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Military Law


Liberty and Justice for Whom?

Jan. 13, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - The U.S. government must close its unlawful concentration camp at Guantnamo Bay immediately ...


Environmental


Focus Column - Environmental Law - By William D. Wick - The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a new rule establishin...


Constitutional Law


Blake Jury Survey May Be Unsealed

Jan. 13, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - The questionnaire used to screen potential jurors in the Robert Blake murder trial may be released as early as t...


Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - Walnut Creek sole practitioner Clifford B. Malone Jr. should be disbarred for defrauding a client of more than...


Judges and Judiciary


Humanity on the Bench

Jan. 13, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

OAKLAND - Three photographs hang in the chambers of Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Krashna. One is of Hall of Fame ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Disneyland's decade-old practice of giving Southern California residents a $10 discount is legal, an appellate c...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A judge is unlikely to change his mind about moving the Scott Peterson murder trial out of Modesto, some legal e...


WASHINGTON - Intensifying its scrutiny of the government's war on terrorism, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider wheth...


Labor/Employment


Less Is Less

Jan. 10, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - Economists tell us that we are in the middle of an economic recovery. But various analy...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - Many lawyers find that it is in their best interest to use a recruiter when explo...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By David T. Biderman and Kyann C. Kalin - The state Court of Appeal's decision in Romo v. Ford , 1...


Intellectual Property


Nonprofit Sues Over Domains

Jan. 10, 2004
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - The nonprofit Asian Law Alliance has filed suit in a San Jose federal court accusing a local businessman of il...


Judges and Judiciary


Hom Brings Both Sides to Bench

Jan. 10, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - How did Judge Russell Hom become the first practicing criminal defense attorney to be appointed to the Sacramento...


Constitutional Law


SAN DIEGO - The city of San Diego agreed Thursday to pay the American Civil Liberties Union $950,000 to settle part of a lawsu...


Judges and Judiciary


Reflection, Research on Appeals Bench Suit Jurist

Jan. 10, 2004
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - It was a real dog of a case. Dog, that is, as in Rover, Lassie, Spot, Canis familiaris, the domestic fami...


Government


Panel Reinstates Long Beach Suit Against GOP

Jan. 10, 2004
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Long Beach's lawsuit against the state Republican Party was reinstated Thursday, the city's second appellate vic...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - The state Commission on Judicial Performance has rejected a deal negotiated by its prosecutors and ordered an ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Kamala Harris took office Thursday as San Francisco's district attorney, promising to create a prosecutor's of...


Judges and Judiciary


Under the Volcano

Jan. 10, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Don't call the judge a rat. If you do so, apologize. Sharon Claire Brooks, a divorce attorney formerly of Sisk...


Entertainment & Sports


DA Showed Blake Case Memo to Author

Jan. 9, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles prosecutor showed an author a confidential strategy memo that laid out perceived strengths and wea...


Government


DA Fights Parking Violations

Jan. 9, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan will protest the $831 in parking violations he racked up over three years, ...


Government


Knutzen Set To Manage Office, Tech For New DA

Jan. 9, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris is rounding out her staff by reaching into the ranks of the state Justic...


Judges and Judiciary


Unholy Justice

Jan. 9, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Kris Whitten - What do recent court decisions striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance a...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered sexual stereotypin...


Law Practice


Name Partner Helped Guide Many Companies

Jan. 9, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - Stuart Buchalter, a Los Angeles corporate attorney noted for his skill at operating and guiding corporations, di...


Product Liability


SAN FRANCISCO - A nationally watched case in which Berkeley parents claim a gun company is liable for the death of their 15-ye...


Law Practice


Holland & Knight Nabs 7-Attorney Boutique

Jan. 9, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

Holland & Knight has acquired seven-lawyer boutique Cowley & Chidester. The Cowley firm, located near San Diego in Ran...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - The city has joined the battle against the U.S. Department of Justice over the medical procedure known as part...


Litigation


Judge Returns Man to Estranged Lover's Home

Jan. 9, 2004
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Palm Springs man, booted from his estranged lover's home on Valentine's Day, can go back, an appellate court h...


Government


Court Shortfall Could Force Layoffs

Jan. 9, 2004
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dan Oki said Wednesday that a projected $30 million to $40 million statewide sh...