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Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Orange County Superior Court Judge John M. Watson Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against rolling wildca...


Criminal


Justices Agree to Reconsider Anti-Porn Law

Oct. 16, 2003
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Taking another plunge into the world of online pornography, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review the con...


Criminal


Priest Raped Teen Girl, Lawsuit Says

Oct. 16, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A parish priest who later became a vice president at the University of San Diego raped a 14-year-old girl at a Cat...


Litigation


Shooting Victim's Kin Sue Oakland Cops

Oct. 16, 2003
By Karen Coleman

OAKLAND - The family of a young Oakland man who was shot to death in his bed earlier this month by two police officers filed a...


Litigation


Union Sues Groveries Over Lockout

Oct. 16, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - In what observers call a novel application of a new state law, the union for striking Southern California grocer...


Criminal


Disbarred Attorney Gets Time in Prison

Oct. 16, 2003
By Gale Holland

LOS ANGELES - A disbarred Los Angeles attorney and confidante to a South Gate official accused of corruption was sentenced to ...


Judges and Judiciary


VENTURA - With a background that includes working as an FBI special agent and district attorney, it's no surprise that Ventura...


CHATSWORTH - A Chatsworth jury slammed the Ford Motor Co. and a trucking company with a $45 million verdict Tuesday in a case ...


Appellate Practice


Doctors Can Recommend Marijuana to Sick Patients

Oct. 16, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Any doctor in the U.S., not just California doctors, may recommend marijuana to their patients without fear of...


Personal Injury & Torts


How Dangerous?

Oct. 16, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The first cases in a mammoth wave of litigation by high-tech workers against International Business Machines Inc., ...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Jumping into the emotionally charged controversy swirling around the Pledge of Allegiance, the Supreme Court on T...


Commercial Law


Labor Code Change Aids Grocery Strikers

Oct. 15, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Strikers offering their message to Southern California grocery shoppers in the three-day-old labor dispute were ...


Public Interest


LOS ANGELES - When the hiring partners at Munger, Tolles & Olson are about to toss the resume of a law-school grad with le...


Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus - The rights of creditors can conflict with the rights o...


Civil Rights


Recognizing California Couples

Oct. 15, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By M. V. Lee Badgett and R. Bradley Sears - Pete Knight is at it again. The California state senator, R-Palmdal...


Litigation


Litigator Had Key Role in Hughes-Estate Battle

Oct. 15, 2003
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - Paul Leo Freese Sr., retired head of the litigation department at Los Angeles' Kindel & Anderson and a key l...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Homeowners Given Rights

Oct. 15, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - The last measure in a package of four bills giving residents in common interest developments, such as condominium...


Litigation


'Real Bulldog' Tried More Than 200 Cases

Oct. 15, 2003
By Erica Williams

LOS ANGELES - Services took place Monday in Culver City for well-known commercial trial attorney Peter Aronson, who died early...


Litigation


'Repatriated' Will Continue Struggle

Oct. 15, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Californians of Mexican ancestry, forcibly expelled during the Depression of the l930s, will continue to press t...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - It seems this city's '60s rock 'n' roll scene remains a relic at least in the courts. The 1st District Court o...


Law Practice


Legal Limbo

Oct. 15, 2003
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - A cloud hangs over out-of-state lawyers every time they consult with clients in California: they could be brea...


Environmental


Lockyer Joins Fight Over Prop. 65 Alerts

Oct. 15, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A bill in Congress that would preempt state Proposition 65 warnings about dangerous chemicals in foods ranging...


Labor/Employment


Bills on Retaliation, Arbitration Vetoed

Oct. 15, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed two controversial employment law bills that would have made it easier for workers to s...


Judges and Judiciary


Column By Garry Abrams - Barring intervention by an appellate court, sole practitioner Frances L. Diaz will spend what will no...


Litigation


While residents of California were successful in recalling Gov. Gray Davis over economic issues ranging from the energy crisis...


Entertainment & Sports


Rock On

Oct. 14, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

A rousing concert broke out during a formal dinner recently when the Beverly Hills Bar Association honored Jay L. Cooper as it...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Masters Forum Presents Busy Program

Oct. 14, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

If you were lucky enough to receive an invitation to this year's Masters Forum, held at Pepperdine University School of Law, y...


Law Practice


For at least one night, the young lawyers who make up the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Barristers let the old folks re...


Firm Watch


Being at a firm that's looking ahead rather than back is fun, says Peter Heinecke, who recently joined Kirkpatrick & Lockh...


Litigation


Hospital Wins Despite Towel Left in Man

Oct. 14, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

After performing a liver transplant procedure, the surgical staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center failed to remove a towel from...