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Personal Injury & Torts


LOS ANGELES - A court hearing this week to set a money figure on sexual-abuse claims filed against the Roman Catholic church a...


Criminal


JACKSON COMPLAINT FILED

May 28, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the boy accusing Michael Jackson of molesting him filed a claim for damages against Los Angeles Cou...


Criminal


Ashcroft Can't Interfere With Suicide Law

May 28, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The Justice Department can't block the nation's first physician-assisted suicide law by threatening criminal s...


Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - There's more at stake than the Los Angeles Police Department's reputation in its str...


Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman - In the matter of Arluk Medical Center Industrial Group Inc. v. Dobler


Civil Rights


Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - What do North Korea, Iran and the United States have in common? No, they are not the th...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Two female prosecutors testified Tuesday that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John D. Harris' behavior on the b...


Government


Group Will Fight for Worker-Benefits Law

May 27, 2004
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A coalition of consumers and health care providers launched a campaign Tuesday to protect an employer-funded heal...


Appellate Practice


Panel Tosses City's Tenant-Harassment Provision

May 27, 2004
By Erica Williams

LOS ANGELES - In a major victory for landlords, a state appeals court on Tuesday struck down a portion of Santa Monica's anti-...


SANTA ANA - Defense attorneys continued their ferocious cross-examination of the alleged victim in Orange County's gang-rape c...


Law Practice


Fenwick Vet to Lead S.F. Patent Group

May 27, 2004
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Edward Radlo, a 14-year partner of Fenwick & West and former chief patent counsel for Ford Aerospace Corp....


Civil Rights


Audience's Marriages Hanging in the Balance

May 27, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - It was a decidedly pro-gay-marriage audience Tuesday at the California Supreme Court. A crowd outside the cour...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A former Pelican Bay State Prison guard must face retrial on suspicion of violating the civil rights of an inm...


Judges and Judiciary


Supreme Court Was Ready for Its Close-Up

May 27, 2004
By Philip Carrizosa

Column By Philip Carrizosa - SAN FRANCISCO - When the California Supreme Court first allowed cameras into its courtroom in 198...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Maria Suarez, who spent 22 years in prison for participating in the murder of a man who bought her as a sex slav...


Government


Marriage Showdown

May 27, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it will rule that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom overstepped h...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - Bowing to pressure from the appellate court, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman said Monday he will...


Law Practice


Geography Question

May 26, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A Lodi winemaker who uses Central Valley grapes to produce wine called "Napa Creek" and "Napa Ridge" didn't wi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - SAN DIEGO - You've survived law school, passed the State Bar Exam and maybe...


Government


Bar Elects Van De Kamp Its Chief

May 26, 2004
By Don De Benedictis

SAN FRANCISCO - Former state attorney general and Los Angeles District Attorney John K. Van de Kamp will lead the State Bar ne...


Personal Injury & Torts


Forum Column - By Daniel J. Callahan - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed in his May revision to the 2004-05 proposed budget ...


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - When it comes to the issue of new spouse income, the law in California creates great inequ...


Corporate


Focus Column - International Law - By Lothar Determann and Ute Krdewagen - In today's global economy, manufacturers can reach ...


Education


Despite Floods, Stalls, 1,550 Pass Test Hurdle

May 26, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - Call it a premonition, but Nicholas Hua had a feeling that laptop test take...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Failing Bar Exam Is Not the End of the World

May 26, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - By Sara Berman-Barrett, Steven Bracci, Craig Gold and Bruce Landau - Here a...


Government


Dolphin Deaths Debated in Tuna Fishing

May 26, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration overlooked the bribery of marine observers, caved to international political pressure ...


Law Practice


Ex-Interior Solicitor Will Join Stoel Rives

May 26, 2004
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Roderick Walston, who has served as the U.S. Department of Interior's acting solicitor since William Myers III...


Criminal


Entertainment Figure Admits Embezzlement

May 26, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Cody Cluff, the former head of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., pleaded no contest Monday in Los An...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Legendary defense attorney Anthony Brooklier has resolved his latest tax run-in with the federal government. Bro...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Auto Accident Raises Issues of Jurisdiction

May 26, 2004
By Contributing Writer

QUESTION 6 CIVIL PROCEDURE Paul and Tom, both State X residents, were involved in an auto accident in State X. At the time of ...