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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to show little enthusiasm for affirming a 9th Circuit decision that struck ...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Bush administration can block Oregon's assisted-suicide law, t...


Criminal


Inmate, Jailed Since 1998, Dies in His Cell

Feb. 23, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A 33-year-old inmate, held in the Los Angeles County jail since 1998 for a string of San Fernando Valley salon r...


Litigation


Official Seeks Pension-Fund Help

Feb. 23, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - City Attorney Mike Aguirre said the Tuesday that he will ask a court to put the San Diego's troubled pension fund ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


New Bar Tally A Cause for Cheers, Jeers

Feb. 23, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - A doctor told his patient that she had only six months to live. "Isn't there anything I can do?" the patient ple...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Dr. Park Dietz built an enviable career as the nation's most renowned courtroom forensic psychiatrist, weighing ...


Judges and Judiciary


Court Hears Property-Rights Case

Feb. 23, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - In a property-rights case pitting a working-class neighborhood against a city struggling to rebound from its econ...


Appellate Practice


Jurist Suggests Retrial Was Rigged

Feb. 23, 2005
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court judge has suggested that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge rigged the 1996 retrial of E...


Transactions


Getty Museum Makes Deal for Photographer's Work

Feb. 23, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

The work of 94-year-old renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman will be housed at the Getty Museum in a deal script...


Firm Watch


After narrowly losing the November election for San Diego city attorney, Leslie Devaney just couldn't shake her interest in mu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Californians honored Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Mediators deserve a special day, too, accordi...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges' Night

Feb. 23, 2005
By Tim Willert

The legal community loosened its tie for a few hours in January to pay tribute to a good time. Oh, there was plenty of shoptal...


Product Liability


Disclosure Worth More Than Cash

Feb. 23, 2005
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - With mediation under way in the Northern California clergy sex abuse cases, million-dollar settlements are at ...


Transactions


Following Buybacks, Takeovers in Oil Industry Loom

Feb. 23, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

The time for large-scale takeovers in the oil industry may be on the horizon again, with companies eagerly buying back their o...


Litigation


Malpractice Suit Against Medical Center Adds Nurse

Feb. 23, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

Brenda Nelson, mother of Mario Nelson, has added her name to the list of anguished Angelenos seeking justice from the embattle...


Litigation


When a landlord tried to sweep out tenants she thought overcrowded her building with too many kids, the 2nd District Court of ...


Firm Watch


Now that Michael Sfregola's real estate and tax practice has expanded overseas, he's moved to a law firm that's taken some tra...


Environmental


A Butte Superior Court judge recently refused to take the shine off of a college's solar energy project, despite allegations t...


Firm Watch


Geographically speaking, Gail Standish's move in January from the 52nd to the 39th floor of downtown Los Angeles' Wells Fargo ...


LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Howard Matz has never been the biggest fan of Gary Fontana's representation of lead plaintif...


Firm Watch


Charles Yesnick is one attorney whom you'll never find coasting along on cruise control, whether he's behind the wheel or prac...


Litigation


A Metrolink conductor claims that the mild concussion he sustained during a 2002 Placentia train crash pushed him to alcoholis...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 22

Feb. 23, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - Arseen Auto Body purchased a 95,936-square-foot industrial building at 1655 Little Orchard St. from Gla...


Law Practice


Know Thyself

Feb. 23, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Column - Career Management - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The first step to achieving career success and satisfaction is an honest...


Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - It is a wonder to behold the public relations campaign being conducted by the libertari...


Focus Column - International Law - By Peter J. Engstrom - The act of state doctrine is alive and well, and perhaps growing, in...


Product Liability


Forum Column - By Raphael Metzger - The recent decision of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lockheed Litigation Cases has p...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


LOS ANGELES - When life dealt Ellen Braver Friedman, a midlife curveball, she went to law school and became the first woman pa...


Government


Lawyer Cochran Will Work on Devin Brown Suit

Feb. 23, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys with the Cochran Firm say they are hoping their high-profile chairman, Johnnie Cochran Jr., will retur...


Appellate Practice


Panel Says Measure Applies Retroactively

Feb. 23, 2005
By Dan Evans

SAN DIEGO - A three-judge appellate panel ruled Friday that pending unfair-competition suits can be dismissed under Propositio...