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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules

2013-05-16 16:44:00

WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...

11 parties make claims to $1-million Christopher Dorner reward

2013-04-24 09:13:00

Eleven parties have submitted claims to the $1-million reward offered in the Christopher Dorner case under revised guidelines to allocate the money, LAPD officials say. Friday was the deadline for people to file claims for a portion of the reward, which...

Dorner reward candidate questions if process is 'impartial'

2013-04-10 14:56:00

An attorney for the man who was carjacked by former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner criticized guidelines the city is using to distribute a $1-million reward for his capture. In a letter sent to the LAPD’s detective bureau Tuesday, an attorney...

3 retired judges to determine who gets $1-million Dorner reward

2013-04-05 20:07:00

Three retired judges will determine who gets the $1-million Christopher Dorner reward, the Los Angeles Police Department said Friday. Claimants will have until April 19 to request their portion of the money. The reward — a collection of smaller...

Fee-only financial planner can help pare portfolio costs

2012-10-07 00:00:00

Dear Liz: We have $130,000 invested in mutual funds, but the returns the last few years have been less than 4%. With the financial advisor taking 2% as a fee annually, we are not satisfied with the growth. A co-worker suggested buying blue-chip stocks...

State attorney general says LAPD impound policy is legal

2012-05-03 21:35:15

How to stop board directors from acting beyond their authority

2011-10-02 00:00:00

Question: A specific carpet choice for the common hallways was approved by homeowner majority vote and purchased. I later attended a board meeting and learned directors took it upon themselves to change the carpet that was already purchased, approved...

Backers win right to fight for Prop. 8

2011-11-18 00:00:00

Reporting from San Francisco -- The California Supreme Court ruled that the sponsors of Proposition 8 have the right to defend the measure, clearing the way for federal courts to decide the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans. Thursday's...

Villalobos' attorneys drop him for not paying legal fees

2011-11-30 16:34:45

Anna Nicole Smith judge was biased, prosecutors allege [Updated]

2011-09-12 21:34:19

Michael Jackson case: Prosecutor says defense isn't sharing information, asks for delay of doctor's trial

2011-02-24 16:34:20

Obama birth certificate: Hawaii governor says release puts conspiracy to rest

2011-04-27 12:55:00

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat said Wednesday that the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate should put to rest any doubts that he was born in the state. "Considering all of the investigations that have been done and the...

Stanford Law professor Michele Landis Dauber and third-year student Andrew Bruck, center. Last year, Bruck and about 25 other Stanford students founded Building a Better Legal Profession, which seeks to force law firms to change the way they hire and promote young lawyers.

2008-03-17 17:28:17

Bob Weltchek, right, of the Lutherville law firm Weiner and Weltchek loads a box of frozen turkeys to a vehicle for delivery to the Bea Gaddy Center, as Giant supermarket meat-cutter Albert Green, left, helps out.

2005-11-21 00:00:00

Earlier this month, Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. won the release of actor Robert Blake, who is slated to stand trial in the slaying of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. The attorney regularly volunteers at First A.M.E. Church, providing legal assistance to the poor.

2003-03-27 00:00:00