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California’s Boondoggles
Threaten Property Owners and
Taxpayers
By JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, September
18, 2018)
Hard Fought Battles Stop Tax
Hikes in Legislature
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, September
11, 2018)
Norman Epstein: A Brilliant,
Humble, Considerate, Lover of
the Law
By NORA M. MANELLA
(In
My Opinion, September
10, 2018)
Opponents of Repealing the Gas
Tax Are Getting Desperate
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, September
5, 2018)
Taxpayer Danger Lurks Beneath
State’s Employment Numbers
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, August 28,
2018)
Tax Measure on the November
Ballot Would Make Los Angeles
Even Less Affordable
By
TERESA CASAZZA
(In
My Opinion, August
24, 2018)
If
She Gets to, I Do Too!
Candidate Asserts in Writ
Petition
(Perspectives,
August 22, 2018)
Candidate
Seeks to Skirt New Law Curbing
Misleading Ballot Designations
(Editorial,
August 21, 2018)
Courts
of Appeal Seek to ‘Secretize’
Public Matters
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2018)
A
District Court Judge Defies
U.S. Supreme Court Precedent
(Perspectives,
July 17, 2018)
AB2185
Would Permit Civil Defendants
to Waive the Public’s Right to
Know
(Perspectives,
July 10, 2018)
Summary
of Endorsements
(Editorial,
June 5, 2018)
10
Endorsed for Los Angeles
Superior Court
(Editorial,
June 4, 2018)
Consitutional
Law: Taxes, Guns &
Privacy: We Need A Pardon!
By RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN AND STEPHEN
WARREN SOLOMON
(The Legal
Community, May 23, 2018)
Candidate
Says She’s Pleased L.A. Times
Endorsed Her Opponent
(Perspectives,
May 21, 2018)
[X]
Dennis P. Vincent
(Editorial, May 16,
2018)
[X]
Ken Fuller
(Editorial,
May 16, 2018)
Seven
Endorsed for Los Angeles
Superior Court
(Editorial,
May 16, 2018)
[
] No Endorsement
(Editorial,
May 15, 2018)
[X]
Troy Davis
(Editorial,
May 15, 2018)
Registrar-Recorder
Refuses to Accede to a Judge’s
Determination
(Perspectives,
April 3, 2018)
More
Candidates Try to Get by With
Bogus Ballot Designations
(Perspectives,
March 14, 2018)
New
Law on Ballot Designations
Doesn’t Stop Shenanigans
(Perspectives,
March 13, 2018)
[X]Malcolm
Mackey
(Editorial,
February 27, 2018)
County
Squanders Funds in Defense of
Lawyer Who Acts Like a Brat
(Perspectives,
October 16, 2017)
LACBA’s
Interim CEO Misinforms
Trustees, Calls for Imprudent
Action
(Perspectives,
July 19, 2017)
Should
LACBA Encourage People Not to
Hire Lawyers?
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2017)
Civil
Rights: The CIA, Torture, the
State Supreme Court and the
Fate of Independent Contactors
By THOMAS
EDWARD WALL
(The Legal
Community, June 15,
2017)
LACBA-Gate
Puts Spotlight on Good Guys,
Bad Guys
(Perspectives,
May 30, 2017)
Stevens,
Brown Need to Explain…If They
Can
(Perspectives,
May 25, 2017)
Secret
Task Force Produces Secret
Report; Secret Committee Makes
Nominations
(Perspectives,
May 16, 2017)
Wrongdoing
in LACBA: Schemers Slate New
Election
(Perspectives,
May 5, 2017)
SB
235—Judicial Elections Reform
Bill—Seen as Worthwhile
(Letters to
a Senator, April 28, 2017)
SB
235 Would Meaningfully Reform
Judicial Elections
(Editorial,
April 6,
2017)
Civil
Rights: Marijuana Is Here to
Stay
By STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON,
STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON, RALPH
BARAT SALTSMAN, R. BRUCE
EVANS, RYAN M. KROLL AND
JENNIFER L. ODEN
(The Legal Community, February 16,
2017)
Elwood
Lui:
Following in the Footsteps of
David Yaffe
(Perspectives,
February 14, 2017)
Acting
PD Seeks to Fool the Board of
Supervisors
(Perspectives,
February 10, 2017)
Lawyers
Seek to Justify Shielding of
Identities of
Cheerleaders/Litigants
(Perspectives,
January 19, 2017)
Secrecy
in LACBA: A Look Back, a Look
Forward
(Perspectives,
December 28, 2016)
How
Far Has LACBA Come in the Past
50 Years?
(Perspectives,
December 22,
2016)
Summary
of Judicial Endorsements
(Editorial,
November 3, 2016)
JEEC
Is Not Comprised of Members
Meeting the Prime Criterion
(Perspectives,
November 2, 2016)
LACBA
Seeks to Promote Candidacies
of Three Judicial Aspirants
(Perspectives,
November 1, 2016)
Judge
Percy ‘Mad Dog’ Anderson
Clings to Baca Case
(Perspectives,
August 16, 2016)
[X]
E. Matthew Aceves
(Editorial,
August 2,
2016)
The
Only Appropriate Course for
Baca’s Prosecutors: Move for
Dismissal
(Editorial,
July 26,
2016)
Percy
Anderson: Is He Fit to Be a
Judge?
(Perspectives,
July 25, 2016)
U.S.
Attorney’s Office Acts
Viciously in Seeking
Incarceration of Ex-Sheriff
Baca
(Perspectives,
July 14, 2016)
LACBA
Installation: Gouging Price,
Lousy Food, Babbling
Barristers
(Perspectives,
June 29, 2016)
LACBA
Chief Margaret Stevens: Does
She Fail to Grasp the Mandate
for Reform?
(Perspectives,
June 28, 2016)
Summary
of Recommendations in Superior
Court Races
(Editorial,
June 6, 2016)
Endorsements
in LACBA Election
(Editorial,
June 6, 2016)
LACBA’s
General Counsel: A Loose
Cannon
(Perspectives,
May 23, 2016)
[X]
Ray Santana
(Editorial,
May 9, 2016)
[X]
Cyndy Zuzga
(Editorial,
May 9, 2016)
[X]
Susan Jung Townsend
(Editorial,
April 29, 2016)
[X]
David Berger
(Editorial,
April 22,
2016)
[X]
James Kaddo
(Editorial,
April 22,
2016)
LACBA
Leaders Engage in Election
Misdeeds
(Editorial,
April 19, 2016)
State
Bar Misrepresents Extent of
Its Victory in Dunn Case
(Perspectives,
April 12, 2016)
LACBA
Nominating Committee Displays
Short-Sightedness
(Perspectives,
April 8, 2016)
[X]
Steven Schreiner
(Editorial,
March 31, 2016)
[X]
Kathryn Ann Solorzano
(Editorial,
March 16, 2016)
LACBA
Should Swerve From Its
Perilous Course
(Editorial,
March 15, 2016)
LACBA
Censors Report Critical of
LACBA
By
WILLIAM L. WINSLOW
(Viewpoint, March 4, 2016)
Saladino
Entered Into an Accord; His
Claim Against the County Is a
Sham
(Perspectives,
December 15,
2015)
C.A.
Permits Amended Complaint
Contradicting Previous
Pleadings
(Perspectives,
December
9, 2015)
‘But
Officer, Don’t You See My
Windshield Decal?’
(Perspectives,
December 7,
2015)
Court
of Appeal Justice Judith
Ashmann-Gerst Backs Down, but
Only a Little
(Perspectives,
December
3, 2015)
LACBA
Sections Need More Information
Than They’ve Been Promised
(Perspectives,
December 1,
2015)
Attorney
Asks Court of Appeal to Strip
Potshots at Him From Opinion
(Perspectives,
November 24,
2015)
Take
Your Choice: A Traffic Ticket
or a Ticket to the Policemen’s
Ball
(Perspectives,
November 17,
2015)
ACLU’s
Action to Bar Cross From
County Seal to Be Decided
Without Witnesses
(Perspectives,
November 12,
2015)
Justice
Ashmann-Gerst Owes Apology to
Lawyers She Berated
(Perspectives,
November 9,
2015)
License
Plates With Low Numbers Became
Political Rewards
(Perspectives,
November 5,
2015)
Mayors,
Governors, ‘Special’ Deputies
Had Cars Equipped With Sirens
(Perspectives,
November 2,
2015)
Paper
‘Courtesy Cards’ Were
Desirable—but Gold Ones Were
All the More So
(Perspectives,
October 29,
2015)
‘Courtesy
Cards’ Shield Bearer From
Traffic Tickets
(Perspectives,
October 27,
2015)
Presley
Garners Another Badge, Thanks
to Richard Nixon
(Perspectives,
October 22, 2015)
Government
Regulation: Court of Appeal
Shines Light on Liquor
Licensing
By
RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN, STEPHEN
WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON
(The Legal Community,
October 20,
2015)
Elvis
Presley: The Man Who
Flimflammed President Nixon
(Perspectives,
October 19,
2015)
Alighting
From a Car With a Revolving
Blue Light Is ‘Lawman’ Elvis
Presley
(Perspectives,
October 13, 2015)
Myths
Surround Los Angeles Badges
Given to Elvis Presley
(Perspectives,
October 7, 2015)
Carrying
a Badge, Elvis Presley
Play-Acts the Role of a
Policeman
(Perspectives,
September 24, 2015)
Chinese
Americans Face a Challenging
Road to Admission
By
NOWLAND C. HONG
(The Legal Community,
September 17,
2015)
Judges
Should Not Enjoy Impunity From
Prosecution for Perjury
(Editorial,
September 16, 2015)
Honorary
Badges Evoke Controversies
Across the Continent
(Perspectives,
August 18, 2015)
Controversies
Over Badges Erupt at State
Level
(Perspectives,
August 13, 2015)
Federal
Government Requires Peering
Through Students’ Bedroom
Windows
(Perspectives,
July 27, 2015)
Propagators
of the Jury System: the
Vikings, a King, and a Pope
(Perspectives,
July 20, 2015)
Appeals
Court Seals Document in
Contravention of Legal
Requisites
(Perspectives,
July 9, 2015)
Los
Angeles County Bar Association
Fleeces Attendees at
Installation
(Perspectives,
July 2, 2015)
Lamar
W. Baker: ‘Sign In,
Please’—Like Other White House
Visitors
(Perspectives,
June 25, 2015)
Did
Lamar W. Baker Lie About
Working in the White House?
(Perspectives,
June 22, 2015)
A
House for Equal Justice, From
Design to Completion
By
ELIZABETH R. FEFFER
(Feature, June 18, 2015)
Court
of Appeal Questions Trial
Court’s Sealing of Entire
Complaint
(Perspectives,
June 16, 2015)
Floridian
Who Wants to Litigate in
Secrecy Finds California a
Desirable Venue
(Perspectives,
June 3, 2015)
Merrill
Lynch ‘Wealth Advisor’ Is
Allowed to Litigate in Partial
Secrecy
(Perspectives,
June 2, 2015)
Lamar
W. Baker: Bereft of
Credentials for the State
Appellate Bench, He’s Been
Appointed
(Perspectives,
May 27, 2015)
Is
the Concept of Due Process
Derived From the Magna Carta?
(Perspectives,
May 7, 2015)
USC
Professor Points Out: Magna
Carta Didn’t Confer Right to
Jury
(Perspectives,
May 6, 2015)
C.A.
Justice Terms Previous
Utterance ‘Ambiguous’—Won’t
Admit It Was Error
(Perspectives,
April 28, 2015)
Times
Story Leads to A.G. Opinion
That Daunts Conferring of
Honorary Badges
(Perspectives,April
27, 2015)
Flashing
of Unofficial Badges Persists
Into the New Millennium
(Perspectives,
March 23, 2015)
In
the 1970s, Heads of Law
Enforcement Agencies Continue
Awarding Honorary Badges
(Perspectives,
March 16, 2015)
Controversies
Over Honorary Peace Officer
Badges: Not Unique to L.A.
City or County
(Perspectives,
March 3, 2015)
‘We
Refer to the Parties by Their
First Names…Not Out of
Disrespect.’ Balderdash.
(Perspectives,January
12, 2015)
County
of L.A. Lags Behind City in
Getting Serious About Denying
Badges to Non-Officers
(Perspectives,
December 17, 2014)
Lamar
W. Baker: Bereft of
Credentials for the State
Appellate Bench, He’s Apt to
be Appointed
(Perspectives,
December 5, 2014)
Recalling
the Days When the Judges
Cracked Down on Vice in
Hollywood
By
SANDY KRIEGLER
(Feature,
December 1, 2014)
Remember
That Honorary Badge We Gave
You? We Want It Back—Sheriff
Pitchess
(Perspectives,
October 29, 2014)
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