Education
Public Service Has Its Rewards
By Michael Ueda
^^The Paper Chase / Michael Ueda ^^ In an effort to encourage more students to pursue public interest work, the Foundation of ...
Government
Returning Senators Take Up Laws To Combat Terrorism
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The U.S. missile attacks on purported terrorist operations in Afghanistan and Sudan in response to the Aug. 7 em...
Criminal
Testimony Inconsistent on Favors for Informant
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Chief Deputy District Attorney Keith Burt, the prosecutor whose star witness received extraordinary benefits in a...
Government
Though Some Health Legislation Died, Other Industry Reforms Became Law
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - The conventional wisdom was that the 1998 legislative session that ended this week produced no "significant" hea...
Government
Lawmakers Frustrated by Paucity of Crime Information
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Each year, legislators pass laws creating new crimes and tougher penalties for offenses already on the books. Bu...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
N.Y. Stock Exchange Decides to Abandon Mandatory Arbitration
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In what may be the death knell for mandatory arbitration of an array of discrimination claims in the securiti...
Judges and Judiciary
Refusal to Follow Law Often Results In Chastisement
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Michigan judicial discipline officials faced a difficult problem. A Detroit...
Appellate Practice
Court Turns Deaf Ear to Disabled Plea for Damages
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court Thursday insulated municipalities and other entities from most monetary sanct...
Discipline
Client Privilege Refuses to Yield, Even for Death
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - For the third time, the California Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ethics rule that would allow lawyers...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Mom Claims Kaiser Misrepresented Quality of Care
By Denise Levin
Riding the coattails of a state appeal court decision that allowed a mother to take her health maintenance organization to co...
Criminal
Prosecutors' Promotions Questioned
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Orange County District Attorney Mike Capizzi has announced his latest round of promotions, leaving many irritated...
Real Estate/Development
Disclosure Dilemma
By Michael Ueda
Under state disclosure laws, real estate brokers and agents must disclose information that would affect the value and desirabi...
Government
San Diego Is Tobacco-Suit Site
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert May has been assigned as the coordination trial judge in 17 lawsuits agains...
Criminal
DA Investigating Link Between Drug Dealers, Cop
By Michael Harris
Investigators believe a Los Angeles police officer charged with stealing three kilos of cocaine fraudulently obtained court-o...
Entertainment & Sports
Suge Knight Faces Federal Time Even If State Sentence Is Tossed
By Garry Abrams
Even if he is released from a California prison later this year, Death Row Records owner Marion "Suge" Knight still will face...
Government
Lockyer's Lawmaking Legacy Is Sticking Point in AG Race
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Four months ago, the proposed Elder Abuse and Adult Civil Protection Act was the stuff of a press release and a ...
Government
Conviction of Lobbyist Snyder Is Thrown Out
By Michael Harris
The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday threw out the 1996 political influence-peddling conviction of lawyer, former hi...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Insurers May Not Indemnify Willful Acts
By Anna Marie Stolley
In a potentially far-reaching win for insurance companies, a state appeal court has ruled that an insurer cannot be forced to...
Judges and Judiciary
Lesser-Crime Precedent Flies Out the Window
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Another precedent established by the Rose Bird court was toppled Monday, as the California Supreme Court rule...
Government
Dismantling City Hall
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The plan by Oakland Mayor-Elect Jerry Brown to bulldoze the city's political landscape and build from the rub...
Discipline
Ineffective-Counsel Charge Explored
By Tamara Koehler
VENTURA - A Southern California attorney's defense two years ago of a Ventura man sentenced to life in prison for a gang-rela...
Litigation
Ex-Inmate Sues Over Medical Care in County Jail
By Lauren Blau
A former county jail inmate who claims inadequate in-custody medical treatment led to permanent health problems has sued Los ...
Government
DA's Family Support Unit Plans Several Changes
By Michael Harris
The Los Angeles County district attorney's frequently criticized family support bureau is instituting several organizational ...
Criminal
Double Shooting Expected to Go to Jury This Week
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday to determine whether a Whitewater man intended to sh...
Government
Dead or Alive, State Bar Would Be a Shadow of Its Former Self
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Although the State Bar reform-dues proposal was reported dead early Monday afternoon by Assemblyman Robert Hertzb...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Judge Discipline Bill Passes; Court Funding Is Stalled
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - In a surprising development, a two-bill package to increase state funding of trial courts by $113.1 million in f...
Labor/Employment
Employees Win Greater Right to Pursue Redress
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a major shift in employment law, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employee may sue for wr...
Criminal
All Conspiracy to Murder Held to Be First-Degree
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Following through on a warning it gave two years ago, the California Supreme Court declared Thursday that the...
Criminal
Wilson to Restore Drug Court Funding
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Siding with prosecutors, Gov. Pete Wilson has insisted that new state funding to expand drug courts in Californi...
Bankruptcy
Deficit on Bankruptcy Bench Could Worsen With New Laws
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - New statistics show the number of personal bankruptcies continues to soar - particularly in Southern California....