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Warren Commission Counsel Loved Flying

Sep. 28, 2002
By Sandra Corrales

LOS ANGELES - An emeritus UCLA professor who was assistant counsel on the Warren Commission died in a plane crash on Wednesday...


Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Employers dream of creating a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sadly, however...



Plaintiffs' Bar Goes After Banks

Sep. 28, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - You probably wouldn't tell a complete stranger your phone number, age or annual income. But your bank might. T...


LOS ANGELES - Karla Kerlin once overheard a female colleague in the district attorney's office refer to her in a catty way as ...



Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Benjamin R. Mulcahy - As the summer draws to a close, moviegoers have a chance to c...


RIVERSIDE - According to law enforcement, 3-month-old Jacob Smith's last meal included a lethal dose of methamphetamine. A cor...



Suit by Davis Over Ad Is Ruled a SLAPP

Sep. 28, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court says Gov. Gray Davis illegally used the courts to squelch the free speech rights of an...


Like Suitors Avoiding a Prenup

Sep. 28, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - "There's a lot of trust that goes on," former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto said from the witness sta...



SAN FRANCISCO - Some of the nation's best known retailers, including The Gap Inc., Target and J.C. Penney Co. Inc., reached a ...


Tort Group Withdraws Ballot Issue

Sep. 28, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A tort reform group decided Thursday to drop an attempt to get voters to overturn a new law affecting summary jud...



'Pearle Vision' Case Returns to Original Judge

Sep. 28, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Presiding Superior Court Judge Richard E. L. Strauss on Thursday sent a case back where it started after a challen...


Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Employers dream of creating a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sadly, however...



Thou Shalt

Sep. 27, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Robert Spanner - In presenting a complicated case to a jury, the greatest service a lawyer can perform often...


Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Benjamin R. Mulcahy - As the summer draws to a close, moviegoers have a chance to ca...



See No Evil

Sep. 27, 2002

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - On Sept. 13, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal law that prohibits t...


Seeking Security?

Sep. 27, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Attorneys about to invest for the first time, and those already investing, are often asked by...



New Law Deprives Gunmakers of Immunity

Sep. 27, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed two measures into law Wednesday that repeal the special immunity from lawsuits granted to ...


Court Offers Tape to Answer Layoff Questions

Sep. 27, 2002
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court administration has begun circulating videotapes to its 5,500 employees aimed at a...



Expectations of Privacy

Sep. 27, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - You probably wouldn't tell a complete stranger your phone number, age or annual income. But your bank might. T...


LOS ANGELES - The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at stopping the Federal Trade Commission's requirem...



SAN FRANCISCO - A California parole board's failure to show at least some evidence to support rescission of a previously-grant...


Raiders Say Lawyer on Jury Gave Legal Advice

Sep. 27, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the Oakland Raiders said a Los Angeles tax attorney was one of two jurors who committed the miscondu...



Column by Garry Abrams - Hold the mammoth jerky! Pass the gas! A federal administrative judge who, I assume, does not live in ...


LOS ANGELES - The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at stopping the Federal Trade Commission's requirem...



Dicta Column - By Linda B. Bulmash - All good negotiators know that to be a winner, you have to be a great persuader. Great pe...


Asbestos Litigation Is Facing Crisis, Report Says

Sep. 27, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The tort system has failed to dispense justice to victims of asbestos-related disease, according to a study re...



Court Redistributes Workload of Judge

Sep. 27, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - While U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathleen P. March will continue in her Los Angeles post until the end of her 14-year...


Road Hazards

Sep. 27, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Dan Stein - One year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Gov. Gray Davis must decide w...



Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled en banc that...


Focus Column - By William A. Urquhart - On July 12, President Bush participated in the first meeting of the new inter-agency C...