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Education


Police, Judge Hold DUI Court in High School

Apr. 16, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - A 23-year-old man who was arrested with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit was convicted twice We...


Appellate Practice


Court Reinstates $4.4 Million Verdict in Water-Slide Lawsuit

Apr. 16, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court has reinstated a $4.4 million verdict awarded to a former San Bernardino County water-park...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - In a major victory for Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, an appellate court Wednesday reinstated a pub...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - Theater owners must make seats available not just to wheelchair-bound moviegoers but also to their companions, a...


Judges and Judiciary


SANTA CLARA - Two of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser's colleagues took the stand Wednesday, outlining ...


Judges and Judiciary


A Driven Idealist

Apr. 16, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - When she entered the fold of family lawyers, Rebecca L. Wightman was greeted with a shotgun. Wightman herself ...


Government


S.F. Law School Dean Eyed for Judicial Post

Apr. 16, 2004
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has yet to name his judicial appointments secretary nearly five months into hi...


Column By Garry Abrams - The finger-pointing and hand-wringing over the Sept. 11 attacks appears to be reaching a bone-crackin...


Family


Court Focuses on Validity of Marriages

Apr. 16, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court now wants to know why it should nullify more than 4,000 San Francisco marriage li...


Appellate Practice


Court to Consider Liability for Libel on Web

Apr. 16, 2004
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed unanimously Wednesday to review a controversial appeal court ruling that ...


Environmental


Reforesting After Fire Avoids Tinderbox

Apr. 15, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Emma T. Suarez - In August and September of 2001, the devastating Star Fire swept through the El Dorado and ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - A well-drafted arbitration clause specifies the number o...


Government


State Can't Recoup Huge Energy Costs

Apr. 15, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer says blame an outmoded 80-year-old legal policy for the state's inability to win ba...


Personal Injury & Torts


UCLA Wants to Use Willed Bodies

Apr. 15, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - An attorney for UCLA's troubled willed-body program told a court commissioner Tuesday that the school wants to u...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew P. Bridges, an eminent trademark and copyright law specialist, has left Palo Alto's Wilson, Sonsini, Go...


Civil Rights


Lawyer Advanced Rights of Gays, Lesbians

Apr. 15, 2004
By Lorelei Laird

LOS ANGELES - Leroy Stanley Walker, a Los Angeles employment attorney who helped secure key legal protections for gays and les...


Judges and Judiciary


Activist Was Second Black Jurist in San Diego

Apr. 15, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A memorial service for Alpha L. Montgomery, the second black appointed to a Superior Court judgeship in San Diego ...


Government


2 Technical Bills Pass Committee

Apr. 15, 2004
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would protect hapless litigants whose complaints ma...


Government


Bustamante to Pay $263,000 Campaign Penalty

Apr. 15, 2004
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has agreed to pay $263,000 - the largest penalty ever assessed a candidate by the state'...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Firm Founder's Career Spanned 54 Years

Apr. 15, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - James O. Sullivan, a prominent trial lawyer whose legal career spanned 54 years, died Sunday of congestive heart f...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - A videotape showing three youths allegedly having sex with an unconscious 16-year-old girl can be used at the teen...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - On orders from an appeals court, San Francisco Superior Court Judge John Munter reconsidered the $16 million i...


Government


Payment Overdue

Apr. 15, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The California State Controller's Office has acknowledged that, for years, it has ignored a legal requirement ...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has acquired 13 attorneys and two offices in Arizona, giving ...


Government


Well-Liked Judge Insists On Doing Things His Way

Apr. 15, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

HAYWARD - Alameda Superior Court Judge Robert Fairwell has been handling a busy misdemeanor calendar for most of his 38 years ...


Government


Workers' Alien Status Ruled Off-Limits

Apr. 15, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A Fresno employer does not have a right to probe the citizenship status of 23 Latina and Southeast Asian women...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for April 13

Apr. 14, 2004
By Chris Tolles

INDUSTRIAL CARSON - Watson Land Co. has signed AMCO Distribution Services to a five-year lease at a 168,398-square-foot build...


Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In a case of first impression, Raphael v. Bloomfield


Forum Column - By Joyce Tischler - A new field of law is gaining ground fast, and if you haven't met an attorney who specializ...


Government


Notebook - By Peter Blumberg - SAN FRANCISCO - Twice in a month the California Supreme Court has ruled on cases involving preg...