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Litigation


Intolerance Lesson

Dec. 9, 2000
By Leonard Novarro

Race discrimination appears to be alive and well in the state of California, according to two recent jury verdicts. The cost o...


Litigation


Controversial Crusader

Dec. 9, 2000
By Leonard Novarro

While Waukeen McCoy certainly doesn't look for controversy, it has a way of finding him. He's represented clients on claims of...


Law Practice


Older but Wiser

Dec. 9, 2000
By Columnist

Older job seekers face unique challenges in the legal market. For more mature job seekers, the key is to present yourself as a...


Litigation


GM Appeals Verdict for Fiery Crash

Dec. 9, 2000
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - General Motors Corp. is challenging a $1.2 billion judgment brought against the company for a fiery crash that c...


Entertainment & Sports


Can You Say, 'Councilman Masry?'

Dec. 9, 2000
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Congratulations are in order to lawyer Edward Masry of "Erin Brockovich" fame. On Nov. 7, he was elected to the ...


Criminal


Perez's Jilted Lover Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI

Dec. 9, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - The jilted lover of Los Angeles police officer-turned-felon Rafael A. Perez pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. Dist...


Civil Rights


Man Sues Arena for Alleged False Arrest

Dec. 9, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A man acquitted in the 1985 shooting death of a San Diego police officer has filed a lawsuit, alleging that he was...


Criminal


Jury Indicts Man for Threatening Zappa

Dec. 9, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A Tustin man has been indicted by an Orange County federal grand jury on charges of threatening the life of Moon U...


Litigation


Grandparents Lose Their Right to Visit Boy

Dec. 9, 2000
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - Doting grandparents lose the right to visit their grandson after his adoption, an appellate court has ruled. Ado...


Criminal


City Attorneys Build a Habitat

Dec. 9, 2000
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Trading their briefcases for hammers Wednesday, 18 lawyers and staff from the Los Angeles city attorney's office...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez's trademark smile always has been effective at disarming opponents and engaging...


Government


Privacy Promoter

Dec. 9, 2000
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - In her eight years in the California Legislature, Sen. Debra Bowen, a Redondo Beach Democrat, has become a leadin...


Entertainment & Sports


Lawyer Loves His Third Act, Teaching

Dec. 9, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Donald E. Biederman says he is living the third act of his life. His is a story of a lifelong dream fulfilled - while battling...


Bankruptcy


U.S. Senate Approves Bankruptcy Bill

Dec. 9, 2000
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - In its first bit of substantial business during a lame-duck session, the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a controv...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Opening the door to an order requiring prisons to keep up their law libraries, an 11-judge federal appeals cou...


Criminal


5th DCA Rejects Immunity for Pot Users

Dec. 9, 2000
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - California's groundbreaking medical marijuana initiative does not provide blanket immunity from prosecution, a...


Administrative/Regulatory


Orange County Courts Will Merge in January

Dec. 8, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

LAGUNA NIGUEL - Some judges have to hear cases in moldy trailers outside the courthouse. Defendants, lawyers and witnesses hav...


Public Interest


In Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Chapman, 64 So. 791 (Miss. 1914), Judge Richard F. Reed found the following for the court...


Criminal


SAN JOSE - The headmistress of an exclusive Los Gatos elementary school was acquitted by a Santa Clara County judge Wednesday ...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Banishing Blight

Dec. 8, 2000
By Columnist

California redevelopment law was developed in the wake of World War II as a response to conditions of blight and decay in the ...


Criminal


In a ruling implicating sentences in dozens of criminal cases, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a trial judge, not...


Law Practice


Dress for Success

Dec. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The evening's topic had been society's lowered standards. "I regret to say that it started with the Catholics," O'Toole sighed...


Personal Injury & Torts


Ocean Tragedy

Dec. 8, 2000
By Columnist

While the tragic factual scenario in 'Pacheco' may somewhat limit its applicability, a strong lesson may be gleaned for proper...


Public Interest


Must Every Dog Have Its Day

Dec. 8, 2000
By Columnist

When you went to the polls on Nov. 7, did you spot any voter with a shaggy wagging tail? An investigation several years ago by...


Labor/Employment


Neil McNiece Dies of Brain Hemorrhage

Dec. 8, 2000
By Tina Spee

Services have taken place for Neil G. McNiece, partner at Santa Monica's Haight, Brown & Bonesteel. McNiece died Nov. 24 o...


Judges and Judiciary


Concerned that judicial races are turning into spending contests increasingly marred by hit pieces and other unethical conduct...


Criminal


Commission Will Hear Charges Against Judge

Dec. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Performance will begin hearings Feb. 21 about allegations a Los Angeles Superior Cour...


Real Estate/Development


Court Tosses Access-Road Condition

Dec. 8, 2000
By Dawn Piimanu

The end of an eight-year legal tug-of-war between a private landowner and Riverside County may just be the beginning for other...


LOS ANGELES - An appellate court Wednesday reversed a gag order that silenced a Glendale woman from complaining about alleged ...


LOS ANGELES - Perhaps more than in most U.S. cities, life in Los Angeles is a lottery. Will the city be leveled by an earthqua...