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Government


A Study in Terror

Aug. 10, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Activists want a new consideration added to environmental impact studies, along with the usual menu of analyse...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


AHMC Inc. has agreed to purchase four hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley from Santa Barbara-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. in a...


Firm Watch


Citing her new firm's offices in "major growth markets," environmental and land use attorney Malissa McKeith moved her entire ...


Civil Rights


John Frankenheimer spent an evening recently being toasted by his fellow attorneys, serenaded by his client, singer-songwriter...


Mergers & Acquisitions


IBM Buys Analytics Provider Alphablox

Aug. 10, 2004
By Megan Thorpe

On July 14, information technology giant IBM Corp. announced plans to purchase longtime Fenwick & West client Alphablox, a...


Law Practice


Column - Adviser - By Dwight L. Armstrong - It's 5:30 a.m. It's dark. Your client left you an urgent message to meet him at hi...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Stephen S. Korniczky and Douglas Olson - Although it has been in existence for only ...


Forum Column - By Deborah Wald - For children with heterosexual parents, California courts do not hesitate to act to protect e...


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Each and every day, our family law courts issue orders that are supposed to govern the con...


Criminal


Man Who Killed After Release Gets 43 Years

Aug. 10, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Jerrell Patrick, who gunned down a man after he was released from jail because of an overtime pay dispute betwee...


Constitutional Law


ATLANTA - The military lawyer in charge of representing prisoners held at the Guantnamo Naval base said Friday that he is conf...


Criminal


Lawyers Cry Foul Over Yolo County DA's Charges

Aug. 10, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Two of the criminal defense lawyers charged with disclosing witness information to their clients say that prosecu...


Labor/Employment


Judge OKs Santa Clara Arbitration Measure

Aug. 10, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Barring a successful appeal, an initiative backed by Santa Clara County's prosecutors and public defenders that wou...


Environmental


9th Circuit Redefines Habitat Destruction

Aug. 10, 2004
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant victory for environmentalists, a federal appeals court ruling could tighten land-use restrict...


Environmental


City Attorney Blocks Gating of Wilderness

Aug. 10, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney has halted construction on a gate that would have blocked access to public parklan...


Large Firms


Seeds of Success

Aug. 10, 2004
By Amy Spees

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - You're a new associate. Half-empty briefcase in hand, stomach fluttering, you'...


Litigation


The owners of a Rancho Cordova shopping mall have won a disabled-access suit filed by a man who sued the historic Nimbus Winer...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The $2 billion settlement announced last week to fix Los Angeles' broken sewer system marked a sea change in how...


Labor/Employment


Berkeley Bowl Ends Suit, Will Work With Union

Aug. 10, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Berkeley Bowl, the revered eco-friendly grocery that saw its liberal image tarnished after it was accused of a...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Wrapping up six weeks of negotiations, partner Gerard Kenny of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Irvine office has s...


Family


Technology Has Gotten Ahead of Law in Baby Brouhaha

Aug. 10, 2004
By Philip Carrizosa

Column By Philip Carrizosa - How would you like to be the judge sorting out the embryo mix-up litigation? One part of the liti...


Criminal


FEWER HAIDL CHARGES

Aug. 10, 2004
By Dan Evans

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in Santa Ana on Friday filed new charges against three teens accused of raping an unconscious 16-yea...


Criminal


Jailhouse Webcams Ruled Out of Bounds

Aug. 10, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Pretrial arrestees in Arizona's Maricopa County jail became objects in a reality show with 6 million people wo...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's bankruptcy said he wasn't ready to accept the dissolved...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Extortion. It's an ugly word. But then, it's an ugly concept. It's even uglier when enga...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By Daniel W. Park - In July, the California 2nd District Court of Appeal in S.B. Beach Properti...


Forum Column - By Gregory V. Moser - The Los Angeles Unified School District has broken the promise made to the voters when Pr...


Criminal


Defenders Say They Use Race Too

Aug. 7, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - While defense attorneys accuse prosecutors of improperly using race in jury selection, they acknowledge an ope...


Personal Injury & Torts


County Wins $6 Million Damages in Bribery Case

Aug. 7, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

VENTURA - A judge tentatively decided Thursday to award San Bernardino County $6 million in damages from officials and busines...


Criminal


L.A. Jailers Gave Suspect Free Rein

Aug. 7, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County jailers let a murder suspect who tried to escape from custody do inmate head counts, check id...