Court of Appeal Holds Pitcher’s Suit Against Maker of Aluminum Bat
Not Barred by Assumption-of-Risk Rule
(December
20, 2002)
Trevor Law Group Refiles Suit With New Plaintiff While Under Fire
(December
20, 2002)
George Says Justices Will Review ‘Boy Scout Exception’
(December
20, 2002)
Nodding Head Not Sufficient to Approve Settlement Agreement—C.A
(December
19, 2002)
Court of Appeal Upholds Penalties and Restitution Order In Sales of
Annuities to Seniors
(December
19, 2002)
S.C. Declines Review in Burbank Council Establishment Clause Case
(December
19, 2002)
Ronald Malin Moves Across Town to Join Mitchell Silberberg
(December
19, 2002)
San Francisco Firm Carroll Burdick Appoints New Managing Partner
(December
19, 2002)
Consul Not Exempt From Suit by ‘Enslaved’ Employee—Court
(December
18, 2002)
Court of Appeal Overturns Ruling That Alleged Drug Trafficker Who
Disappeared Is Dead
(December
18, 2002)
State Bar Investigates Claims of Alleged Shake Down of Local Businesses
(December
18, 2002)
Supreme Court Upholds Davis Veto of Rosenkrantz Parole
(December
17, 2002)
Court of Appeal Reinstates Patron’s Racial Bias Claim Against Magic
Mountain Amusement Park
(December
17, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Asked to Reconsider State’s Gun Laws, Second Amendment
(December
17, 2002)
Judicial Council Recognizes Presiding Judge Bascue
(December
17, 2002)
Metropolitan News Company Sues Cooley Over Warrant
(December
17, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Gunman’s Civil Rights Suit Against City
(December
16, 2002)
Chief Justice Draws the Line on Court Budget Cuts
(December
16, 2002)
C.A. Rules for Insurer in Dispute Over Coverage of AIDS-Related Claim
(December
16, 2002)
Long Beach Unified School District Immune From Suit in Drowning Death
at Summer Camp, Appeals Court Rules
(December
16, 2002)
Judicial Council Announces Recipients of Administrative Innovation
Award
(December
16, 2002)
Suit
Permitted Against Austria Over Art Allegedly Stolen by Nazis
(December
13, 2002)
Air Carrier Held Liable for Fatal Attack Suffered by Asthma Patient
Seated Too Near Smoking Section
(December
13, 2002)
County Bar Joins Call to Remove Boy Scout Exception From Canons
(December
13, 2002)
Nation’s Largest Civil Defense Bar Selects New Chief
(December
13, 2002)
O’Melveny Loses Securities Litigator to Sheppard Mullin
(December
13, 2002)
Court Upholds Dismissal of Fugitive’s Lawsuit Against Clintons
(December
12, 2002)
Appellate Court Rejects Vigilante’s Claim of Necessity
(December
12, 2002)
George
Details Budget Cuts That May Be in Store for Courts
(December
11, 2002)
State Bar’s Discipline Process Criticized at Hearing
(December
11, 2002)
Conviction of Diplomat’s Wife for Enslaving Illegal Alien Affirmed
(December
10, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Reverse-Discrimination Suit By White Male
Professors at Arizona School
(December
10, 2002)
Commission on Judicial Performance Censures Simpson and Block
(December
10, 2002)
Local Lawyer Accepts Anger Counseling as Penalty for Cursing at Judge
(December
10, 2002)
State Bar Metes Out Discipline on Local Attorneys
(December
10, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Child Pornography Sentence as Too Lenient
(December
9, 2002)
County Loses Bid to Fire Employee for Harassment of Co-Worker on Culver
City Courthouse Paint Job
(December
9, 2002)
Law
Making False Complaints About Police a Crime Upheld by S.C.
(December
6, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds State Assault Weapons Ban
(December
6, 2002)
Court
Denies Asylum to Woman Fearing China’s Population Program
(December
6, 2002)
Death
Sentence Upheld in San Francisco Robbery, Killing
(December
6, 2002)
Court
Finds Attorney Conflict But No Constitutional Violation in Case of
Lawyer Representing Ex-Client’s Co-Defendant
(December
6, 2002)
S.C.
Extends Strict Liability to Makers of Windows for Homes
(December
5, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Confirms Father’s Right to Challenge Pledge
(December
5, 2002)
Lawyers
Joust Before High Court Over Scope of Pitchess Disclosure
(December
5, 2002)
Court
Throws Out $70 Million Award Against Ford in Truck Accident
(December
4, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Judges Say City May Have Violated Free Speech Rights of Fired
Official
(December
4, 2002)
Court
Upholds Subpoenas for Documents in Priest Sex Abuse Probes
(December
4, 2002)
California
Can Halt New Coastal Oil Drilling, Ninth Circuit Rules
(December
3, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Panelists Question Federal Jurisdiction in Challenge to Los
Angeles Airport Solicitation Law
(December
3, 2002)
Union
Destroyed Workers’ Livelihoods, Lawyer Tells Ninth Circuit
(December
3, 2002)
Grand
Theft Trial Opens for Ex-Lawyer Angela Wallace, Co-Defendant Timothy
Mack
(December
3, 2002)
USC
Associate Dean to Join East Coast Public Interest Group
(December
3, 2002)
Fetal
Murder Conviction Requires Knowledge of Pregnancy—C.A.
(December
2, 2002)
Judge
Lacked Sufficient Evidence to Support Verdict For Malicious Prosecution,
Court of Appeal Rules
(December
2, 2002)
Sanctions
for Failure to Follow Court Order Were Improper, Court Rules
(December
2, 2002)
Dukes
Makes Few Changes in 2003 Superior Court Assignments
(November
29, 2002)
High
Court Limits Right to Recover Money Damages For Violations of California
Constitution
(November
29, 2002)
Suit
by Man Charged With Murder in Repressed Memory Case Rejected
(November
29, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Throws Out Boeing Class Action Settlement as Unfair
(November
27, 2002)
Court
Rejects Bid to Block South Gate Recall Vote
(November
27, 2002)
Thursday,
Friday Schedules Vary for Courts, Offices
(November
27, 2002)
Bar
Panel Urges Disbarment of Local Attorney Convicted of Tax Fraud
(November
27, 2002)
Internet
Posting Not Enough to Establish California Jurisdiction—S.C.
(November
26, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Warns Against Misuse of Commissioners
(November
26, 2002)
State
Bar Court Blames Abusive Ex-Husband, but Lawyer Still Faces Criminal
Charges of Stealing From Clients
(November
26, 2002)
Swearing-In
Ceremonies for New Attorneys Set in Pasadena
(November
26, 2002)
Attorney
Fees Awardable for Breach of Oral Contract, C.A. Rules
(November
26, 2002)
Molina,
Becerra Call for Clean Campaign in 14th City Council District
(November
26, 2002)
Defendant
Wins Reversal of Conviction for Stealing From Lawyer
(November
25, 2002)
State
Bar Applicants Post 50.5 Percent Pass Rate
(November
25, 2002)
City
to Pay $300,000 to Settle Allegations That Police Planted Drugs, Gun
(November
25, 2002)
Dorothy
Tucker Reappointed to State Bar Board of Governors
(November
25, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Affirms Dismissal of Nate Holden’s Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s
Lieutenant, County
(November
25, 2002)
Attorney
Indicted in Sweeping Federal Extortion Probe Centered on Carson
(November
22, 2002)
Retired
Judge James Simpson Reportedly to Be Censured
(November
22, 2002)
Supervisor
Michael D. Antonovich Named MetNews ‘Person of the Year’
(November
22, 2002)
State
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Protection for Trade Secrets
(November
22, 2002)
Memorial
to Be Held for Downtown Sole Practitioner Lair Franklin Jr.
(November
22, 2002)
High
Court Won’t Review Malpractice Ruling Against Valley Lawyer
(November
21, 2002)
S.C.
Leaves Intact Ruling That Compels Arbitration Of Golden State Warriors
Arena Dispute
(November
21, 2002)
Panel
Declines to Publish Ruling on Sex Harassment Suit Against Gay Activist
(November
21, 2002)
CalPERS
Board Names Peter Mixon To Be Its General Counsel
(November
21, 2002)
Memorial
Services Scheduled for Anthony Seine, Partner at Veatch Carlson
(November
21, 2002)
C.A.
Affirms Judgment for Aspiring Lawyer Wrongly Convicted of Rape
(November
20, 2002)
Hertzberg
to Go to Mayer, Brown Upon Leaving Assembly
(November
20, 2002)
Lawyers
Call TRO Blocking Them From Joining Strike Unprecedented
(November
20, 2002)
Growth
Rate at Largest Law Firms Slows, Survey Finds
(November
20, 2002)
Bratton
Says LAPD Must Stem Tide of Violence in South Central Los Angeles
(November
20, 2002)
Court
Rejects Challenge by Lawyers, Clergy to Guantanamo Detentions
(November
19, 2002)
High
Court Allows Suit Over Cornea Removals to Proceed
(November
19, 2002)
Malibu
Attorney Birenbaum Pleads No Contest, Agrees to Repay Clients
(November
19, 2002)
Local
Attorney Richard Allen Honn Named to State Bar Court
(November
19, 2002)
Claims
Board Recommends County Settle Lawsuit Over Disputed Medical Malpractice
Fees for $550,000
(November
19, 2002)
Jury
Selection Begins in Case Against Former Attorney Angela Wallace
(November
19, 2002)
Panel
Recommends Settlement in Foster Child Attorney Fee Case
(November
19, 2002)
Senate
Confirms R. Gary Klausner as Judge of U.S. District Court
(November
18, 2002)
Wallace
Out on Bail With Help of Court Official’s Wife
(November
18, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds $400,000 Judgment for Disabled Controller’s Office Employee
(November
18, 2002)
County
Attorneys Recommend Paying $250,000 to Settle Children’s Advocates
Claim for Legal Fees
(November
18, 2002)
Greenberg
Traurig Opens Offices in Amsterdam, Zurich
(November
18, 2002)
Medical
Negligence Claim Not Preempted by ERISA, Ninth Circuit Rules
(November
18, 2002)
Services
Set for David Haber, One Of Two Lawyers Who Died in Mexico Car Accident
(November
18, 2002)
Insurer
May Be Required to Defend Against Setoff Claim, S.C. Rules
(November
15, 2002)
High
Court Takes Broad View of Indigent Parent’s Right to Counsel in Juvenile
Court Proceedings
(November
15, 2002)
Palestinian
Sentenced to Prison for Making False Threats to Crash Plane
(November
15, 2002)
LAPD
Officer to Face Trial for Off-Duty Assault, Vandalism
(November
15, 2002)
Cooley
Cites Alternatives to Newsroom Searches in New Media Policy
(November
14, 2002)
Guillermina
Byrne, Roger Ito Named Court Commissioners
(November
14, 2002)
Perkins
Looks Forward to Returning to Bench After Liver Transplant
(November
14, 2002)
Former
LAPD Officers Sentenced to Jail, Probation for Assault of Homeless
Man
(November
14, 2002)
Parade
Permit Challenge Rejected as Moot; Plaintiffs Granted Leave to Amend
(November
14, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Affirms Dismissal of Builder’s Lawsuit Accusing Aaron Spelling
of Malicious Prosecution
(November
14, 2002)
Long
Beach Litigator James Otto of Altman Otto & Kang Inducted Into
American College of Trial Lawyers
(November
14, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Partially Revives Gennifer Flowers’ Defamation Suit
(November
13, 2002)
Board
of Supervisors Orders County Counsel’s Office To Hire ‘Litigation
Manager’ to Control Legal Costs
(November
13, 2002)
Former
Lawyer Angela Wallace Arrested in Court on New Charges
(November
13, 2002)
Services
Planned for Next Week for Pasadena Lawyer James Chisholm, Killed in
Mexico Crash
(November
13, 2002)
Lawyer
Placed on Involuntary Inactive Status in Misappropriation Probe
(November
13, 2002)
Hockey
Team Not Liable to Spectator Hit by Flying Puck, C.A. Rules
(November
12, 2002)
Trial
Errors Require Reversal of Gang Member’s Conspiracy Conviction, Court
of Appeal Rules
(November
12, 2002)
Women’s
Law Center Co-Founder Blasts GOP Government as Anti-Family
(November
12, 2002)
Michelle
Flores Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Employment Practice Group
(November
12, 2002)
C.A.
Rebuffs Bid by Donors’ Heir to Block Development of Former Navy Site
(November
12, 2002)
Former
San Bernardino Prosecutor Facing Misdemeanor Charge of Battery
(November
12, 2002)
Write-In
Voting in Municipal Runoff Not Constitutional Right—S.C.
(November
8, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Sanctions Orange County Lawyer for Frivolous Appeal in Election
Violation Case
(November
8, 2002)
Courts,
Government Offices to Close for Veterans Day
(November
8, 2002)
Judge
David Perkins Recovering After Liver Transplant
(November
8, 2002)
Bacigalupo
Blocks Sweep Of Judicial Races By Prosecutors
(November
7, 2002)
Voters
Retain Supreme Court, Court of Appeal Justices
(November
7, 2002)
City
Council Votes to Settle Latest Los Angeles Police Overtime Lawsuit
for $6.75 Million
(November
7, 2002)
Howard
Wistrich, Longtime State Bar Court Administrator, Sets Friday Retirement
(November
7, 2002)
Court
Building Near State Capitol Rededicated to the Late Stanley Mosk
(November
7, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Rejects Malicious Prosecution Suit Against Law Firm
(November
6 2002)
State
to Get More Federal Judges as Bush Signs Justice Bill
(November
6 2002)
Justices
Debate Constitutionality of California’s Three-Strikes Law
(November
6 2002)
S.C.
Says Lack of Client Consent Invalidates Fee-Sharing Agreement
(November
5, 2002)
U.S.
Supreme Court Overturns Ruling That Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Coerced Murder Verdict
(November
5, 2002)
Younger,
Elected Judges Most Disciplined, 10-Year CJP Study Finds
(November
5, 2002)
Governor
Appoints Four New Members to State Bar’s Lawyer Assistance Program
Oversight Committee
(November
5, 2002)
U.S.
Urges Court of Appeal to Throw Out Slave Labor Suit
(November
5, 2002)
Panel
Recommends County Settle Medical Negligence Suit for $150,000
(November
5, 2002)
Bacigalupo
Spending Tops $180,000 as Judicial Races Near End
(November
4, 2002)
Superior
Court Judge Groneman to Retire in January
(November
4, 2002)
C.A.
Overturns Award That Would Have Let Lawyer Profit From Malpractice
(November
4, 2002)
Superior
Court Releases List of Courtroom Reassignments in Wake of Budget Cuts
(November
4, 2002)
Judicial
Council Adopts Standard on Death Penalty Appointments
(November
4, 2002)
George
Presents Burger Award to Court Education Director
(November
4, 2002)
Court
Blocks Bid by Marcos Creditors to Collect From U.S. Account
(November
1, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Reinstates Consumers’ Claim That They Were Victimized by
Out-of-State Bank
(November
1, 2002)
Attorney,
Suspended for Cheating Client, in Trouble for Third Time
(November
1, 2002)
Disciplined
Attorneys, Charges Listed
(November
1, 2002)
Justice
Lillie Remembered for Hard Work, Long Years of Service
(October
31, 2002)
Retired
Superior Court Judge Robert Fratianne Dies at 72
(October
31, 2002)
CJP
Sets Hearing for Judge Accused of Manipulating Calendar to Benefit
Kin
(October
31, 2002)
Ruling
That Overturns Whistleblower’s Sentence Hailed
(October
31, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Orders New EIR on Los Angeles Shipping Terminal Project
(October
31, 2002)
C.A.
Rejects Bid by Couple Caught Up in UCI Fertility Scandal to Determine
Relationship With Children
(October
30, 2002)
County
to Pay $200,000 to Families Caught Up in Stevenson Ranch Shootout
(October
30, 2002)
Intellectual
Property Lawyer James Potepan Moves to Ropers Majeski
(October
30, 2002)
Molina
Criticizes Sheriff for Handling of Case of Missing Teenage Girl
(October
30, 2002)
Presiding
Justice Mildred Lillie Dies; Served 55 Years on Bench
(October
29, 2002)
Employer
Not Liable When Customer Harasses Worker, C.A. Rules
(October
29, 2002)
Bratton
Takes Public Oath as LAPD Chief in Ceremonies at Police Academy
(October
29, 2002)
Renetzky
Ballot Designation Not Misleading, LACBA Panel Says
(October
28, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Local Ordinances Banning ATM Fees
(October
28, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Local Ordinances Banning ATM Fees
(October
28, 2002)
Disciplined
Attorneys, Charges Listed
(October
28, 2002)
Use
of Public Money for Meals for Officials’ Guests Limited—Lockyer
(October
25, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Overturns Order Clearing Way for Law Firm to Hire Associate
With Alleged Conflict
(October
25, 2002)
High
School Student’s Poems Constitute Criminal Threat, C.A. Rules
(October
25, 2002)
Board
of Supervisors Set Tuesday to Consider Approval of South Gate Recall
Vote
(October
25, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Attempt to Collect on Terror Award Against Iran
(October
24, 2002)
Prosecutors
Say Trial Experience Makes Them Best for Bench
(October
24, 2002)
Davis
Names Court of Appeal Counsel to Fresno Superior Court
(October
24, 2002)
Philip
Siracuse, Partner at Crosby Heafey, Dies of Cancer at Age 62
(October
24, 2002)
Suit
Over Insurer’s Handling of Quake Claims Not SLAPP—C.A.
(October
23, 2002)
ABA
Panel Says Otero ‘Well Qualified’ for U.S. Judgeship
(October
23, 2002)
CJP
Sets Appearance for Judge With What Panel Calls ‘Serious Problem’
(October
23, 2002)
Seasoned
Regulatory Litigator Returns to O’Melveny & Myers as Partner
(October
23, 2002)
Gang
Member Sentenced to Jail for Selling Drugs in Area Covered by Injunction
(October
23, 2002)
Two
Law Firms Lose Bid for Arbitration in City of Hope Lawsuit
(October
22, 2002)
C.A.
Says Lawyer/Litigant Entitled to Recover Attorney Fees
(October
22, 2002)
Surcharge
on Room Service Meals Not Unfair Competition Violation—C.A.
(October
22, 2002)
County
Claims Board Recommends $1.3 Million Settlement Of Pollution Lawsuit
Against Oil Companies, Others
(October
22, 2002)
Power
Outage Delays Start of Work for Attorneys on Bunker Hill
(October
22, 2002)
Sassounian
Gets Life With Parole for Assassination in Sentencing Deal
(October
21, 2002)
Bailiff
Services to Be Cut in Court’s Latest Budget Move
(October
21, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Attorneys With Diverse Careers to Southern California Courts
(October
21, 2002)
Supreme
Court Accepts Resignation of Some Lawyers, Suspends Others—and Forgives
the Dead
(October
21, 2002)
Degadillo
Picks Eduardo Angeles to Lead Airports Legal Team
(October
21, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Candidate’s ‘Peace Activist’ Ballot Designation
(October
18, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Three to Los Angeles Superior Court
(October
18, 2002)
Lawyer
Convicted of Stealing From Relative’s Estate Resigns From State Bar
(October
18, 2002)
S.C.
Rejects Custody Case Punctuated by Charges of Judicial Bias
(October
17, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Two to Los Angeles Superior Court Bench
(October
17, 2002)
Naranjo
Backers File Complaints Over Renetzky’s Ballot Designation
(October
17, 2002)
County
Can Require Employees to Use Own Vehicles for Work—C.A.
(October
16, 2002)
C.A.
Limits Lawyer to Fees Authorized by Voided Contract
(October
16, 2002)
Bascue
Reassigns Several Bench Officers to Make Up for Lost Referees
(October
16, 2002)
Defense
Says County Continuing to Deny Medical Care To Jailed Planning Official
Accused of Taking Bribes
(October
16, 2002)
Motion
Picture Expert Joins Local Office of Greenberg Traurig
(October
16, 2002)
Cherie
Raidy Joins Lord Bissell as Partner in Real Estate, Banking
(October
16, 2002)
State
Bar President Herman Vows 2002-2003 Will Be ‘Year of Pride’
(October
15, 2002)
George
Reaffirms Policy on Assignments of Retired Judges, but Says Exceptions
Will Be Considered
(October
15, 2002)
City
Not Liable for LAPD’s Detention of Wrong Suspect—Ninth Circuit
(OCTOBER
15, 2002)
Bush
Nominates Cormac Carney to U.S. District Court
(October
15, 2002)
Judiciary
Committee Clears Nominee U.S. Attorney Nominee in San Diego
(October
15, 2002)
Text
of Chief Justice Ronald M. George’s Speech at State Bar Meeting
(October
15, 2002)
Conference
of Delegates Urges Congress to Be Careful About Abridging Rights
(October
15, 2002)
Cameras
in Courtroom May Aid Judiciary’s Image, Fidler Tells Fellow Judges
(October
15, 2002)
Americans
Misunderstand Roles in Combating Terrorism, Law Professor Tells Judges
(October
15, 2002)
Pamela
Rogers Seeks Disability Retirement as Spouse Files for Divorce
(October
11, 2002)
Author of Best-Selling Legal Thrillers Launches State Bar Annual Meeting
by Telling Lawyers Never to Accept ‘No’
(October
11, 2002)
Governor Names Three to Courts in Northern California
(October
11, 2002)
Superior Court Judge O’Brien to Lead California Judges Association
in Uncertain Times
(October
11, 2002)
Designation of Civil Case as ‘Limited’ Strictly Limits Judgment Amount
(October
10, 2002)
High School Teachers Get Close Look at Superior Court as Seminars
Are Launched
(October
10, 2002)
Justices Allow South Gate Recall Processing to Proceed
(October
10, 2002)
Exceptional Children’s Foundation Names Three Attorneys to Its Board
of Directors
(October
10, 2002)
Klausner Wins Senate Committee Approval for Federal Judgeship
(October
9, 2002)
CJP Slates December Hearing on Ticket-Fixing Charges Against Retired
Superior Court Judge Simpson
(October
9, 2002)
Convicted Killer’s Attorney Alleges Evidence Tampering In DNA Test
That Appears to Confirm Client’s Guilt
(October
9, 2002)
Tevrizian Chosen to Receive Maynard Toll Award
(October
9, 2002)
Quisenberry Names New Head of Insurance Bad Faith Group
(October
9, 2002)
Attorney Who Was Rebuked in Press Release Files Suit Against Pillsbury
(October
9, 2002)
Courts Should Hear Slave Labor Claims Against Japanese Companies
(October
8, 2002)
Lawyers Continue Battle Over South Gate Vote as Election Workers Verify
Recall Petitions
(October
8, 2002)
County May Settle Claims Stemming From 2001 Stevenson Ranch Shootout
(October
8, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Measure Banning Bilingual Education
(October
8, 2002)
Delgadillo Says He Is Seeking Gang Injunction to Give Area Hope
(October
8, 2002)
Three Holland and Knight Lawyers Recognized for Contributions to Legal
Profession
(October
8, 2002)
Marilyn Mackel, Mark Zuckman Named Superior Court Commissioners
(October
7, 2002)
Court of Appeal Overturns Order That Disqualified Law Firm From Bicycle
Club Litigation
(October
7, 2002)
Jury Awards Smoker $28 Billion in Punitive Damages Against Philip
Morris
(October
7, 2002)
Lawyers Group Honors Orange County Attorney Daniel Hodes
(October
7, 2002)
Superior
Court Terminates Eight Bench Officers in Budget Move
(October
4, 2002)
Senate Approves Justice Bill With New Judgeships for State
(October
4, 2002)
Court of Appeal Rules State’s Sibling Visitation Law Unconstitutional
(October
4, 2002)
Superior Court Commissioner Eugene Siegel Sets Retirement
(October
4, 2002)
Bratton Pledges to Restore LAPD’s ‘Tarnished’ Reputation as Police
Chief
(October
4, 2002)
S.C. Won’t Hear Challenge to Ballpark Based on Official’s Conflict
(October
3, 2002)
High Court to Review Rulings on State’s Obligation to Reimburse Schools
for Complying With Mandates
(October
3, 2002)
State Bar Suspends Mentally Ill Attorney Following Convictions for
Bouncing Check, Assault
(October
3, 2002)
Partner Kevin DeBré Leaves Brobeck, Phleger To Start Tech Group at
Kelley Drye
(October
3, 2002)
Metropolitan News-Enterprise Marks 25 Years Under Ownership of Grace
Communications
(October
3, 2002)
Courthouse Legislation Signing Puts Heat Under San Bernardino Project
(October
3, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Claim That Law Firm Botched Wrongful Firing Settlement
(October
2, 2002)
Los Angeles Superior Court Filing Fees to Top $200
(October
2, 2002)
San Bernardino Court Wins Starring Role in Mental Health Program
(October
2, 2002)
County Settles Suits Over Strip Searches, Wrongful Death
(October
2, 2002)
Davis Vetoes Bill to Reduce Penalties for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
(October
2, 2002)
Davis Signs Bill Giving Ownership Of Courthouses to State
(October
1, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Overturns Ruling Granting Citizenship to Armenians Involved
in Consulate Bomb Plot
(October
1, 2002)
More Than 100 Superior Court Workers Rally to Protest Plan for Layoffs
(October
1, 2002)
Delgadillo Offers Advice for Changes by Next Police Chief
(October
1, 2002)
Outgoing Ventura County District Attorney Moves to Weston Benshoof
(October
1, 2002)
Davis Signs Bill Providing Habeas-Like Relief to Wrongfully Convicted
(October
1, 2002)
Governor Signs Bill Making Landlords Liable for Crimes
(October
1, 2002)
Court Rules U.S. Need Not Use Sampling Data for Redistricting
(September
30, 2002)
Laura Goldin Tapped to Be Revamped Conference’s Director
(September
30, 2002)
Supreme Court Suspends Los Angeles Lawyer for Failing to Pass MPRE
(September
30, 2002)
Cooley, Lockyer Join in Call for ‘DNA Bill of Rights’
(September
30, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds Law Requiring Gas Stations to Give Customers Air, Water
(September
27, 2002)
Court
Strictly Enforces Notice Rule in Dependency Case
(September
27, 2002)
City
Settles Suits Alleging LAPD Officers Conspired to Frame Plaintiffs
(September
27, 2002)
C.A.
Finds Hooters Boosters Too Slow to Get Liquor License
(September
27, 2002)
Anti-Davis
Group Need Not Disclose Donors, Court of Appeal Rules
(September
26, 2002)
State
High Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Firing of Police Benefits Worker
Who Married Prisoner
(September
26, 2002)
More
Branches of Superior Court Now Handling Traffic Citations on Phone,
Internet
(September
26, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Gay Worker’s Suit Alleging Harassment
(September
25, 2002)
Appeals
Court Upholds Montana’s Campaign Spending Limits
(September
25, 2002)
Court
Strikes Down Cruise Ship’s Limitation of Liability Printed on Ticket
(September
25, 2002)
Organization
Names Sheppard Mullin ‘Pro Bono Firm of the Year’
(September
25, 2002)
Consumer
Protection Attorney Woodburn Moves to Quisenberry
(September
25, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds Davis on Parole Denial, Finds No Blanket Policy
(September
24, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Questions PUC Settlement With Edison, Asks State Supreme Court
to Provide Guidance
(September
24, 2002)
Morrow
Orders Death Row Records to Pay Reduced Fine, Back Taxes
(September
24, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Suit Against ABC Over ‘Primetime’ Story
(September
23, 2002)
DMV
Not Required to Give Motorists’ Addresses to Collection Firm Lawyer,
Court of Appeal Rules
(September
23, 2002)
Isacoff
Named to Appellate Division; Kriegler Replaces Gutman in Valley
(September
23, 2002)
Davis
Names Law Professor Kelso to Technology Post
(September
23, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Rules Petitions for South Gate Recall Election Valid
(September
20, 2002)
CJP
Charges Fresno Superior Court Judge With Lying About Viewing Porn
on Courthouse Computer
(September
20, 2002)
New
State Bar-Conference Relationship Final as Board Approves Contract
(September
20, 2002)
Court
Lifts Order Blocking Expansion of Indian Gaming
(September
20, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Denies Peace Officer’s Challenge to Denial of Promotion
(September
20, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Rights Suits Against Unocal Over Burma
(September
19, 2002)
Davis
Signs Measure to Protect Judges, Others Into Law
(September
19, 2002)
High
Court Won’t Hear White Deputies’ Challenge to Sheriff’s Promotions
(September
19, 2002)
Superior
Court Clerks Under Probe in Sale of False Insurance Papers
(September
19, 2002)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Leaders Approve Plan for Budget Cuts
(September
19, 2002)
Budget
Cuts to Close Two Juvenile Traffic Courts, Restrict Referees
(September
18, 2002)
Davis
Signs New ‘Son of Sam’ Law, Bill for DNA Samples
(September
18, 2002)
County
Settles With Woman Who Claims Deputies Harassed, Framed Her
(September
18, 2002)
Molina
Keeps Pressure on Pellman Over Law Firm Billings
(September
18, 2002)
Intellectual
Property Attorneys Join Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
(September
18, 2002)
Review
Requested of Ruling Readmitting A. Thomas Hunt to State Bar
(September
18, 2002)
Attorney
Rebuked in Press Release Won’t Join Latham & Watkins
(September
18, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Reinstates Copyright Suit Over Video of Denny Beating
(September
17, 2002)
Hollywood
Courthouse’s Lockup, Two Others May Be Closed
(September
17, 2002)
C.A.
Allows Lawyer to Represent MacLaren Residents in Tort Action
(September
17, 2002)
Samuels
Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzling From Client
(September
17, 2002)
O’Melveny
& Myers Adds NewYork-Based Private Equity Law Firm
(September
17, 2002)
Lawyer
for San Bernardino Supervisor Decries Filing of State Charges
(September
17, 2002)
Davis
Signs Three Cooley-Sponsored Anti-Terror Bills
(September
17, 2002)
Veganism
Not a Religion, Court of Appeal Rules in Bias Case
(September
16, 2002)
Nicholas
Taubert Elected Superior Court Commissioner
(September
16, 2002)
Ventura
Superior Court Judges Re-Elect Clark and Smiley to Top Leadership
Positions
(September
16, 2002)
Senate
Confirms More Bush Nominees for Federal Judgeships Around Nation
(September
16, 2002)
Consumer
Protection Lawyer Herschel Elkins Chosen for Public Law Award
(September
16, 2002)
Lawyer
Leonard Samuels Arrested on Grand Theft Charges
(September
16, 2002)
Two
Employment Litigators Move Across Town to Join Perkins Coie
(September
16, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds Most of $600,000 Fee Award in Class Action Over Pay H
(September
13, 2002)
Lawyers,
Judges Engage Students in Post-Sept. 11 Dialogue
(September
13, 2002)
Bush
Nominates Five for Federal Trial, Appellate Judicial Posts Around
U.S.
(September
13, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Reinstates Class Action Over Verizon Telephone Charges
(September
13, 2002)
EEOC
Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Travel Agency
(September
13, 2002)
Circumstantial
Evidence Sufficient for Alien-Trafficking Conviction—Court
(September
13, 2002)
Court’s
Leaders Set to Vote on New Layoffs, Courtroom Closures
(September
12, 2002)
Dukes,
MacLaughlin Deemed Elected to Top Court Posts
(September
12, 2002)
State
Bar Plans Celebration of Measure on Unauthorized Practice of Law
(September
12, 2002)
State
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Rock Stars Can Sue Over Comic Book
(September
12, 2002)
C.A.
Says Bacigalupo Can Keep ‘Judge, State Bar’ Ballot Designation
(September
12, 2002)
Court
Throws Out Conflict Indictment Against City Attorney
(September
12, 2002)
Crips
Co-Founder, Nobel Nominee, Loses Challenge to Death Sentence
(September
11, 2002)
Ruling
Expected Today on Bacigalupo Ballot Designation
(September
11, 2002)
Yaffe
Orders Change in ‘Partisan’ Lawndale Ballot Measure Wording
(September
11, 2002)
October
Trial Set for Lawyer Birenbaum, Accused of Theft From Clients
(September
11, 2002)
Davis
Signs Bill Authorizing State Bar to Spin Off Conference
(September
11, 2002)
Defecting
Law Partner Given Parting Shot in Duel of Press Releases
(September
11, 2002)
Lawyer-Developer
Ira Yellin Dies; Restored Bradbury Building, Promoted Downtown
(September
11, 2002)
City
Boosts Readiness in Response to National Security Alert Upgrade
(September
11, 2002)
Commission
Not Yet Ready to Pick Chief Finalists—Caruso
(September
11, 2002)
C.A.
Says Burbank Council Invocation Violates Establishment Clause
(September
10, 2002 )
School
District Violated Rights of Student Bible Club By Denying Full Recognition,
Ninth Circuit Rules
(September
10, 2002 )
Lawsuit
Over Swiss Bicycle Accident Can Be Tried Here, C.A. Rules
(September
10, 2002 )
Davis
Signs Bill Expanding Application of $35 Filing Fee Surcharge to More
Civil Cases
(September
10, 2002 )
Two
San Bernardino County Men To Be Arraigned on Charges of Swindling
Investors
(September
10, 2002 )
San
Bernardino Courts to Soften Davis Budget Cuts by Using Carry-Over
Savings
(September
10, 2002 )
Court
Orders New Hearing for LAPD Officer Convicted of Murder
(September
9, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Suit Over Use of Bicycle Trademark
(September
9, 2002)
Piper
Rudnick Continues Local Expansion by Adding Perrie Weiner
(September
9, 2002)
Los
Angeles Firm Gets New Long Beach Office Space
(September
9, 2002)
Police
Officer Charged With Drug Possession, Prosecutors Say
(September
9, 2002)
Governor
Signs Slimmed-Down Budget, Including $1.6 Billion for Courts
(September
6, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Eugene Allen Wright Dead at 89
(September
6, 2002)
Lyon & Lyon Breakup Complete as Founders Go to Holland & Knight
(September
6, 2002)
Seattle-Based Law Firm Preston Gates & Ellis Shuts Los Angeles Office
(September
6, 2002)
Court Overturns Order Blocking Pasadena School Assignment Plan
(September
5, 2002)
Retired Superior Court Judge M. Ross Bigelow Dead at 77
(September
5, 2002)
Hearing Slated on Harassment Charges Against Palm Springs Jurist
(September
5, 2002)
Preston Gates Lawyers Make Move to Piper Rudnick
(September
5, 2002)
Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Not Guilty to Filing False Reports
(September
5, 2002)
Law Firm’s Use of Compulsory Arbitration for Employees Upheld
(September
4, 2002)
Attorney Fee Lien Filing Protected by SLAPP Law—C.A.
(September
4, 2002)
Richardson & Harman of Pasadena Adds Associate J. Andrew Douglas
(September
4, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Rejects ADA Claim by U.S. Student in Overseas Program
(September
4, 2002)
Sperm Bank Protected as ‘Health Care Provider,’ Court Rules
(September
3, 2002)
William MacLaughlin to Run for Assistant Presiding Judge
(September
3, 2002)
California Chief Justice George Named Rehnquist Award Recipient
(September
3, 2002)
Jury Throws Party for Victim After Ruling in Her Favor in Nursing
Home Case
(September
3, 2002)
Davis Vetoes Traffic School Fee Bill Opposed by Los Angeles Court
(September
3, 2002)
Kilroy Realty in Litigation With Former Tenant
(September
3, 2002)
Court Blocks Sale of Alleged Knockoff Baby Banks
(September
3, 2002)
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against San Bernardino County Supervisor
(September
3, 2002)
Anti-SLAPP
Law Does Not Require Intent to Chill Speech—SC
(August
30, 2002)
C.A. Upholds Controversial Santa Monica Parking Plan
(August
30, 2002)
Davis Appoints Lawyer Justin Sanders to Health Board
(August
30, 2002)
Los Angeles County Law Library Gets New Public Computer Work Stations
(August
30, 2002)
Nightclub Owner, Hollywood Activist LaPietra Sued Over Man’s Death
(August
30, 2002)
S.C. Won’t Review Ruling on Race-Based School Transfer Policy
(August
29, 2002)
Superior Court Judge Alban I. Niles to Retire Oct. 4
(August
29, 2002)
C.A. Slates Sept. 10 Hearing on Bacigalupo Ballot Designation
(August
29, 2002)
Davis Signs Bill Granting Employee Leave for Some Court Appearances
(August
29, 2002)
Justices Limit Attorneys’ Liability for Malicious Prosecution
(August
28, 2002)
Baca Says State Law Prohibits Naming Offending Deputy
(August
28, 2002)
Court Upholds Award for Oakland Officials in Dispute With NBA Team
(August
28, 2002)
Los Angeles Lawyer Seeks State Takeover of Baseball
(August
28, 2002)
Supreme Court Permits Narrow Breach of Five-Year Pitchess Limit
(August
27, 2002)
St. George Seeks Recount in Board of Governors Race
(August
27, 2002)
Jury Finds LAPD Did Not Racially Profile Black Judge in 1999 Stop
(August
27, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Courthouse Ban on Biker Clothes
(August
27, 2002)
Chemerinsky Says He’ll File Own Suit Over Religious Tax Exemption
(August
27, 2002)
Court Rejects Ineffective Assistance Claim in Triple-Murder Case
(August
27, 2002)
Governor Davis Names Four to Los Angeles Superior Court
(August
26, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Holds That Accessing Protected Website Is Not ‘Wiretap’
(August
26, 2002)
Referee Marpet Removes Name From Commissioner Consideration
(August
26, 2002)
Justices
Strictly Limit Use of Stun Belts to Restrain Defendants
(August
23, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Asks State Supreme Court to Look at LAUSD Rule on Transfers
for Teachers
(August
23, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Two More Northern California Judges
(August
23, 2002)
Glendale-Based
Casino Firm Picks General Counsel
(August
23, 2002)
LAPD
Held Not Liable for Police Officer’s Suicide After Affair
(August
22, 2002)
Writ
Sought Against Bacigalupo Ballot Designation
(August
22, 2002)
Court
Finds No Jurisdiction to Hear Quadriplegic Lawyer’s Access Suit
(August
22, 2002)
Top-Spending
Judicial Race Gets More Expensive, Records Show
(August
21, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects RICO Suits Against Trading Card Manufacturers, Professional
Sports Leagues
(August
21, 2002)
Attorney
Deborah Dentler to Serve on MWD Board
(August
21, 2002)
Board
Seeks Sheriff’s Answers on Strip Search of Pregnant Woman
(August
21, 2002)
Study
Launched on Release of Offenders’ Home Addresses
(August
21, 2002)
S.C.
Rules for Drugmaker in Dispute Over Lost Insurance Policy
(August
20, 2002)
Supreme
Court Upholds Conditioning of Probation on Waiver of Credit for Time
Served in Custody
(August
20, 2002)
County
Panel Calls for Settlements in Sexual Harassment, Driving Cases
(August
20, 2002)
Liner
Yankelevitz Firm Moving East to Westwood
(August
20, 2002)
Judicial
Council Moves to Dismiss NYSE Suit Over Arbitration Rules
(August
20, 2002)
Merger
Talks Reported Between Oakland’s Crosby Heafey, Pittsburgh Firm
(August
20, 2002)
Altoon
Orders Reporters From Courtroom, Permits Others to Stay
(August
19, 2002)
Davis
Names Tammy Chung Ryu to Superior Court
(August
19, 2002)
Valley
Attorney Michael Convey Elected Superior Court Commissioner
(August
19, 2002)
Ripston,
in Rare Move, Explains Lone Vote Against Judge’s Removal
(August
16, 2002)
State
High Court Upholds Death Sentence for Former Firefighter Who Killed
Wife’s ‘Boyfriend’
(August
16, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Judges to Superior Courts in Sonoma, Mendocino Counties
(August
16, 2002)
State
Bar Seeking Applications for Rural Legal Assistance Board
(August
16, 2002)
Antonovich
to Ask County to Consider Releasing Sex Offenders’ Addresses
(August
16, 2002)
S.C.
to Decide if State May Pay Workers During Budget Impasse
(August
15, 2002)
Dismissal
of Suit on Other Grounds Did Not Preclude Fee Award Under Anti-SLAPP
Law, C.A. Rules
(August
15, 2002)
Former
District Attorney Gil Garcetti Nominated to City Ethics Commission
(August
15, 2002)
Daily
Journal’s Sustain Technologies Unit Drags Down Earnings
(August
15, 2002)
Antonovich
to Ask for Investigation Into Deputy Accused of Sex Harassment
(August
15, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Limits Vicarious Disqualification of Law Firm
(August
14, 2002)
Davis
Names Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Nguyen To Fill Vacancy on
Los Angeles Superior Court
(August
14, 2002)
Brief
Display of Sexually Explicit Student Art Not Harassment, C.A. Rules
(August
14, 2002)
S.C.
Upholds Death Sentence for Local Woman in Killing for Hire
(August
13, 2002)
Relatives
Cannot Recover Damages for Distress Over Medical Treatment Given Decedent,
C.A. Rules
(August
13, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Judges to Trial Courts in Four Counties Around State
(August
13, 2002)
Services
Set for Superior Court Probate Attorney Olafson
(August
13, 2002)
Wall
Street Journal Reports Jurors Increasingly Showing Bias Toward Businesses
(August
13, 2002)
Not
Fraudulent for Lawyers to Pay Themselves but Not Landlord
(August
12, 2002)
Court
Rejects Judgmental Immunity Claim in Malpractice Case
(August
12, 2002)
State
Bar Leaders Move to Limit Failed Applicants’ Access to Exams
(August
12, 2002)
Three
Commissioners Named Los Angeles Superior Court Judges
(August
9, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Challenge to City’s Solicitation Law
(August
9, 2002)
Judge
Rejects Request for Civil Grand Jury’s Rampart Materials
(August
9, 2002)
Supreme
Court Holds Denial of Motion to Vacate Plea Because of Immigration
Consequences Appealable
(August
9, 2002)
C.A.
Orders New Trial in Murder Case, Says DNA Evidence Misused
(August
8, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Random Searches at Airports
(August
8, 2002)
Bus
Riders Union Says More Buses Needed to Comply With Consent Decree
(August
8, 2002)
Merced
Deputy County Counsel Appointed to Superior Court
(August
8, 2002)
O’Melveny
& Myers Associates Raise Funds for Legal Aid Foundation
(August
8, 2002)
Restaurateurs
Not Liable for Killing by Patron on Premises—C.A.
(August
7, 2002)
C.A.
Applies One-Strike Law to Simultaneous Convictions
(August
7, 2002)
County’s
First Children’s Courthouse Waiting Room to Be Dedicated Tonight
(August
7, 2002)
Davis
Names Two Lockyer Deputies to Sacramento Superior Court
(August
7, 2002)
Board
of Governors Names Former LACBA President David Pasternak To Judicial
Council
(August
7, 2002)
U.S.
Liable for Cleanup of Pollution From Wartime Rubber Production—Court
(August
7, 2002)
High
Court Upholds, but Limits, Immunity From Tobacco Suits
(August
6, 2002)
CJP
Orders San Joaquin Judge Removed for Fixing Tickets
(August
6, 2002)
County
to Scrutinize No-Show Lawyer Blamed for $12.3 Million Verdict
(August
6, 2002)
Panel
Approves $75,000 Settlement of Court Reporter’s Harassment Claim
(August
6, 2002)
Court
Orders Greater Access to Executions, Cites First Amendment
(August
5, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Opts for Lenient Standard of Proof in Bias Cases
(August
5, 2002)
Bush
Nominates Judge Carol Chien-Hua Lam to Be U.S. Attorney in San Diego
(August
5, 2002)
Panel
Orders New Death Penalty Trial, Cites Prosecutor’s Remarks
(August
2, 2002)
Superior
Court Judge Reginald Dunn Slates Retirement
(
August 2, 2002)
Denial
of Anti-SLAPP Motion Held Bar to Later Malicious Prosecution Suit
(
August 2, 2002)
Court
Customer Service Training Initiative Wraps Up; Critics Call It a Waste
(
August 2, 2002)
Clients’
Failure to Appeal Did Not Excuse Lawyer’s Malpractice—C.A.
(August
1, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Finds Lawyer Was Ineffective, Orders New Murder Trial in Sacramento
Shooting
(August
1, 2002)
Lawyers
Argue Over Ballot Typeface Rules in Latest South Gate Case
(August
1, 2002)
Chief
Justice George Assuming Leadership Posts in National Court Organizations
(August
1, 2002)
C.A.
Overturns Order Disqualifying Lawyer in Discrimination Case
(July
31, 2002)
Retired
Judges to Get Pension Checks on Time Regardless Of State Budget Impasse,
Controller’s Office Says
(July
31, 2002)
Painting
of Officer Being Shot Not a Criminal Threat, Court of Appeal Rules
(July
31, 2002)
C.A.
Overturns Bad Faith Judgment, Says Lawyer’s Comment Improper
(July
30, 2002)
CalPERS
Notifies Retired Jurists That Budget Impasse Will Delay Pension Payments;
Vickrey Urges Connell to Pay
(July
30, 2002)
Duress
From Fear for Own Life No Defense to Murder, S.C. Rules
(July
30, 2002)
S.C.
Upholds Commission’s Power to Award Damages in Civil Rights Cases
(July
30, 2002)
Bankruptcy
Trustee Not Liable for Noticing Wrong Hearing Date—Court
(July
29, 2002)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge David Horowitz to Retire
(July
29, 2002)
Land
Use Lawyer Carlyle W. Hall Joins Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld
(July
29, 2002)
Bush
Nominates San Francisco Litigator Jeffrey White to Federal Judgeship
(July
29, 2002)
Detained
Defendant May Be Ordered to Give Fingerprint, Court Rules
(July
29, 2002)
Passenger,
Ex-LAPD Chief Testify in Racial Profiling Suit
(July
29, 2002)
Limitation
on Voir Dire Leads to Reversal of Death Sentence
(July
26, 2002)
State
Bar Court Accepts Readmission Petition From Hunt
(July
26, 2002)
Arraignment
of South Gate Treasurer Albert Robles Delayed
(July
26, 2002)
C.A.
Declares Statute on Battery of Custodial Officers Unconstitutional
(July
26, 2002)
‘Barbie
Girl’ Song Parodied Doll, Did Not Infringe on Mattel’s Rights
(July
25, 2002)
Convey,
Byrne Face Off in Race for Commissioner Spot
(July
25, 2002)
Superior
Court Weighing Participation in Domestic Violence Court Program
(July
25, 2002)
Cramer,
Runyon Named to Court Reporting Task Force
(July
25, 2002)
Davis
Signs Bill Giving Victims of Domestic Violence More Time to File Suits
(July
25, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Rights Suit Against Public Defender
(July
25, 2002)
High
Court Depublishes Ruling on Rescission of Trustee’s Sales
(July
25, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Second Amendment Challenge to Federal Gun Law
(July
24, 2002)
Immigrant
Who Married American Denied Fair Hearing On Adjustment of Status,
Ninth Circuit Rules
(July
24, 2002)
Trial
Begins in Case of Alleged LAPD Racial Profiling Against Virginia Judge
(July
24, 2002)
Compton
Courts Scholarship Fund Honors Area Students
(July
24, 2002)
Lawyer’s
Failure to Probe Alternate Suspect Held Ineffective Assistance
(July
23, 2002)
S.C.
Upholds Death Sentence in Bay Area Robbery-Murder
(July
23, 2002)
C.A.
Strikes Down $88 Million Attorney Fee Award in Smog Fee Case
(July
23, 2002)
Bet
Tzedek Raises $300,000 With It’s Sixth Annual Justice Ball
(July
23, 2002)
Bush
Nominates Klausner, Otero For Seats on Federal Court
(July
22, 2002)
State
High Court Gives Lawyers Handling Death Penalty Appeals More Time
to File Habeas Corpus Petitions
(July
22, 2002)
Janavs
Orders Controversial Homecare Worker Pay Measure Off Ballot
(July
22, 2002)
Former
Beverly Hills Attorney Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement From Sons
of Dead LAPD Officer
(July
22, 2002)
State
High Court Orders Judges Not to Instruct Jurors in ‘Nullification’
(July
19, 2002)
Class
Action Accuses County of Denying Children Mental Health, Family Preservation
Services
(July
19, 2002)
Justices
Grant Medical Marijuana Users Some Immunity From Prosecution
(July
19, 2002)
Inglewood
Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Assault of Teenager
(July
19, 2002)
Lord,
Bissell & Brook Expands Entertainment Law Office in Los Angeles
(July
19, 2002)
Hancock,
Rothert & Bunshoft Partner Wins $30.5 Million Arbitration
(July
19, 2002)
Death
Sentence Upheld in Killing of San Diego County Woman
(July
19, 2002)
Business
Litigator Silverstein Joins Littler Mendelson in Los Angeles
(July
19, 2002)
C.A.
Rules State May Have to Pay for Local Boards’ Agenda Posting
(July
18, 2002)
Council
Agrees to $165,000 Settlement of Rampart-Related Suit Brought by Brother
of Perez’s Former Girlfriend
(July
18, 2002)
Santa
Ana Lawyer Sanctioned $6,000 for Frivolous Appeal in Fee Case
(July
17, 2002)
Board
Criticizes Cooley for Refusing to Discuss Arrest Of Man Who Filmed
Inglewood Officer Hitting Teen
(July
17, 2002)
Board
Again Votes to Appeal Verdict in Case Alleging Beating by Deputy
(July
17, 2002)
County
to Pay $150,000 to Settle Suit Over Strip Search of Pregnant Woman
(July
17, 2002)
Nederlander
Concerts Seeks to Have Suit by Anschutz Entertainment Over Staples,
Forum Rights Handled Through Arbitration
(July
17, 2002)
S.C.
Rejects City’s Attempt to Short-Circuit Public Records Process
(July
16, 2002)
Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton Partner Richter Dies
(July
16, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Challenge to Holocaust Insurance Reporting Law
(July
16, 2002)
Panel
Recommends $1.7 Million Settlement in Deputy’s Accident
(July
16, 2002)
C.A.
Rejects Preemption Challenge to Warnings on Nicotine Patches
(July
15, 2002)
Governor
Signs Bill Increasing Juror Mileage Payment
(July
15, 2002)
Two
Local Lawyers Elected to Lead California Young Lawyers Assn.
(July
15, 2002)
Mary
Thornton House, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
(July
15, 2002)
Marcus,
Ispen Elected to Board of Governors in ‘Outsiders’ Near Sweep
(July
12, 2002)
O’Brien
Elected President of California Judges Association
(July
12, 2002)
New
Jury Assembly Room to Set Standard for Future Endeavors—Officials
(July
12, 2002)
Judges,
Lawyers Serving More Often as Jurors, Superior Court Survey Finds
(July
12, 2002)
Policy
Bars Retired Jurists in Private ADR From Bench Assignments
(July
11, 2002)
Manning
& Marder Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves For Blood Donations to
Help Downed Officer
(July
11, 2002)
Federal
Civil Rights Suit Filed Over Videotaped Beating
(July
11, 2002)
Compton
Child Care Waiting Room to Be Named for Commissioner Marckese
(July
11, 2002)
Burke
Honors Court Administrator for Community Service
(July
11, 2002)
State
Timeliness Restrictions on Habeas Corpus Petitions May Be Valid
(July
10, 2002)
South
Gate Appeals Order Barring Work Changes for Police
(July
10, 2002)
Cotkin,
Collins & Ginsburg to Move to Larger Office in Downtown Los Angeles
(July
10, 2002)
District
Attorney’s Office Reminds Parents of Alternative to Abandoning Babies
(July
10, 2002)
Brief
Handcuffing at Border Does Not Require Probable Cause—Court
(July
9, 2002)
Fresno
Superior Court Judge James Aaron Stipulates To Retirement, Is Publically
Censured by CJP
(July
9, 2002)
Failure
to Readvise on Right to Counsel Subject to Harmless Error Test—S.C
(July
9, 2002)
Recovery
of Non-Economic Damages Need Not Reduce Fee Restitution
(July
8, 2002)
Former
Beverly Hills Attorney Angela Wallace Ordered To Stand Trial for Grand
Theft by Embezzlement
(July
8, 2002)
U.S.
District Judge Enright to Be Honored by American Inns of Court
(July
8, 2002)
State
Must Reimburse Schools’ Costs for Expulsion Proceedings—C.A.
(July
5, 2002)
Bay
Area Newspaper Searches Spark Questions of Legality
(July
5, 2002)
Nancy
Brown Reassigned to Alhambra After Complaints From Lawyers
(July
5, 2002)
Demonstrators
Protest Pledge Decision in Front of Pasadena Home Owned by Ninth Circuit
Judge
(July
5, 2002)
Local
Attorney Named to Law Enforcement Standards Commission
(July
5, 2002)
Board
of Supervisors Ousts County Children’s Services Chief Anita Bock
(July
5, 2002)
Church
Can Bar Ex-Member With Contrary Religious Message—C.A.
(July
3, 2002)
CJP
Charges Retired Judge Simpson With Six Ethics Violations Based on
Attempts to Fix Tickets
(July
3, 2002)
Board
Approves $800,000 Malpractice Settlement Over Jail Medical Care
(July
3, 2002)
Broad
Workers’ Compensation Release Bars FEHA Suit, S.C. Rules
(July
2, 2002)
State
High Court Clarifies Rules on Transferred Intent
(July
2, 2002)
Attorney’s
Lien Laws Need Revising, First District Presiding Justice Says
(July
2, 2002)
Baca,
Citing Underfunding, Starts Release of Misdemeanants Held on Low Bail
(July
2, 2002)
Media
Not Liable for Going Along on Illegal Search—Ninth Circuit
(July
1, 2002)
Judge
Juelann Cathey Granted Disability Retirement
(July
1, 2002)
Toymaker’s
Suit Against Law Firm No SLAPP, Appeals Court Rules
(July
1, 2002)
Limitation
on Judicial Candidate Speech Violates First Amendment
(June
28, 2002)
Lawyer Sued for Malpractice May in Some Cases Sue Co-Counsel for Indemnity,
State High Court Rules
(June
28, 2002)
Goodwin Stays Enforcement of Pledge Ruling Pending Rehearing Decision
(June
28, 2002)
County Can Be Liable for Sheriff’s Action as Jailer, Court Rules
(June
28, 2002)
County Budget Cuts May Shift Some Public Defender Costs to Court—Officials
(June
28, 2002)
Krinsky Installed as LACBA President, Urges Lawyers to ‘Serve Community’
(June
28, 2002)
En Banc Ninth Circuit Rejects Sale of San Diego City Land With Cross
as Violation of State Constitution
(June
27, 2002)
Court of Appeal Says eBay Not Liable in Sports Memorabilia Fraud
(June
27, 2002)
Court Allows Suits in State Against Bridgestone/Firestone
(June
27, 2002)
Hahn Continues to Speak Out Against Secession During Radio Appearance
(June
27, 2002)
Janavs Won’t Enjoin Alleged Brown Act Violations by County Board
(June
26, 2002)
County Awards Abbreviated Superior Court Collections Contract
(June
26, 2002)
Lawyers Have Ethical Duty to Be ‘Public Citizens,’ Reynoso Tells ACLU
(June
26, 2002)
Civil Filing Fees to Increase Monday to Fund Child Waiting Rooms at
Six Courthouses
(June
26, 2002)
Miriam A. Krinsky, Los Angeles County Bar Association President
(June
26, 2002)
Santa Barbara Litigator James Herman Elected State Bar President
(June
25, 2002)
Denial of Benefit to Older Worker Not Illegal—S.C.
(June
25, 2002)
Former Rampart Officer Hires Colleague’s Attorney for Beating Case
(June
25, 2002)
Panel Recommends County Pay $475,000 to Settle Five Suits
(June
25, 2002)
C.A. Says $120,000 in Damages for Electronic Eavesdropping Not Excessive
(June
25, 2002)
Steefel, Levitt & Weiss Relocates Offices From Century City to Downtown
(June
25, 2002)
Coleman Looks Back on Bar Presidency, Changing Legal Profession
(June
25, 2002)
Jury Rejects Claim Ex-Judge Trammell Coerced Defendant Into Sex
(June
24, 2002)
Deputy Federal Public Defender Richard G. Novak Elected Los Angeles
Superior Court Commissioner
(June
24, 2002)
Court of Appeal Rejects White Deputies’ Challenge to Sheriff’s Promotions
(June
24, 2002)
Retired Judge Hermo Resigns From State Bar, Avoiding Charges
(June
24, 2002)
Paul Hastings Named International Real Estate Law Firm of Year by
Chambers Global
(June
24, 2002)
C.A.
Rejects Manufacturing-Defect Finding in First Latex Glove Trial
(June
21, 2002)
Yaffe Allows Embattled Judge to Withdraw Re-Election Bid
(June
21, 2002)
Former Rampart Officers’ Libel Suit Against Newspaper Held a SLAPP
(June
21, 2002)
S.C. Won’t Review Ruling on Fugitive Medical-Marijuana Backer
(June
21, 2002)
CJP Charges Riverside Judge With Sexual Harassment of Lawyer
(June
20, 2002)
C.A. Revives Rock Stars’ Suit Over Use of Their Personae
(June
20, 2002)
Veteran Deputy District Attorney Barreto-Morehouse Dies at Age 52
(June
20, 2002)
Hearing Set on Bid by South Gate Police for TRO to Block Schedule
Change
(June
20, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Backs Lenient Standard of Causation in Radiation Case
(June
19, 2002)
C.A. Upholds Rule for Classifying Lawyers in State Service
(June
19, 2002)
Attorney Joseph Gorman to Get Arthur K. Marshall Award
(June
19, 2002)
Ethics Commissioner Fleming Resigns to Campaign for Valley Secession
(June
19, 2002)
Delay in Lawyer’s Contempt Sentencing Requires New Notice—Court
(June
18, 2002)
Discretionary Relief Law Applies to Judgment Based On Settlement Offer,
State High Court Rules
(June
18, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Vacates Ruling in Seattle School Busing Case, Asks State
High Court for Help
(June
18, 2002)
San Luis Obispo Attorney Milstein Placed on Involuntary Inactive Status
(June
18, 2002)
Judge Threatens to Dismiss Officers' Libel Suit Against Los Angeles
Times
(June
18, 2002)
Former Judge Henry Nelson Honored as ‘Attorney of the Year’
(June
18, 2002)
Local Judges’ Benefit Package Targeted in Federal Civil Rights Suit
(June
17, 2002)
Robin Meadow Elected County Bar President for 2003
(June
17, 2002)
S.C.,
Upholding Murder Conviction, Limits Spousal Testimony Privilege
(June
14, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Revives Actor’s Claim That Use of His Photo on ‘Playgirl’
Cover Places Him in False Light
(June
14, 2002)
Drug Busts Net Dozens of Arrests in Nationwide Effort Against Mexican
Drug Cartel; Cooley Says 38 More at Large
(June
14, 2002)
Delgadillo Forms Gun Prosecution Unit to Enforce Local Permit Rules
(June
14, 2002)
Judge Throws Out Suit Accusing Cooley of Framing Lawyer for Perjury
(June
13, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Claim That Producer Bochco Stole Idea for
‘City of Angels’ Television Series
(June
13, 2002)
S.C. to Decide Whether School May Be Liable for Student Athlete’s
Injury
(June
13, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Panel Reinstates San Francisco Lawyer’s Vagueness Challenge
to Attorney Discipline Rules
(June
13, 2002)
Addict
Denied Rehire After Treatment May Have ADA Claim—Court
(June
12, 2002)
Supervisors Scold County Lawyers for Spending Practices
(June
12, 2002)
Board Adds Broad Exception to Law Requiring County Contractors to
Pay for Jury Service
(June
12, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Declines to Order Further Disclosure of Vince Foster
Photos
(June
12, 2002)
24
Chosen for 2002-2003 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury
(June
12, 2002)
Magazine Ranks Three Local Law Firms Among Nation’s 20 Best
(June
12, 2002)
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of IOLTA
(June
11, 2002)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Local Home Invasion
(June
11, 2002)
Bill to Increase Penalties for Unlicensed Practice of Law Clears Senate
(June
11, 2002)
Bryan Cave to Merge With New York Firm, Creating 800-Member Practice
(June
11, 2002)
San Bernardino Prosecutor David Whitney Tapped for Award
(June
11, 2002)
One-Day, One-Trial Jury System Now Implemented Countywide
(June
11, 2002)
Spin-Off of Conference of Delegates From State Bar Remains on Track
(June
11, 2002)
West Publishing Liable for Not Publishing Lawyer’s Treatise—Court
(June
10, 2002)
Lawyer’s Handcuffing in Front of Jury Did Not Deprive Client of Fair
Trial, Ninth Circuit Rules
(June
10, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Attempt to Restrict Death Row Inmate’s Contact With Jurors
(June
10, 2002)
Non-Biological
‘Father’ May Be Awarded Parental Rights—S.C.
(June
7, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Judges Question Why Candidate Cannot Be Designated as
‘Peace Activist’ on Ballot
(June
7, 2002)
Anti-SLAPP Law Requires Showing of Intent to Chill Speech, Lawyers
Argue
(June
7, 2002)
Students Get Real Life Lessons in Punctuality, Preparation During
‘Pizza and Root Beer’ Session at Courthouse
(June
7, 2002)
Questioning of Store Owner While Serving Warrant Violated Miranda—Court
(June
7, 2002)
Southwestern University School of Law to Offer Tour Of Bullocks Wilshire
Tea Room Tomorrow
(June
7, 2002)
Lawyers
Battle at High Court Over Balance Between Brady, Pitchess
(June
6, 2002)
Davis Names Public Sector Lawyers to Superior Court
(June
6, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Broad Attack on Use of In-House Counsel to Defend Insureds
(June
6, 2002)
Superior Court Honors Temporary Judges for Service
(June
6, 2002)
Retired Justice Marcel Poché Named to Santa Clara Superior Court
(June
5, 2002)
Testimony by Character Witness in Religious Garb Did Not Violate Fair
Trial Rights, Appeals Court Rules
(June
5, 2002)
Claims Board Recommends $800,000 Settlement of Medical Negligence
Case
(June
5, 2002)
Public Defender Seeks to Change Office’s Image With Possible Television
Deal
(June
5, 2002)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Snaps Up Corporate Lawyer
(June
5, 2002)
Court of Appeal Strikes Down Race-Based School Transfer Policy
(June
4, 2002)
C.A. Clarifies Rule on Time to Sue for Malpractice
(June
4, 2002)
State Supreme Court Limits Good-Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule
(June
4, 2002)
Delgadillo Opposes Federal Plan to Allow Local Police to Enforce Immigration
Laws
(June
4, 2002)
Time Running Out for Lawyers Who Missed MCLE Filing Deadline
(June
4, 2002)
Bird, Marella, Boxer & Wolpert Renews Lease in Watt Plaza
(June
4, 2002)
Court of Appeal Takes Strict Stance on ‘Last Day’ for Speedy Trial
(June
4, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds Firing of Police Benefits Worker Who Married Prisoner
(June
3, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit, for Second Time, Rejects District Judge’s Finding That CHP
Discriminates in Promotion
(June
3, 2002)
Fresno
Jurist Confirmed to Fill New Seat on Fifth District Court of Appeal
(June
3, 2002)
Family
Law Attorney Appointed to Sacramento Superior Court
(June
3, 2002)
June
10 Ceremony Slated to Rename Central Courthouse for Stanley Mosk
(June
3, 2002)
Assemblywoman
Corbett Named to California Judicial Council
(June
3, 2002)
State
Supreme Court Rules in Death Penalty Case: Denial of Jury’s Request
to Speak to Defendant Not Reversible Error
(May
31, 2002)
Three
Bench Officers Slate Retirements in Next Two Months
(May
31, 2002)
Candidate
Who Defeated Challenge to Ballot Statement Entitled to Fees—C.A.
(May
31, 2002)
San
Francisco’s McCutchen, Doyle Merges With Boston Law Firm
(May
31, 2002)
Baca
Postpones Threatened Release of 400 County Jail Inmates Until July
(May
31, 2002)
State
Employees Not Entitled to Salaries During Budget Impasse—C.A.
(May
30, 2002)
Judges
Help Bring Interactive CD-ROM to High Schools
(May
30, 2002)
Judge’s
Questioning During View of Scene Violated Fifth Amendment—C.A.
(May
30, 2002)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Hires Allan Parachini to Lead Information Office
(May
30, 2002)
Heller
Ehrman White & McAuliffe Adds Securities Lawyer
(May
30, 2002)
Two
Local Lawyers Charged With Stealing From Clients
(May
30, 2002)
Pass
Rate for February Bar Exam Drops Again, to 33.4 Percent
(May
29, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects Rastafarian’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Defense to Charge
of Marijuana Importation
(May
29, 2002)
Employee’s
Distress Over Workplace Gossip Not Compensable Injury—C.A.
(May
29, 2002)
Godfrey,
Levanas Elected Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioners
(May
28, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Rejects Assumption-of-Risk Defense, Reinstates Suit by Girl
Thrown From Horse
(May
28, 2002)
C.A.
Reinstates Suit Against Hospital Whose Patient ‘Exited’ Via Window
(May
28, 2002)
C.A.
Strikes Down County Fair Dress Code in Hell’s Angels Case
(May
24, 2002)
Prisoner
Does Not Have Constitutional Right to Artificially Inseminate Wife,
En Banc Ninth Circuit Rules
(May
24, 2002)
Courts,
Government Offices to Be Closed for Memorial Day
(May
24, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Judge-Elect Libutti to San Bernardino Superior Court
(May
24, 2002)
Bar
Exam Results to Be Released Over Holiday Weekend
(May
24, 2002)
O’Melveny
& Meyers Attorney Chosen for Dana Latham Award
(May
24, 2002)
Davis
Appoints Three Private Practitioners to Superior Court
(May
23, 2002)
State
High Court Won’t Review Ruling Holding Lawyer In Contempt for Frivolous
Challenge to Bench Officer
(May
23, 2002)
C.A.
Sanctions Lawyer for Not Notifying It of Client’s Bankruptcy Filing
(May
23, 2002)
Court
of Appeal to Hear Oral Argument in San Luis Obispo
(May
23, 2002)
Davis
Names Local Healthcare Attorney to State Board of Behavioral Science
Examiners
(May
23, 2002)
Perry
to Dedicate ‘Joel Wachs Square’ to Honor Former Councilman
(May
23, 2002)
Two
DWP Employees Named to Colorado River Board
(May
23, 2002)
Cooley
Asks for Extra $10 Million for Specialized Prosecution Units
(May
22, 2002)
Closed
Board Sessions Did Not Violate Brown Act—Cooley
(May
22, 2002)
Board
Gives Final Approval to Naming Courthouse for Antonovich
(May
22, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Judge O’Scannlain Gets Honorary Notre Dame Degree
(May
22, 2002)
Deputy
City Attorney Ken Hughey Enjoying Third Career as He Turns 70
(May
22, 2002)
State
High Court Bars Suit Over Shooting at Downtown Courthouse
(May
21, 2002)
Court
Reporter Cannot Be Disciplined for Not Paying Debts to Colleagues,
Court of Appeal Rules
(May
21, 2002)
Timeliness
of Governmental Tort Claim Is Jury Issue, Court of Appeal Rules
(May
21, 2002)
Archdiocese,
Mahony, Priest Hit With RICO Lawsuit
(May
21, 2002)
Claims
Board Advises County to Pay $450,000 to Settle Suit Over Demotion
(May
21, 2002)
Court
Says Bank of America Must Refund $40 Million in Trustee’s Fees
(May
20, 2002)
Fatal
Injury During Sex Act Was Not ‘Self-Inflicted,’ Insurer Must Pay Benefits,
Ninth Circuit Rules
(May
20, 2002)
Judge
Denies Anti-SLAPP Motion by South Gate Recall Leaders, Grants Preliminary
Injunction
(May
20, 2002)
Jury
Awards $225,000 Against Judge Snyder in Automobile Case
(May
20, 2002)
Ex-Judge
Censured in Riverside Estates Scandal, Barred From Assignments
(May
20, 2002)
Magistrates
Block, Chapman Seeking Reappointment; Court Asks
(May
20, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rules: Anti-Abortionists’ Tactics Were Threats, Not Protected
by Constitution
(May
17, 2002)
County,
Superior Court Hit With Class Action Over Accessibility for Disabled
People to Courthouses
(May
17, 2002)
Religious
Employer May Fire Worker for ‘Inappropriate’ Speech—S.C.
(May
17, 2002)
Check
of Personnel Files Not Needed for Brady Claim—C.A.
(May
17, 2002)
Former
Compton Municipal Court Judge, Legislator Ralph Dills Dies
(May
17, 2002)
County
Breached Agreement to Get Ex-MTA Officers New Jobs—C.A.
(May
17, 2002)
Daily
Journal Posts Profit, Still Struggles With Software Unit
(May
17, 2002)
S.C.
Won’t Hear Prosecutor’s Claim of Bias in Promotion Denial
(May
16, 2002)
Appeals
Court Candidate Lee Clarifies Record, Informs Governor’s Office He
Did Not Serve in Vietnam
(May
16, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds $27 Million Fee Award in Microsoft ‘Freelancers’ Case
(May
16, 2002)
Two
Patent Attorneys Join Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles
(May
16, 2002)
Davis
Proposes $52 Million Funding Cut for Courts as Part of Budget-Balancing
Plan
(May
15, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds Police Use of Murder Defendant’s Girlfriend To Tape Phone
Calls, Says She Was Not Agent
(May
15, 2002)
Santa
Monica Mountains Conservancy Subject to Local Land Use Laws—C.A.
(May
15, 2002)
Sacramento
District Attorney, Civil Litigator Named to Bench
(May
15, 2002)
Board
of Supervisors Votes to Name Courthouse for Antonovich
(May
15, 2002)
Bill
Making Unauthorized Practice of Law a Wobbler Moves to Senate Floor
(May
15, 2002)
Board
Seeks to Shift Full Cost of Bailiffs, Security Services to Courts
(May
15, 2002)
Cooley
Launches New Division, Database to Boost Brady Compliance
(May
14, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Restricts Public Access to Discovery Materials in Times Case
(May
14, 2002)
U.S.
Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Adult Business Ban
(May
14, 2002)
‘Better
Form of Justice’ Vowed as Chatsworth Courthouse Is Dedicated
(May
14, 2002)
Delgadillo,
Garcetti Sponsoring Bill to Bolster Community Voice in Criminal Courts
(May
14, 2002)
Torrance
Official’s Suit Against Ex-Congressman Declared SLAPP
(May
14, 2002)
Three
Judges Said to Be Under Review for Court of Appeal
(May
13, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Orders New Trial in Bay Area Murder, Says Death Row Inmate
Got Bad Representation
(
May 13, 2002)
Judge
Sets Deadline for Objections to Review of Seized South Gate Material
(
May 13, 2002)
Court
Could Consider Tapes in Enjoining Harassment—C.A.
(
May 13, 2002)
S.C.
Upholds Death Penalty for Sacramento Man in Roommate’s Killing
(May
10, 2002)
Court of Appeal Says Denial of Welfare Aid for Disabled Students May
Violate Federal Civil Rights Law
(May
10, 2002)
Court of Appeal Skirts Issue of Constitutionality of Civil Procedure
Sec. 1008
(May
10, 2002)
Davis Names David Oberholtzer to San Diego Superior Court
(May
10, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Toxics Exposure Claims, Says Workers Filed Too Late
(May
9, 2002)
Lawyer for Insurance Commissioner Urges Ninth Circuit Panel to Reinstate
Holocaust-Victims Disclosure Law
(May
9, 2002)
McCall, Schickman Named Chair, Vice Chair of JNE Commission
(May
9, 2002)
Riverside Superior Court Commissioner Sichel Appointed Judge
(May
9, 2002)
Marathon Organizer May Be Liable for Not Providing Liquids—C.A.
(May
8, 2002)
Bankruptcy Court Has Exclusive Jurisdiction to Determine Adequacy
of Notice to Creditor, Ninth Circuit Rules
(May
8, 2002)
Hearing Set on SLAPP Motion in Ongoing South Gate Controversy
(May
8, 2002)
Sheppard Mullin Attorney Named Antitrust Lawyerof the Year
(May
8, 2002)
State Supreme Court Upholds Government Eavesdropping on Inmates
(May
7, 2002)
Pounders Says He Gave ‘Careful Attention’ Before Approving Warrant
for Search of MetNews Office
(May
7, 2002)
System of Choosing County Hearing Officers Violates Due Process—S.C.
(May
7, 2002)
State Bar Moves Toward Splitting With Conference of Delegates
(May
7, 2002)
Davis Names Stockton Lawyer to San Joaquin Superior Court
(May
7, 2002)
Court of Appeal Approves Unsealing of Documents in Girl’s Murder
(May
7, 2002)
Two-Lawyer Defense Proposal Delays Trial of Former Rampart Officer
Cohan
(May
7, 2002)
Herman, Villa, Wylie to Seek State Bar Presidency
(May
6, 2002)
Patient’s Adult Heirs Not Bound by Medical Malpractice Arbitration
Agreement, Court of Appeal Rules
(May
6, 2002)
Davis Names Federal Prosecutor To Contra Costa Superior Court
(May
6, 2002)
Investigators
Serving Search Warrant Close Metropolitan News-Enterprise
(May
3, 2002)
S.C. Limits Free Speech Protection for Nike Ad Campaign
(May
3, 2002)
Davis Names Fresno Judge Gene Gomes to Fifth District Court of Appeal
(May
3, 2002)
High Court to Review Scope of Governor’s Power to Block Parole
(May
2, 2002)
C.A. Bars Loss of Consortium Claim for Premarital Tort
(May
2, 2002)
Guatemalan Colonel’s Family Established Persecution by Rebels, Court
Rules
(May
2, 2002)
Local Lawyer Named American Bankruptcy Institute President
(May
2, 2002)
C.A. Clarifies Definition of ‘Injury’ in Transactional Malpractice
Suit
(May
1, 2002)
Equal Protection Clause Requires Retroactive Application Of Drug Sentencing
Measure, Appeals Court Rules
(May
1, 2002)
Court Collections Contract Held Up Pending Review by County Auditors
(May
1, 2002)
Holden’s Treasurer Tells Panel Computer Problems Caused Campaign Violation
(May
1, 2002)
Board Tells Coroner Set Up to Sell Products Via Credit Card
(May
1, 2002)
Delgadillo Blasts Hahn’s Budget, Says Mid-Year Requests Inevitable
(April
30, 2002)
County’s Newest Judge Sworn In, Promises to Protect Rights
(April
30, 2002)
Senate Panel to Weigh Harsher Penalty for Unlicensed Practice of Law
(April
30, 2002)
Kelsey Grammer Loses Bid to Avoid $2 Million Payment to Ex-Agent
(April
30, 2002)
DMV Must Give Home Address to Lawyer for Collection Agency—C.A.
(April
29, 2002)
Dodson, Reichert Elected Superior Court Commissioners
(April
29, 2002)
Delgadillo Backs Bill to Block Landlords From Avoiding Court Orders
(April
29, 2002)
Appeals Court Rejects Lawyer’s Reverse Condemnation Award on Blighted
Long Beach Building
(April
29, 2002)
Holden Alleges Ethics Panel Treats Candidates, Campaigns Differently
(April
29, 2002)
Supreme
Court Sets High Bar for Release of Sexually Violent Predators
(April
26, 2002)
Lawyer Calls State Bar’s Opposition to Readmission of Former Civil
Rights Attorney Hunt ‘Stupidly Wrong’
(April
26, 2002)
Board to Consider Naming New Lancaster Courthouse for Antonovich
(April
26, 2002)
Commission on Judicial Performance Publicly Admonishes Sacramento
Judge for Cutting Trees on Public Land
(April
26, 2002)
Delgadillo to Unveil Bill to Address Neighborhood Nuisance Buildings
(April
26, 2002)
Holden to Weigh Stipulating to Campaign Finance Law Violation
(April
26, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Orders New Death Penalty Trial in Co-Worker’s Murder
(April
25, 2002)
Misdemeanor Weapons Violator Subject to Deportation Even if Conviction
Is Expunged, Appeals Court Rules
(April
25, 2002)
Yaffe Asks for More Briefing on Whether Kline Can Pull Off of Ballot
(April
25, 2002)
Hahn Touts Community-Based Programs in Monthly Radio Program
(April
25, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Schizophrenic’s Brutality Suit Against LAPD
(April
24, 2002)
Measure to Bar Posting Judges’, Other Public Officials’ Personal Data
on Internet Clears Assembly Committee
(April
24, 2002)
Panel Approves Bill to Provide Relief to Wrongly Convicted Defendants
(April
24, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Grants New Trial Based on Expert’s Testimony About Drug
Organizations
(April
24, 2002)
Barring Credit Cardholder From Joining Class Action Unconscionable—C.A.
(April
24, 2002)
Law Banning Gun Sales on County Property Not Preempted—S.C.
(April
23, 2002)
LAPD Union Has Right to Intervene in Consent Decree Proceedings to
Protect Members, Ninth Circuit Rules
(April
23, 2002)
Senate Confirms Yang as U.S. Attorney for Central District of California
(April
23, 2002)
State Bar Dismisses Discipline Probe of Its Executive Director
(April
23, 2002)
San Fernando Valley Attorney Sentenced to One Month in Jail, Ordered
to Pay Restitution in Real Estate Scheme
(April
23, 2002)
Federal Judge Fines Owner of Defunct Casino $10,000 for Offering Bribery
(April
23, 2002)
Ruling Barring Class Action on Overtime Pay Certified for Publication
(April
23, 2002)
Davis Names Laguna Hills Lawyer, Two Santa Ana Attorneys to Orange
Superior Court
(April
23, 2002)
Parks Says He Will Resign, Won’t Sue City Over Reappointment Decision
(April
23, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Losing Candidate’s Challenge to Governor’s Race Results
(April
22, 2002)
Orange County District Attorney Files Amended Complaint Laying Out
Evidence Against Superior Court Judge Kline
(April
22, 2002)
Hahn’s Budget Slashes Travel, Furniture for City Attorney, Other Offices
(April
22, 2002)
Davis Names One Each to San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo Courts
(April
22, 2002)
Threat to Kill Lawyer Not Covered by Attorney-Client Privilege—Court
(April
22, 2002)
S.C.
Upholds District Attorney’s Use of Expert Paid by Victim
(April
19, 2002)
Davis Names Buckley, Horn to Los Angeles Superior Court
(April
19, 2002)
Sanctions May Be Awarded After Demurrer Sustained—C.A.
(April
19, 2002)
State Bar-Conference of Delegates Split Moves Forward
(April
19, 2002)
Hahn Kicks Off City’s Anti-Secession Fight in State of the City Address
(April
19, 2002)
S.C. Lets Ruling Striking Down Orange County Airport Measure Stand
(April
18, 2002)
Council Was Not Fully Informed of Legal Risks Before Voting Not to
Take Over Parks Matter, Allred Says
(April
18, 2002)
State Bar Court Upholds Finding That Lawyer Misappropriated Funds
(April
18, 2002)
Janice Fukai Appointed County’s Newest Head of the Alternate Public
Defender Office
(April
18, 2002)
City Council Moves Forward on Creation of Downtown Community Court
(April
18, 2002)
Appeals Court Maintains Stay of South Gate Recall
(April
18, 2002)
Davis Names Annie M. Gutierrez to Imperial Superior Court
(April
18, 2002)
Coroner’s Removal of Corneas Without Consent Violated Rights
(April
17, 2002)
C.A. Rejects Defamation Suit by ‘Multimillionaire’ Contestant
(April
17, 2002)
Parks Cries Foul Over Reappointment Process, Urges Council Take Action
(April
17, 2002)
Retired High Court Justice Byron White Dies of Pneumonia at Age 84
(April
16, 2002)
Ninth Circuit Vacates $500,000 Sanctions Award Against Attorney in
Barbie Doll Copyright Dispute
(April
16, 2002)
Economic Slowdown Brings Tight Budget Proposal for County Law Agencies
(April
16, 2002)
Hahn Pledges $3.6 Million for Neighborhood Prosecutors, $1 Million
Short of Delgadillo Budget Request
(April
16, 2002)
County Panel Approves $85,000 to Settle False Arrest Claim
(April
16, 2002)
Parks
May Have Grounds to Sue Commission for Defamation
(April
15, 2002)
Davis
Names Three to Los Angeles Superior Court
(April
15, 2002)
Appeal
Ordered Dismissed if Medical Marijuana Advocate Remains Fugitive
(April
15, 2002)
Lawyers
Ryu, Sharrieff Elected to Board of CYLA
(April
15, 2002)
City
Council Approves $477 Annual Charge for Billboard Owners
(April
15, 2002)
Bill
to Outlaw Posting of Judges’ Addresses on Internet Draws Fire
(April
12, 2002)
County
Bar’s Criminal Justice Reform Panel Looks at Lawyers’ Critiques of
System in Light of Rampart
(April
12, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Federal Law Capping Damage Awards in Bias Cases
(April
12, 2002)
Proposed
New Sheriff’s Criminalists May Have No Place to Work—Official
(April
12, 2002)
State
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Anti-Spam Law
(April
11, 2002)
Lender
Cannot Rescind Foreclosure Sale to Correct Trustee’s Mistake, Court
of Appeal Rules
(April
11, 2002)
Bail
Hearing for Woman Accused of Threatening Judge Beverly Continued
(April
11, 2002)
Purchasing
Alcohol for Minor a Strict Liability Crime, Court Rules
(April
11, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Limits Trial Judges’ Discretion Under Proposition 36
(April
10, 2002)
Federal
Judge Rejects Arizona Lawyer’s Bid to Vote in California State Bar
Board of Governors Election
(April
10, 2002)
Expert
Fees Recoverable Under Contract Must Be Proven at Trial—C.A.
(April
10, 2002)
Police
Commission Votes 4-1 to Reject Parks’ Bid for Second Term
(April
10, 2002)
C.A.
Orders New Trial Because Judge Told Potential Jurors to Lie
(April
9, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit, Citing Bias in Jury Selection, Orders New Habeas Corpus Hearing
for Convicted Murderer
(April
9, 2002)
Hupp
Terminates City Fire Department’s Racial-Hiring Consent Decree
(April
9, 2002)
Deputy
District Attorney Diana Summerhayes Elected Commissioner
(April
8, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Overturns Order Allowing Sav-On Employees’ Class Action
on Overtime to Proceed
(April
8, 2002)
Memorial
Service Set for April 16 for Loyola Law Professor Bill Hobbs
(April
8, 2002)
Judge
Mark Brandler Remembered as ‘Legendary’ for High-Profile Cases
(April
8, 2002)
Bias
in Jury Challenges Does Not Always Require New Panel—S.C.
(April
5, 2002)
Contract
Requiring Spouse to Pay Liquidated Damages For Infidelity Unenforceable,
Court of Appeal Rules
(April
5, 2002)
Yaffe
Bars Compton From Paying Former Mayor’s Legal Fees, Back Pay
(April
5, 2002)
Memorial
Service Set for Civil Rights Champion Fred Okrand
(April
5, 2002)
Board
of Governors Race Shaping Up as ‘Outsiders’ Vs. ‘Insiders’
(April
4, 2002)
Justices
Grapple With Attorney Malpractice Indemnity
(April
4, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Agrees to Review ‘New Federalism’ Dispute En Banc
(April
4, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit in ‘Very Good’ State, but Needs More Judges, Schroeder Tells
Federal Bar Assn. Chapter
(April
4, 2002)
Jurist
Matches Change of Court With Change of Name
(April
4, 2002)
Kline
Needs His Name Off Ballot to Protect Fair Trial Right—Lawyer
(April
3, 2002)
George
Grants Davis’ Request to Stay Judge’s Order That AIDS-Infected Killer
Be Released on Parole
(April
3, 2002)
City
Attorney Clarifies Advice on Closed Sessions for Chief Parks
(April
3, 2002)
C.A.
Throws Out Murder Conviction, Says Holdout Juror Improperly Removed
(April
3, 2002)
St.
George to Face Ipsen, Katz Will Square Off Against Marcus for State
Bar Seat
(April
3, 2002)
City
Lawyer Charged in Sex Case Granted More Discovery Time
(April
3, 2002)
Marital
Property Division Subject to Fraudulent-Transfers Law—C.A.
(April
2, 2002)
LAPD
Panel Closes Parks Hearing on City Attorney’s Advice
(April
2, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Rejects NAACP Bid for Lawyer Fees in Desegregation Case
(April
2, 2002)
Unseen
Photographer Not Guilty of ‘Annoying or Molesting’ Child—C.A.
(April
2, 2002)
C.A.
Upholds WCJ’s Firing for Late Rulings, ‘Inappropriate’ Conduct
(April
1, 2002)
Real
Property Lawyer David M. Marcus Says He Is Running for State Bar Board
of Governors
(April
1, 2002)
Janavs
Rules LAPD Consent Decree Issues Cannot Be Heard in State Court
(April
1, 2002)
Failure
to Exhaust Remedy Under Charter Bars FEHA Claim, C.A. Rules
(April
1, 2002)
Caltrans
Immune From Suit Over 710 Freeway Project—Ninth Circuit
(March
29, 2002)
Two
Judges, Two Commissioners Slate Retirements
(March
29, 2002)
State
Offices, Courts Closed for Cesar Chavez Holiday
(March
29, 2002)
C.A
Rules Suit Challenging Public Funding of Voter Drive a SLAPP
(March
29, 2002)
Commission
on Judicial Performance Sets Hearing for Van Voorhis
(March
29, 2002)
Ventura
County Trial Lawyers Name John Dobroth Judge of the Year
(March
29, 2002)
Long
Beach Courthouse Rolls Out Pocket Directories to Aid Court Users
(March
29, 2002)
Parks
Asks for Names of Victims, Abusers in Archdiocese; Mahony Says No
(March
29, 2002)
Police
Union Blames Parks for Rising Emergency Response Time
(March
29, 2002)
S.C.
to Decide if E-Mail Coming in to Employees Can Be Enjoined
(March
28, 2002)
C.A.
Rejects Malpractice Suit Growing Out of Failed Downtown Project, Says
Plaintiff Waited Too Long
(March
28, 2002)
Council
Supports Longer Statute of Limitations for Child Annoyance
(March
28, 2002)
Padilla
Appoints Five City Council Members to Redistricting Committee
(March
28, 2002)
Council
Lends Support to Legislation Aimed at Restricting Billboards Along
Freeways
(March
28, 2002)
Malicious
Prosecution Suit Subject to Anti-SLAPP Motion, C.A. Rules
(March
27, 2002)
Court
of Appeal Limits Vicarious Disqualification of Counsel
(March
27, 2002)
S.C.
Provides New Payment Options for Appointed Counsel in Death Appeals
(March
27, 2002)
Judy
Lam Elected to Southern California Chinese Lawyers Assn. Board
(March
27, 2002)
Waters,
Protestors Confront Police Panel Over Remark by Its President
(March
27, 2002)
Yaroslavsky
Urges More Openness, Public Access to Government
(March
27, 2002)
Forced
Union Dues May Be Used for Organizing—Ninth Circuit
(March
26, 2002)
Superior
Court Judge Yang Nominated to Be U.S. Attorney
(March
26, 2002)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Order Shutting Down Napster File-Swapping Service
(March
26, 2002)
Pakistani
Man Sentenced to Four Months For Visa Fraud
(March
26, 2002)
Officers
May Soon Be Able to Answer ‘I Don’t Know’ on Forms About Stops
(March
26, 2002)
