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Appellate Practice


Focus Column Appellate Law By James Harris and Frank Menetrez It is hard enough to get an appellate court to reverse a judgme...


Judges and Judiciary


Permanent Space Made For City's Law Library

Aug. 7, 2003
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years in crowded, temporary quarters at the War Memorial Building, the San Francisco Law Library ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Pioneering Plaintiffs' Attorney Loved Trials

Aug. 7, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - David Casey Sr., a prominent San Diego trial attorney and the first plaintiffs' attorney elected president of t...


Litigation


No Relief For Subject In Radiation Tests in Jail

Aug. 7, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court told an ex-convict Tuesday that he cannot sue the federal government for scientific e...


Government


U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan Reorganizes Management

Aug. 7, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a reshuffle of his top management team, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan on Tuesday promoted 22-year veteran Ross ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Three prominent lawyers listed as supporters in a Terence Hallinan campaign mailer protested the use of their...


Criminal


Democrats Might Concede DA Post to Cooley

Aug. 7, 2003
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Knocked off balance by the recall campaign against Gov. Gray Davis and City Councilman Jack Weiss' refusal to g...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN DIEGO - Sometimes, Amalia L. Meza drives along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles to the business where her father cr...


Law Practice


Focus Column Litigation By Jeff Kichaven You are at a painful point in a difficult negotiation, and your legal training hardl...


Constitutional Law


First-Class Citizens

Aug. 6, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column By Tamara Lange As everyone now knows, on June 26 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law and redre...


Media


Shielding Rape Victims' Names

Aug. 6, 2003
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - In the era of instant information, it didn't take long for the name of Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's alleged rape ...


Judges and Judiciary


Powerful Clerk Called Indispensable

Aug. 6, 2003
By Dennis Opatrny

Reporter's Notebook By Dennis Opatrny SAN FRANCISCO - You've heard of the man behind the throne. Now meet the guy in front of...


Large Firms


Partner Levels Political Field at Mayer

Aug. 6, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Scott Baugh, former Republican minority Assembly leader, joined Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw from the...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Ratcheting up pressure on the California Supreme Court to postpone October's recall election, Gov. Gray Davis...


Appellate Practice


Court Supports Builder Against Homeowners

Aug. 6, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - In a victory for the building industry, the state Supreme Court on Monday shot down a class action by disgruntl...


Judges and Judiciary


CJA Picks Executive Director

Aug. 6, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Judges Association has chosen Stanley Bissey as its new executive director, replacing Keenan G...


Intellectual Property


Riding Out the Storm

Aug. 6, 2003
By Xenia Kobylarz

SUNNYVALE - Ed Taylor's career as a patent lawyer started innocuously enough. As the youngest associate in a small patent fir...


Family


Second-Parent Adoptions Survive Challenge

Aug. 6, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday upheld the principle of gay and lesbian adoption, wading deep...


Large Firms


Liner Yankelevitz Nabs Criminal Defender

Aug. 5, 2003
By Tanya Rothman

Adding criminal defense and class-action expertise to its menu of services, Westwood's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regens...


Real Estate/Development


New Swap-Meet Owners Have Big Plans

Aug. 5, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Following an extensive negotiation process, the San Fernando Swap Meet is in the hands of new owners, and the 34-acre lot one ...


Transactions


HEMET - Pacific Coast Capital Partners and its affiliate, Redwood Capital Finance Co. , closed a $17.5 million senior loan to...


Firm Watch


Pillsbury Post Lures Sacramento Lawyer

Aug. 5, 2003
By Erik Cummins

Michelle Hallsten left Pillsbury Winthrop at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000 only to return when the bubble burst. Hall...


Firm Watch


Sterling Brennan, who served as managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Orange County office for the last 2 1/2 years, h...


Real Estate/Development


Developer Taps Paul Hastings for Land Deal

Aug. 5, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Two Florida-based real estate firms are buying Newhall Land & Farming Co., a major Southern California developer, for $990...


Litigation


Strong Links

Aug. 5, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

With a car license plate that reads "MAY GOLF," one would think former San Diego County Superior Court Judge Robert E. May cou...


Administrative/Regulatory


Sci-Fi Adventure

Aug. 5, 2003
By Robin Davidson

Daily Journal Extra Feature - The GenRich account for 10 percent of the American population; they all carry synthetic genes - ...


Firm Watch


Riordan Alum Joins Greenberg & Bass

Aug. 5, 2003
By John Ryan

Encino's Greenberg & Bass has added Edwin Duncan, a litigator with a diverse business practice, the firm announced in July...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Motivations in Negotiation Process Influence Outcome

Aug. 5, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Paul W. Taylor - Parties in the middle of a legal dispute often claim, "It's not ...


Firm Watch


Litigator Moves to Chadbourne & Parke

Aug. 5, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Clifford Hyatt has moved his securities-litigation practice to the Los Angeles office of Chadbourne & Parke. Hyatt joined ...


Litigation


The motto for west Riverside County's Norco is "City Living in a Rural Atmosphere." Much of the municipality, with a populatio...