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Criminal


Forum Column - By Stanley "Tookie" Williams - There are at least two illegitimate reasons for my sitting on San Quentin's deat...


Litigation


Link Church Suits, Jurist Suggests

Apr. 22, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles McCoy has recommended that clergy sexual-abuse lawsuits filed in Northe...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County and state officials have no authority to force adult-film actors to use condoms during sex sc...


Criminal


DA Drops Sex-Abuse Charges

Apr. 22, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County prosecutors dismissed sex-abuse charges Tuesday against an embattled Oakland minister who was a...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Audrey Woods promises women that, if she represents them in divorce court, they'll get everything they deserve f...


Public Interest


Prosecution Named in Cop Killing

Apr. 22, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris tapped Criminal Division Chief Paul Cummins on Tuesday to prosec...


Large Firms


PRIZE CATCH

Apr. 22, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins has hired a Los Angeles finance partner from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom a mon...


Appellate Practice


Projects in Yosemite Blocked By Ruling

Apr. 22, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday blocked $100 million in Yosemite National Park construction projects th...


Appellate Practice


Court Kills State Law on Anti-Union Efforts

Apr. 22, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A California law prohibiting employers from using money they get from the state to finance anti-union efforts ...


Criminal


Unseemly Politics of Death

Apr. 22, 2004
By Philip Carrizosa

Column By Philip Carrizosa - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has been taking a considerable amount of heat latel...


Criminal


War on Terrorism Goes to Court

Apr. 22, 2004
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Taking its first look at the Bush administration's war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a bar...


Law Practice


Attorney Battles to Right Capital System

Apr. 21, 2004
By David Houston

SANTA BARBARA - Robert M. Sanger threw Santa Barbara courts into disarray last year when he convinced a judge that the county'...


Government


Forum Column - By Dirk Stemerman - Many have characterized the recent workers' compensation legislation as another victory for...


Government


Focus Column - International Law - By Carlos Dodds, Mara Eugenia Oliver & Daniel Orlansky - U.S. employers with employees ...


Litigation


Bar Shines Light on No-Show Attorneys

Apr. 21, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A veteran San Francisco attorney under fire for standing up the California Supreme Court in February made "num...


LOS ANGELES - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., one of the most celebrated attorneys in the United States, underwent exploratory surgery...


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they arr...


Litigation


Fear of Study Seems Unfounded

Apr. 21, 2004
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Advocates for reform of the U.S. patent system have gained a new champion. The National Academy of Sciences, a...


Litigation


After Many Warnings, Suit Is Tossed

Apr. 21, 2004
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - He ignored five orders for discovery. Then he was sanctioned twice for disobeying court orders. In an attempt ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge, accusing a prosecutor of the "willful, deliberate concealment" of evidence, has refused...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley vowed Monday to fight county plans to eliminate 23 deputy dist...


Criminal


Justices Mull Death-Row Dilemma

Apr. 21, 2004
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Faced with the prospect of overturning more than 100 death penalties - and perhaps thousands of noncapital senten...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - After serving on the highly contentious Senate Judiciary Committee for 23 years, Sen. Arlen Specter is only one e...


Appellate Practice


Column By Garry Abrams - Among federal judges, size matters. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Fairness Under Fire

Apr. 21, 2004
By John Roemer

FAIRFIELD - Superior Court Judge Mike Nail works hard to banish the notion that he favors prosecutors in his Solano County cou...


Government


GENDER DECISION

Apr. 21, 2004
By Dan Evans

SANTA ANA - Westminster officials dodged a $7.8 million bullet Monday, as state education officials found the school district'...


Law Practice


Court: Lawyers Can Take Suits Too Far

Apr. 21, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - You've got to know when to fold 'em. An angry client unjustly accused Woodland Hills lawyer Jerome Zamos of fr...


Criminal


Court Voids Shoplifter's 'Cruel' Sentence

Apr. 21, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court voided a three-time shoplifter's 25-years-to-life prison sentence Monday, labeling it ...


Firm Watch


Legal Eaglets Finally Land a Web Mentor

Apr. 20, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

The Internet has taken over many facets of everyday life, from shopping to meeting that special someone. But until recently, y...


Administrative/Regulatory


Eyewear Concern Prevails Against Consumer Cause

Apr. 20, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

Emerging Vision, an eyewear company that operates the Sterling Optical and Site For Sore Eyes retail chains, has won its fight...