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Law Practice


Memorial Service Held for Attorney Jerry Fine

Sep. 25, 1999
By Liz Valsamis

Memorial services were held Wednesday for Jerry Fine, transactional business attorney and founder of the American Media Counc...


Criminal


Knock, Knock!

Sep. 25, 1999
By Columnist

Knock, Knock Self-Created Exigencies Violate the Fourth Amendment By Alex Ricciardulli Assume the police have developed proba...


Securities


Judge Calls Stockbroker Out in Fraud Double Play

Sep. 25, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A veteran stockbroker, whose lifelong love of baseball led him to form a women's baseball league and pay for it w...


Constitutional Law


Stanley Fleishman, an attorney recognized for his work protecting First Amendment rights and the rights of the physically dis...


Employee Benefits


Utilizing a law for which there is little precedence, a former Target employee who worked a reduced schedule under the Califo...


Criminal


Lawyer Will Testify About Pot Ring

Sep. 25, 1999
By Michael Harris

Charges that an Encino attorney conspired to cultivate marijuana have been dismissed after he and his wife agreed to testify ...


Criminal


RIVERSIDE - Gary Windom, a veteran public defender who took charge of the troubled Riverside County office Wednesday, plans t...


Large Firms


Two prominent lawyers from the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles will be leaving their posts to open the Southern Califor...


Criminal


Inspectors Gadget's

Sep. 25, 1999
By Columnist

^^Criminal Law^^ Inspector's Gadgets Courts Respond to the Use of High-Tech Devices Gone are the days when law enforcement wi...


Labor/Employment


Straight Outta Compton

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

Straight Outta Compton California Court Holds Police Officer Not Disabled Under ADA By Leonid M. Zilberman In one of the firs...


Law Practice


Another Prosecutor Added to the SLA Case

Sep. 24, 1999
By Michael Harris

Another Prosecutor Added to SLA Case The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has assigned a second prosecutor to th...


Elder Law


Two Men Accused of Bilking Elderly

Sep. 24, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Two Men Accused Of Bilking Elderly A federal grand jury Wednesday charged two Long Beach men with bilking more than a thousan...


Workers' Comp.


Accommodation Approved

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^Employment Law^^ Accommodation Approved Employer's Efforts on Behalf of Disabled Employee Were Sufficient Courts will not p...


Labor/Employment


The Straight Dope

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^Alternative Routes^^ The Straight Dope A mediator gives an aggrieved party a lesson in life By Deborah Rothman Sam Jones ha...


Criminal


Indicted Student Has Prestigious Roots

Sep. 24, 1999
By Martin Bergn

The young man who allegedly bragged that he sold LSD to youths who died in a car accident as they drove home from an all-nigh...


Family


By Frank Cerabino When Max Gordon and his bride-to-be, Mollie Levy, got their marriage license in Delray Beach, Fla., last we...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Jury Finds for ID Chipmaker Against Pfizer

Sep. 24, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

A federal court jury in Los Angeles on Wednesday found that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer infringed on the trademark of a Briti...


Constitutional Law


SAN BERNARDINO - A Superior Court judge dismissed a marijuana-growing charge against Apple Valley resident Richard Channing o...


Labor/Employment


Workers Say Asbestos Hazards Forced Upon Them

Sep. 24, 1999
By Denise Levin

A developer who used workers to remove asbestos and mold and mildew from apartment complexes in Orange County and Washington ...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - In the latest twist in a case raising charges of misconduct by local prosecutors, bench warrants issued Wednesday...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has moved to dampen some of the demands to split the circuit by indepen...


Labor/Employment


Mervyn's Loses Attempt to Have Class Decertified

Sep. 24, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge decided Wednesday that more than 1,600 low-level managers at Mervyn's depar...


Media


Teen Extra Sues Firm Over Movie Settlement

Sep. 24, 1999
By Denise Levin

One of the teen-age extras who sued Phoenix Pictures after allegedly being forced to strip bare for a scene in the movie "Apt...


Law Practice


Building the New Blacklist

Sep. 24, 1999
By John Roemer

Master wordsmith Bryan A. Garner was teaching his advanced legal writing seminar to about 100 lawyers and judges at a San Fra...


State Bar & Bar Associations


When Adrienne Byers takes over as the 25th president of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles tonight, she's not...


Public Interest


Speak Easy

Sep. 23, 1999
By Columnist

^^ Speak Easy ^^ By Charan Levitan Pleasant Tone and Appropriate Volume Retain Attention Your case preparation is thorough and...


Government


Mistrial Declared in Calderon Civil Trial

Sep. 23, 1999
By Denise Levin

Just hours before former Sen. Charles Calderon was expected to take the witness stand Tuesday in the $83,000 breach of contra...


Entertainment & Sports


Memorial Gathering Planned for Edward Rubin

Sep. 23, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

A memorial gathering will take place Sunday for Edward Rubin, an entertainment lawyer who represented many high-profile clien...


Criminal


In the latest fallout from the scandal rocking law enforcement in Los Angeles, a Superior Court judge Tuesday temporarily sus...


Judges and Judiciary


A federal judge has thrown out key evidence in a drug trafficking case against the Lawndale city clerk, ruling that federal ag...