Intrusions of New Technology Pose Risks for Unwary
By Denise Levin
Embroiled in a lawsuit with the developer of the home she was selling, attorney Lisa Hervatin did not suspect that the prospe...
A Question of Trust
By Vivien Lou Chen
Originally, Bank of America and real estate lawyer Ernest L. Messner Jr. were on the same side, as co-administrators of a tru...
Suit Says LAPD Shortchanged Thousands of Officers
By Lauren Blau
Complaining the police department is not properly paying overtime, Los Angeles police officers have sued the city of Los Ange...
Foster Children Over 18 Cut Off from Benefits
By Anna Marie Stolley
A state appeal panel has ruled that foster children who have reached 18 are not entitled to county aid to help them complete ...
Publisher CEB Gets a Reprieve From University
By Anthony Aarons And Tom Orewyler
Berkeley-based Continuing Education of the Bar, the cash-strapped provider of legal education materials, will not be sold or ...
Pillsbury, Heller, Howard Rice Set 1999 Promotions
By Pamela Mc Clintock
SAN FRANCISCO - The law firm of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin has elected a record number of eight asso...
Cops Keep Getting the Wrong Man
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Fontana resident Pedro Villegas has filed a lawsuit against the cities of Fontana and Long Beach, claiming that p...
Chief Justice Wants to Open Up the Process of Appointing Judges
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George said Thursday that he wants to re-examine the procedures of the state Commissio...
Airlines Sued for Loss of Life-Sustaining Medicines
By Anne La Jeunesse
The family of a 75-year-old Inglewood woman who died in her native Guyana during a December 1997 visit has filed a wrongful d...
Abuses of Courts, and Home, Are Focus of Child Advocates
By Cheryl Romo
For the past decade, juvenile court judges and attorneys have met with child welfare officials once a year at the state Judic...
Redress for Attempted Robber Is Limited by State High Court
By Anna Marie Stolley
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a would-be robber shot by a store employee and rendered paraplegic cannot sue...
Command Chain For Inspector Is Made Explicit
By Lauren Blau
In an effort to maintain public confidence in its work, the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners voted unanimously Thurs...
Jury Finds for Christensen in Pregnancy Suit
By Denise Levin
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro attorneys walked victoriously from the courtroom Thursday where...
What's in a Name?
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - In the parlance of the Internet, "listserv" is the generic name for an online discussion group, in which members se...
Supervisors Give Green Light to Garcetti's Plan
By Michael Harris
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved much of District Attorney Gil Garcetti's plan to improve his fam...
Suit Accuses Quackenbush of Secret Rate Hikes
By Lauren Blau
Claiming Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is conducting business in secret, The Proposition 103 Enforcement Project h...
Lost 1982 Letter Results in Overturned Death Sentence
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has overturned a death sentence and double murder conviction because a letter stating a key i...
Three-Strike 'Poster Boy' Sentenced in Orange County
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Defendant Jesus Garcia, whose prosecutor has called him "the poster boy for three strikes," was sentenced to 25 y...
Council Debates Inspector General's Authority
By Lauren Blau
After a lengthy debate, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the city attorney, police chief and leg...
Christensen Miller Case Goes to Jury
By Denise Levin
After hearing the last, breathless half-hour of closing arguments, the jurors presiding over the Christensen, Miller, Fink, J...
Claims of Crude Sex Talk Land Judge Before Discipline Board
By Jean Guccione
A San Bernardino judge is being investigated for allegedly making crude remarks to a female court manager and others about he...
Judge Chides Overcautious Counsel
By Dick Goldberg
SAN DIEGO - Judge William C. Pate of the San Diego County Superior Court, a former Marine Corps combat veteran, believes lawye...
Los Angeles Embraces New Jury System
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles Superior Court announced Tuesday it will begin phasing in the one-day, one-trial juror program in May 1999, de...
Experts Expect Bush Retreat on Antitrust Issues
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - New presidents always inherit thorns left in their political side by the outgoing commander in chief, and for Ge...
Christensen Trial Has Attorneys in A Family Way
By Denise Levin
The lawyer-defendants at Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro should know better than the average emp...
Some U.S. Firms Thrive, While Others Fade, in European Community Capital
By Wendy B. Schatzman
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Globalization of business means the rules for law firms have changed. Firms that are serious about establ...
Second Amendment Foundation Warns S.F. of Possible Suit
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A litigious pro-gun lobby with a successful courtroom track record is threatening to counterattack if San Fra...
Family Support Plan Gets Mixed Reviews
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's wide-ranging plan to improve his beleaguered family support division garn...
Latham Partner Leaves Firm for Venture Fund
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Allen L. Morgan, a partner at Latham & Watkins in Menlo Park, announced Monday that he is leaving the fir...
Company Sends Unhappy Words Microsoft's Way
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a Santa Clara County Superior Court complaint that echoes the federal antitrust case against Microsoft, a small...