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Government


E-Mail Stirs Same-Sex Marriage Imbroglio

Oct. 26, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - With one inadvertent click of the mouse, a prominent gay rights lawyer has fueled the worst conspiracy theori...


Law Practice


Blythe Candidates Agree on Goals, Disagree on Methods

Oct. 26, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

By Jason W. Armstrong Mudslinging doesn't seem to be an issue in the race for the only Riverside Superior Court judgeship in ...


Litigation


By Claude Walbert Faced with a bleak financial picture for San Diego, voters for the first time in 12 years are closely follo...


Judges and Judiciary


By Amy K. Spees Deputy state Attorney General Gustavo "Gus" Gomez and Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Lori C. Jon...


Firm Watch


By Erik Cummins Meyers Nave has elected former Oakland City Attorney Jayne Williams head of the public-agency law firm. Willi...


Labor/Employment


By Draeger Martinez Certification by Orange Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Bauer in an unpaid-overtime lawsuit against the Cl...


Criminal


Court Referee, DA Tangle Over Coveted Bench Spot

Oct. 26, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

By Blair Clarkson In the hotly contested judicial runoff between Superior Court Referee Daniel Zeke Zeidler and Deputy Distri...


Large Firms


Struggling to Keep Children Warm and Dry

Oct. 26, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Turning the corner from 3rd Street onto South Los Angeles Street, in the heart of downtown's Skid Row, 33-year-o...


Public Interest


Basic Training

Oct. 26, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Closer Column - Law Firm Management - By Sharon Berman - There's no doubt that thoughtful, strategic marketing works. However,...


Juvenile


By Susan McRae A juvenile court referee and a county prosecutor will face off Nov. 2 for Office 18, an open judicial seat in ...


By Tina Spee During an evening rich with history, Hogan & Hartson celebrated its 100th anniversary with a reception at do...


Judges and Judiciary


By Donna Domino Marin County public interest attorney Faye D'Opal and prosecutor Paul M. Haakenson will compete in a November...


Criminal


By Craig Anderson Two former Santa Clara University School of Law classmates are squaring off Nov. 2 in a low-key runoff camp...


Criminal


By Claude Walbert In San Diego County's lone judicial race in the Nov. 2 election, "experience" is the chief topic because Su...


Public Interest


All That Jazz

Oct. 26, 2004
By Dan Evans

The Scene By Dan Evans "Downtown Disney," a man with an impish grin told The Scene, "what it would look like if the whole wor...


Firm Watch


By Tina Spee Leaving behind their posts in the magical world of the Disney ABC Cable Networks Group, attorneys Christopher R....


Corporate


By Amy K. Spees Members of the Association of Corporate Counsel were scheduled to descend upon the Windy city Sunday to hold ...


Litigation


State Adopts County Courthouses

Oct. 23, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

INDIO - In a move that launches the state's takeover of trial-court facilities, state officials Thursday got the keys to a rem...


Law Practice


Focus Column - Real Property - By Jerome J. Blum - In Kirkeby v. Superior Court , 2004 DJDAR 8917 (Cal. July 22, 2004), the st...


Forum Column - By James Wood - The flu vaccine shortage has become a political talking point, bringing with it, unfortunately,...


Labor/Employment


Column - Employment Law - By Jonathan Fraser Light - The small- to medium-size employer does not have a battery of risk manage...


Constitutional Law


Scalia Does Protect Criminal Defendants

Oct. 23, 2004
By Letter To The Editor

Letter to the Editor - Professor [Rory] Little's otherwise-good article ("Supreme Court Decisions on Sentencing Ignore Intenti...


Labor/Employment


Hearing-Impaired Drivers Prevail

Oct. 23, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - United Parcel Service Inc. violated federal and state anti-discrimination laws by refusing to hire people wit...


Labor/Employment


Firms Must Provide Staffers Jury Service

Oct. 23, 2004
By Eron Yehuda

Companies that hold contracts with Los Angeles County are required to provide employees with five days of jury service, regard...


Labor/Employment


Frederick A. Morgan, known by colleagues as a dean of the traditional labor bar, died Saturday of leukemia. He was 78. "First...


Appellate Practice


Husband-Killer Will Get New Trial

Oct. 23, 2004
By Dan Evans

SANTA ANA - A woman who killed her husband after she caught him having oral sex with a 16-year-old will get a new trial, an ap...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - A man allegedly beaten by a Los Angeles bus driver can proceed with a civil damages claim, a state appellate cou...


Criminal


Attorney Charged in Underage Sex Case

Oct. 23, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A senior associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was charged Thursday with one count of statutory rape...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - An immigration judge's "extraordinary" action in effectively banning an entire law firm from representing a c...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Superior Court Judge Brett C. Klein of Los Angeles on...