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Criminal


Four Los Angeles Police Department officers lied about the arrests of several gang members and should be found guilty of consp...


Criminal


Judge Reinstates Medical Marijuana Charges

Nov. 9, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A superior court judge Tuesday reluctantly reinstated marijuana sales charges against four people who believed the...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidate Quits Job After Mailer Reaction

Nov. 9, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - A candidate for Orange County Superior Court judge who angered jurists with a campaign mailer claiming his work on...


Law Practice


There's No 'Justice' in San Diego

Nov. 9, 2000
By Martin Kruming

After Mary Schroeder, incoming chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was introduced as Justice Schroeder durin...


Personal Injury & Torts


Crash Victim Files Lawsuit Against Airline

Nov. 9, 2000
By David Houston

A Santa Monica man who was injured in the airplane crash last week in Taiwan sued Singapore Airlines on Tuesday, alleging pilo...


Technology & Science


EBay Not Liable for Auctions of 'Bootleg' Music

Nov. 9, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. isn't responsible for illegal bootleg records sold over its service, a San Francisco judge said ...


Administrative/Regulatory


WASHINGTON - A clear majority of the Supreme Court justices indicated Tuesday that they will uphold the Environmental Protecti...


Criminal


Questionable Information

Nov. 9, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

Arturo De La Paz Rodriguez had an interesting and lucrative job. He became a foot soldier in the government's war on drugs, wo...


Government


Who did you vote for? "I voted for Garcetti. I'm afraid to change horses in the middle of the stream," one man at the courthou...


Entertainment & Sports


Pro basketball player Latrell Sprewell failed Tuesday to overturn a 68-game suspension imposed on him after one of the most in...


Criminal


BBC Murder Case Is Over---Maybe

Nov. 9, 2000
By Craig Anderson

REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County officials are celebrating the dismissal of the last defendant in the long-running and very cos...


Administrative/Regulatory


U.S. Supreme Court Highlights

Nov. 8, 2000
By David Pike

The justices on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000 announced these actions:


Government


Reporter's Notebook, Donna Domino - Judiciary. Hit pieces and last-minute mailers featuring misleading photos, phony endorseme...


Criminal


The Road Less Traveled

Nov. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Proposition 36 seeks to foster drug rehabilitation by copying the treatment parts of existing programs but leaving out the tee...


Law Practice


Services will take place Nov. 18 for retired Beverly Hills business attorney Marcus Kalb. Kalb died Oct. 27 at the Beverly Hil...


Firm Watch


Hillyer & Irwin Loses Seven Lawyers to Arter

Nov. 8, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Three partners and four associates have left San Diego's Hillyer & Irwin and joined the San Diego office of Cleveland's Ar...


Government


More Initiatives Facing Pre-election Legal Battles

Nov. 8, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

No matter where your voting booth is, when you're handed your ballot today you're sure to face an alphabet soup of ballot init...


Criminal


Merry Chase

Nov. 8, 2000
By Columnist

'A gentlemanly sort' was the description given by the detective who brought the case. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Jailing of S.F. Court Spectator Draws Fire

Nov. 8, 2000
By Robert Selna

A controversial San Francisco misdemeanor judge added to his list of unorthodox rulings Monday when he held a courtroom specta...


Discipline


Company Man

Nov. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Attorneys representing corporate entities should pay attention to the nature of their interactions with individuals associated...


Litigation


Court OKs Tossing of Suit Against Cochran

Nov. 8, 2000
By Dawn Piimanu

An appellate court on Monday affirmed dismissal of a police officer's malicious prosecution suit against civil rights attorney...


Government


It's that time of the election season again - time for a few cranky pundits in the press to begin their quadrennial dithyramb ...


Public Interest


Seek Justice, Lawyer Tells Students

Nov. 8, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

When Bryan Stevenson spoke recently to a group of UCLA law students about his work representing death row inmates in Alabama, ...


Litigation


Court Declines to Put Price on Confidentiality

Nov. 8, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

How much is a reputation worth? A state appellate court has ruled that it's "impossible" to say whether a Sonoma County develo...


Criminal


High-Priced Informants

Nov. 8, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

A system of clandestine government payments in exchange for information has grown into a cottage industry that includes profes...


Government


DA's Attempt to Discredit Officer Grasps at Straws

Nov. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In an 11th-hour attempt to discredit one of four officers on trial for alleged corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday agreed to consider whether magazine and newspaper publishers infringe the copyrights of ...


Underwear manufacturer Fruit of the Loom has got its knickers in a twist with the well-known law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris,...


Government


L.A. Will Pay $11M to Settle 29 Rampart Suits

Nov. 8, 2000
By David Houston

The city of Los Angeles tentatively has agreed to pay nearly $11 million to settle 29 lawsuits filed by victims of corrupt Ram...


Criminal


A Los Angeles prosecutor improperly urged jurors to impose the death penalty by invoking "God's law" as justification in four ...