Important Inoculation Act Provides Y2K Amnesty If Strict Requirements Are Met By Kurt Zimmerman President Clinton recently si...
^^The Practice^^ By M.C. Sungaila Rebecca Washington and Eugene Young defend a young woman, Jan Carlson, accused of murdering...
Government
Six Incumbents Fail to File for O.C. Re-Election
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - The judges in Orange County who did not file for re-election by the filing deadline for incumbents Wednesday were...
Contracts
Fired Contract Attorney From N.Y. Sues Latham & Watkins for Breach
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - A contract attorney fired by Latham & Watkins' San Francisco office has sued the firm for breach of contr...
SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is mourning the unexpected death of the head of its environmental practice, Jo...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Court Sanctions McCutchen for YWCA Conflict
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court judge has sanctioned and disqualified McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in...
State Bar & Bar Associations
L.A. Bar Votes to Give Aid to State Bar
By Don De Benedictis
The trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association have taken steps to protect the struggling State Bar of California and...
The Inglewood City Council has approved a six-figure settlement in a reverse-discrimination lawsuit filed against the city by...
Government
Riverside's Chief Assistant PD Resigns in Wake of New Regime
By Daniel Jennings
The No. 2 man in the Riverside County public defender's office, Chief Assistant Deputy Public Defender Floyd A. Zagorsky, has...
SANTA ANA - Robert Newman doesn't consider himself an animal-rights activist. But it was a near-eviction from an Orange Count...
Real Estate/Development
Vallejo signs Mare Island agreement with Navy
By John Mc Cloud
By John McCloud In early October the U.S. Navy signed an economic development conveyance agreement with the Vallejo Redevelop...
Los Angeles County's retirement system should be revamped because in some cases employees are eligible for service-connected ...
RIVERSIDE - A probate and elder law attorney here has been charged with helping one of his clients steal hundreds of thousand...
The city of Los Angeles could become liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims that will almost surely be filed as...
Entertainment & Sports
Steven Seagal Spins a Sequel To 'Above The Law,' This Time Starring Hollywood Execs
By Garry Abrams
Your honor, we concede the signature on that document appears to be a forgery. And it sure looks like one of our clients did ...
Biggest Silicon Valley build-to-suit for 1999 Sobrato Development Cos. signed Exodus Communications Inc. to 10-year leases fo...
Off the skids The price was not high compared to other San Francisco transactions this year, but the $13 million sale of 989 ...
Bill Millichap poses an interesting question, via e-mail, for all to ponder as we continue to observe the allure of the Inter...
Mill Valley lawyer David Hobler picked up a heavy drinking habit around the same time he was urging courts to rehabilitate, no...
The California Insurance Commissioner announced Tuesday that any European insurance company that does not submit a list of al...
SACRAMENTO - Four or five candidates have emerged as potential successors to State Public Defender Fern M. Laethem. Lynne S. ...
Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army solider Sara Jane Olson filed three motions Tuesday in Los Angeles Su...
Government
9th Circuit Allows, Limits Rules On National Forest Gatherings
By Dennis Pfaff
The federal government can impose some limits on the yearly back-country gathering of free spirits known as the Rainbow Famil...
SAN DIEGO - A couple are facing charges that could send the husband to prison because, prosecutors say, they pulled up the wi...
SAN FRANCISCO - Significantly expanding Indian sovereignty, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that tribal courts have jur...
Real Estate/Development
O.C. Board OKs DA's Move From Courthouse
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Orange County's Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a lease agreement that will allow the district attorney's o...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave no indication whether it will forbid public colleges and universities to use m...
Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks said Tuesday he would support a proposed ordinance banning the sale of ammunition. "I ...
Irene Gut Opdyke risked her life during World War II to hide a dozen Jews in the basement of the Nazi officer's home where she...
Real Estate/Development
Bay Area real estate boom only now hitting northernmost counties
By John Mc Cloud
Bay Area real estate boom only now hitting northernmost counties By John McCloud Given their location so close to San Francis...