Reasonable Reliance
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
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
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
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...
Firm Watch: Three Bankruptcy Lawyers Switch Teams -- Los Angeles Office Gets New Faces -- Corporate Lawyers Join San Diego Stalwart....
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
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
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
By Tamara Scott
Fusing the old and the new, Los Angeles' 50-year-old Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger is returning to its core competenc...
Attorney Peter Leotta Succumbs to Heart Attack
By Liz Valsamis
Services have been held for bankruptcy attorney Peter James Leotta, who died at a Northridge hospital Dec. 31 after suffering ...
Garcetti's Campaign Manager Retracts Endorsement Remark
By Michael Harris
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
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
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
Overruling Miranda would mean an unpredictable inquiry in each case as to whether a confession was voluntary under the totalit...
OBITUARY
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
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
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
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
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...
Opposing Discipline Hearings Free to Nonunion Employees
By Daniel Jennings
RIVERSIDE - County employees no longer have to pay for hearings to contest discipline actions or firing, thanks to a change of...
Coming Around Again
By Anne La Jeunesse
To attorneys John B. Golper, John J. Manier and Douglas N. Silverstein, longtime McDonnell Douglas Corp. employee Lonnie Staff...
Ally McBeal: Firm Handles Unique Suit of Color Bias
By Columnist
In this week's rerun of 'Ally McBeal,' Billy and Georgia Thomas represent a woman suing her former employer, claiming she was ...
Assuming Risk
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
By Columnist
Having a website is dangerous because people can sue businesses located anywhere. ...
Keeping Things Cool
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
By Michael Harris
Garcetti Rejects Debate Invitations Prosecutor Stephen Cooley, who is running for Los Angeles County district attorney in the ...
Manatt Phelps Restructures, Adds Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys
By Tamara Scott
Strengthening its litigation department, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited two assistant U.S. atto...
Out the Door
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
By Columnist
When one kid brutally murders another kid, someone must be criminally responsible. But when the evidence against the suspected...
No Thanks!
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
By Columnist
Blood bank professional association owes no duty to minor infected with HIV. ...