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Criminal


SAN DIEGO - Chief Deputy District Attorney Keith Burt, the prosecutor whose star witness received extraordinary benefits in a...


SACRAMENTO - The conventional wisdom was that the 1998 legislative session that ended this week produced no "significant" hea...



Government


SACRAMENTO - Each year, legislators pass laws creating new crimes and tougher penalties for offenses already on the books. Bu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


SAN FRANCISCO - In what may be the death knell for mandatory arbitration of an array of discrimination claims in the securiti...



Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Michigan judicial discipline officials faced a difficult problem. A Detroit...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court Thursday insulated municipalities and other entities from most monetary sanct...



Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - For the third time, the California Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ethics rule that would allow lawyers...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Riding the coattails of a state appeal court decision that allowed a mother to take her health maintenance organization to co...



Criminal


Prosecutors' Promotions Questioned

Sep. 4, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA - Orange County District Attorney Mike Capizzi has announced his latest round of promotions, leaving many irritated...


Real Estate/Development


Disclosure Dilemma

Sep. 4, 1998
By Michael Ueda

Under state disclosure laws, real estate brokers and agents must disclose information that would affect the value and desirabi...



Government


San Diego Is Tobacco-Suit Site

Sep. 4, 1998
By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO - San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert May has been assigned as the coordination trial judge in 17 lawsuits agains...


Criminal


DA Investigating Link Between Drug Dealers, Cop

Sep. 4, 1998
By Michael Harris

Investigators believe a Los Angeles police officer charged with stealing three kilos of cocaine fraudulently obtained court-o...



Entertainment & Sports


Even if he is released from a California prison later this year, Death Row Records owner Marion "Suge" Knight still will face...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Four months ago, the proposed Elder Abuse and Adult Civil Protection Act was the stuff of a press release and a ...



Government


Conviction of Lobbyist Snyder Is Thrown Out

Sep. 4, 1998
By Michael Harris

The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday threw out the 1996 political influence-peddling conviction of lawyer, former hi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Insurers May Not Indemnify Willful Acts

Sep. 4, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

In a potentially far-reaching win for insurance companies, a state appeal court has ruled that an insurer cannot be forced to...



Judges and Judiciary


Lesser-Crime Precedent Flies Out the Window

Sep. 2, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Another precedent established by the Rose Bird court was toppled Monday, as the California Supreme Court rule...


Government


Dismantling City Hall

Sep. 2, 1998
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The plan by Oakland Mayor-Elect Jerry Brown to bulldoze the city's political landscape and build from the rub...



Discipline


Ineffective-Counsel Charge Explored

Sep. 2, 1998
By Tamara Koehler

VENTURA - A Southern California attorney's defense two years ago of a Ventura man sentenced to life in prison for a gang-rela...


Litigation


A former county jail inmate who claims inadequate in-custody medical treatment led to permanent health problems has sued Los ...



Government


DA's Family Support Unit Plans Several Changes

Sep. 2, 1998
By Michael Harris

The Los Angeles County district attorney's frequently criticized family support bureau is instituting several organizational ...


Criminal


Double Shooting Expected to Go to Jury This Week

Sep. 2, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday to determine whether a Whitewater man intended to sh...



SACRAMENTO - Although the State Bar reform-dues proposal was reported dead early Monday afternoon by Assemblyman Robert Hertzb...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


SACRAMENTO - In a surprising development, a two-bill package to increase state funding of trial courts by $113.1 million in f...



Labor/Employment


Employees Win Greater Right to Pursue Redress

Sep. 2, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major shift in employment law, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employee may sue for wr...


Criminal


All Conspiracy to Murder Held to Be First-Degree

Aug. 29, 1998
By Philip Carizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Following through on a warning it gave two years ago, the California Supreme Court declared Thursday that the...



Criminal


Wilson to Restore Drug Court Funding

Aug. 29, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Siding with prosecutors, Gov. Pete Wilson has insisted that new state funding to expand drug courts in Californi...


Bankruptcy


WASHINGTON - New statistics show the number of personal bankruptcies continues to soar - particularly in Southern California....



Criminal


Want to avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice? You might want to refrain from sitting around your local donut shop cha...


Law Practice


The Beverly Hills Bar Association has sued a former manager of its Personnel Referral Service for allegedly stealing confiden...