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Government


S.F. Cop's Suit Over Complaint SLAPP'd Down

Oct. 22, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - It will cost a police sergeant $52,000 in legal fees for suing San Franciscan Betty Evans, a superior court j...


Constitutional Law


A California law allowing police to sue individuals for allegedly lodging false complaints against them has been found uncons...


Civil Rights


With Los Angeles County prosecutors conceding they had not complied with one portion of his order regulating their use of wir...


Appellate Practice


Would a Bailment by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?

Oct. 22, 1999
By Anna Marie Stolley

To this day, film buffs ponder the significance of "Rosebud" - a simple word with powerful meaning, integral to Orson Welles'...


Insurance


Damage Control

Oct. 21, 1999
By Columnist

Damage Control Sue-and-Labor Clauses Will Generally Not Cover Y2K Remediation By Patrick E. Shipstead and Scott G. Johnson Ove...


Criminal


Recusal of DA Sought in S.D. Cop Killer Case

Oct. 21, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego district attorney's office is "hopelessly compromised" and should not be allowed to retry four men ...


Criminal


Anti-Hate Acts Pose a Danger

Oct. 21, 1999
By Columnist

By Jeffrey A. Singer Recent front-page news stories about racist gunmen attacking innocent minorities in Chicago, Los Angeles...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Health Fair

Oct. 21, 1999
By Columnist

Health Fair New Laws Will Dramatically Change Managed-Care Litigation A new state agency called the Department of Managed Car...


Military Law


World Disorder

Oct. 21, 1999
By Columnist

By Corky Pickering The world's attention has been recently focused on the often neglected subject of international criminal l...


Government


Audit OK'd for County Contractors

Oct. 21, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Audits OK'd for County Contractors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to authorize audits of all custo...


Criminal


Couple Denies Food Bank Crimes

Oct. 21, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Couple Denies Food Bank Crimes SANTA ANA - LaVerne residents Steven and Denise Helen Oleesky pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a ...


Government


Supervisors OK Changes to PD

Oct. 21, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

Supervisors OK Changes to PD SAN BERNARDINO - The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to implement t...


Government


Republican Club Sues to Block City Campain Limits

Oct. 21, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange County political club that donates hundreds of thousands of dollars to state, federal and local election...


Judges and Judiciary


In a significant shift of political strategy, state judicial leaders are preparing to ask Gov. Gray Davis to give state judge...


Litigation


Opposites Attract

Oct. 21, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Willie Brown and Clint Reilly don't often agree, but on campaign spending limits they're in sync. The mayoral...


Criminal


Law School Admissions Cheat Pleads to Robbery

Oct. 21, 1999
By Michael Harris

One of three defendants indicted in a high-tech scheme to cheat on the Law School Admissions Test pleaded guilty Tuesday to a...


Criminal


Dedicated Attention

Oct. 21, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

An agreement embraced Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that was brokered by a state lawmaker could lead...


Law Practice


Trial Advocates Give Award to Journal Reporter

Oct. 21, 1999
By From Staff Reports

The American Board of Trial Advocates has presented its highest journalism award to Los Angeles Daily Journal staff writer Ga...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Morrison & Foerster has opened a San Diego office in Carmel Valley with one attorney and more expected beginning next mon...


Law Practice


New York-based Chadbourne & Parke is losing its Los Angeles insurance and reinsurance litigation group with the departure...


Criminal


Man vs. Bear Prompts Calls For DA to Issue Charges

Oct. 21, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

Angered animal rights advocates say a recent wrestling match between 300-pound Huntington Beach weight lifter Dominic Menaldi...


Criminal


Congress Aims To Expose Bad U.S. Attorneys

Oct. 21, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - For the third time in as many years, a bipartisan group of congressmen that includes some senior lawmakers is pl...


Securities


Appeals Court Clamps Down on Class Fees

Oct. 21, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

In a boon to class action objectors, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that class members retain the ability to oppose at...


Judges and Judiciary


As if the issue of unification of Los Angeles' trial courts had not turned contentious enough, members of the state Republican...


Law Practice


Riverside DA Reorganizes Staff

Oct. 20, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

Riverside DA Reorganizes Staff Two trial lawyers in the Riverside District Attorney's office have been promoted to supervisin...


Constitutional Law


Judge Is Asked to Suspend Ruling

Oct. 20, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Judge Is Asked to Suspend Ruling The county of Los Angeles filed a motion Monday with U.S. District Judge Richard A. Paez ask...


Large Firms


Dealmaker Leaves Sheppard Mullin

Oct. 20, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Dealmaker Leaves Sheppard Mullin Corporate and securities dealmaker Larry Braun is leaving Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin...


Constitutional Law


Crumbling Wall?

Oct. 20, 1999

Crumbling Wall? High Court Set to Address Aid to Parochial Schools Underlying the voucher debate and the entire issue of gove...


Law Practice


Speaking Terms

Oct. 20, 1999
By Columnist

Speaking Terms You can't spin your story if you skip the interview By Michael S. Sitrick You're in the middle of complicated ...


Law Practice


Finding the Way Out of the Health Insurance Maze By Kim Quackenbush Like other big corporations in the late 1980s, many law f...