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Criminal

San Diego Teen-agers to be Tried as Adults

Aug. 15, 1998
By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that three 15-year-olds charged with murder in the death of a 12-...


Insurance

Critics Assail Commissioner's Actions

Aug. 15, 1998
By Denise Levin

Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke, who ordered the arrest of dozens of defendants for perjury and filing fa...



Appellate Practice

The Duke of Dissent

Aug. 15, 1998
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - When Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, many observers predicted the conservat...


Civil Rights

Gay Employee Wins $900K for Discrimination

Aug. 15, 1998
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - A gay man who claimed he was "mercilessly" harassed by co-workers at a flashlight manufacturing company has won a...



Personal Injury & Torts

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here has coordinated 12 lawsuits filed against tobacco companies by union pension fund...


Judges and Judiciary

WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court announced June 22 it would not review a case from San Francisco, the denial stood out fro...



Criminal

SAN FRANCISCO - Over the objections of the San Mateo county counsel, a judge Wednesday appointed prominent criminal defense l...


Real Estate/Development

Making Ends Meet

Aug. 14, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

If you're going to jump onto the frontage road alongside I-215 just north of Perris to take a shortcut while traffic on the f...



Government

Juvenile Justice Budget Targets Female Offenders

Aug. 14, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - As this year's lawmaking season winds down, the Legislature has once again opted to spend money on prevention pr...


Probate

Lawyer Punished For Filing Appeal 'Dead on Arrival'

Aug. 14, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

A disapproving state appeal court has sanctioned a Santa Paula lawyer for refusing to take its hint and filing an appeal the ...



Health Care & Hospital Law

HMOs Ordered To Observe Due Process Rights

Aug. 14, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Extending new rights to Medicare patients, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that health maintenance or...


Judges and Judiciary

SACRAMENTO - Trial courts received a mixed bag - no money for new judges, court-employee salary hikes or high-tech upgrades, ...



Judges and Judiciary

SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee decided Tuesday to give further study to the workload of the California Supreme C...


Criminal

On the same day Kevin Silvas was sentenced for murdering his estranged wife Carolina, Gov. Pete Wilson signed a bill under wh...



Insurance

Consumer Advocates Seek Prop. 103 Compliance

Aug. 13, 1998
By Lauren Blau

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups and elected officials asked Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush Tuesday to enfor...


Government

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $215,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was falsely ...



Judges and Judiciary

Los Angeles County would not be able to spend money to build new courthouses until it completes a needs assessment under legi...


Litigation

Paradise Lost

Aug. 13, 1998
By Denise Levin

Some of them sighed animatedly; others grumbled and shook their heads. One walked out of the court hearing in disgust, mumbli...



Judges and Judiciary

O.C. Lawyers Offer Court-Affiliated Mediation

Aug. 13, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA - The Court Affiliated Civil Mediation Program was in the planning stages for about two years and finally took off i...


Corporate

Case Tests Right Of Corporate Counsel to Fees

Aug. 13, 1998
By Vivien Lou Chen

SAN FRANCISCO - No one disputes the fact that Eric B. Simon was the prevailing attorney in Meyer v. California International ...



Judges and Judiciary

SAN DIEGO - A clerk wheeled two carts into prosecutor Gary W. Schons' office, stacked with a dozen accordion files chronicling...


Litigation

SACRAMENTO - Voter enactment of Proposition 51, the 1986 ballot measure that limited "deep pockets" liability, remains a pain...



Judges and Judiciary

The Bar Wants JNE's Angels to Be Anonymous

Aug. 13, 1998
By Jean Guccione

State Bar leaders have refused to make public the names of law firms and corporations that have contributed as much as $10,00...


Technology & Science

Raychem Hit With $64 Million Antitrust Verdict

Aug. 12, 1998
By Don De Benedictis

A Riverside company won a $64 million verdict Monday in an antitrust suit charging that electronics giant Raychem Corp. of Me...



Intellectual Property

SAN JOSE - Los Angeles lawyer Daniel M. Shapiro thought it would be a simple process to post the county's criminal jury instr...


Judges and Judiciary

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court came down hard Monday on Tulare Superior Court Judge Howard R. Broadman, publicl...



Public Interest

SACRAMENTO - Hardly a hot-button policy issue blows through this town that isn't on the agenda of Pacific Legal Foundation. Yo...


Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti is praising his family support bureau's collection totals for fiscal year 19...



Civil Rights

Nightclub Sued for Turning Away Guide Dog

Aug. 12, 1998
By Jill Boekenoogen

SANTA BARBARA - Should a blind man with a guide dog have been allowed into a crowded dance club here, even if doing so could ...


Government

A Hyphen Is the Difference in Race for AG

Aug. 12, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Ever wonder what campaign lawyers do? Sometimes they fight over punctuation - at least in the hotly contested ra...