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Reasonable Reliance

Jan. 11, 2000
By Columnist

A subcontractor must honor its bid when a prime contractor reasonably relies on it. Page 7. Reasonable Reliance When Must a Su...


Brobeck Phleger Grosses $300 Million for 1999

Jan. 11, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - 1999 was another record year for large Northern California law firms. Profits per partner hit $851,000 at one ...



Gavel Struggle

Jan. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The problem is, as helpful as Miranda is in regularizing police conduct in general, it can also unnecessarily impede the resol...


On a Roll

Jan. 11, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

If Bill Price is nervous in the courtroom, it's not because he's scared of trying cases. Nor is it because of the multimillion...



The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. - Henry David Thoreau Oppenheimer Wolff THREE B...


Accused Rapist Pleads Not Guilty

Jan. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Accused Rapist Pleads Not Guilty A 26-year-old Reseda man accused of brutally raping an attorney early New Year's Day in her B...



Generating Life

Jan. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Fusing the old and the new, Los Angeles' 50-year-old Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger is returning to its core competenc...


Services have been held for bankruptcy attorney Peter James Leotta, who died at a Northridge hospital Dec. 31 after suffering ...



Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's campaign manager on Friday retracted a statement that challenger Barry Gro...


Accident Victim Leads Fight for Disabled Access

Jan. 11, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - It's often the restroom that starts the problems for Kathleen Lentini, who uses a wheelchair after being paralyze...



Breaking Barriers

Jan. 11, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Kathleen Lentini was rolling up a ramp that was intended to make buildings accessible for physically disabled peop...



Gavel Struggle

Jan. 10, 2000

Overruling Miranda would mean an unpredictable inquiry in each case as to whether a confession was voluntary under the totalit...


OBITUARY

Jan. 10, 2000
By Chris Ford

Jack E. Brown, a pioneering Phoenix intellectual property attorney who led Apple Computer Inc. to a major victory over a clone...



JUDICIARY

Jan. 10, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

From Staff Reports LOS ANGELES - A convoluted federal fraud lawsuit and accompanying bankruptcy lawsuit involving Citrus Munic...


High Court Considers Doctor Review Rights

Jan. 8, 2000
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court seemed inclined Thursday to uphold 1996 legislation limiting the appeal rights of...



Two Step Two-Step

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The Legislature should amend the FEHA to disregard Stevenson and require the exhaustion of administrative remedies in all case...


Rampart's Scandal Victim Gets Shorter Term

Jan. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

A judge Thursday reduced by three years the prison term of a man framed in one of two cocaine cases by the former police offic...



RIVERSIDE - County employees no longer have to pay for hearings to contest discipline actions or firing, thanks to a change of...


Coming Around Again

Jan. 8, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

To attorneys John B. Golper, John J. Manier and Douglas N. Silverstein, longtime McDonnell Douglas Corp. employee Lonnie Staff...



In this week's rerun of 'Ally McBeal,' Billy and Georgia Thomas represent a woman suing her former employer, claiming she was ...


Assuming Risk

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

A series of cases has refined the doctrine of assumption of risk and re-defined how to bring motions for summary judgment. ...



Global Reach

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Having a website is dangerous because people can sue businesses located anywhere. ...


Keeping Things Cool

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Kimberly Sheffield-Deck may not be a family-law mediator, but she knows how to work with impassioned litigants in the midst of...



Garcetti Rejects Debate Invitations

Jan. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

Garcetti Rejects Debate Invitations Prosecutor Stephen Cooley, who is running for Los Angeles County district attorney in the ...


Strengthening its litigation department, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited two assistant U.S. atto...



Out the Door

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

To cut off liability exposure, employers should require that employees separating from their positions sign comprehensive seve...


Law & Order: Dad Teaches Teen to Kill

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

When one kid brutally murders another kid, someone must be criminally responsible. But when the evidence against the suspected...



No Thanks!

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Kelly v. City of Oakland , USCA 9th CA, 98-16482, Nov. 23 1999, a workplace same-sex sexual harassment case, analyzed two type...


Bad Blood

Jan. 8, 2000
By Columnist

Blood bank professional association owes no duty to minor infected with HIV. ...