Litigation
Plaintiff Denied Class Certification in Kaiser Suit
By Denise Levin
A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner denied class certification to a lawsuit against Kaiser brought by a man who claims ...
Government
County Counsel Seeks More Funds for Salaries
By Denise Levin
Los Angeles County Counsel Lloyd W. Pellman has asked the Board of Supervisors to approve a budget adjustment for his office ...
Criminal
Boy Pleads Guilty in Brother's Death
By Michael Harris
A 9-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of his 11-year-old brother, apparently be...
Personal Injury & Torts
Disney Attorneys Reportedly Sanctioned
By Denise Levin
A discovery referee slapped attorneys at Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, who are representing Disneyland in a person...
Discipline
Gibson Dunn Accused of Betraying Trust
By Denise Levin
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher can be sued for breach of fiduciary duty by a man who claims the law firm passed personal informa...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Justice Department Rests in Microsoft Antitrust Lawsuit
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - There is another important trial under way in Washington, and it reached a pivotal point Wednesday when, after 1...
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Duty to Shield Minors From Porn Is Argued
By Patricia Jacobus
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for a Bay Area woman who caught her son downloading smut Internet images from the Livermore library...
Family
Supervisors Hold Private Meeting with DFCS Head
By Cheryl Romo
Following accusations that the head of the county Department of Children and Family Services may have used his office to atte...
Litigation
Cities Set Tort Sights on Gun Industry
By Don De Benedictis
Los Angeles and San Francisco have moved a step closer to filing tort suits against the gun industry. L.A. City Attorney Jame...
Labor/Employment
Retailers Accused of Conspiracy In Saipan Sweatshop Operations
By Martin Bergn
Some of the country's best known retailers, including the Gap, J. Crew, Nordstrom and Wal-Mart, were accused in lawsuits file...
Government
Independent Counsel Law Gets Final Rites
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The 20-year-old independent counsel statute may be on its deathbed, but, in a discussion Tuesday that could only...
Litigation
Molina Seeks Rules to Limit L.A. Malpractice Risk
By Lauren Blau
In the hope of reducing the county's liability in medical malpractice cases by having doctors and other medical personnel lea...
Litigation
Personal Injury Lawyers Accused of Malpractice
By Denise Levin
Lawyers at the Palmdale law firm of Epson, Milburn & Kahl and Los Angeles personal injury attorney Steve Lerman have been...
Juvenile
Juvenile, Family Law Addressed At Bar Seminar
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - When does an attorney-client confidentiality agreement go too far? Malibu attorney Ellen Peck, a speaker at ...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Worker Faces Prison for Embezzlement
By Martin Bergn
The 27-year-old receptionist for an Orange County bankruptcy trustee has been sentenced to one year in prison for embezzling ...
Appellate Practice
Assault Weapon Ban in the Courts
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Three challenges to the 1989 Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act are pending before the state Supreme Court:...
Personal Injury & Torts
Gun Makers Find Themselves Caught in Law's Cross Hairs
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Owners of military-style semiautomatic weapons and small, inexpensive handguns had better duck for cover in 1999...
Constitutional Law
Lockyer Faces Barrage of Decisions
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - In his campaign to succeed Daniel Lungren as attorney general, Bill Lockyer charged that Lungren's lax enforceme...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Disabilities Act, Zoning Laws Clash in 9th Circuit Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Tackling a case that could expand the Americans With Disabilities Act to cover local zoning laws, a federal a...
Judges and Judiciary
Settlement Conferences Return After 20 Years
By Martin Kruming
^^San Diego Watch ^^ For the first time since the late 1970s, the Superior Court has assigned a judge full-time to handle civi...
Government
Charter Reform Compromise Has a Hitch
By Lauren Blau
The elected charter reform commission has reversed its position and endorsed a unified Los Angeles City Charter proposal, but...
Appellate Practice
Ruling Clarifies Insurers' Duties To Children of Divorced Parents
By Anna Marie Stolley
A state appeal panel, ruling on an increasingly important issue in insurance cases, has held that the insurance coverage exce...
Law Office Automation
Law Prof Teaches Global Thinking
By Michael Ueda
SAN DIEGO - A deal is in the works. Entrepreneurs from the United States and Malaysia are looking to create a new venture in ...
Judges and Judiciary
Again L.A. Court Struggles to Place a Murder Trial
By Michael Harris
For the past two-plus years, a capital murder case has pitted the Los Angeles Superior Court's security concerns against the d...
Labor/Employment
Shared Beliefs, Little Common Ground
By Denise Levin
A self-described advocate of equal rights and one of Los Angeles' top litigators, Patricia L. Glaser recently found herself i...
Personal Injury & Torts
Investor Says He Was Defamed by Net Chat
By Wirein
In what his lawyer says is the first defamation lawsuit based on Internet chat room chatter by fraudulent characters, an inve...
Securities
Justices Ponder Suits Against Settlements
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Hearing their second class-action case of the term, the Supreme Court on Monday debated whether to allow shareho...
Large Firms
Plaintiff Finds Self-Respect As Only Reward
By Denise Levin
It was fate that sent Shari Cohen Rosenman to law school, she mused recently. She coupled her law degree with a strong femini...
Juvenile
Fresh Allegations Surface Against DCFS Director
By Cheryl Romo
For the second time in a year, Peter Digre, the director of the Department of Children and Family Services, has been accused ...
Juvenile
Party for Foster Kids Failed to Include 'Hosts'
By Cheryl Romo
Someone spent close to $16,000 on Dec. 12 to throw a lavish holiday party for foster children and their caretakers at the Ind...