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Family


Appellate Court Returns Youth To His Father

Jul. 15, 2000
By Daniel Evans

A father's allegations of physical abuse by his own father when he was a child are relevant in determining who can best care f...


Entertainment & Sports


Myers and the Lawyers Party On

Jul. 15, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Troops, a lot of what you need to know about the Universal Pictures vs. Mike Myers legal fencing over the aborted "Dieter" pro...


Government


Judge Denies Motion To Consolidate Cases

Jul. 15, 2000
By Michael Harris

The initial prosecutions in the Rampart scandal were thrown into disarray Thursday when a judge denied a prosecution request t...


Education


Guidelines drafted by the state Department of Education fail to go far enough to prevent sexual harassment at the state's publ...


Constitutional Law


Distributor Halts R-Rated Trailers on Kid Vids

Jul. 14, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - A New York video distributor agreed Wednesday to stop including "R"-rated trailers on videos aimed at children in a...


Intellectual Property


Suits Nipping at Napster

Jul. 14, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

Suits filed by the recording industry against music-downloading Web sites include the following: ...


Constitutional Law


Design Dilemma

Jul. 14, 2000
By Columnist

Original intent is an unworkable, profoundly anti- democratic theory of constitutional analysis that should be discarded once ...


Public Interest


New 'Shaft'

Jul. 14, 2000
By Columnist

The movie 'Shaft' is based on the need for an effective judicial system in order to prevent people from taking justice into th...


A criminal defendant does not have the right to cross-examine his victim's therapist at a restitution hearing, the Court of Ap...


Law Practice


Max Grafner Kolliner, retired court arbitrator, died June 27 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. Kolliner is remembered as ...


Insurance


Injured Dancer Sues State Farm

Jul. 14, 2000
By Ed Kimble

A brain-injured ballet dancer, who fought State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. for 10 years for a settlement likely to b...


Large Firms


Stuart Shanus Heads Crosby's L.A. Office

Jul. 14, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Constructing its next generation of leadership, Oakland-based Crosby Heafey Roach & May has tapped litigator Stuart A. Sha...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Tenet Sues for Nonpayment

Jul. 14, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - Tenet Healthsystems Desert Inc., a subsidiary of Santa Barbara-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., has filed suit in Ora...


Government


Ex-Cop: War on Drugs Spawns Officer Corruption

Jul. 14, 2000
By Michael Harris

The so-called war on drugs has created a mindset among police officers that spawned much of the misconduct being alleged in th...


Intellectual Property


SAN FRANCISCO - Word around San Francisco's federal courthouse has it that Judge Marilyn Hall Patel postponed a crucial hearin...


Civil Rights


Protest groups gearing up for the Democratic National Convention next month vowed Wednesday to enliven the streets of downtown...


Labor/Employment


The Bad Guys

Jul. 14, 2000
By Columnist

With regard to reassignment, a company must not treat a disabled employee just like any other job applicant. ...


Discipline


Funds must go into a trust account if any portion may belong to a client. ...


Labor/Employment


Hat Trick

Jul. 13, 2000
By Columnist

While employment in California is "at will," employers must be careful to avoid implied good-cause contracts.


Government


Varietal Voting

Jul. 13, 2000
By Contributing Writer

To most voters, the recent 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating California's blanket primary, California Democratic Pa...


Law Practice


NEW YORK - In a resounding vote Tuesday, the American Bar Association's policy-making body refused to permit lawyers to form p...


Litigation


It's not uncommon to hear clients claim they took a beating in court, but Linda Lee means it literally. In a suit filed in pro...


Law Practice


Friends Remember Addie Mentzer

Jul. 13, 2000
By Martin Kruming

A large crowd of family, friends and colleagues attended a memorial service on Saturday afternoon for Adeline ("Addie") Mentze...


Probate


Lawrence N. Rose Dies at Age 84

Jul. 13, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

Services will be held Friday for Lawrence N. Rose, a sole practitioner who specialized in probate law. Rose died July 4. He wa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


NEW YORK - When the American Bar Association's annual meeting drew to a close Tuesday, five senior representatives from Califo...


Law Practice


ACLU to Honor Frank Darabont

Jul. 13, 2000
By Staff Reports

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California will present one of two Torch of Liberty Awards today to entertainment attorney Don...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Garbled Writing

Jul. 13, 2000
By Columnist

No aspect of the arbitration process is more often confused by parties' process choices, and garbled in written agreements to ...


Criminal


Violent crime rates continue to climb in Los Angeles, with the number of homicides up more than 30 percent in the first half o...


Health Care & Hospital Law


HMO Battles Physician Group in O.C. Court

Jul. 13, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - A skirmish in the national battle over health care reform played out in Orange County Superior Court last week, as...


Family


Deciding an incorrect legal standard was used, the Riverside Court of Appeal reversed a San Bernardino County Superior Court j...