State Director of Prisons Favors Changing Name
By Tamara Nowlin
By Tamara Nowlin Nevada Journal Staff Writer A simple name change can make a big difference, according to Jackie Crawford, Ne...
Investor Admits Trading on Attorney 'Slip'
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto investor on Tuesday admitted lying to securities officials about a "slip of the tongue" by a forme...
Senate Panel Hears Foes of School Vouchers
By Wire
By Siobhan McDonough Associated Press CARSON CITY - Nevada should improve its public education system rather than invest in a...
Officers Enter Pleas in Rampart Police Scandal
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Two former Los Angeles police officers have pleaded no contest and one has pleaded not guilty in response to the...
Pray Check
By Columnist
The genius of the American constitutional system is its recognition that mixing church and state damages both religion and dem...
What Will You Do if the Lights Go Out?
By Pamela Kraver
The Daily Journal asks lawyers what they would do if the lights went out. ...
Complex Interplay
The first question in litigation against a foreign defendant will be whether service over the defendant abroad was effected pr...
Mayor's Firing of Commission Head Shows Ulterior Motives
By Columnist
The reasons Mayor Richard Riordan first gave for his Feb. 5 firing of Los Angeles Police Commission President Gerald L. Chalef...
New System Cuts Jurors' Wait Time
By Donna Huffaker
LOS ANGELES - Inglewood and Torrance courthouses on Monday joined 19 others around Los Angeles County that have implemented th...
Family of Angels-Flight Crash Victim Sues City
By Donna Huffaker
LOS ANGELES - The family of an 83-year-old New Jersey man killed early last month in the crash of Angels Flight in downtown Lo...
Studio City Entertainment Attorney Dies at 76
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Studio City entertainment attorney Harden C. Bennion. Bennion died March 2...
Court Takes on Minority Preferences
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Randy and Valerie Pech, the white owners of Adarand Constructors Inc., a Denver construction firm specializing in...
Judge Dodges Issue of Publication
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declined Monday to be drawn into a head-on confrontation over the ticklish question of whether...
Corporations Find It Harder To Get Out of State Courts
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Large out-of-state corporations doing substantial business in California may be facing a legal brick wall when...
Racist Gunman Makes Apology, Gets Life Term
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The smirking white supremacist who boasted of shooting minorities two years ago was not in evidence Monday as Bu...
High Road to Recovery Treks Through Unlikely Turf
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Normally, the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles does not rival Disneyland as the happiest place o...
Daily Journal's Collection of Quotes
By Columnist
"A reasonable solution seems obvious: hold a true 'public' execution - allow a public broadcast." Timothy McVeigh, in a Feb. 1...
U.S. Supreme Court Highlights
By David Pike
Among actions announced Monday, March 26, 2001 by the justices were:
Cooley Godward: WOODLAND HILLS' EL CAMINO SELLS ITS LEASING PORTFOLIO
By Staff Writer
GATX Capital Corp. has purchased the U.S. information technology lease portfolio of El Camino Resources Ltd. The deal, which c...
McDermott Will: TWO JOIN WESTERN IP GROUP AT BOTH ENDS OF THE STATE
By Staff Writer
Just months after snapping up a new West Coast intellectual property head, Chicago's McDermott Will & Emery has added two ...
Latham & Watkins: PLEASANTON-BASED SAFEWAY GETS $1.2 BILLION IN FINANCING
By Staff Writer
Supermarket giant Safeway Inc. recently completed $1.2 billion in senior notes financing. Pleasanton-based Safeway is one of N...
Luce Forward: OPENING NEW OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO'S NORTH COUNTY EXPANDS HOME TURF
By Staff Writer
San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps has apparently decided that one local office is not enough. On March 1, the fi...
Irell & Manella: FIVE PARTNERS NAMED TO L.A. FIRM'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
By Staff Writer
The fierce Los Angeles corporate firm Irell & Manella started 2001 with the changeover of five lawyers in its 16-member ex...
Crosby Heafey: SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE SIGNS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRO
By Staff Writer
Rich Doyle, former general counsel for Gamut Interactive - a startup that's been put on ice due to lack of funding - has bounc...
Baker Botts: ON COMMAND BUYS STAKE IN HOTEL DIGITAL NETWORK
By Staff Writer
On Command Corp. has bought a controlling interest in Hotel Digital Network Inc. The amount of the cash, stock and continuing-...
Lawyer Bashing
By Columnist
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2. How many times hav...
Big Boutique
By Staff Writer
Mill Valley's Chavez & Gertler has earned a national reputation for specializing in high-profile consumer class actions. R...
Venture Law: $90 MILLION FINANCING PAYS OFF FOR PALO ALTO'S PAYPAL
By Staff Writer
Palo Alto's PayPal, an Internet payment provider, has raised $90 million in Series D equity financing. The investment gives th...
Fire Chasers
By Leslie Gordon
One person's misery is, as they say, another person's gain. And to tell you the truth it's pretty miserable out there. In the ...
Brobeck Phleger: San Diego Corporate Lawyer Returns After Decade Away
By Staff Writer
After a decade away, corporate lawyer Steve Rowles has returned to his old stomping grounds at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison....