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Constitutional Law


Gavel Struggle

Jan. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The problem is, as helpful as Miranda is in regularizing police conduct in general, it can also unnecessarily impede the resol...


Large Firms


On a Roll

Jan. 11, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

If Bill Price is nervous in the courtroom, it's not because he's scared of trying cases. Nor is it because of the multimillion...


The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. - Henry David Thoreau Oppenheimer Wolff THREE B...


Criminal


Accused Rapist Pleads Not Guilty

Jan. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Accused Rapist Pleads Not Guilty A 26-year-old Reseda man accused of brutally raping an attorney early New Year's Day in her B...


Large Firms


Generating Life

Jan. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Fusing the old and the new, Los Angeles' 50-year-old Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger is returning to its core competenc...


Law Practice


Services have been held for bankruptcy attorney Peter James Leotta, who died at a Northridge hospital Dec. 31 after suffering ...


Government


Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's campaign manager on Friday retracted a statement that challenger Barry Gro...


Litigation


Accident Victim Leads Fight for Disabled Access

Jan. 11, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - It's often the restroom that starts the problems for Kathleen Lentini, who uses a wheelchair after being paralyze...


Litigation


Breaking Barriers

Jan. 11, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Kathleen Lentini was rolling up a ramp that was intended to make buildings accessible for physically disabled peop...


Law Practice


OBITUARY

Jan. 10, 2000
By Chris Ford

Jack E. Brown, a pioneering Phoenix intellectual property attorney who led Apple Computer Inc. to a major victory over a clone...


Litigation


JUDICIARY

Jan. 10, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

From Staff Reports LOS ANGELES - A convoluted federal fraud lawsuit and accompanying bankruptcy lawsuit involving Citrus Munic...


Litigation


High Court Considers Doctor Review Rights

Jan. 8, 2000
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court seemed inclined Thursday to uphold 1996 legislation limiting the appeal rights of...


Litigation


Two Step Two-Step

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The Legislature should amend the FEHA to disregard Stevenson and require the exhaustion of administrative remedies in all case...


Criminal


Rampart's Scandal Victim Gets Shorter Term

Jan. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

A judge Thursday reduced by three years the prison term of a man framed in one of two cocaine cases by the former police offic...


Government


RIVERSIDE - County employees no longer have to pay for hearings to contest discipline actions or firing, thanks to a change of...


Litigation


Coming Around Again

Jan. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

To attorneys John B. Golper, John J. Manier and Douglas N. Silverstein, longtime McDonnell Douglas Corp. employee Lonnie Staff...


Entertainment & Sports


In this week's rerun of 'Ally McBeal,' Billy and Georgia Thomas represent a woman suing her former employer, claiming she was ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Assuming Risk

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

A series of cases has refined the doctrine of assumption of risk and re-defined how to bring motions for summary judgment. ...


Litigation


Global Reach

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Having a website is dangerous because people can sue businesses located anywhere. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Keeping Things Cool

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Kimberly Sheffield-Deck may not be a family-law mediator, but she knows how to work with impassioned litigants in the midst of...


Government


Garcetti Rejects Debate Invitations

Jan. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

Garcetti Rejects Debate Invitations Prosecutor Stephen Cooley, who is running for Los Angeles County district attorney in the ...


Large Firms


Strengthening its litigation department, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited two assistant U.S. atto...


Litigation


Out the Door

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

To cut off liability exposure, employers should require that employees separating from their positions sign comprehensive seve...


Entertainment & Sports


Law & Order: Dad Teaches Teen to Kill

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

When one kid brutally murders another kid, someone must be criminally responsible. But when the evidence against the suspected...


Litigation


No Thanks!

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Kelly v. City of Oakland , USCA 9th CA, 98-16482, Nov. 23 1999, a workplace same-sex sexual harassment case, analyzed two type...


Personal Injury & Torts


Bad Blood

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Blood bank professional association owes no duty to minor infected with HIV. ...


Litigation


Just before a jury was to be selected, a judge dismissed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against Liner, Yankelevitz, Sunshine...


Constitutional Law


Shopping Around for Free Speech

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Shoppers irritated by petition-wielding activists as they try to enter stores may be in for some relief. ...


Litigation


Specialty of the House

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The three defense attorneys on the Stafford v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. [USDC Case No. 94-5771 RSWL (Kx) (1999); Ninth Circuit ...


Law Practice


Orange County Lawyer, Wife Face Grand Theft Felony Charges

Jan. 8, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange attorney and his wife were arrested Thursday on charges of bilking more than $150,000 from clients and s...