Southwest Justice Center Opens
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
MURRIETA - Judge James Warren has a long list of reasons to be thrilled that Southwest Justice Center is finally open. Warren ...
Lawyer Led Efforts to Integrate Schools
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for George C. Bond, retired vice president and general counsel of Unocal Corp....
Lawyers Oppose Coordinating Abuse Lawsuits Against Priests
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests are beginning to line up in opposition t...
Brobeck Quintet Goes to Litigation Boutique
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - With San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison closing its doors today, the firm's lawyers continue to...
Lawyer Fights His Insurers, Again
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Eight months after Rex K. DeGeorge went to prison on a fraud and perjury conviction for sinking his luxury yacht...
Economic Divide
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Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - When President George W. Bush recently unveiled his tax cut proposals, critics charged ...
Veteran Fought Vigorously for Legal Principles
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A memorial service will take place Saturday in Riverside for Eugene Robert Thomas, a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
County Settles Gun Show Suit for $1.6 Million
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County officials have agreed to pay the promoter of the nation's largest gun show $1.6 million to se...
Surfer Judge Has Decisive Manner, Peaceful Zen Style
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Robert P. O'Neill prosecuted some mighty bad characters in his decade as a deputy district attorney, including t...
New Certification Regulations Present Challenges for Issuers
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Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Terence McCormick - On Aug. 29, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued final ru...
Advocate Takes Show on the Road
By Karen Coleman
BERKELEY - Judge Jeffrey Tauber has played to all kinds of crowds during his 30-year career. Tauber has appeared before congre...
War Against Terrorism Has '1984' Written All Over It
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Forum Column - By David L. Brandon - In "1984," George Orwell described one of the most frightening worlds ever conceived in l...
Farella Would Represent S.F. in Airport Fraud Case
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera has tapped Farella Braun & Martel of San Francisco to litigate a controversi...
Tenure Denial Fails to Get 9th Circuit Review
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Ivory tower combat over tenure for a Muslim scholar at California State University, Hayward escalated Wednesd...
Determining Damages Is More Art Than Science
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - Employment cases are not like fender-bender cases. One simply cannot e...
Employers Should Anticipate And Defend Retaliation Claims
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Katherine S. Catlos - If employment law claims can be characterized as weapons, retaliation...
Film Deal Gone Awry Spawns Suits
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn may be against a war with Iraq, but that's not stopping him from waging his own legal battle with asp...
The Blessings of Liberty
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Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - What if a city charged Democrats, but not Republicans, to use a city facility? That might s...
Fairy Tale Puppet Asks Court for Second Life as Resurrected Lawsuit
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - An attorney for a famous movie director is trying to jump-start Pinocchio with a defibrillator. In a...
DAs Challenge Expanded Preliminary Hearing
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge's ruling that allows the defendant in a murder case to challenge the prosecution's evidenc...
Breaking Up
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Any way you slice it, carving up a law firm is a messy proposition. Even the smallest firm that fails must co...
Partners Find Work, Brobeck Nears End
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Three of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's largest remaining practice groups found new homes Wednesday, as th...
1990 Murder Case Is Reopened
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - At Anthony Taylor's Los Angeles murder trial 12 years ago, the state's two chief witnesses both recanted the ...
Public Defender Is Sued by Renters
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite repeated warnings from city health and building officials, longtime San Francisco Deputy Public Defen...
Circuit Strikes AT&T's Consumer Contracts
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel handed a landmark arbitration victory to seven million California consumers Tuesday, ...
Alleged Attorney-Poseur Fails at 'Catch Me If You Can'
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - If Hollywood moguls are casting around for a sequel to the hit Leonardo DiCaprio movie, "Catch Me If You Can," ...
Mary Dunlap Memorial Set
By John Roemer
From Staff Reports SAN FRANCISCO - Friends will celebrate the life and career of feminist attorney and Equal Rights Advocates...
AT&T Customers Win Appeal
By Pamela Mac Lean
By Pamela A. MacLean Nevada Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court handed a landmark arbitration victor...
Council Will Vote on Benefits for Partners
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles today is expected to become the largest city in the nation to force city contractors to extend bene...
Keep Close Watch
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey C. Eglash - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners - the civilian body charged with overseein...