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Las Vegas-based casino operators Station Casinos Inc. and Ameristar Casinos Inc. will swap some of their gaming complexes. Sta...


Transactions


San Francisco's Natural Wonders Inc., a specialty retailer of science and nature-themed products, has completed its acquisitio...


Criminal


Three Charged in Plot to Bilk Court of Fees

Nov. 14, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In a continuing investigation into an alleged scheme to bilk Los Angeles Superior Court of computer database fees, a former cl...


Carlton Fields of Tampa is making its first step outside of Florida a big one. It dispatched five lawyers to Silicon Valley to...


Law Practice


Edelman Enjoys the Challenge of Family Law

Nov. 14, 2000
By Contributing Writer

The male-dominated family of Emily Shappell Edelman's childhood left no doubt in her mind about her role in life: Young women ...


Criminal


Two Men Face Hate-Crime Charges

Nov. 14, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Using swastikas and snakeskins to spread their message of hate, two men from San Diego County's eastern cities tri...


Criminal


John Doe's DNA

Nov. 14, 2000
By Contributing Writer

SACRAMENTO - Police investigating a series of sexual assaults here by the so-called "Second Story Rapist" didn't have a name f...


Criminal


Jury Acquits for Testing Problem

Nov. 14, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Wallace Huard had a few beers at a Monday night football get-together last November and was driving home in...


Declaring the 21st Century "el siglo de Mexico" - Mexico's Century - Mexico's President-elect Vicente Fox Queseda vowed his ad...


Criminal


While the California Supreme Court grapples with the explosive issue of jury nullification, a conservative Court of Appeal jus...


Government


Justice Philip Talmadge sees something very dangerous going on in courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country - a m...


Law Practice


Inappropriate Interview

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

In the heat of the moment, interviewers sometimes ask inappropriate or illegal questions. ...


Public Interest


Legal Aid Will Hold Celebratory Dinner

Nov. 11, 2000
By Staff Writer

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles will hold its 2000 Access to Justice Dinner tribute to lawyers in public service at th...


Litigation


Cut to the Quick

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

When faced with a suit alleging punitive damages, some civil-defense practitioners expend substantial time and resources prepa...


Litigation


When Goliath Loses

Nov. 11, 2000
By Eron Ben Yehuda

Any day now, a judge is expected to overturn what she considers a "grossly disproportionate" $10 million verdict against one o...


Law Practice


Graveside services will take place today for retired Orange County personal injury lawyer William R. Bernstein. Bernstein died...


Environmental


De Minimis

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The 6th and 8th circuits embody the majority view that no minimum level of hazardous-substance release is necessary for liabil...


Criminal


The Lights Are On But No One Is Home

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Dimwit was arrested just a few miles away from the robbed gas station, driving an Oldsmobile of the same color and style as th...


Litigation


Avoiding Punishment

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Avoiding punitive damages in harassment and discrimination cases should be a primary goal for all employers. Recently, the U.S...


Litigation


Betting the Odds

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Arbitration, so the wisdom goes, insulates corporate defendants against runaway verdicts and punitive damage awards. ...


Litigation


Safety Last

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Drivers don't expect to be involved or injured in automobile accidents, and certainly they don't contemplate being burned as a...


Civil Rights


ACLU Pays Tribute To Civil-Rights Activist

Nov. 11, 2000
By Staff Writer

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California will hold its annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Regent Beverly Wil...


Litigation


Free Fall

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Courts must look carefully at the provisions of arbitration agreements between employees and employers. Courts need to recogni...


Litigation


L.A. Lawless

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The Rampart Division police scandal has affected the public's confidence in the justice system more than any single matter in ...


Law Practice


State Supreme Court Affirms Anaheim Lawyer's Suspension

Nov. 11, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

The Supreme Court has affirmed a State Bar decision to suspend an Orange County family law attorney who once represented the g...


Criminal


JOSHUA TREE - Three adults accused of torturing and imprisoning two boys in a remote High Desert compound pleaded not guilty T...


Trusts & Estates


BookEnds Wins Freeman's Philanthropy Award

Nov. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

When 8-year-old Brandon Keefe stayed home from school one day with a cold and went to a board meeting at Hollygrove Orphanage ...


Criminal


Charles Keating Jr., the infamous symbol of the 1980s savings and loans collapses, will not be retried on state charges of sec...


Entertainment & Sports


'Patient' Producer Demands Recount

Nov. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Saul Zaentz wants a recount, and "The English Patient" producer stormed into L.A. last month to meet with litigation lawyers. ...


Criminal


Both Sides Seek Furrow Trial Delay

Nov. 11, 2000
By David Houston

The prosecution and the defense in the case of Buford O. Furrow Jr. asked a federal judge Thursday to postpone the trial of th...