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Deciding an incorrect legal standard was used, the Riverside Court of Appeal reversed a San Bernardino County Superior Court j...


SAN BERNARDINO - As part of an unusual plea agreement, a builder convicted of defrauding homeowners has been given a year to p...



Two Past L.A. Bar Chiefs Take Bench

Jul. 13, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday appointed two former Los Angeles County Bar presidents to the Superior Court bench. Patricia M. Sch...


Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said Tuesday he would like to see gang suppression police officers back on t...



VENTURA - Lee Mannheimer has a responsible job, lives in upscale Westlake Village, volunteers as an assistant Cub Scoutmaster ...


Court Orders Recognition of Union

Jul. 12, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Representatives of the California Nurses Association say a recent federal court ruling is a major victory for union...



Have you watched the show "Survivor?" For those of you who are still at the office when it airs on Wednesday nights, the progr...


DNA Lawyers Tell ABA About Need for Tests

Jul. 12, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

NEW YORK - People in prison who insist they are innocent again and again, year after year, actually may be innocent. That is o...



Parent's Prerogative

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare inc...


O.C. Offers Small Claims Advisory Program

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - In which venue should the lawsuit be filed? What deadlines should the plaintiff and defendant be aware of, and wha...



Silence Is Golden

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Dear Anne: I didn't become a lawyer so I could go out and sell. There is so much emphasis now on bringing in business. I hate ...


Students Awarded ABA Scholarships

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Izabelle B. Reyes of Granada Hills, who will attend the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law this fall, is one...



Camp Controversy

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

One of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" routines had him donning a turban and reading minds as "Carmac the Magnificent." A five-...


Sheriffs, Others Want Censured Judge to Resign

Jul. 12, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

SACRAMENTO - The state judicial-watchdog commission has said that a judge who harassed female court staff may keep his job. Bu...



Woman Wins Appeal in Dental Case

Jul. 12, 2000
By Daniel Evans

The statute of limitations does not begin running in dental malpractice cases until patients believe they've been wronged, not...


NEW YORK - The American Bar Association will have awarded more than 70 prizes and honors by the time its annual meeting is ove...



Slabach Becomes Dean for Interim

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Associate Dean Frederick G. Slabach will be interim dean of Whittier Law School. He replaces Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who wi...


NEW YORK - The incoming president of the American Bar Association issued what she termed a call to action Monday for lawyers a...



SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone knows the story of attorneys who get rich off class-action settlements at the expense of their client...


Dean Steps Down, Wants to Return to Classroom

Jul. 12, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Gerald T. McLaughlin, who just stepped down as dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles after nearly 10 years, plans to return...



Los Angeles has become a city of wimps. All over town, people and politicians are shaking with fear over next month's Democrat...


Camp Controversy

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The Boy Scouts of America should think twice before celebrating its recent "vindication" before the Supreme Court, where it in...



EMotion Inc., has completed a $34 million round of financing. GE Capital and Chartwell Capital Investors II led the financing....


Qualstar Corp. went public on June 23, in an offering valued at about $35.8 million. Qualstar develops and manufactures automa...



Hoping for a Rain of IPOs to Ease the Drought

Jul. 11, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner at Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, senses that the initial public offering dry spell is ov...


Arco's Ronald Redcay Rejoins Arnold & Porter

Jul. 11, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Ronald Redcay, a founding partner of the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.,-based Arnold & Porter, rejoined the firm ...



Hardly a Pollution Solution

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The federal government, responsible for enforcing our environmental laws, regularly pollutes the environment with impunity. Th...


Capstone Turbine Corp. went public in late June in an offering valued at about $136.5 million. Capstone, based in Woodland Hil...



StaffMark Inc., which provides temporary and supplemental staff to companies needing employees for office administration and l...


Meteoric Rise

Jul. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

It was something of a shock when Alan K. Austin, the longtime managing partner of Silicon Valley's hottest firm, Wilson, Sonsi...