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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...


Government


Ex-Justice Named as Gambling Negotiator

Jan. 9, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he has named former state appeal court Justice Daniel M. Kolk...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - Two African-American workers have filed racial discrimination lawsuits claiming a supervisor at Home Depot's Woo...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of the business community's increasing interest in judicial politics, the president of the U.S...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Even if the justices decide next month not to hear M.K.B. v. Warden, 03-6747, the post-Sept. 11 detention ...


Judges and Judiciary


Former Simpson-Case DA Makes Thoughtful Judge

Jan. 9, 2004
By Sarah Garveyn

LOS ANGELES - In the late 1990s, after he helped prosecute the O.J. Simpson case, Deputy District Attorney Hank M. Goldberg de...


Government


SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency Wednesday sued Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, charging him with nearly 70 violat...


Criminal


When Is Killing Fetus Called a Murder?

Jan. 9, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Harold Taylor may not have known his ex-girlfriend was two to three months pregnant when he shot and killed he...


Government


Mediation Jurist Settles Unsettleable

Jan. 8, 2004
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - If your clients are serious about settling difficult cases and you are well-prepared, the best man to bring abou...


Discipline


Weighing Ethics

Jan. 8, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Timothy J. Aspinwall - Community service provides an excellent opportunity to see our profession from a fres...


Appellate Practice


Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Andrea M. Schoor - The old saw that "timing is everything" has particula...


Labor/Employment


Scripture-Posting Employee's Bias Suit Fails

Jan. 8, 2004
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A computer worker who was fired for posting Bible scripture condemning homosexuality in response to company po...


Government


Late Economic Statement Costs DA $200

Jan. 8, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The district attorney of Imperial County has agreed to pay a $200 fine to the state's political watchdog agency fo...


Appellate Practice


Split Court Upholds Death Penalty

Jan. 8, 2004
By Joy Shaw

LOS ANGELES - A closely divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a Los Angeles man convicted in a 1...


Judges and Judiciary


Retiring Judge Will Join JAMS

Jan. 8, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - After spending nearly three decades on the bench, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Joseph F. Biafore is join...


Large Firms


Lewis Brisbois Picks Up Office in Las Vegas

Jan. 8, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has picked up a Las Vegas office with the addition of name partner V. Andr...


Judges and Judiciary


Southern District Adds Two Magistrate Judges

Jan. 8, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A former federal prosecutor and a civil trial lawyer have been added to the ranks of magistrate judges in U.S. Dis...


Litigation


Unsigned Fee-Splitting Deals Might Not Be Moot

Jan. 8, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - There may be a silver lining for attorneys who forget to get a client's written consent when referring a case ...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - After three dismal years capped by layoffs and the dissolution of major law firms including Brobeck, Phleger &...


Litigation


Fee in Microsoft Case: $270M

Jan. 8, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The lawyers who represented 14 million Californians in a giant class action against Microsoft Corp. have petit...


Law Practice


Life Is Now a Mystery

Jan. 8, 2004
By Erik Cummins

SAN MATEO - When he traveled on business as a corporate lawyer, Ed Kaufman liked to spend his off-hours unwinding in places su...


Entertainment & Sports


Column - By Garry Abrams - The attorney who got Britney Spears the annulment ending her 55-hour marriage is better known to co...


Personal Injury & Torts


Father Seeks Damages for Lost Fetuses

Jan. 8, 2004
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco man whose wife lost twin fetuses due to a Kaiser Permanente doctor's misdiagnosis is seeking c...


Government


Former DA Sentenced

Jan. 8, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles County prosecutor who pleaded guilty last October to bilking her former landlords and a for...


Government


Corrections Officials Stifle Investigators

Jan. 8, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Department of Corrections is attempting to muffle complaints from its own internal affairs staf...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


WASHINGTON - Though Food and Drug Administration officials said last week that their decision to ban ephedra was the culminati...


Focus Column - Legal Ethics- By Alec H. Boyd The decision in A.I. Credit Corp. Inc. v. Aguilar & Sebastinelli, 2003...


Litigation


Rebuilding Iraq

Jan. 7, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Sam Z. Gdanski - Halliburton Co. has become the lightning rod for critics of the Iraq war and rebuilding pro...


Judges and Judiciary


3.5% Raise May Not Be Last Word

Jan. 7, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

Notebook - By Craig Anderson - SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County and its salaried lawyers have settled into an uneasy truce over h...