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Litigation


Not Quite Status Quo

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Q: How will Armendariz v. FoundationPsychare Services Inc ., 24 Cal.4th 83 (2000) affect employment arbitration? Does the deci...


Insurance


SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals court judges announced Tuesday that they will take another look at a ruling from last fall whi...


Administrative/Regulatory


Chaleff Won't Appeal His Firing From Panel

Feb. 15, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The policing-reform advocate fired last week from the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight panel a...


Labor/Employment


Basic Principles

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

It did not take long for the 2nd District Court of Appeal to apply the directives set out by our Supreme Court in Armendariz v...


Government


Council Says It Can't Halt Pay Raises

Feb. 15, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Council members said Tuesday they are powerless to stop controversial retroactive pay raises Ma...


Real Estate/Development


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Charles E. McClung, senior partner of Laguna Beach's McClung & Davis and forme...


Litigation


Judge Puts More Workers in Pension System

Feb. 15, 2001
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - In an unprecedented ruling, a trial court potentially has brought more public-agency employees into the public p...


Government


Prosecutors Irked by Commutation Controversy

Feb. 15, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Current and former federal prosecutors expressed dismay Tuesday over a report that U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Ma...


Labor/Employment


Assigning Reassignments

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Here are answers, under the new rules, to questions employers covered by the Fair Employment & Housing Act and the America...


Government


Supervisors Establish Group to Follow Feds

Feb. 15, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - U.S. Department of Justice investigators looking into the treatment of children in Los Angeles County's three ju...


Workers' Comp.


Ex-Lawmaker Turns Lobbyist

Feb. 15, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - An influential former lawmaker has joined an attorneys' lobbying group on the eve of a legislative hearing today ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - In a hearing featuring hearsay evidence and no cross examination, Animal Control officials contended Tuesday t...


Civil Rights


ADA Extended to Cover Compulsive Behavior

Feb. 15, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A medical transcriptionist whose obsessive grooming rituals made her repeatedly late for work cannot be denied...


Labor/Employment


SAN FRANCISCO - In a survey bound to deliver more thorns than roses to love-smitten co-workers on Valentine's Day, most Americ...


Criminal


Davis Gets Lower Bail, Trial Delay

Feb. 15, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday delayed the criminal trial of former attorney James H. Davis and redu...


Government


Lockyer Proposes Reforms for Riverside Police

Feb. 15, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Capping an extensive investigation prompted by the fatal shooting of Tyisha Miller in 1998, California Attorney Ge...


Banking


Dangerous Debt

Feb. 14, 2001
By Columnist

Casino patrons may be arrested, tried, convicted and jailed for failing to repay amounts evidenced by casino markers. ...


Labor/Employment


Villaraigosa Nabs Union Backing

Feb. 14, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - By just one vote Monday, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa won the backing of the largest labor...


Judges and Judiciary


Sacramento's Law Library Finds Elegant Digs

Feb. 14, 2001
By Contributing Writer

SACRAMENTO - After 110 years of relegation to basements, the Sacramento County Public Law Library has a new home above ground....


Law Practice


Intraoffice Interaction

Feb. 14, 2001
By Columnist

At the start of their legal careers, most lawyers make the same pledge. They promise themselves not to become romantically inv...


Judges and Judiciary


In Waddel v. Georgia, 27 Ga. 262 (1859), Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin wrote the following for the court: The defendant havin...


Criminal


Saving Misbehaving LAPD

Feb. 14, 2001
By Columnist

Once again, the Los Angeles Police Department, with a little help from Mayor Richard J. Riordan, is making sure to talk only t...


Criminal


RIVERSIDE - A Hemet woman who claimed she wasn't home when her boyfriend shook her baby to death has been sentenced to 20 year...


Criminal


Judge Orders Ex-Nightclub Owner to Forfeit Bail

Feb. 14, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday ordered former Hollywood nightclub owner Eddie Nash to forfeit $75,000 of the $1.5 millio...


Judges and Judiciary


McBride Wins Dismissal of Case

Feb. 14, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Misdemeanor spousal abuse charges against San Francisco Superior Court Judge James McBride have been dismissed...


Intellectual Property


Forced to Reboot

Feb. 14, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The $15 billion-a-year music industry can sing all the way to the bank. In a clear victory for the recording c...


Litigation


Appellate Court Ruling Favors Cellphone Users

Feb. 14, 2001
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - Cellphone users can pursue claims for damages against their wireless service providers in state court, an appel...


Environmental


Ruling Seen as a Crippling Blow

Feb. 14, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The anti-piracy opinion issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday will probably push Napster and ...


Litigation


Users Lament End of Music File-Swapping

Feb. 14, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - As word of the Napster ruling spread Monday morning, some avid users rushed to their computers to download free...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski cannot have a new trial, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ru...