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Insurance


Policy Punctuality

Apr. 21, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: Insurance Law By Kirk A. Pasich Insurance policies often contain specific requirements about when certain acts m...


Litigation


Mistaken Identity

Apr. 21, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: By Harvey Gee The time has come to re-evaluate the influence of race on witness identification. A growing body of resea...


Litigation


Forum: By Sandra Waite On Tuesday, the state Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on AB2808. This legislation, if ...


Judges and Judiciary


Commission to Depose S.D. Lawyer

Apr. 21, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A lawyer involved in a $100 million dollar lawsuit will be interviewed next week under oath by the Commission on J...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Is Facing Crisis With Vacancies

Apr. 21, 2000
By Jean Guccione

The Los Angeles County Superior Court could have as many as 25 judicial vacancies by the end of May, the presiding judge said ...


Government


Prosecutors Want to Dismiss Another Six Cases

Apr. 21, 2000
By Michael Harris

In what will bring to 66 the number of cases thrown out of court due to the Rampart police corruption scandal, Los Angeles Cou...


Government


A Kurdish physician, imprisoned in the United States for more than three years, accused of being a national security threat, t...


Criminal


Cop Killer: 'Eye for an Eye'

Apr. 21, 2000
By Jason W. Armstrong

SANTA ANA - Orange County jurors took just half an hour Wednesday to reach a recommendation that convicted cop killer Hung Tha...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Doctors' Local

Apr. 20, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: Health Care Law By John H. Douglas and Clare Richardson The phenomenon often referred to as "unionization" amon...


Large Firms


Latham' Sonnenschein Makes Lateral Move

Apr. 20, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Edward Sonnenschein Jr., head of Latham & Watkins' corporate department, has moved over to become co-chair of the firm's v...


Judges and Judiciary


A Clerk's Clerk

Apr. 20, 2000
By Martin Kruming

San Diego Watch: A memorial service was held April 12 in Escondido for Bill Luddy , the first clerk of the U.S. District Court...


Public Interest


A Reminder at Passover to Celebrate Liberation for All

Apr. 20, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Forum: By Rabbi Eli Hecht Every once in a while, you read or hear an incredible story from World War II and wonder if it's tru...


Civil Rights


Bias Hunt

Apr. 20, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: By Naomi Lopez Bauman The high-tech revolution has driven the economy into unprecedented growth, low unemployment, new-...


Criminal


S.D. Wages War on Date-Rape Drug

Apr. 20, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Timed to coincide with spring break for thousands of college and high school students, the initial phase of a publ...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - An attempt finally to launch the first part of a historic effort to protect water quality in the Sacramento-Sa...


Government


The economic growth that has boosted the fortunes of the affluent in recent years has trickled down to the city of Los Angeles...


Government


Without comment Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a plan to build a $22.3 million police station in the San Ferna...


Civil Rights


Stopped By the Cops

Apr. 20, 2000
By Chris Ford

In May, a Los Angeles Police Department anti gang officer pulled over, searched and accused Los Angeles teacher Carlos Gonzale...


Litigation


Paradise Uncorked

Apr. 20, 2000
By John Roemer

William P. Jaeger produces acclaimed vintages at his Freemark Abbey winery in Napa Valley, and that's not all he's fermenting....


Criminal


Delay Sought In Deportation Of Drug Dealer

Apr. 20, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Federal prosecutors have interceded with immigration authorities to delay the deportation of a convicted drug dealer because h...


Large Firms


Landels Ripley Is 'Realigning' In Firm Merger

Apr. 20, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

SAN FRANCISCO - Landels, Ripley & Diamond has confirmed that it is in merger discussions with an unnamed firm and plans to...


Criminal


Cop Killer Causes Ruckus in Court

Apr. 19, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Convicted cop killer Hung Thanh Mai shouted expletives and overturned a counsel table before being tackled to the ...


Law Practice


Savvy Firms Now Buy Computer Equipment

Apr. 19, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: By Kimberly Quackenbush In the past, software upgrades happened so fast that the process bordered on planned obsolesce...


Elder Law


Indictments Issued in Conservatorships

Apr. 19, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

RIVERSIDE - A woman accused of stealing money and possessions from sick and elderly clients and the Riverside lawyer accused o...


Insurance


Forum: By Russ Nichols If you think Chuck Quackenbush is a fine, upstanding citizen, you would have liked Al Capone. Our insur...


Law Practice


BREAKING SOUND BARRIERS

Apr. 19, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: Speak Easy By Charan Levitan In today's business environment, legal professionals often find themselves speaking via el...


Criminal


Cult Leader Receives 89-Years-to-Life Sentence

Apr. 19, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Moments before receiving a sentence of 89 years to life, the leader of the Gatekeepers sang the national anthem, i...


Criminal


Cyber-Seduction Defense

Apr. 19, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: By Pual Teetor The Internet made me do it. That's the latest spin from accused cyber-criminals. And it could become the...


Government


County Budget: More Deputies, Prosecutors

Apr. 19, 2000
By Chris Ford

As the county of Los Angeles celebrates 150 years of existence, Chief Administrative Officer David E. Janssen on Monday propos...


Law Practice


Appellate Court Upholds Verdict

Apr. 19, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

An appellate court has affirmed a Los Angeles jury's verdict against civil rights attorney Milton Grimes, who was ordered to p...