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Firm Watch


After Disney, Lawyer Returns to Orrick

Apr. 13, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

Christopher Ruhland has returned to San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as of-counsel after a stint at The Walt...


Litigation


To corner the pineapple market, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. allegedly engaged in a campaign of misinformation and "sham" pate...


Law Practice


Column - Law Firm Management - By Werner S. Lewin Jr. - Law office use of part-time contract attorneys continues to expand. Wh...


Corporate


PG&E Plan Cleared to Move Forward

Apr. 13, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was poised to emerge from bankruptcy today after a federal judge denied a last-di...


Litigation


Jury Gives Diver More Than Suit Asked for Injury

Apr. 13, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

Aspiring Navy SEAL Joel Roberts has won a jury verdict topping $6.6 million in a personal injury lawsuit against Riverside bus...


Solo and Small Firms


Defense Attorney Is Batting a Thousand

Apr. 13, 2004
By Amy Spees

Encino attorney Greg Stone has racked up an impressive batting average in the courtroom. Stone, 40, has defended clients in 45...


Construction


ONE + ONE = NEW

Apr. 13, 2004
By Erik Cummins

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Erik Cummins - Globalization has been the name of the game for the world's largest law firms ...


Family


Nation Depends on Stable Marriages

Apr. 13, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Matt Daniels - Have you heard anyone say, "Marriage is not the business of government?" This sounds great un...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Focus Column - Health Care Law - By Jeffrey A Lowe - Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two consolidat...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By Jeffrey L. Fillerup - In recent years, a dozen state and federal courts in California have foun...


Civil Rights


Woman Claims Harassment by Female Boss

Apr. 13, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Her supervisors laughed it off when Shanese Exum complained that her female boss, Marianne Theus, was sexually h...


Criminal


Accusations Fly in Trial Over Money Laundering

Apr. 13, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The defense pummeled the government's key witness during two days of intense questioning last week in the mone...


Judges and Judiciary


Bullying, Lying Judges Ousted in 2003

Apr. 13, 2004
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay judge who was ousted for repeatedly bullying lawyers and his staff as well as a former Fresno juri...


Appellate Practice


Treaties Gain Legal Ground

Apr. 13, 2004
By Philip Carrizosa

Column By Philip Carrizosa - SAN FRANCISCO - In 1977, Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. made one of his most unusual judicial a...


Criminal


Dealing With the 'Ick Factor'

Apr. 13, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - There is little dispute about who was involved in the grisly murder of transgender teenager Gwen Araujo. But w...


Constitutional Law


Suspect Waits Eight Years in Jail for Trial

Apr. 10, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Prosecutors say Anthony Williams stabbed Talvin Bright 50 times in a Moreno Valley apartment in April 1992. Willia...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeff Kichaven - Mediators need help from our brethren who practice insuranc...


Entertainment & Sports


Poetry: The Prisoners of Saint Lawrence

Apr. 10, 2004
By Columnist

Snow astonishing their hammered faces, the prisoners of Saint Lawrence, island men, remember in Spanish the island places ...


Entertainment & Sports


Poetry: Soliloquy at Gunpoint

Apr. 10, 2004
By Columnist

I sat in the car, window down in summer, waiting. ...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Richard Sheldon - California has a long history of aversion to covenants prohibiting employees from com...


Criminal


Racer Whose Rival Died Must Spend Year in Jail

Apr. 10, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge Thursday sentenced a street racer to a year in jail and three ...


Criminal


Planning Expert Loved Public-Service Work

Apr. 10, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Services have been held for Kathleen M. Gonzales, an assistant city attorney in Riverside who died at her home Apr...


Litigation


Voice Mail Demands Explanation

Apr. 10, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Note to Silicon Valley lawyers: Avoid plotting to cover up a trade secret theft while on speaker phone. After ...


Public Interest


SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris reshuffled her office staff Thursday and reached into Solano Cou...


Appellate Practice


3 Strikes Law Looks Boundless

Apr. 10, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A crime committed in another state and expunged from the defendant's record can still be counted as a felony f...


Judges and Judiciary


Lawmakers Praise L.A. Judicial Nominee

Apr. 10, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George P. Schiavelli appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Th...


Criminal


Forum Column - By Vincent Schiraldi, Doug McVay and Jason Ziedenberg - In March, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bipa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Court Sets New Rules for Out-of-State Counsel

Apr. 10, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - The state Supreme Court adopted new rules Thursday for out-of-state attorneys who want to practice in California...


Immigration


Army or Not, He Can't Stay

Apr. 10, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Manuel Reyes-Alcaraz is a Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran, but that won't save him from deportation to his nativ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Kamins keeps a photograph of a gravesite under his desk blotter. It'...