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Criminal


L.A. Lawmakers Move Toward a Gang Ordinance

Jul. 22, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Following guidance from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously T...


Technology & Science


Judge: Retailers Can't Draw Into Y2K Suit

Jul. 22, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Contra Costa County judge has rejected a bid by retailers defending an unfair business practices suit over sale ...


Litigation


The Money Hook

Jul. 22, 1999
By Columnist

By Royal F. Oakes The biggest year-2000 problem facing California businesses may have nothing to do with their computers' bel...


Probate


Biased Bequest?

Jul. 22, 1999
By Columnist

Biased Bequest? Attorneys Who Draft Wills That Benefit Themselves Carry Heavy Burden 'Angel View' is a lesson to counsel who ...


Public Interest


SAN DIEGO - Volunteerism has taken on a whole new twist in the city attorney's office during the past couple of years. From g...


Judges and Judiciary


Presiding U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter is expected to be elected secretary of the Federal Magistrate Judges Associatio...


Government


Mother Sues County for Hogtied Son's Death

Jul. 22, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The mother of a 41-year-old man who died after he allegedly was hogtied by sheriff's deputies has sued the county of Los Ange...


Government


DA Moves to Dismiss Charges

Jul. 22, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Paul Pfingst moved Tuesday to dismiss a grand jury accusation against Mayor Susan Golding, agre...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Church Sues City After Storefront Worship Denied

Jul. 22, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

FOUNTAIN VALLEY - When code enforcement officials stopped by Mariano Yeo's storefront in a Fountain Valley strip mall last De...


Criminal


Ex-Fugitive Soliah Heading Home

Jul. 22, 1999
By Michael Harris

Former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Kathleen Soliah, arrested last month on charges she tried to bomb two Los A...


Criminal


A tape-recorded telephone conversation in which a Beverly Hills eye surgeon spoke in almost childlike code about two prized p...


Judges and Judiciary


Three Bench Veterans Make Retirement Plans

Jul. 22, 1999
By Denise Levin

Three Los Angeles Superior Court judges plan to hang up their black robes in the coming months, although at least two say the...


Government


Medical Negligence Leads Board to Settle Cases

Jul. 22, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved two lawsuit settlements Tuesday, including one for $450,000 to settle a ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Bell Curve

Jul. 22, 1999
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - As this city and others nationwide consider requiring AT&T Corp. to open its cable lines to competing Int...


Law Practice


SAN DIEGO - The same year John Ross Wertz began practicing law here, he became active with Big Brothers and Sisters of San Di...


State Bar & Bar Associations


WASHINGTON - Picking up a chord first sounded by President John F. Kennedy 36 years ago this summer, President Clinton Tuesda...


Law Practice


Defense Firm Divides at the County Line

Jul. 21, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

IRVINE - Baker, Silberberg & Keener's two Southern California offices will part ways next month, firm officials announced...


Personal Injury & Torts


Win Over HMO Gains National Recognition

Jul. 21, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Michael J. Bidart says his $120.5 million win over Aetna U.S. Healthcare of California in January is...


Litigation


^^Courtroom Craft^^ What the books don't tell you about impeachment By Christopher Tayback The challenge of effectively impea...


Judges and Judiciary


Gen-Xers: Lawyers Challenge

Jul. 21, 1999
By Patricia Jocobus

SAN FRANCISCO - Nothing can rattle a middle-aged attorney quite like a jury room full of Gen-Xers. Pegged as restless computer...


Litigation


Verdicts May Rate Award From Justice Group

Jul. 21, 1999
By From Staff Reports

From Staff Reports In addition to Michael J. Bidart, the following are finalists for the trial lawyer of the year award spons...


Criminal


Heart Failure

Jul. 21, 1999
By Columnist

By Quin Denvir Delegates to the 1878 California Constitutional Convention entrusted the power of clemency - to grant a reprie...


Administrative/Regulatory


Professional Policing

Jul. 21, 1999
By Columnist

By Stuart Miller Anyone seeking to join a regulated profession must satisfy requirements imposed by an administrative agency ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Evoking the memories of assault weapon terror - including the 1993 massacre at a San Francisco law firm - Gov...


Government


S.D. City Attorney Blasted Grand Jury for Report

Jul. 21, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Court papers filed Monday in defense of Mayor Susan Golding against a grand jury accusation alleging misconduct i...


Litigation


Boy's Family Sues Costco Over Hearing Aid

Jul. 21, 1999
By Denise Levin

The parents of 12-year-old Quinn Sullivan, who is hearing-impaired, are of modest means. So when they learned that Costco Com...


International


French Bred

Jul. 21, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When a murder investigation done American-style was served up with French side dishes in a Parisian court, offici...


Intellectual Property


Net Infringement Cases Go Beyond Current Rivals

Jul. 21, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a boost for trademark holders, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that claims of infringement in Interne...


Family


At a time when the county Department of Children and Family Services is under intense scrutiny because of child deaths in fos...


Government


Deputy DAs Consider Class Action Over 401K Snafu

Jul. 21, 1999
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles County Association of Deputy District Attorneys has voted to retain outside counsel to possibly file a class-...