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Civil Rights


Notebook - By John Roemer - SAN FRANCISCO - Dan Hamburg and Wal-Mart seemed destined to clash. Hamburg is a former Democratic ...


Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Services for attorney and activist Selma Mikels Lofgren will take place today. Lofgren died March 24 on vacation...


Government


Senator Eyes Sanctions for Energy Giants

Apr. 24, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - An influential state lawmaker is threatening to seek contempt sanctions against at least five major energy compan...


Criminal


Don't Expect to See Details of Jackson Case

Apr. 24, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - The grand jury indictment returned against Michael Jackson this week normally would have opened a window on the ...


LOS ANGELES - No layoffs are expected when officials close three courthouses, in Culver City, Monrovia and South Gate, and shu...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - After putting San Francisco attorney Raul Aguilar through a grueling two-day contempt hearing this week becaus...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - Three male writers on the television comedy "Friends" treated their assistant, Amaani Lyle, "like one of the guy...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Perseveres to Run Drug Court and Program

Apr. 24, 2004
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - When 17-year-old Deborah L. Christian attended her first class at UCLA, she was the only student from her Inglew...


Appellate Practice


Court Intercepts Football Stars

Apr. 23, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - This weekend's NFL draft will be without two marquee prospects after the Supreme Court on Thursday twice denied a...


Civil Rights


Judge Protects Santa Cruz Pot Coalition

Apr. 23, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Citing a groundbreaking federal appellate decision, a San Jose federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Santa Cruz...


Appellate Practice


Forum Column - By Robert S. Thompson - Given the manner in which the state appellate courts have administered the present regi...


Criminal


Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - The subject of dog tracking evidence may become the subject of popular ...


Labor/Employment


Forum Column - By J. Kevin Lilly - For years, employers have cited the high costs for workers' compensation insurance as a maj...


Judges and Judiciary


DUI Leniency Alleged in Trial

Apr. 23, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SANTA CLARA - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser's decision to give light sentences to two defendants conv...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Negotiators for Attorney General John Ashcroft have agreed the FBI will pay $2 million to settle long-running ...


Civil Rights


Panel Tosses Clothing Retailer's Defamation Suit

Apr. 23, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court Wednesday threw out a defamation suit filed by fashion retailer Forever 21 against garme...


Education


Attorney Plays Big Role in Gender Battle

Apr. 23, 2004
By Dan Evans

SANTA ANA - An Orange County lawyer who made his mark in the 1990s helping conservative Christians get elected to Southern Cal...


Law Practice


Hertzberg Will Challenge Hahn

Apr. 23, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - Robert Hertzberg, a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and a former speaker of the Assembly, announced Wedn...


Criminal


Cuts Would Hurt Defendants, Lawyers Say

Apr. 23, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The criminal defense system for those who can't afford lawyers would be dealt a severe blow if the San Diego Count...


International


Court Seems to Favor Truck Access

Apr. 23, 2004
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Dismissing arguments by California environmental and labor groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it wi...


Government


DA Won't Back Out of Case

Apr. 23, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris refused a demand from the police union Wednesday to step aside f...


Litigation


Court to Consider Jury-Trial Waivers

Apr. 23, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers drafting contracts that waive the parties' right to a jury trial in case of a dispute are currently un...


Criminal


Freed Man Sues City, County for Imprisonment

Apr. 23, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A man who served 24 years in prison for a murder he said he didn't commit has filed civil rights claims against ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A federal magistrate judge in Santa Ana has ruled that a U.S. citizen accused of trying to bomb the Vietnamese e...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Jack Gifford, a popular Alameda County criminal court judge who recently pleaded no contest in a prostitution ...


Criminal


Outsiders Take Initiative For Measures on Ballot

Apr. 23, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Bruce Harrington's brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Patti Harrington, were killed in 1980 by an intruder who ...


Appellate Practice


Court Ends Prison Ban on Mail from Web

Apr. 22, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Pelican Bay inmate Frank S. Clement protested in 1999 when guards withheld his pen pal letters because they ca...


Forum Column - By Sue Blake - On Easter Sunday, the FX Network aired a special feature titled, "Redemption: The Stanley 'Tooki...


Criminal


Forum Column - By Stanley "Tookie" Williams - There are at least two illegitimate reasons for my sitting on San Quentin's deat...


Litigation


Link Church Suits, Jurist Suggests

Apr. 22, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles McCoy has recommended that clergy sexual-abuse lawsuits filed in Northe...