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Criminal


S.D. Project Offers DNA Testing to Prisoners

Jul. 11, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Each request, painstakingly printed in pencil, represents someone's last hope to prove to the world that the jury ...


Juvenile


The state Department of Social Services is seeking to revoke permanently the foster care license of a Santa Barbara-area foste...


Government


Protests continued to escalate Friday over the protesters expected at the Democratic National Convention, as the Los Angeles C...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Innocents Caught in The Net

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Facing the grim reality that California's Medi-Cal system is broken, Governor Gray Davis focused on a quick fix - a massive cr...


Personal Injury & Torts


Busy System

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Until 1999, there were very few appellate decisions involving civil claims for elder abuse under Welfare and Institutions Code...


Litigation


No Way

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Q. Which cases should never, ever be mediated? A. Conventional wisdom dictates that, where new law needs to be made, mediation...


Environmental


The Sky Is No Limit

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Some litigators rarely try cases, while others can honestly be called trial lawyers. Gary M. Paul is unquestionably the latter...


Entertainment & Sports


The Ultimate Tinseltown Lawsuit

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Some L.A. lawyers really know which buttons to push when filing a lawsuit. Think of the paper that lawyer Pierce O'Donnell thr...


Litigation


Pain Compliance

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Late this summer, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will send out approximately 60,000 Equal Opportunity surv...


Personal Injury & Torts


Working Through Pain

Jul. 8, 2000
By Kelly Lee

John J. Machado argued away sub rosa videotape of his client artificially inseminating a cow using his injured shoulder. ...


International


Mexico's Desire for Change Sparked Fox Triumph

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

There are many reasons that explain Vicente Fox's decisive victory in elections in Mexico. His charismatic candidacy, his obst...


Litigation


Moved Out, Moving On

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The booming economy may offer abundant opportunities for employees, but the transient nature of today's work force has produce...


Labor/Employment


Waged Battle

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Does a recent trilogy of California Supreme Court cases create a new battleground in wage-and-hour litigation? ...


Tax


Recovery Retained

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

It may be more difficult to settle employment litigation in the future because defendants may be required to pay greater amoun...


Public Interest


Tim McCormick, the former cancer patient known as the "pot prince of Bel Air," received a five-year federal narcotics prison t...


Labor/Employment


Bank On It

Jul. 8, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

After 18 years of practicing law, Nancy J. Warren has found a new passion: mediation. With years of experience as an attorney,...


Law Practice


Services will take place today for retired judicial attorney and 1999 Woman Lawyers Association of Los Angeles honoree Frances...


Litigation


Civics Class Act

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Kenneth A. Rivin hit a career high in May when he obtained a $5 million verdict for his client, Richard Herr, in Richard Herr ...


Labor/Employment


No Motive Needed

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

On June 12, 2000, the high court handed down its decision in Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc., 2000 Daily Journal D....


Litigation


Open Question

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

New case law expected from the California Supreme Court and new legislation contemplated at both the state and federal levels ...


Real Estate/Development


STOCKS

Jul. 8, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. NYSE Qwest...


Labor/Employment


The Friendly Feds

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Are the federal courts more "employer-friendly" than state courts in employment litigation, especially when it comes to employ...


Labor/Employment


Deloitte & Touche Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

Jul. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A 52-year-old man who claims he was hired in February 1997 by accounting-house giant Deloitte & Touche and was the only Af...


Litigation


Arbitrator Resigns, Citing 'Sandbagging'

Jul. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Stung by publicity surrounding his role as an arbitrator, retired Supreme Court Justice Armand Arabian on Thursday resigned fr...


Litigation


Thirty Hollywood families who allegedly endured raw sewage, collapsed ceilings and a lack of running water in their apartments...


Judges and Judiciary


A memorial service will take place Saturday for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Arch Rollin Tuthill. The judge died S...


Labor/Employment


Insulating Employers

Jul. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Defense counsel in harassment cases should attack a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress on the basis that t...


Government


Group Wants Exonerated Cops' Names Released

Jul. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles Police Protective League on Thursday called on the district attorney's office to release the names of the thre...


Criminal


Former Prosecutor Makes Comeback With Defense

Jul. 8, 2000
By Contributing Writer

As a Sacramento County prosecutor, Pete Harned had it all - but lost it when he was arrested July 19, 1996, on suspicion of po...


Judges and Judiciary


Calling him a "legal bully" and "the quintessential professional litigant," defendants in a real estate disclosure action move...