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Criminal


Judge Finds Strikes Sentence Nutty

Sep. 30, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - After finishing up a prison term in 1996 for the last of four burglary convictions, Michael Robles seemed to be g...


Government


Although the ultimate goal for Los Angeles County's courts is to make a decision on trial court unification, the Municipal an...


Labor/Employment


Health-insurance forms, emergency contact cards and employee handbooks are not the only paperwork that new employees must sig...


Government


L.A. Will Pay Firms 18% Of Gun Suit Recoveries

Sep. 30, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved contingency fee agreements with two law firms helping City Attor...


Criminal


DA Makes 2nd Try at Merging Murder Trials

Sep. 30, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

SAN BERNARDINO - A deputy district attorney wants a suspected gang leader who is already facing the death penalty for his par...


Criminal


DA to Revive 'Roll-Out' for Shootings

Sep. 30, 1999
By Michael Harris

At the urging of Los Angeles county supervisors concerned about the Los Angeles police department's Rampart Division corrupti...


Personal Injury & Torts


WASHINGTON - Adding another federalism case to its docket, the Supreme Court will decide whether Congress exceeded its authori...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kaiser's Dreaded Database

Sep. 30, 1999
By Chris Ford

When the state Supreme Court struck down Kaiser Permanente's mandatory arbitration process in a ground-breaking decision in 19...


Criminal


Vega Succeeded Against The Odds

Sep. 30, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A pastel drawing hangs at eye level between the high windows overlooking San Diego Bay. It depicts a man so lost ...


Entertainment & Sports


Joe Shapiro, Former Disney Executive, Dies at 52

Sep. 30, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

Joe Shapiro, former executive vice president and counsel for the Walt Disney Co., died Thursday following a recent recurrence...


Law Office Automation


Gov. Gray Davis brought California's judicial system into the digital age this week, signing a bill that enables courts to es...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Tough Fight

Sep. 29, 1999
By Columnist

^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Tough Fight Avoiding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Once a client has signed a binding arbi...


Government


Signed Bill Opens Door to HMO Suits

Sep. 29, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - An estimated 14 million Californians now have a new litigation weapon to wield against health plans that deny, d...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Exactly a year after a mysterious oil spill was discovered off the Northern California coast, the captain and...


Constitutional Law


State's Judicial Residency Law Unconstitutional

Sep. 29, 1999
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge Monday declared unconstitutional a state law requiring Superior Court judges to live in...


Labor/Employment


Ex-PD Files Claim for Wrongful Termination

Sep. 29, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

RIVERSIDE - The former public defender here has filed a wrongful dismissal claim against the Riverside County Board of Superv...


Family


SACRAMENTO - Few have more to lose politically than Gil Garcetti now that the governor has signed legislation that strips dis...


Public Interest


Overseer Focuses on Social Change

Sep. 29, 1999
By Jeffrey Anderson

Few people can boast of once living beneath Dodger Stadium. Civil rights attorney Sharon Lybeck Hartmann is one of them. A na...


Insurance


Kaiser's Jury Is Still Out

Sep. 29, 1999
By Denise Levin

In 1992, Beverly Benton went to her doctor at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group for treatment of a urinary tract infection. ...


Family


SACRAMENTO - Now comes the hard part. On Friday, Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a historic overhaul of California's troubled...


Government


The boy wore a red sweatshirt with a picture of Minnie kissing Mickey Mouse and spent the day quietly drawing pictures of bra...


Government


Lockyer Rejects Voting Rights Concerns in L.A.

Sep. 29, 1999
By Jean Guccione

In an effort to ease the fears of trial court unification foes, Attorney General Bill Lockyer has strongly refuted critical a...


Criminal


DA Disputes Wiretap Allegations

Sep. 29, 1999
By Michael Harris

The head of the Los Angeles County district attorney's major narcotics division Monday dismissed the defense bar's latest att...


Civil Rights


A federal judge Monday gave final approval to the settlement of a 1993 class-action lawsuit brought against the Anti-Defamati...


Government


Inspector General Gets Green Light From LAPD

Sep. 29, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

A dispute over what Los Angeles Police Department materials the inspector general should have access to has been resolved, of...


Intellectual Property


Snow Line

Sep. 28, 1999
By Columnist

By Kent R. Raygor and Oral Caglar The federal Trademark Amendments Act, Pub. L. No. 106-43, 113 Stat. 218, signed into law by...


Criminal


Parks Wants City to Adopt Anti-Gang Ordinance

Sep. 28, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks is calling a county anti-gang loitering ordinance "a viable tool" and recommending the...


Personal Injury & Torts


Court: Driver At Fault for Car Door Injury

Sep. 28, 1999
By Anna Marie Stolley

SAN FRANCISCO - One could certainly argue that when Somma Sriee Sooria Arratchiga decided to become a parking lot attendant, ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


It's Alive!

Sep. 28, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

By Don J. DeBenedictis Yes, Virginia, there really is a State Bar. Contrary to popular opinion, it did not expire when then-G...


Law Office Automation


Computer Calamity

Sep. 28, 1999
By Columnist

By Gary S. Wong Major earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural occurrences can be potential disasters for law firms. Hard...