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Education


UCLA Law Student Pleads to Doctoring Grades

Feb. 9, 1999
By Michael Harris

Granted, competition for entry-level jobs at top law firms is fierce. But by his own admission, UCLA law school student Ramon...


RIVERSIDE - It's been more than a year since the passage of the Trial Court Funding Act, or AB233, and judicial officials in ...



Real Estate/Development


O.C. Judge to Hear Arguments on Flag Display

Feb. 6, 1999
By Tamara Koehler

SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge Thursday postponed ruling on whether to grant a preliminary injunction against Vietnamese ...


Technology & Science


Long-Awaited Avant Trial Set For September

Feb. 6, 1999
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The much-delayed Avant criminal trade-secrets theft case, which was filed in 1997, is scheduled to go to trial bef...



Contracts


A music producer has sued singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and his accountants at the now-defunct Coopers & Lybrand, claim...


Large Firms


Bay Areas Jackson Tufts to Close

Feb. 6, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - Jackson, Tufts, Cole & Black, a 35-year-old Bay Area firm, is closing its doors. "The partners of the fir...



Government


A proposed comprehensive bill, written by a Los Angeles prosecutor, would ban anyone under a domestic violence restraining or...


Discipline


ABA Board Nixes Law Firm Discipline

Feb. 6, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

Perhaps foreshadowing action Monday by the American Bar Association's policy-setting body, the organization's Board of Govern...



Personal Injury & Torts


In a victory for the Church of Scientology International, a state appeal court Thursday made it harder for a longtime adversa...


Health Care & Hospital Law


SACRAMENTO - For reproductive health-care advocates, particularly in California, the legal and political environment for abor...



Health Care & Hospital Law


Catholic Hospitals By the Numbers

Feb. 6, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - The following quantifies the rising influence of Catholic hospitals and their impact on access to reproductive h...


Product Liability


Devout Hindu Gets Beefy Deal From Taco Bell

Feb. 6, 1999
By Mathew Heller

VENTURA - After biting into a beef burrito from Taco Bell that he thought was a vegetarian item, Mukesh Rai claimed he would ...



Appellate Practice


Schism Appears Over Sentencing

Feb. 6, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A war of words erupted within the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday, with five dissenting judges acc...


Criminal


Commissioner Slashed Bail for Accused Dealer

Feb. 5, 1999
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles County prosecutors Wednesday voiced irritation that a Municipal Court commissioner, acting on a probation departm...



SAN FRANCISCO - Rejecting appeals from both sides, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to decide the extent to ...


Bankruptcy


A tangled dispute over the film, television and video rights to the comic book character Spiderman became less twisted Wednes...



Juvenile


Child Abuse Case Will Remain in L.A.

Feb. 5, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

In a volatile and unprecedented case with more twists and turns than a roller coaster, a Los Angeles Juvenile Court bench off...


Litigation


Comic Sues Over Appearance in Adult Video

Feb. 5, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

Comedian Craig Shoemaker, Magic Johnson's sidekick on the former basketball great's ill-fated talk show, wants $10 million fr...



Criminal


Kick Leads to Manslaughter Charge

Feb. 5, 1999
By B. Scott Bortnick

SANTA MARIA - Sharlene Miller came to Santa Maria's Town Center Mall last December to catch a comedy at the local theater. Sh...


State Bar & Bar Associations


WASHINGTON - A broad grin has worked its way to Philip S. Anderson's face. "This job is a lot more fun than I thought it woul...



Judges and Judiciary


Municipal Court judges are quickly becoming extinct in California - at least as members of the state Judicial Council and Com...


Government


No Funds Are Allocated for New L.A. Court

Feb. 5, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Plans for a new federal courthouse in Los Angeles may be in jeopardy, court officials here said Wednesday, becau...



Contracts


Monkee Wrench Is Thrown Into PBS Lawsuit

Feb. 4, 1999
By Garry Abrams

A former member of the television rock band the Monkees has been awarded $47 million in a counterclaim action against the Pub...


Litigation


DARE Sues Magazine for $50M

Feb. 4, 1999
By Martin Bergn

A national, Culver City-based anti-drug program filed a $50 million libel suit Tuesday against Rolling Stone magazine, chargi...



Alternative Dispute Resolution


A sexual battery lawsuit brought by an associate against a senior partner of the now-defunct Solish, Jordan, Arbiter & Wi...


Government


The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to review the current process used in the county counsel's office f...



Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced Tuesday that she has recommended Los Angeles attorneys Fredric Woocher a...


Environmental


Water Meters' Lead Content Spurs Suit

Feb. 4, 1999
By Denise Levin

An environmental law group has filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against a water meter manufacturer that allegedly sold the Los ...



Civil Rights


A man who claims he wrongly was kept in jail for more than a week after his bail was posted has filed a lawsuit seeking class...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Another battle may be brewing over a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee, but this potential showdown has ...