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Government


Masked Protesters Cause Fracas at School Meeting

Mar. 18, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

ORANGE - 'Who were those masked people?' is a question the board of trustees at the Orange Unified School District may be aski...


Entertainment & Sports


Dying Boy Is Comforted by Blimps, Angels

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA This week's rerun shows us the reasons 'Ally McBeal' is a hit. ...


Litigation


Promoter Testifies, Sobs in Holocaust Trial

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Hollywood promoter Alan Boinus, accused of duping an 80-year-old woman out of the rights to her life story of hidi...


Constitutional Law


By Alan Cochrum How can I put this? I have serious problems with Roman Catholic theology. (Which is not a surprising thing, gi...


Intellectual Property


Rapid Disclosure

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

Rapid Disclosure Northern District of California Procedures for Markman Hearings By Guy W. Chambers The Supreme Court's landma...


Public Interest


Handguns Dont Kill, People Do

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

By Jill "J.R." Labbe How many times and how many ways does this have to be said before it sinks in? Criminals don't care about...


Environmental


Exxon Still Mired in $5B Verdict

Mar. 18, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A "tasteless joke" told by a bailiff to a juror during deliberations was not enough to bring down the $5 billi...


Entertainment & Sports


Innocents Do Not Belong in The Slammer

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA 'The Practice' asks how can our system allow defendants innocent of a crime to be convicted. Page 8. ^^The Practice^^ By...


Intellectual Property


Secret Bits

Mar. 18, 2000
By Columnist

^^Intellectual Property^^ Secret Bits New Rules Liberalize Export of Encryption Software The new regulations remove some of th...


Judges and Judiciary


Echoes Of Loss Remain

Mar. 18, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Los Angeles County Commissioner H. George Taylor had the rest of his life pretty well planned out: relaxing...


Judges and Judiciary


Altman Says Goodbye to Bench After 20 Years

Mar. 18, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Lawyers stop him in hallways and at elevator bays, each expressing a version of, "Oh, no - say it ain't so!" The reaction to t...


Bankruptcy


Peacemaker

Mar. 17, 2000
By Rebecca Kuzins

COSTA MESA - The current spate of economic prosperity is benefiting almost everyone - except bankruptcy attorneys and trustees...


Government


It was one extraordinary day. On Wednesday, the Rampart police scandal's bitter, long-simmering brew of political jockeying, l...


Government


The Los Angeles City Council within the next two weeks will consider the Los Angeles Police Commission's request for about $1....


Government


Garcetti, Parks Seem To Be Cooperating

Mar. 17, 2000
By Michael Harris

One day after an extraordinary public showdown between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcet...


Public Interest


Apostrophic Musings

Mar. 17, 2000
By Columnist


Insurance


Policy Protection

Mar. 17, 2000
By Columnist

Insurance Law: Insureds may have some coverage for sexual harassment under traditional insurance policies. ...


Criminal


By Tracy K. Rice The stunning verdicts in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo reflect a gross miscarriage of justice and only ...


Litigation


Bankrupt Firm Sues Conservator, Lawyers

Mar. 17, 2000
By Denise Levin

Caremark Rx Inc., formerly known as MedPartners Inc., has sued its former state-appointed conservator and attorneys for $100 m...


Criminal


Shield Protects Reporter in Cult Case

Mar. 17, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A Riverside Press-Enterprise reporter was called as a witness by the defense Wednesday in the sanity phase of a cu...


Civil Rights


WASHINGTON - Odds are you've probably never heard of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service until now. And that'...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Enrollee Rights

Mar. 17, 2000
By Columnist


Judges and Judiciary


Four L.A. Judges Plan Permanent Spring Break

Mar. 17, 2000
By Denise Levin

At least four Los Angeles Superior Court judges plan to take a permanent spring break from the bench in the next couple of mon...


Personal Injury & Torts


Jury Finds No Liability -- And $4.3M Damages

Mar. 17, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In a decision that lawyers say is rare but not unprecedented, a jury has awarded millions of dollars to plaintiffs without fir...


Native Americans


On his way to San Quentin's death house early Wednesday morning, serial killer Darrell Rich wanted to make a detour to the swe...


Criminal


Council Sets Up Fund for LAPD Suits

Mar. 17, 2000
By Chris Ford

Taking swipes at Mayor Richard Riordan's plan to fund judgments arising from corrupt policing with tobacco-settlement money, C...


Government


Parks Backs Down, Will Cooperate With DA

Mar. 17, 2000
By Michael Harris

Following an extraordinary public standoff between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcetti o...


Criminal


Police Searches of Cars Up for Court Review

Mar. 17, 2000
By David Kravets

SAN FRANCISCO - Delving into the rights of motorists, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review two cases in ...


Criminal


Death Sentence Follows Ouster of Two Dissidents

Mar. 17, 2000
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - After two dissenting jurors were removed from the panel on consecutive days, a jury Wednesday sentenced a Riversid...


Criminal


Lobsters Freed; Divers Snared

Mar. 16, 2000
By Claude Walbert