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Family


Panel Debates Child-Support Reform Plans

Mar. 4, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Legislative overhaul of California's child support system formally began Tuesday with bipartisan committee appro...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Kalin is calling it quits. After 20 years on the bench, he has decided to pursue his ...


Government


The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from an officer-involved ...


Judges and Judiciary


Avoid Politics

Mar. 4, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Tuesday issued a call for judges to buck popular political tides when the law ...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has announced a two-office expansion on the East Coast. The firm opened a Was...


Environmental


Judge Casts Doubt on Future Beaver Trapping

Mar. 4, 1999
By Mathew Heller

RIVERSIDE - Denying the legal challenge of animal welfare activists, a judge has allowed wildlife officials to continue trapp...


Large Firms


Services Set for Ex-O'Melveny Chair Deane F. Johnson

Mar. 4, 1999
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

Services will be conducted Friday for retired entertainment attorney Deane F. Johnson, former chair of O'Melveny & Myers i...


Product Liability


Scout's Honor

Mar. 4, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Death came quickly for 10-year-old Anthony Tourdot. Last February he was shot in the head at close range in his Id...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-Litigator Hears Criminal Cases

Mar. 4, 1999
By Amelia Vetrone

For Richard McLain, becoming a judge was the product not of his ambition but of his gratitude. It's an obligation McLain has ...


Agriculture


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to soundly reject the contention of Independent Counsel Donald C. Smalt...


Criminal


Despite Threats to Their Lives, DAs Can Handle Case

Mar. 4, 1999
By Anna Marie Stolley

Los Angeles prosecutors can continue pursuing a death penalty case against a murder defendant who allegedly tried to have the...


Judges and Judiciary


SACRAMENTO - Renewing his bid for court modernization funds, Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Monday indicated that he will ...


Large Firms


Another Partner Leaves Venture Law Group

Mar. 3, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Pickus, a partner at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, is leaving the firm to become a general partner ...


Law Practice


A judge Monday refused to bar a former Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard employee from using information the law firm c...


Judges and Judiciary


Tulare County Judge Reprimanded

Mar. 3, 1999
By Jean Guccione

For the second time in a year, Tulare County Superior Judge Howard R. Broadman has been reprimanded by the state's judicial d...


SANTA BARBARA - In a case in which a father was held responsible for a reckless act by his adult son, a Santa Barbara Superio...


Litigation


HIV Patient Sues Doctor for Refusing to Operate

Mar. 3, 1999
By Patricia Jocobus

SAN FRANCISCO - The pain in his shoulders stung so badly, Steve Iacovino could no longer pull on his clothes, shave his face ...


Criminal


Ex-Cop Sentenced in Arson Conspiracy

Mar. 3, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

Retired San Francisco police officer William Parenti was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Monday and ordered...


Criminal


Juror No-Shows Don't Expect Penalty

Mar. 3, 1999
By Jean Guccione

Americans say they believe in the jury system - but large numbers of them, in California and elsewhere, routinely avoid jury ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Overcoming strong opposition, Los Angeles County Bar Association members voted Saturday to let nonlawyers join the organizati...


Litigation


SACRAMENTO - Who sits on juries in California? That's the question on the minds of a number of lawmakers, including Sen. Adam...


Family


Judge Dismisses Claim Reid Is Unfit Mom

Mar. 3, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

Debra Reid's emotional battle with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to regain custody of her...


Government


Nissen Will Lead Innovation Efforts for Davis

Mar. 3, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

Lending a potential boost to the State Bar of California's prospects in Sacramento, Steven A. Nissen announced Monday that he...


Labor/Employment


WASHINGTON - Continuing its fine-tuning of employment-discrimination law, the Supreme Court today will consider the standard ...


Government


Nonlawyer Chairs Safety Committee

Mar. 2, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Mike Honda opposes the death penalty. He favors rehabilitating juvenile criminals over locking them ...


Law Practice


Firm Claims Fraud by Former Employee, Clients

Mar. 2, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

An Encino law firm has sued a former staff attorney and two former clients, who the firm alleges failed to pay it for time th...


Tax


An Orange County woman claims her attorney pushed her to settle her case against her former employer without properly notifyi...


Discipline


Law Firm Sues Ex-Employee to Quash 'Secrets'

Mar. 2, 1999
By Denise Levin

The law firm of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard has sued a former employee and his attorney, Federico C. Sayre, claim...


Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday cleared the way for a high-profile trial next month to decide competing claims by tw...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gray Davis has made his first appointment to the state Commission on Judicial Performance, naming San Francisco lawyer M...