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Personal Injury & Torts


Time Runs Out on Libel Suit

Dec. 24, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A witness in the O.J. Simpson murder case waited too long to file a suit against an ex-boyfriend, a prosecutor...


Appellate Practice


Barbie Wins Appeal

Dec. 24, 2003
By Joy Shaw

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reinstated a lawsuit by Mattel Inc., the maker of the Barbie doll, to enforce ...


Government


Oakland City Attorney Joins National Board

Dec. 24, 2003
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The National League of Cities elected Oakland City Attorney John Russo to its board of directors earlier this ...


Government


Frank Gets Chief Deputy Post

Dec. 24, 2003
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced Monday that he has appointed Richard M. Frank, a veteran public rig...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice, Governor Talk Numbers

Dec. 24, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George and top court officials have met privately with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and ...


Civil Rights


Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Congregation

Dec. 24, 2003
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday threw out a lawsuit by a neighborhood group attempting to block an orthodox Jewish congre...


Government


SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals court Monday upheld the constitutionality of California's voter initiative and compacts that pe...


Government


Harris Pledges to Repair Relationship With SFPD

Dec. 24, 2003
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris said Monday one of her first orders of business would be to repair the o...


Entertainment & Sports


Column By Garry Abrams - The New Year is shaping up to be one long California legal nightmare. Let us count the ways. First, t...


Judges and Judiciary


Ruthless in Reedley

Dec. 24, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

FRESNO - If you find yourself in Reedley, Calif., appearing in the town's only courtroom, don't say you weren't warned. Signs ...


Bankruptcy


Judge Approves PG&E's Reorganization

Dec. 24, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, under pressure from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. attorneys, gave formal ...


Public Interest


Four students from the University of Denver College of Law swept Loyola Law School's second annual National Civil Trial Compet...


Firm Watch


Piper Rudnick Draws Corporate Litigator

Dec. 23, 2003
By Draeger Martinez

Bankruptcy and corporate litigator Sara L. Chenetz has departed from Century City boutique Robinson Diamant & Wolkowitz to...


Securities


San Francisco-based company Vontu Inc. is on the lookout for "insider security threats," and its vision has proved a hit with ...


Litigation


Preferential Trial Settings, Summary Judgments Clash

Dec. 23, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Trial Strategy - By Kevin Underhill - Defense attorneys in California know that motions for summary judgment or adjud...


Firm Watch


Game on Web Site Delivers to Charities

Dec. 23, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Los Angeles' Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has decided to ditch gift-giving this year and instead give $100,000...


Law Practice


In-House Counsel Leery of Hourly Billing

Dec. 23, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

A recent survey found that cost concerns play a key role in the firing decisions of general counsel and that 59 percent of com...


Firm Watch


Dan Grunfeld touted last month's Public Counsel celebration as one of his organization's most important events. As president o...


Securities


California companies NPTest Holding Corp. and Synnex Corp. recently joined a host of other technology companies that have gone...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS: Transactions for Dec. 22

Dec. 23, 2003
By Angela Gottula

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CARSON - The Watson Industrial Center South, a master-planned industrial community surrounded by Wilmington...


Judges and Judiciary


A crowd of 300 lawyers, judges, public officials and child advocates gathered recently to honor Judge Ina Levin Gyemant, a ret...


Litigation


The niece of American music legends George and Ira Gershwin claims that a Los Angeles accountant swindled her out of royalties...


Litigation


An Orange County Superior Court jury tacked $2.25 million in punitive damages onto a $4.3 million compensatory verdict last mo...


Contracts


Home Warranty

Dec. 23, 2003
By Robin Davidson

Column - Construction Defects - By Bryan C. Jackson - California's new residential construction defect statute, commonly know ...


Firm Watch


Luce Forward Elects Managing Partner

Dec. 23, 2003
By Draeger Martinez

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps plans to mark the new year with a changing of the guard: Robert D. Buell will step down ...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Superior Court Judges Nancy M. Brown, who raised eyebrows a few years ago by displaying an artificial marijuana pl...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Raymond J. Tittmann - Hot off the press, the decision in 2,002 Ranch v. Superior Court, ...


Criminal


Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - The felony-murder rule is one of the most controversial doctrines in the...


Criminal


Overcrowded State Prisons

Dec. 23, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Brady Sullivan - All sides in the debate in Sacramento about how to solve California's budget crisis recogni...


Litigation


Panel Consolidates Paxil Lawsuits in L.A.

Dec. 23, 2003
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - At least a dozen cases against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline over its anti-depressant drug Paxil will be ...