News
Law Practice
Enforcing, Defending - or Both, Lawyers Thrive Under Prop. 65
Aug. 5, 1998
By Dennis Pfaff
By Dennis Pfaff
Defense lawyers representing companies in Proposition 65 lawsuits are fond of pointing the finger at plaintiffs and accusing ...
Government
Soft Money, Hard Lessons the Focus at Annual Bar Meeting
Aug. 5, 1998
By Don De Benedictis
By Don De Benedictis
TORONTO - Even as Congress is debating campaign-finance reform, the American Bar Association, meeting in Canada Monday, came o...
Criminal
Vega Nominated as U.S. Attorney
Aug. 5, 1998
By Marty Graham
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Vega for appointment as the U.S. atto...
Judges and Judiciary
Bar Admission In, Governor Who Appointed is Out
Aug. 5, 1998
By Tom Dresslar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Ending years of debate on how to provide voters more information about appellate justices, Secretary of State Bi...
Insurance
Supreme Court Hands Insurers Major Victory
Aug. 5, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley
By Anna Marie Stolley
In a resounding victory for insurance companies and their lawyers, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an in...
Judges and Judiciary
Spending Plan Could Fully Finance Trial Courts
Aug. 1, 1998
By Tom Dresslar
By Tom Dresslar
Judges and Judiciary
Healthy War Chest
Aug. 1, 1998
By Tom Dresslar
By Tom Dresslar
Criminal
Monica's Deal Furrows a Few Legal Eyebrows
Aug. 1, 1998
By Martin Bergn
By Martin Bergn
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
High Court Sets New Deadline for Malpractice
Aug. 1, 1998
By Philip Carrizosa
By Philip Carrizosa
Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles Judge Rejects Unification
Aug. 1, 1998
By Denise Levin
By Denise Levin
Judges and Judiciary
Orange County Approves Unification
Jul. 31, 1998
By Tori Richards
By Tori Richards
Criminal
Jury Recommends Death for Riverside Mom
Jul. 31, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Criminal
DA Will Retry Overturned Capital Murder Case
Jul. 31, 1998
By Michael Harris
By Michael Harris
International
Foreign Agents
Jul. 31, 1998
By Alex Chun, Pearl Piatt & Mary Micheletti
By Alex Chun, Pearl Piatt & Mary Micheletti
Criminal
A Second Man Charged With Threats to Garcetti
Jul. 31, 1998
By Michael Harris
By Michael Harris
Judges and Judiciary
Job Reveals There's More to the Bench Than She Realized
Jul. 31, 1998
By Mark Blumberg
By Mark Blumberg
Law Practice
English Only
Jul. 31, 1998
By Leslie Gordon
By Leslie Gordon
Criminal
Ventura Successfully Uses 'Great Bodily Injury' Enhancement in a Statutory Rape Conviction
Jul. 31, 1998
By Tamara Koehler
By Tamara Koehler
Environmental
Environmental Firm Has Unconventional Air
Jul. 31, 1998
By Heather Gordon
By Heather Gordon
Media
Anti-Paparazzi Bill Advances in Assembly
Jul. 31, 1998
By Peter Blumberg
By Peter Blumberg
Government
Judge Tosses Oleander Ban Citation
Jul. 31, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Litigation
Ginsburg Views Lewinsky Deal As Vindication
Jul. 31, 1998
By Martin Bergn
By Martin Bergn
Personal Injury & Torts
Proposition 213 Allows Family of Uninsured to Sue
Jul. 31, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley
By Anna Marie Stolley
Criminal
Lawyer Dies Just Two Days Before Imprisonment
Jul. 31, 1998
By Michael Harris
By Michael Harris
Real Estate/Development
Apparent Easement
Jul. 30, 1998
By Michael Ueda
By Michael Ueda
Discipline
Group That Rates Hopeful Judges Is Funded by Firms
Jul. 30, 1998
By Jean Guccione
By Jean Guccione
International
Children of the World
Jul. 30, 1998
By Cheryl Romo
By Cheryl Romo
Government
L.A. Judges Expected to Reject Unification
Jul. 30, 1998
By Denise Levin
By Denise Levin
Criminal
Prisoner's Flight From Court Not a True 'Escape'
Jul. 30, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley
By Anna Marie Stolley
Education
Gender Bias Spurs Attorney to Thrive In Law Profession
Jul. 30, 1998
By Patricia Morris Buckley
By Patricia Morris Buckley