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Government

The city of Los Angeles will accept its $312 million portion of the multistate settlement with the tobacco industry, while the...


Judges and Judiciary

Rules Changed for State Commissioners, Referees

Nov. 24, 1998
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - After voicing concerns about creating a "bill of rights" for court commissioners and referees, the state Judi...



Judges and Judiciary

Commissioner's Fate Still a Mystery

Nov. 24, 1998
By Anne La Jeunesse

A decision is expected within the next 10 days regarding the professional fate of Glendale Municipal Court Commissioner Dona ...


Litigation

In a decision that may bring a quick end to a bitter clash between two Hollywood studios, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...



Criminal

Lawyer to Put Up Own House to Bail Out Client

Nov. 24, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - The attorney for the parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing a classmate and dumping his remains in ...


Large Firms

Executive Decision

Nov. 24, 1998
By Pamela Mc Clintock

For many years, Phyllis A. Gardner wandered the cubicles and hallways of the U.S. Department of Justice, introducing lawyers ...



Alternative Dispute Resolution

Arbitration Award OK'd Based on State Rule

Nov. 24, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

Making it more difficult to overturn arbitration awards in state court, a state appeal panel has held that California's strin...


Government

To handle cases that present conflicts for the Los Angeles city attorney's office, the City Council approved a list of outsid...



Judges and Judiciary

Split Decision

Nov. 24, 1998
By Jean Guccione

Six years after the precedent was established, the state's appellate justices remain widely divided over the wisdom of a state...


Criminal

Hard-Charging Prosecutor Experiences Setback

Nov. 24, 1998
By Mathew Heller

RIVERSIDE - One mother is now serving three consecutive 15-years-to-life sentences in a precedent-setting case of murder by m...



Criminal

Tough Guidelines for Punishment Rejected by Court

Nov. 24, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has given judges sweeping new power to reject federal sentencing guidelines and impos...


Judges and Judiciary

SAN DIEGO - Terry O'Rourke, a controversial San Diego Superior Court judge, was nominated Thursday to fill a nearly 2-year-ol...



Health Care & Hospital Law

Verdict in Cannabis Club Case a Mixed Bag

Nov. 21, 1998
By Tori Richards

WESTMINSTER - The founder of an Orange County cannabis club was convicted Thursday of seven counts of selling marijuana and o...


Labor/Employment

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against labor unions representing striking ABC workers who the broadcast com...



Litigation

Rejecting an argument that federal law supersedes state law, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request Thursday by ...


Criminal

Paralegals Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud

Nov. 21, 1998
By Martin Bergn

Criminal charges have been filed against the operators of several Southern California paralegal firms as part of what federal...



Criminal

A Los Angeles County civil service hearing officer concluded Thursday that District Attorney Gil Garcetti's administration wa...


Family

Starr-Crossed Lubbers Reign In the House

Nov. 21, 1998
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - In a marathon House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday that ranged from raucous to rote, and stretched well in...



Public Interest

Politicization of Legal Services Decried

Nov. 21, 1998
By Stephanie Francis Cahill

In a speech at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles' annual awards luncheon Tuesday, John McKay, president of the Legal Se...


Criminal

Teen Accused in Killing Tried as Adult

Nov. 21, 1998
By Michael Harris

Joseph William Davidson was only 14 years old when he allegedly shot to death his mother in 1996. Despite his age, however, p...



Litigation

Rare Court Suit Against HMO Set to Begin

Nov. 20, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A Redlands woman is suing the nation's largest health maintenance organization in a case that is one of the f...


Criminal

Judge: Defense Attorney Was Ineffective

Nov. 20, 1998
By Tamara Koehler

VENTURA - A Ventura County Superior Court judge set aside the 1996 guilty verdict and subsequent life sentence of a gang-rela...



Government

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Attorney Charles La Bella, who as head of a Department of Justice campaign finance task force recommended th...


SACRAMENTO - A major fight is brewing in California over fees paid to lawyers under the proposed national settlement of tobac...



Technology & Science

Westlaw Severs Link to Shepard's

Nov. 20, 1998
By Anthony Aarons

For more than 100 years Shepard's has been the standard method for lawyers to check case law citations, but in the future, it...


Litigation

A $15,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising out of last year's Carroll O'Connor trial in which the attorney re...



Elder Law

Old Fashioned

Nov. 20, 1998
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County probate-court debate over the death of a loved one wasn't what Priscilla Camp's client had i...


Government

WASHINGTON - When independent counsel Kenneth Starr appears before the House Judiciary Committee in today's impeachment heari...



Litigation

L.A. Courts Told Real, Significant Change Needed

Nov. 20, 1998
By Don De Benedictis

The Los Angeles Superior Court must develop a new way to govern itself to give its leaders greater power to deal with problem...


Litigation

Late Treasure Hunter's 'Golden Award' Overturned

Nov. 20, 1998
By Anne La Jeunesse

The Hawaii Supreme Court this week overturned a $22 billion judgment against the estate of deposed Philippines president Ferd...