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Labor/Employment


Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard won a victory Thursday in a case involving a former worker when a judge upheld an arb...


Criminal


Kern County Judge Frees Father After 15 Years

May 22, 1999
By Tamara Koehler

BAKERSFIELD - A man imprisoned for 15 years was released this week after a Kern County judge ruled that prosecutors failed to...


Immigration


INS Announces New Rules for Refugees

May 22, 1999
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of thousands of refugees from wartorn El Salvador and Guatemala - at least half of whom are thought ...


Education


$5 Million Donation Begins Quest for Riverside Law School

May 22, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside building contractor donated $5 million Wednesday toward the construction of a law school at Universit...


Criminal


Murder Verdict Takes Jury Just Two Hours

May 22, 1999
By Michael Harris

In a stunningly quick verdict for a homicide case, a Los Angeles jury which deliberated a mere two hours Thursday convicted a...


Public Interest


Opening the Door to Justice

May 22, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire who made his fortune as an international investor and money manager...


Family


SAN FRANCISCO - A revolutionary legal trend that could change the face of the American family - or at least the California fa...


Government


Angry that City Attorney James K. Hahn used an apparent loophole to settle a police shooting lawsuit without taking it to the...


Contracts


In the sequel to the nasty clash of the media moguls that promises to be just as closely watched in Hollywood as its predeces...


Juvenile


PACIFIC GROVE - Three juvenile court judges from three very different communities agreed last week that their current jobs ec...


Civil Rights


Full 9th Circuit To Reconsider Racial Stops

May 21, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to re-examine limitations it placed on U.S. Border Patrol stops of Hispa...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant defeat for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, a state appeal court ruled Wednesda...


Criminal


Prints Point to Suspect in 1981 Killing

May 21, 1999
By Michael Harris

Had the Los Angeles Police Department not computerized its fingerprint files earlier this decade, Karl Franklin Stewart likel...


Entertainment & Sports


Barry Langberg, Five Others Join Stroock Firm

May 21, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - Prominent entertainment attorney Barry B. Langberg has joined the Los Angeles office of New York-based Stroock...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


If there was ever a dispute that was suitable for mediation, it would seem to be the simmering controversy between Lauren Bur...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN FRANCISCO - The story of a sick dog and its homeless owner has come to a cheery, if unexpected, conclusion thanks to a ki...


Labor/Employment


Riverside DA Defends Speech Suit

May 21, 1999
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - In a sense, Patrick F. Dutton is Exhibit A in his discrimination case against his former bosses in the Riverside ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Los Angeles Superior Court judges' committee on unification produced a biased report to entice colleagues to vote against...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Justice Opens the File On Nominees

May 20, 1999
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing his effort to open up the judicial branch to public scrutiny, Chief Justice Ronald M. George announ...


Tax


Tax Dispute Mars Gift to Colleges

May 20, 1999
By Denise Levin

The county of Los Angeles and two attorneys and their firms, including Bryan Cave, have been sued by the Regents of the Unive...


Environmental


Court Decision May Open Floodgates in Valley

May 20, 1999
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to duck a lingering Central Valley environmental battle means part of ...


Litigation


Federal Express Accused of Selective Routing

May 20, 1999
By Denise Levin

A package sent via Federal Express to a recipient who lives in a mostly minority neighborhood was rerouted to a narcotics off...


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego Judge to Lead New Judicial Order

May 20, 1999
By Jean Guccione

San Diego Judge David J. Danielsen says he wants to better define the California Judges Association's role in what he called ...


Personal Injury & Torts


County to Pay $1.3M for Altered Records

May 20, 1999
By Lauren Blau

Medical records in a case settled Tuesday by Los Angeles County for nearly $1.3 million were altered by medical personnel, ac...


Product Liability


Tort Theorists Talk 'Guns and Bombs'

May 20, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific scenario is familiar: A child obtains a handgun and blasts away. But how should the law deal wit...


Government


Nearly a year after a recommendation from the state auditor, Los Angeles County is planning to conduct a needs assessment for...


Public Interest


Pro Bono Isn't On the Rise for S.D. Lawyers

May 20, 1999
By Kenneth Rutman

SAN DIEGO - While pro bono efforts to help the less fortunate appear to be on the rise across the country, in San Diego the n...


Government


Trial and Error

May 20, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - It would be understandable if California's plaintiffs' bar was imbued with a giddy optimism, given its early leg...


Personal Injury & Torts


Holocaust Bill Progresses in State Senate

May 20, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make it easier for people force...


Government


Riverside Cops Sued for Millers Death

May 20, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Lawyers for the family of Tyisha Miller filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Riverside and fi...