sep. 23, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Tuesday deadlocked Tuesday over the confirmation of several judicial nominations. But this showd...


Litigation


Joker's Wild

Sep. 23, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When children at a neighborhood street fair suddenly huddle on their knees, few would suspect them of shooting cr...


Personal Injury & Torts


Lawyers Could Earn $2B From Tobacco Deal

Sep. 23, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - California has finally achieved $25 billion worth of closure in a massive settlement of litigation against cigar...


Public Interest


Miss Morality Pageant

Sep. 22, 1999
By Columnist

By Marianne Means For some time now, the Miss America pageant has had pretensions of being more cerebral than it really is. T...


Government


San Diego DA Picks New Chief Deputy

Sep. 22, 1999
By Claude Walbert

San Diego DA Picks New Chief Deputy SAN DIEGO - The appointment of Deputy District Attorney Kristin Anton as chief deputy dis...


By Heather Whitestone McCallum I will never forget the quote I studied daily before I competed in the 1995 Miss America Pagea...


Administrative/Regulatory


Total Exhaustion

Sep. 22, 1999
By Columnist

^^Administrative Law^ Total Exhaustion Administrative Doctrine Is Still Evolving in California Several recent cases have elab...


Civil Rights


$2.2M Settlements OK'd by Board

Sep. 22, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

$2.2M Settlements OK'd by Board The Los Angeles County Claims Board on Monday voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisor...


Law Practice


Transactions With Clients and Others Can Be Risky Business By Lindsay K. Slatter Despite decades of case law and the grievous...


Banking


Wells Fargo Agrees To Settlement Of Fees Suit

Sep. 22, 1999
By Patricia Jocobus

SAN FRANCISCO - To settle a case that has been in dispute for more than a year, Wells Fargo Bank has agreed not to charge mon...


Bankruptcy


Jury Won't Hear About Calderon's Bankruptcy

Sep. 22, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

Jurors in a case brought against former state Sen. Charles M. Calderon (D-Whittier) by his fund-raising consultant - who clai...


Public Interest


LOS ANGELES - Memorial services were conducted Friday for former in-house corporate counsel and educator Theodore Bruinsma. H...


Criminal


Court Decides Defenders Can't Delegate Duties

Sep. 22, 1999
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - County public defender offices may not hand out cases to private counsel on the presumption it is more cost e...


Civil Rights


Speaker Detains Racial Profiling Report

Sep. 22, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - The assembly speaker's office has delayed releasing a report that examines whether the California Highway Patrol...


Environmental


AG Sues Exxon For Seeping Pollution

Sep. 22, 1999
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - State prosecutors have waded into a huge legal fight started by a San Francisco environmental group, hoping t...


Criminal


Order Prohibiting Interviews Of Defendant Sought

Sep. 22, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

RIVERSIDE - A defense attorney is asking for a court order to keep reporters from conducting jail-house interviews with his c...