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Law Practice


Litigator Loved His Classic Car Collection

Apr. 1, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - Memorial services will take place Saturday for William J. King, a complex defense litigation specialist and ant...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Who Sued Attorneys for Race Bias Retires on Disability

Apr. 1, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Walter L. Blackwell III, a San Bernardino judge who raised legal eyebrows when he filed a racial discrimina...


Large Firms


Cochran Firm

Apr. 1, 2005
By Tina Spee

LOS ANGELES - The law firm founded in 1981 by famed Los Angeles attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. will continue its work under Coch...


Civil Rights


SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County woman who worked as a certified nurse's assistant throughout California for more than 25 ye...


Education


Judge Rejects Teacher's Free Speech Claims

Apr. 1, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A federal judge Wednesday rejected a Cupertino schoolteacher's claim that his free speech rights were violated when...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Mayor James Hahn's vow to clamp down on gang members throughout the city drew harsh criticism this week from opp...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Ending months of speculation, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley announced Wednesday that he wil...


Judges and Judiciary


4th District Justice Appointed to CJP

Apr. 1, 2005
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Administrative Presiding Justice Judith D. McConnell of the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego was app...


Entertainment & Sports


Third Eye Blind Gets Another Look at Suit

Apr. 1, 2005
By Hudson Sangree

SAN FRANCISCO - In their catchy 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life," the Bay Area band Third Eye Blind lamented: "I want something el...


Environmental


Storm Water Ruling

Apr. 1, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday swept away the last legal hurdle for enforcement of tough new restrictions d...


Column - By Garry Abrams - In death, as in life, O.J. Simpson defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. is getting the star trea...


Insurance


LOS ANGELES - In a ruling that affects hundreds of pending cases growing out of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a state appell...


Judges and Judiciary


Veteran Retires

Apr. 1, 2005
By Hudson Sangree

SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Belton, one of the longest-serving staff members of the California Supreme Court and the judicial branch...


Entertainment & Sports


SAN FRANCISCO - It's like a touchdown called back after a referee's review. A judge's miscues during sports agent Leigh Stein...


SAN FRANCISCO - Intellectual property litigator and trial lawyer Daniel Johnson Jr. has left Fenwick & West to join Morgan...


Firm Watch


WEB EXCLUSIVE: SAN FRANCISCO - Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired William Kimball, the third and latest Enron Corp. task fo...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for March 30

Mar. 31, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL CAMARILLO - Interconnect Systems Inc. purchased a 22,311-square-foot, two-unit industrial building at 759-765 Flyn...


Education


WASHINGTON - A divided U.S. Supreme Court expanded the scope of a landmark gender-equity law Tuesday, ruling that a male coach...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By Jeffrey Goldman and Carolyn Wu - In a case of first impression in California, the Court of Appe...


Administrative/Regulatory


Prisoner Programs Can Help Prevent Recidivism

Mar. 31, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - This is in response to an article written by Jeffrey A. Lowe, "Big House Fails to Prepare Parolees for ...


Criminal


Community Leaders Comment on Cochran

Mar. 31, 2005
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Despite famed defense lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran's long battle with a brain tumor, his death Tuesday shocked the ...


Litigation


Fired Executive Sues Fleishman Hillard

Mar. 31, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - A former Fleishman-Hillard executive at the center of allegations that the firm overbilled the city of Los Angel...


Litigation


Stores Pay for Selling AbEnergizers

Mar. 31, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Tempted by the prospect of gaining six-pack abs without exercise, thousands of people bought battery-powered AbEn...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court sent the case of a 17-year-old boy who sexually abused children back to juvenile court Tu...


Law Practice


'If It Doesn't Fit, You Must Acquit'

Mar. 31, 2005
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Many observers of the O.J. Simpson criminal trial doubted that playing the race card would work for the defense...


Litigation


All Class Members Must Get Nominal Damages

Mar. 31, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that when nominal damages are awarded in a class action, e...


Appellate Practice


SANTA ANA - An Oceanside woman who shot and killed her husband a decade ago is not entitled to habeas relief because state cou...


Constitutional Law


LOS ANGELES - Criticizing the U.S. military for a "poverty draft," a group of Los Angeles-area teachers, parents and students ...


Criminal


SAN JOSE - Whether Fred Freeman's death sentence should be overturned on the grounds that the jury selection process in his tr...


Insurance


LOS ANGELES - After a five-week "whirlwind romance," high-profile Los Angeles insurance coverage litigation boutique Pasich &a...