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Criminal


Forged E-Mails Trip Up Defendant

Feb. 2, 2005
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - A former executive with Vans Inc. seemed to have a good defense to federal bribery charges when e-mails surfaced...


Criminal


Image Concerns Prompt Lawyer's Firing

Feb. 2, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Less than a week after hiring a lawyer convicted of paying jail inmates to garner clients, San Bernardino Pub...


Judges and Judiciary


Keeping Lawyers in Line

Feb. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge JoAnn Remke quickly signaled that she had heard enough from a prosecutor appearing before her. "I hate ...


LOS ANGELES - In a scathing ruling, a judge sanctioned Los Angeles County $54,000 on Monday for "ineptitude" in failing to tu...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has handed a victory to backers of a public corruption initiative blocking public offic...


Government


Court Won't Let Stand Predatory Lending Law

Feb. 2, 2005
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that Oakland's predatory lending law cannot stand because it confli...


Litigation


SAN DIEGO - A lawyer for supporters of mayoral write-in candidate Donna Frye told a judge Monday that votes for Frye were tre...


Criminal


Jackson's Jury Selection Starts

Feb. 2, 2005
By Dan Evans

SANTA MARIA - While throngs of fans, ringed by cameras, cheered Michael Jackson at the start of jury selection for his child-m...


Immigration


Deported Immigrant Gets New Hearing

Feb. 2, 2005
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - An undocumented immigrant who was deported to Mexico while awaiting a hearing for his asylum petition was den...


Column - By Garry Abrams - Legally speaking, who's tougher, the New York Mafia or the Los Angeles power elite? ...


International


Patent, Trade-Secret Row Settles

Feb. 2, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China's leading semiconductor manufacturer, will pay Taiwan ...


Criminal


Brown Questions Precedent on Race, Jurors

Feb. 2, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The sole black woman on the California Supreme Court said Monday that the court may have erred 20 years ago w...


Firm Watch


Morrison & Foerster's securities litigation practice got a boost this month with the acquisition of Sean Prosser and Kimbe...


Litigation


When Rob Feldman and Keiko Johnson launched Juris Productions in 2002, they staked their experience as KNBC-TV news producers ...


Law Practice


Top 10 Defense Verdicts

Feb. 1, 2005
By Stefanie Knapp

And the Winner Is... Pharmaceutical companies didn't grab all the big defense verdicts in 2004. From obtaining the only win a...


Firm Watch


After three years of fighting for the civil rights of girls and women as a staff attorney at the California Women's Law Center...


Law Practice


AG's Race Taking Shape

Feb. 1, 2005
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Taking aim at the critics who have ruled him out of the 2006 race for California attorney general, state Sen. Jo...


Firm Watch


Five litigators from San Francisco's C.W. Wood & Associates have joined McKenna Long & Aldridge. Steering the group is...


Firm Watch


After spending 11/2 years at the attorney general's office in Los Angeles, Kate Kenealy says the stellar reputation of litigat...


Civil Rights


An African-American shopper says she's speaking out against retail discrimination to prevent it from taking others by surprise...


Corporate


Multitasker

Feb. 1, 2005
By Contributing Writer

EXTRA Closer Column - LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT - By Robert W. Cullen - Whether a corporate client hires a lawyer for litigation or ...


Firm Watch


Sid Israels, a longtime Central Valley transactional and real estate attorney, has joined Oakland's Wendel, Rosen, Black &...


Litigation


More than a year after his death, millionaire Stanley Yager's family found themselves in a courtroom brawl over two wills and ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 31

Feb. 1, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL SANTA FE SPRINGS - L.A.R.D. Investments LP purchased a 106,993-square-foot industrial building located at 13635 Fr...


Forum Column - By Mark Ridley-Thomas - Congratulations to new homeowners in this New Year. It is truly a triumph that homeowne...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Robert P. Andris - At the end of the liability phase in most patent-infringement tri...


Forum Column - By James D. Nguyen - This month, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of Janet Jackson's infamous breast-beari...


Civil Rights


City Settles With Gay Police Officer

Feb. 1, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council approved a $450,000 settlement with a gay LAPD officer who claims he was harassed a...


Litigation


Litigation Overdose

Feb. 1, 2005
By Eron Yehuda

EXTRA Feature - By Eron Ben-Yehuda - In many ways, Michael Tyus is the worst nightmare for Merck & Co. The pharmaceutical ...


Judges and Judiciary


ABA Panel Proposes Judge-Election Rules

Feb. 1, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The American Bar Association is trying to make it easier for judges and judicial candidates to know what they can...