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Government

A broad cross-section of Los Angeles residents who offered comments on proposed changes to the City Charter overwhelmingly su...


Judges and Judiciary

Santa Clara Prosecutor Wins Election

Nov. 6, 1998
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County prosecutor Joyce Allegro, who challenged two sitting jurists for an open judicial seat, won a de...



State Bar & Bar Associations

Gray Davis' election as the next governor of California means the State Bar of California will see legislation passed next ye...


Construction

SAN FRANCISCO - The shiny new brick-and-brass sign reads "New Pacific Properties," but for many neighbors it spells "relief."...



Government

SACRAMENTO - For the past 16 years, the Capitol has been the scene of gridlock on tort and insurance reform legislation. Hundr...


Employee Benefits

WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that "union security" co...



Intellectual Property

Federal Court Decides West Copyright Invalid

Nov. 5, 1998
By Anthony Aarons

In a ruling that could change the legal publishing landscape, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that West Group can...


Criminal

Indigent Defense Negotiations to Resume

Nov. 5, 1998
By Lauren Blau

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors killed a bar-sponsored proposal for representation of indigent defendants Tuesday...



Government

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved three lawsuit settlements Tuesday totaling $1 million, including a $650,...


Litigation

Simpson Belongings to Be Sold at Auction

Nov. 5, 1998
By Anne La Jeunesse

The families of slain Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman came a step closer Tuesday to collecting on a $33.5 million jud...



Product Liability

Smoking Gun

Nov. 5, 1998
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - New Orleans was quickest on the draw with a ground-breaking suit filed last week against the gun industry. But...


Banking

SAN FRANCISCO - In an eagerly awaited ruling, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday that the Bank of America cannot impose bindi...



Civil Rights

Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...


Law Practice

Judge Calls Litigation 'Offensive'

Nov. 3, 1998
By Denise Levin

A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...



Family

Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...


Government

Snowball's Chance

Nov. 3, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...



State Bar & Bar Associations

Bar Leader Still Sees Glass Ceiling

Nov. 3, 1998
By Leslie Gordon

OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...


Law Practice

Top Morrison Lawyer Joins Ernst & Young

Nov. 3, 1998
By Leslie A. Gordon And Pamela Mc Clintock

SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...



Law Practice

Do-It-Yourself Law Franchises Vex Attorneys

Nov. 3, 1998
By Mary Micheletti

Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...


Criminal

Gang Injunction Trial Halted by Appellate Court

Nov. 3, 1998
By Michael Harris

An appeal court for the first time has stayed a civil gang abatement trial - ordering prosecutors to show why it should not s...



Criminal

Cops Killing Of HIV-Positive Man Is Under the Gun

Oct. 31, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Lonnie Wenger called San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies to his Fontana home Oct. 15 to turn himself in ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The high-stakes retrial of the damages phase in Litton Systems Inc.'s antitrust suit against Honeywell Inc. got off to a rock...



Constitutional Law

Home-Schoolers Challenge Monrovia's Curfew

Oct. 31, 1998
By Denise Levin

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday took under submission arguments on the constitutionality of a daytime curfew ordi...


Judges and Judiciary

In a busy day for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, two Los Angeles judges were publicly admonished Thursday: one...



Judges and Judiciary

While other appeal court justices have largely skipped campaigning, appellate jurists in Los Angeles have raised $235,000 from...


Judges and Judiciary

In Switch, L.A. Employees Get Full Juror Pay

Oct. 30, 1998
By Denise Levin

While complaining for years about the difficulty of getting citizens to serve as jurors, the Los Angeles Superior Court had d...



Law Practice

Lawyers Will Seek to Restore Hefty Fees

Oct. 30, 1998
By Martin Bergn

A bitter dispute over whether attorneys in a class-action settlement deserve what a judge described as an "eye-popping" rate ...


Public Interest

The head of the Indigent Criminal Defense Association withdrew her intention Wednesday to agree to a 30-day extension of the ...



Judges and Judiciary

Panel Finds Judge Failed to Give Proper Hearing

Oct. 30, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A state appeal panel has found that a Los Angeles judge failed to give a proper hearing before imposing hefty sanctions again...


Public Interest

Out of Service

Oct. 30, 1998
By Claudia Rosenbaum

SAN FRANCISCO - Low-income residents of Alameda County in need of civil legal assistance hear only a tape-recorded message wh...