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Criminal


Politically Connected Offender Gets Prison

May 15, 1999
By Michael Harris

Unlike in his last case, in which he was placed on probation amid allegations Los Angeles County prosecutors had granted him ...


Media


Judges Tout Jury Duty in Public Service Spots

May 15, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

They sat in the green room, mouthing the lines of their scripts, then surrendered to the makeup artist's brushes and sponges....


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Has the state high court sent a message to the Commission on Judicial Performance about its judicial miscondu...


Government


A bill that seeks to reform state confidentiality laws to allow limited public access to the juvenile court records of dead c...


Civil Rights


Homeless Can Raise Necessity Defense

May 14, 1999
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Orange County prosecutors to wipe out a lower cou...


Government


Disabled Win Upgrade of Emergency Call Boxes

May 14, 1999
By Denise Levin

Los Angeles County will spend about $11.5 million to upgrade the freeway emergency call box system under terms of a settlemen...


Criminal


Retired Judge Goes on Offensive

May 14, 1999
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles County grand jury that indicted a retired judge for allegedly covering up a prisoner's escape was not told by...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-Judge Pleads With Panel for Second Chance

May 14, 1999
By Jean Guccione

SAN FRANCISCO - A now-retired Ventura County judge struggling with alcoholism told a disciplinary panel Wednesday he has been...


Government


In his annual request to augment his budget, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti asked county supervisors Wedne...


Health Care & Hospital Law


It was just weeks before final exams at Loyola Law School two years ago when a group of students became stressed out over ano...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar must pay $107,141 to its special master, Elwood Lui, for his first five months on the job, the Supreme Court or...


Public Interest


WASHINGTON - The U.S. General Accounting Office, responding to a request from powerful congressional opponents of the Legal S...


SACRAMENTO - "Unusual times call for unusual measures," in the words of California District Attorneys Association executive d...


Criminal


In a battle to get his share of the profits from two exotic-dancer companies in which he invested, G. Bryan Brannan, an Encin...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - The undoing of former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati associate Steven Y. Lee can be traced primarily to...


Judges and Judiciary


Report Minimizes Charges Against Brown

May 13, 1999
By Jean Guccione

A Los Angeles judge did not act improperly when she displayed a fake marijuana plant in her courtroom, smoked cigarettes in c...


Judges and Judiciary


Cooper Tapped for Federal Bench

May 13, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Florence-Marie Cooper, a onetime legal secretary who became a widely respected Los Angeles Superior Court judge, has been nomi...


Publicly commenting on the proposal for the first time, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti Tuesday flatly reje...


Judges and Judiciary


The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department won authorization Tuesday to use, in courtrooms throughout the county, a new seat-restra...


Large Firms


Jeffer Mangels Switched Sides, Client Says

May 13, 1999
By Denise Levin

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro allegedly breached its duties of confidentiality and loyalty to a corporate client when i...


Civil Rights


L.A. Judge Refuses to Postpone Riverside Trial

May 13, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A Los Angeles U.S. district judge denied a motion Tuesday to delay the case of Derek Hayward in light of a barrage of media a...


Government


Bill Targeting Neary Decision Now Advances

May 13, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - A bill to curb litigants' ability to erase trial court judgments as part of settlements Tuesday passed the Assem...


Large Firms


SECs Top S.F. Lawyer To Join Morrison Firm

May 13, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - The highest-ranking lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission in San Francisco, David B. Bayless, will...


Litigation


And on the 10th day the lawyers in Katzenberg v. Disney rested. But only for a while. The complex legal war between DreamWork...


Juvenile


Young Guns

May 13, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday began debating sweeping juvenile crime legislation that would encourage states to cra...


Labor/Employment


Former FBI Counsel Now Advises Employees

May 13, 1999
By Susan Mc Rae

SAN DIEGO - It took Gary M. Laturno longer than most - 17 years to be exact - to start a private practice, but he is making u...


Product Liability


Ford Accused Of Stalling -- to Tune of $3.1B

May 13, 1999
By Patricia Jocobus

SAN FRANCISCO - The first time Gary and Martha Morris' Ford Thunderbird conked out was Memorial Day 1991. The couple were cru...


Criminal


Law to Restrict Client Privilege Is Put on Hold

May 13, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - A 14-year-old girl disappears from a small Southern California town. A young man suspected of kidnapping the gir...


Health Care & Hospital Law


SACRAMENTO - In 1975, medical malpractice insurance rates jetted into the rarefied air of triple-digit inflation, causing reb...


Litigation


Judge Refuses to Expand Online Broker Suit

May 12, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - In a potentially important legal victory for online brokerages, a Santa Clara County judge has denied a request by...