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Litigation


Ho, Ho, Hold on to Gift Certificates

Dec. 14, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Many of Orange resident Sandra Guzman's friends and family gave her gift certificates as wedding presents when s...


Criminal


Judge Sentences Ex-Toxicoligist to Life Term

Dec. 14, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge Thursday sentenced former county toxicologist Kristin Rossum to spend the rest of her life ...


Government


Whose Welfare?

Dec. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - United Airlines, which has lost $4 billion since the beginning of 2001, recently was tu...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By Gregg A. Farley and Paul C. White II - The celebration of the New Year traditionally involves p...


Entertainment & Sports


Off The Docket

Dec. 13, 2002
By Jeff Berg

TODAY ART - Sixspace Gallery in Los Angeles unbuckles its swashes and proudly displays " Pirate Booty: the Arrrt of Mates &am...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - The holiday season often encourages individuals to reflect on the past...


Criminal


Panel Seals Police Personnel Papers

Dec. 13, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Complaints against police officers must be kept secret even during officer disciplinary hearings, a state appell...


Litigation


Workers Triumph in Dispute Over Stock Options

Dec. 13, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

TUSTIN - An Orange County Superior Court jury has ordered Commonwealth Energy Corp. to pay $2.7 million to 15 former stock sal...


Education


Robert Berring Chosen as Interim Dean At Boalt Hall

Dec. 13, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

BERKELEY - Veteran law professor and law librarian Robert Berring was named interim dean of Boalt Hall School of Law on Wedne...


Immigration


'T' Visas Help Alien Victims Of Traffickers

Dec. 13, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Supik Indrawati, an Indonesian woman, spent two years working as the virtual slave of a Palos Verdes couple, eve...


Constitutional Law


Cross-Burning Ban Faces Scrutiny

Dec. 13, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - A skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday aggressively questioned whether several men convicted of burning crosses i...


Intellectual Property


On Guard Online

Dec. 13, 2002
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Dreaming up worst-case scenarios and coming up with ways to get out of them is not an area of expertise many ...


Criminal


Chat-Room Comment Helped Westerfield Case

Dec. 13, 2002
By Jim Adamekn

SAN DIEGO - A suggestion from an Internet chat room led to "dynamite" evidence in the murder trial of David A Westerfield, a p...


Column by Garry Abrams - Federal defense panel lawyer Errol Stambler was in court Tuesday morning wondering, "Why am I here?" ...


Law Practice


Entertainment Attorney In His Stride

Dec. 13, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - One recent evening at Moose's, in North Beach, jazz pianist Mike Lipskin showed off some of his impressive mus...


Personal Injury & Torts


HAYWARD - A Hayward jury has awarded $85 million in damages to the family of a 5-year-old boy whose severe permanent disabilit...


Litigation


Court Debates Pros, Cons of Punitives Caps

Dec. 12, 2002
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices Wednesday expressed strong concern about the specter of "runaway" punitive damages awards ...


Litigation


Priest Molested Minor, Suit Says

Dec. 12, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - A complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday charges Clinton Hagenbach, a deceased Los Ange...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - It's been another year of significant developments in AD...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A former teen model has filed suit claiming that the founder of one of the world's leading model management agen...


Litigation


Corona Battles Edison For Control of Energy

Dec. 12, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

CORONA - Using a high-powered legal move, the city of Corona is fighting to take control of energy sources owned by Southern C...


Judges and Judiciary


George Looks Ahead to Bare-Bones Budget

Dec. 12, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SAN FRANCISCO - California's judiciary is seriously considering taking ownership of court reporter transcripts and increasing...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Hands Off!

Dec. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Pendula swing; that's their nature. Listening to the cries of the professional environme...


Criminal


Forum Column By Erik Luna Nov. 1 marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, the punishment scheme created...


Natural Resources


WASHINGTON - Weighing a case brought by a California land developer, the Supreme Court justices on Tuesday indicated they will...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - A liberal judicial advocacy group took the unusual step Tuesday of announcing its opposition to a conservative le...


Column By Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - "Shoplift here! We Won't Prosecute!" This is the sort of sign that may be displayed - i...


Criminal


Russian Defendant Unapologetic

Dec. 11, 2002
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Elcomsoft engineer Dmitry Sklyarov, who designed a software program prosecutors say violated a 1998 federal law in...


Transportation


Immigrant Customers Sue Toyota Dealer

Dec. 11, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - An Alhambra Toyota dealership was sued Monday by a group of Mandarin-speaking customers who claim they were defr...


Appellate Practice


Court Rules Paralegal Excuse Is a Good One

Dec. 11, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Saying "the paralegal did it" is a good excuse for attorneys who want to reverse default judgments against their...