9th Circuit Holds S.D. County Isn't Liable
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - In an appeal of a civil case alleging that the San Diego County district attorney's office hid blood evidence from...
Viewers Are Given False View of What's Right
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Dicta: On 'Law & Order' By Allen Bloom Right in the middle of this week's "Law & Order," an ABC public service spot ai...
Civil Rights Leader Criticizes LAPD Gang-Enforcement Memo
By Chris Ford
A recent memorandum from Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bernard C. Parks outlining gang-enforcement strategies was lambas...
Running Man
By Columnist
By Alex Ricciardulli Law enforcement officers believe that "the wicked flee when no man pursueth." Proverbs 28:1. From their p...
Amy, Lauren Keep Holding Onto the Hurt
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Dicta: On 'Judging Amy' By Akilah Monifa This episode, titled "Presumed Innocent" tackles presumptions on many levels. We pres...
Follow the Leader
By Columnist
A winning closing argument starts with a powerful opening. The more potent the case theme conveyed during opening arguments, t...
Judge Extends Deadline for Nominations for Grand Jury Pool Nominations
By Anne La Jeunesse
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez has extended the nomination process for the 2000-2001 grand jury t...
Labor Intensive
By Anne La Jeunesse
Newport Beach attorney James J. McDonald Jr. has spent his entire 16-year career with one law firm: - Newport Beach's Fisher &...
Judge Cahill Switches Robes, Joining JAMS
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge William Cahill's surprise announcement this week that he will leave the San Francisco Superior Court to ...
Suit Accuses Masry Of Harassment
By Anne La Jeunesse
A 21-year-old Loyola Law School graduate, described in her complaint as "a child prodigy" and the youngest attorney in Califor...
Communities Clamor for Senior Lead Officers
By Chris Ford
Community leaders joined a city lawmaker Thursday to call on the Los Angeles Police Department to restore community-liaison du...
Real-Life Drama Continues for Brockovich
By Contributing Writer
Forum: The Public Eye By Ross Johnson Bet on this: The prosecution of some of the men in Erin Brockovich's life may be just as...
Trial Lawyers Permit Egos To Run Amok
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Dicta: On 'The Practice' By Paul Harris All attorneys suffer from a disease. In some, it's asymptomatic; in others, it causes ...
Appeals Panel Overrules Davis' Controversial No-Parole Policy
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Overruling Gov. Gray Davis' no-parole policy, an appeals panel has ordered the state parole board to take a se...
Ruling Shields Trucking Company
By Matthew Heller
In a case that drew comparisons to "Big Brother" from a dissenting judge, a sharply divided federal appeals court has shielded...
Serving Two Masters
By Columnist
Practitioner: Criminal Law By Laurie L. Levenson Both prosecutors and defense attorneys must be wary of conflicts of interests...
Eye of the Storm
By Michael Harris
This is election season. So the worst police corruption scandal in the history of Los Angeles inevitably becomes hot political...
Court Surveys O.C. Lawyers on E-Filing
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
SANTA ANA - If Orange County lawyers want a chance to make suggestions regarding the Superior Court's plan to implement an ele...
Social Intercourse
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Practitioner: Employment Law By Anthony J. Oncidi For some time, it has been commonplace for plaintiffs in employment cases to...
LAPD Facing Long Battle, But Cleanup Has Begun
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By Bernard C. Parks The Los Angeles Police Department comprises nearly 13,000 dedicated employees and is committed to completi...
IP Litigator Will Cross Country For Position at Cooley Godward
By Meredith Alexander
SAN FRANCISCO - Intellectual property litigator Matthew B. Lehr is leaving a Wilmington, Del., firm to join the Palo Alto offi...
Suit Seeks to Stop 30-Day Limit on Motel Stays
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
BUENA PARK - An amended city ordinance that went into effect last December means visitors can legally overstay their welcome i...
Santa Rosa Attorney Charged With Grand Theft
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Rosa family law attorney and two-time city council candidate has been charged with grand theft for all...
Commute Control
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Practitioner: Employment Law By Joan E. Smiles As long as the time spent is under the "control" of the employer, the time is c...
Moving on After Divorce
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Forum: By Fred Silberberg Family law is fraught with emotion. There are disagreements over sharing children, houses and dividi...
The 'Code of Silence' Is Not Just Restricted to the L.A. Police
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Forum: By Harriet K. Bilford Faced with the Rampart police corruption scandal, more and more public officials are finally comi...
Committee Charges ABA Official
By Don De Benedictis
The secretary of the American Bar Association reportedly is facing discipline charges for allegedly lying to the New Hampshire...
Rampart Grand Jury Hears Former Officer's Testimony
By Michael Harris
The grand jury investigating the Rampart scandal heard testimony Wednesday from former officer Brian Hewitt, who was fired las...
Judiciary Mulls Uniform Conduct Rules
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The federal judiciary has begun considering ways to standardize rules of professional responsibility for lawyers ...
Candidates Debate
By Michael Harris
The Rampart corruption scandal took center stage Tuesday evening at the first face-to-face debate between Los Angeles District...