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State Bar & Bar Associations


Up on the Roof

May 20, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles found the perfect venue for honoring outstanding women in the legal profession - ...


Litigation


El Capitan's Owner Gets New Chance to Sue MTA

May 20, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

A lawsuit filed by the owner of the historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood against the operator of the Los Angeles County su...


Litigation


Plaintiff's Claims Continue Against Bank

May 20, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Although World Savings Bank escaped a fraud claim brought by a homeowner who purchased one of its properties, the legal mess d...


Firm Watch


Lyon & Lyon Veteran Moves

May 20, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Two years after joining Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Bill Steffin has left the Cleveland-based firm for Los Angeles' Lewis, ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Chip maker Zoran Corp. of Santa Clara has agreed to buy Oak Technology Inc. for $358 million in cash and stock. Both companies...


Firm Watch


Client conflicts didn't kill Murphy, Sheneman, Julian & Rogers' merger with Winston & Strawn earlier this year. But th...


Firm Watch


Tech Lawyer Hopes Third Firm Is It

May 20, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Kevin Debr is hoping that the third time is the charm. The technology lawyer joined Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger...


Litigation


Pacific Sunwear Settles With Two Workers

May 20, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

There's more to a title than just the name. Employees in management positions at Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. stores all...


Litigation


Jury Finds Against McDonald's

May 20, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

McDonald's projects an image of a corporation committed to the well-being of its 2,400 franchisees nationwide. "They are the h...


Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - Defense practitioners navigating California's state courts are familiar with t...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Robert R. Sachs - The fickle economy continues to take its toll on both startups and...


Education


Foster Children Face Educational Obstacles

May 20, 2003
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - Without someone advocating on their behalf, foster children likely will continue leaving the system without a de...


Litigation


Doctor Hit By Lamp Wins $4 Million

May 20, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - A unique trial in which defense counsel requested that a jury determine damages before it assigned liability resul...


Criminal


DA Selects Chief of Cold-Case Homicide Unit

May 20, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Friday that Deputy District Attorney Jeff Dusek will lead a new cold-ca...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - Attorney Melanie Rae Blum and her ex-husband, former attorney Mark Elliot Roseman, pleaded not guilty Friday to fe...


Government


City Goes After President of Building Firm

May 20, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

OAKLAND - Construction magnate Ronald Tutor will become a defendant when San Francisco lawyers file the latest version of the...


LOS ANGELES - Faced with the anguished pleas of his ailing grandmother, Nabil Issa did what any concerned grandson would do. T...


SAN FRANCISCO - Trial courts and the U.S. Congress are increasingly hostile to gun control lawsuits, but dogged California pl...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Three retired judges have found homes with ADR providers following their careers on the bench. JAMS has hired retired San Dieg...


Military Law


Companies Make a Killing

May 20, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - As the Senate considers President Bush's proposal to cut taxes by hundreds of billions of do...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Lin M. Meyer - Law firms, like any other employer, are subject to laws that prevent them from discrimin...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Focus Column - Land Use - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - In a case of first impression, an appellate court has held that a claim fo...


Criminal


Power Couple Faces Arraignment

May 17, 2003
By Jim Adamekn

SANTA ANA - In a reversal of fortune, a former power couple once riding high on a string of successful lawsuits and settlement...


Insurance


Panel Revives Suit Against Blue Cross

May 17, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court Wednesday reinstated a class action brought by a Los Angeles woman who claims that Blue Cr...


Litigation


Woman Sues TV Show for Humiliating Her

May 17, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles woman filed suit Thursday against the reality TV program "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" for allege...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - As attorney Melanie Rae Blum and former attorney Mark Elliot Roseman are brought to trial on charges they siphone...


Appellate Practice


Judge Kay Rejects Plea For Recusal

May 17, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - First District Court of Appeal Justice Laurence D. Kay has rebuffed an unusual recusal request by a Marin Cou...


Government


L.A. Officials Make List Of Top 100 Democrats

May 17, 2003
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - The Democratic Leadership Committee on Thursday named Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and City Counci...


Large Firms


Thelen to Work With U.K. Firm

May 17, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - Thelen Reid & Priest announced a joint venture Thursday with London-based Masons that will combine the fi...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Despite ruling that an FBI agent "recklessly" omitted information when he sought a wiretap authorization, U.S. D...