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Discipline


Latino Officer Named to CJP By Gov. Davis

Jun. 21, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Jose Miramontes, president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association, to...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Julie Locke - In the past several months, courts around the country have issued landmark ruling...


Criminal


Police Arrest Two Former Priests

Jun. 21, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Two former Roman Catholic priests were arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, the same day that a ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal fi...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - In a bizarre new twist to allegations that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has routinely blocked...


Government


Kuhl Nomincation

Jun. 21, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orin Hatch says he will push forward with the controversial nomination of Los Angeles ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES -Accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung smiled and hugged her attorneys Thursday after U.S. District Judge Flo...


Judges and Judiciary


Court Fees Would Hit Working Poor Hardest

Jun. 21, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - New court fees proposed to help plug the state's budget gap would hit hardest against the working poor - people ...


Energy Law


An Example No One Will Follow

Jun. 21, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - California's 1998 experiment with electric utility deregulation spawned the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S....


Bankruptcy


PUC and PG&E Draw Up a Settlement Plan

Jun. 21, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and officials of the state's utility regulatory agency announced Thursday they ha...


Litigation


Robes and Jump Suits

Jun. 20, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Little knows she has a talking problem. She's working on it. "Speaking slowly is not my forte," the vete...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Focus Column - By Peter Passell - For California cell phone users frustrated by confusing ads and complicated service contract...


Government


Santa Clara PD Squeaks By Budget

Jun. 20, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Months after more than 20 jobs were placed in jeopardy because of a budget crunch, Santa Clara County supervisors a...


Intellectual Property


Patent Law Exemption Is Narrowed

Jun. 20, 2003
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - In the first decision of its kind, a federal appeals court has narrowed the application of a federal law that ...


Criminal


Sex Predator's Housing Is Still in Limbo

Jun. 20, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge, voicing concern that a convicted child molester's rights are being violated, hinted str...


Military Law


Ex-Navy Officer Hopes for Military Justice

Jun. 20, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - After lack of jurisdiction thwarted his effort in U.S. District Court to overturn a decade-old conviction in a cou...


Immigration


Court Revives Smuggled Man's Case

Jun. 20, 2003
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate court Wednesday reinstated the case of a Chinese alien who said he feared returning to China...


Criminal


Capture May Open Way for Appeal

Jun. 20, 2003
By Matthew Heller

LOS ANGELES - Now that Andrew Luster is no longer a fugitive, he can proceed with the appeal of his conviction on multiple rap...


Bankruptcy


Closed-Door Talks in PG&E Case

Jun. 20, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' aides were briefed last week on a proposal regarding the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankru...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - One of the nation's best-known juvenile court judges had been honored with two career cappers. But Leonard Perry...


Firm Watch


Townsend & Townsend Plans San Diego Office

Jun. 20, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew is going where the clients are. ...


Family


Too Much Too Soon

Jun. 20, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The horrors of real life are playing daily on the stages of dependency courts right in fro...


Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - One question that has been the subject of substantial debate in California ...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Wednesday limited a trial judge's ability to seal dozens of records that allegedly con...


Workers' Comp.


Workers' Comp Insurer Fends Off Class Action

Jun. 20, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - A state-run workers' compensation insurer has fought off a $2 billion class action brought by California employe...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Just 10 days after the failure of merger discussions with an unnamed law firm, Cleveland's Arter & Hadden ca...


Column By Garry Abrams - There's going to be a globally watched heavyweight championship boxing match at Staples Center Saturd...


Entertainment & Sports


SAN FRANCISCO - The rebellious racket recorded on such albums as "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" belongs to the punks who...


Law Practice


Feeding Hunger for Law, Food, Art

Jun. 20, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - Gene and Ann Andres' cafe should have failed. The downtown strip of Main Street the couple bought wasn't exactly p...


Discipline


High Court Offers Compromise on Scouts

Jun. 20, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Judges who belong to controversial groups such as the Boy Scouts should disclose their membership if it might ...