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Government


Defense Lawyers Lose Veteran Lobbyist

Jan. 11, 2005
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - In a case of bad timing, the state's criminal defense lawyers have lost their respected lobbyist in the state Cap...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions For Jan. 7

Jan. 8, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Sorrento West Properties Inc. purchased a 72,454-square-foot industrial building at 12889 Gregg Court from ...


Appellate Practice


How Many Cities on Head of Pin?

Jan. 8, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - As lawyers for Anaheim prepare for court today, local litigators and sports experts were willing to take a swin...


Environmental


Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Regulatory zealots have been in the news lately, and not in a way of their choosing. In ...


Column - Employment Law - By Kenneth C. Hardy - Federal and state legislation and case law make it clear that employers who ha...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Terri R. Brown - In the recently decided case of Robinson Helicopter Co. v. Dana Corp. , 2004 D...


Law Practice


Med-Mal Litigator Served Legal Groups

Jan. 8, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Sunday for Los Angeles personal injury trial attorney Richard C. Du Par. Du ...


Criminal


Spector Seeks Stay in Unsealing Transcripts

Jan. 8, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Phil Spector filed an emergency writ with the state Supreme Court on Thursday, asking to stay the...


WASHINGTON - Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales on Thursday pledged to comply with all of the United States' domestic a...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - A judge dismissed the 18-month-old lawsuit to get Ruby the elephant sent home to the Los Angeles zoo, but he pro...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The county of Los Angeles, the city of Inglewood and Culver City sued the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, makin...


SANTA ANA - Shell Oil Co. will pay Orange County $14.5 million for failing to maintain underground gasoline storage tanks at ...


Criminal


McKesson Lawyer Pushes for Confidentiality

Jan. 8, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney for McKesson Corp. argued Thursday that a federal judge should keep confidential an internal repo...


Government


SAN JOSE - A federal judge said Thursday he was not persuaded by arguments that Donald J. Beardslee's constitutional rights w...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Citing attorney-client privilege, and the municipal charter, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has refused to allow...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Renowned forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz contended late Thursday that he quickly learned he had given false tes...


SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis would get a $50,000-a-year raise under a plan released this week to increase sign...


Judges and Judiciary


Laid-Back Longevity

Jan. 8, 2005
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge John Dearman banged his gavel, something he rarely does. An authoritarian ...


Employee Benefits


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge wrongly upheld an insurer's denial of disability benefits for a Santa Ana legal secretary, th...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions For Jan. 6

Jan. 7, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL COMPTON - Good Karma LLC purchased a 64,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1700 S. Wilmington Ave. from...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - The latest test of whether a corporation waives the confidentiality of any internal records it shares with fed...


Forum Column - By John M. True III - Several times a day in my court, I question defendants about the plea they are about to e...


Litigation


Tsunami as Class Action Is in Bad Taste

Jan. 7, 2005
By Columnist

Letter to the Editor - Some 135,000 people dead at last count and 5 million homeless - desperately needing food, water and med...


Construction


Focus Column - Construction Law - By Paul Means - A recent case out of the 2nd District Court of Appeal suggests that general ...


Criminal


Justices Seem Skeptical of Capital Appeal

Jan. 7, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Hearing an appeal Wednesday from the lone Iranian on death row, the California Supreme Court did not seem tro...


Litigation


Kin of Workers Killed in Iraq Sue Employer

Jan. 7, 2005
By Tim Willert

The families of four slain security contractors whose bodies were burned and dragged through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, s...


Law Practice


Corporate Lawyer Loved Mentoring Young

Jan. 7, 2005
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Private services have taken place for Alden Gray Pearce, a retired senior partner with Loeb & Loeb and a tr...


Public Interest


Howrey Simon Will Donate $1 Million to Relief

Jan. 7, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

LOS ANGELES - Howrey Simon Arnold & White announced Wednesday that it will donate $1 million to organizations helping tho...


Criminal


Jurist Violated Physician's Rights

Jan. 7, 2005
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A Napa Superior Court commissioner violated Dr. Jeffrey Thomas Gray's due process rights by requiring him to s...


Criminal


Justices Deny Spector's Request for Secrecy

Jan. 7, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday turned down legendary music producer Phil Spector's request to kee...