Howard L Weitzman

Gregson (Greg) Bautzer, an entertainment lawyer who represented some of the most glamorous stars of Hollywood in the 1940s and '50s and romanced many others, died Monday morning of heart failure at his Beverly Hills home while dressing to go work. He was 76. Bautzer, engaged to Lana Turner and Dorothy Lamour and once married to actress Dana Wynter, was an attorney with movie star looks who became one of the most prominent entertainment lawyers in Hollywood.

After 2 1/2 years, Howard Weitzman is leaving his post as one of the top executives at Universal Studios. The ousting of the former powerhouse entertainment lawyer is the second high-level casualty of the senior management team assembled at Universal under the three-year ownership of Seagram Co. Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. In April last year, former Universal Executive Vice President Sandy Climan was forced out and returned to his former employer, Creative Artists Agency.

The prominent Los Angeles law firm of Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert has won a major victory over a group of former partners who left in 1988 and took some of the company's biggest clients with them. Retired temporary Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lester E. Olson ruled Monday that partners of Wyman Bautzer--then known as Wyman Bautzer Christensen Kuchel & Silbert--did not force out the group of 12 partners, who were led by a former colleague, Terry N. Christensen.

Famed Los Angeles lawyer Howard Weitzman, who made a name rushing to the aid of such celebrities in trouble as Hugh Grant, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson and John DeLorean, confirmed Thursday that he is leaving his law practice to join the new management at MCA Inc. as executive vice president of corporate operations.

It was, perhaps, the only way that this lawsuit could have ended. After a 6 1/2-year legal free-for-all, the Marciano brothers, creators of Guess jeans, won back full control Wednesday of that garment industry gold mine from their archenemies, the Nakash brothers, founders of Jordache.

Famed Los Angeles lawyer Howard Weitzman, who made a name rushing to the aid of such celebrities in trouble as Hugh Grant, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson and John DeLorean, confirmed Thursday that he is leaving his law practice to join the new management at MCA Inc. as executive vice president of corporate operations.

After 2 1/2 years, Howard Weitzman is leaving his post as one of the top executives at Universal Studios. The ousting of the former powerhouse entertainment lawyer is the second high-level casualty of the senior management team assembled at Universal under the three-year ownership of Seagram Co. Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. In April last year, former Universal Executive Vice President Sandy Climan was forced out and returned to his former employer, Creative Artists Agency.

The instant the phone call arrived, Anthony Pellicano knew there was trouble--possibly big trouble. The caller told him there had been a raid. Police had confiscated photos and videotapes from the homes of the private investigator's top client, pop superstar Michael Jackson. For Pellicano, who was accompanying the singer on the Asian leg of a world concert tour, the bombshell was sufficiently jarring to prompt his own phone call moments later to Los Angeles, where it was not yet dawn.

Lawyer's Promotion Breaks New Ground: Entertainment lawyer Karen Randall was named co-managing partner of the Century City firm Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman. In making the announcement, the firm said Randall, who heads the firm's litigation department, is the first black woman to hold a managing partner position with a major U.S. law firm. She will direct the 60-lawyer offices with lawyer Howard L. Weitzman.

More than three years after he pleaded no contest to six felony counts in connection with a scheme in which investors lost $1.3 million, self-styled film producer George LeFave surrendered today to begin serving a two-year prison term. LeFave, 43, who had promised returns of more than 30% on investments in the distribution of an animated television cartoon, "The Bear That Slept Through Christmas," thanked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer "for being patient with me."

The instant the phone call arrived, Anthony Pellicano knew there was trouble--possibly big trouble. The caller told him there had been a raid. Police had confiscated photos and videotapes from the homes of the private investigator's top client, pop superstar Michael Jackson. For Pellicano, who was accompanying the singer on the Asian leg of a world concert tour, the bombshell was sufficiently jarring to prompt his own phone call moments later to Los Angeles, where it was not yet dawn.

The prominent Los Angeles law firm of Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert has won a major victory over a group of former partners who left in 1988 and took some of the company's biggest clients with them. Retired temporary Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lester E. Olson ruled Monday that partners of Wyman Bautzer--then known as Wyman Bautzer Christensen Kuchel & Silbert--did not force out the group of 12 partners, who were led by a former colleague, Terry N. Christensen.

It was, perhaps, the only way that this lawsuit could have ended. After a 6 1/2-year legal free-for-all, the Marciano brothers, creators of Guess jeans, won back full control Wednesday of that garment industry gold mine from their archenemies, the Nakash brothers, founders of Jordache.

Gregson (Greg) Bautzer, an entertainment lawyer who represented some of the most glamorous stars of Hollywood in the 1940s and '50s and romanced many others, died Monday morning of heart failure at his Beverly Hills home while dressing to go work. He was 76. Bautzer, engaged to Lana Turner and Dorothy Lamour and once married to actress Dana Wynter, was an attorney with movie star looks who became one of the most prominent entertainment lawyers in Hollywood.

Murder charges were dismissed against a 24-year-old man accused of bludgeoning his pregnant wife with a rolling pin. Los Angeles Municipal Judge Samuel Mayerson ruled there was insufficient evidence to try Amer Bukhari on two counts of murder. The judge held that Bukhari's inconsistent statements to police were the only evidence linking him to the death of his wife, Francene, 22, whose body was found in their Hollywood apartment May 21. Howard L.