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Civil Rights


Prop. 187 Author at It Again

Nov. 24, 1999
By Columnist

By Raoul Lowery Contreras The person who plunged California into a racial Black Hole in 1994, the sponsor of "Save Our State,...


Corporate


Seeing the Light

Nov. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^Movie Review^^ Seeing the Light 'The Insider' Is a Morality Play Pitting the Good of Society Against Big Business At what p...


Judges and Judiciary


Taylor to Become Inglewoods P.J.

Nov. 24, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Taylor to Become Inglewood's P.J. Judge Eric C. Taylor has been elected to a two-year term as presiding judge of Inglewood Mu...


Military Law


Germany Army Base Was Miracle Place One Thanksgiving By Wesley H. Avery Miracle Base. That was the radio call-sign of the bas...


International


Incoming Issues

Nov. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^International Law^^ Incoming Issues New System Governs Imports Into Brazil These now-effective regulations shorten the time...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar's DRS Plans Awards Dinner

Nov. 24, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Bar's DRS Plans Awards Dinner Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Hahn, Superior Court Judge Haley J. Fromholz and attorney Li...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Court Won't Let County Duck Poor's Health Care

Nov. 24, 1999
By David Kravetz

In a substantial victory for the poor and their advocates, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that counties must provi...


Judges and Judiciary


O.C. Gadfly Can Be Prosecuted

Nov. 24, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

WESTMINSTER - An Orange County Superior Court judge Monday stressed the constitutional validity of charges against a Huntingt...


Law Practice


Services have been conducted for Lee C. Shaw, a Los Angeles labor law attorney who was one of the founders of Seyfarth, Shaw,...


Law Practice


Nearly 4,000 new members will join the ranks of California lawyers soon based on results from the latest bar examination. Res...


Litigation


A name partner of the law firm of Condon, Condon & Festa is accused of disparaging a former legal secretary by allegedly ...


Contracts


Ex-Senator Settles Suit Over Fees

Nov. 24, 1999
By Denise Levin

Former state Sen. Charles Calderon has settled the breach of contract lawsuit brought against him by a fund-raiser who claime...


Family


Suffer The Children

Nov. 24, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

PIONEER - Every Tuesday morning, Karen Anderson, a mother at war with the court system of Amador County, gets into her batter...


Family


Lawmakers Question Abuse Theory

Nov. 24, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

Parental alienation syndrome is a controversial psychological theory developed by Richard A. Gardner, a professor of child ps...


Entertainment & Sports


After decades of profiting from lust, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is poised to add greed to his repertoire of dead...


Entertainment & Sports


By John M. Genga Since 1971, California courts have recognized that a celebrity may exploit to the exclusion of others the va...


By Indur M. Goklany Here in the United States, the air is generally cleaner today than it has been in many decades. Conventio...


Entertainment & Sports


A Firm Grip

Nov. 23, 1999
By Stacy Cohen

By Stacy L. Cohen Raising venture capital, having a Hollywood power breakfast at Beverly Hills' Peninsula Hotel, and meeting w...


Entertainment & Sports


Rap Artists Gets Felony Probation

Nov. 23, 1999
By Michael Harris

Rap Artist Gets Felony Probation Rap artist Russell Jones pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court in what is ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


At first, Larry Weeks didn't think a recent merger of two online companies would turn out to be the most valuable transaction ...


Banking


Precise Words

Nov. 23, 1999
By Columnist

Precise Words A secured lender must amend its financing statement if its debtor changes its name, or the lender will lose its ...


DEFENSE LAWYER TO REVITALIZE COMMITTEE The Defense Research Institute, headquartered in Chicago, has appointed Karen Anderson ...


Public Interest


Serving Up Legal Advice, With Relish

Nov. 23, 1999
By Emma Varesio

Lawyer Gives The Wurst Kind of Advice Kim Pearman prefers to dish out legal advice with a little chili. Or cheese. Or even mus...


Large Firms


A Healthy Outlook

Nov. 23, 1999
By Tamara Scott

By Tamara Scott Nancy Cohen was furiously preparing to defend Atlantic Richfield Company in a six-month trial in October 1997 ...


Riordan & McKinzie TWO ONLINE COMPANIES E-MERGE AS ONE San Francisco-based Digital Island Inc. has agreed to merge with Sa...


Labor/Employment


By Bruce Raynor We hear endless stories about our wonderful economy - budget surpluses, a soaring stock market, record low un...


Large Firms


Clearing the Air About Those JFK Cigars

Nov. 23, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

Looking for that perfect novel for your holiday vacation? Consider one featuring a lovesick expatriate Cuban, an unscrupulous ...


Judges and Judiciary


Transcripts on Recusal Hearing to Be Unsealed

Nov. 23, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The Superior Court judge who ordered a closed hearing Oct. 6 on the question of possible recusal of the entire Sa...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - A lawyer who pleaded guilty to writing bad checks to a disabled client after he misappropriated accident settleme...


Personal Injury & Torts


Lawyers Charged in Kickback Scheme

Nov. 23, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Lawyers Charged In Kickback Scheme Three personal injury attorneys, six chiropractors and one law office administrator are ex...