Solidarity Situation
By Columnist
By Octavio A. Pedroza. In light of this back-and-forth history, it is not surprising that 'Epilepsy Foundation was decided by ...
Likely Leak
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By Jeff Fillerup. The "inevitable disclosure" doctrine permits an injunction against a former employee and his new employer wi...
Itkin Likes Creative Restructuring
By Contributing Writer
For attorney and mediator Robbin L. Itkin, devising creative restructuring plans is one of the most enjoyable aspects of bankr...
Clinton's Visit to Okinawa Ignored Real Security Problem
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By Martha Matsuoka. A few weeks ago, President Clinton, along with the seven members of the G-8 nations, met on the small isla...
Mexican Military Imprisons Farmers Opposed to Logging
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By Elaine Michetti. Two Mexican environmentalists have been tortured and imprisoned in Mexico simply because they opposed logg...
DA's Right Hand Man Will Leave Job
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - After little more than six months as San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan's second-in-command, Dar...
Discovery Director
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By Martin Quinn. In the right cases, the use of a discovery referee will save money, produce better-reasoned results and bring...
Sex and the City
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By Myron Dean Quon. Over the past year, the media have reported on the scandalous misconduct and numerous cover-ups involving...
Bar Group Teaches 'Law School' for Locals
By Staff Reports
A panel of attorneys will provide information on estate planning, conservatorships, divorce and family law, and landlord-tenan...
Candidates Battle Over Old Language
By Ed Kimble
When County Assessor Rick Auerbach assessed the text that rival John Lynch wanted to put in the voter information pamphlet, he...
Judges Take High Road to Scotland
By Martin Kruming
It was one of those vacations golfers dream about. Superior Court judges John Einhorn, Robert May and Harry Elias spent two we...
Attorneys Urge High Court Not to Close Medi-Pot Club
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department can show no reason for temporarily blocking a San Francisco judge's order that allows an O...
Deal May Limit Freed Teen's Possible Civil Claims
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Still numbed by Arthur Carmona's sudden release from prison Monday, his family said they have not yet begun to pon...
2nd District Orders Privacy Lawsuit Back to Trial Court
By Daniel Evans
A former workers' compensation judge has won reinstatement of her invasion of privacy suit against a private investigation fir...
WWII Slave Laborers Sue for Reparations
By Ed Kimble
World War II won't be over until Japanese corporations make reparations to the children they used for slave labor during World...
Commission Praises LAPD for Handling of Protest Marches
By Chris Ford
Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight panel and the department's top brass Tuesday enthusiasticall...
Mental Incompetence Requires Same Burden of Proof as Insanity
By Daniel Evans
Affirming a judgment that sent a mentally retarded man to prison for 25-years-to-life, the Court of Appeal in Ventura has rule...
High Court Justice Suggests Circulating 9th Circuit Drafts
By Pamela Maclean
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggested Tuesday that judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
Bike Patrol Gives Officer Great Satisfaction at DNC
By Susan Mcraen
Having watched the turmoil in Seattle, her family worried when Los Angeles police Officer Victoria Diaz pulled bike duty durin...
Hearing Targets 'Fat Cops' Poster
By Anne La Jeunesse
Now that the Democratic National Convention finally has left town, the police department has turned its attention to other wei...
Montoya Returns Home as Court Administrator
By Ed Kimble
Sandra Montoya, who grew up in Alhambra and landed a job as a clerk-typist with the county courts 28 years ago, has returned t...
Jenkens & Gilchrist Adds Four Attorneys
By Victoria Newman
Continuing its aggressive expansion in Southern California, Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist has added four attorneys to i...
Dollar Diplomacy
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By Chere B. Estrin. Negotiating salaries is a tough assignment. During your journey for a new job, you've focused on packaging...
Supreme Choice
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By Margaret Crosby. Allowing politicians to decide that one form of abortion is morally repugnant could lead to the prohibitio...
The Firm Offers Politicians a Final Resting Place
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By The Rodent. Of the 41 presidents of the United States, 25 have been lawyers. Unless we see a major upset victory by Ralph N...
Attorney Villa Dies After Long Cancer Battle
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
After a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, attorney Robert Anthony Villa died Thursday at City of Hope in Duarte. Villa, ...
Hours Change for Ex Parte Matters
By Ed Kimble
Night owls are an endangered species in Beverly Hills, at least at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. Starting Oct. 1, all civil ex...
Bar Group to Talk About Mediations
By From Staff Reporters
Jeff Kichaven, an attorney and mediation specialist, will talk about "Liars, Lovers and Lawyers: Effective Ways to Deal with t...
City Attorney to Release Protesters
By Chris Ford
Even as a small handful of demonstrators remained on vigil Monday at a downtown Los Angeles jail in solidarity with those who ...
U.S. Court Exec Predicts Congress May OK New Judges in West
By Pamela Maclean
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - The federal courts in general, and California district courts in particular, may have their best chance in...