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Litigation


Court Finds for Insurer in Apple Fee Dispute

Apr. 1, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

"It ain't over till it's over" could be attorney Mark Goodman's motto. The Barger & Wolen lawyer in San Francisco has repr...


Transactions


Deals

Apr. 1, 2003
By Tina Spee

BANKRUPTCY - Craig Millet (Irvine) of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented bankrupt Advanced Tissues Sciences, which filed ...


Litigation


Judge Disqualifies Lawyers in SUV Case

Apr. 1, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

A San Bernardino sport utility vehicle rollover suit took a nasty turn last month for the plaintiffs' attorneys when a trial j...


Intellectual Property


Companies Fend Off E-Commerce Patent Lawsuit

Apr. 1, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

A Silicon Valley company and a Massachusetts firm have won a patent infringement case that could have changed e-commerce had t...


Intellectual Property


Orrick Attorney Deals Cadence a Victory

Apr. 1, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Jim Brooks and his colleagues at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe faced a trial with the cards stacked against them represen...


Firm Watch


Manatt Phelps Bolsters Health Care Group

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips continues to bulk up its health care expertise with the recent hire of litigation partner Gregor...


Firm Watch


Former Unocal Counsel Joins Robins Kaplan

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Following a few months serving as a consultant for Unocal Corp., a company where he was general counsel until Dec. 4, Dennis P...


Firm Watch


Pillsbury Alums Return to the Fold

Apr. 1, 2003
By Erik Cummins

Apparently you can take the lawyer out of Pillsbury but you can't take the Pillsbury out of the lawyer. Sixteen former Pillsbu...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Intrepid Reporter Plans Law Adventure

Apr. 1, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Papers about the Consumer Attorneys of California and the group's upcoming convention lay scattered all over my desk. I had to...


Entertainment & Sports


From updates on insurance bad-faith law to tips on maximizing damages for plaintiffs, this year's convention for the Consumer ...


Litigation


Jingle Speech Wins Lawyer Silver Tongue

Apr. 1, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

The Parisian theme for the 7th Annual Silver Tongue Competition to benefit San Diego's McAllister Institute was set many month...


Focus Column - Law Practice - By Ted Roth and Charles Rosenblatt - Over lunch, three lawyers agree to merge their practices an...


Corporate


Forum Column - Business Law - By John W. Brooks and Mark Webber - Manufacturers of goods often engage independent sales agents...


Entertainment & Sports


Dangling Question

Apr. 1, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Mara G. Daz - What would child protective services or the district attorney's office do if...


Criminal


Bookie Bets Wrong, Loses Freedom

Apr. 1, 2003
By Pam Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Ronald Sacco, who was sentenced to prison a decade ago as the biggest sports bookmaker in the United States, h...


Appellate Practice


Convict's Wife Can't Have Jackpot

Apr. 1, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOSE ANGELES -Some people might have used $1 million in California lottery winnings to buy a Ferrari or tour the world. But Ra...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Timing Issue Slows Predator Release

Apr. 1, 2003
By Karen Coleman

MARTINEZ - It turns out that Cary Verse wasn't eligible for release from a state mental hospital under California's Sexually V...


Energy Law


Trust-Fund Transfer Challenged

Apr. 1, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bankruptcy has no authority to order a $1 billion nuclear ...


Litigation


Judge Hurls Trevor Group Suit, Fines Lawyers

Apr. 1, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES -A judge Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by Trevor Law Group against thousands of Southland automotive-repair s...


Criminal


Sex Assault on Child's Corpse Spurs Call for Necrophilia Law

Apr. 1, 2003
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - What authorities say happened to a 4-year-old girl's body could have crept from the pages of a skin-crawling ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Representatives of the federal judiciary have asked Congress for a 10.8 percent increase in the judiciary's bu...


Government


Beyond the Courthouse

Apr. 1, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - No courthouse is big enough to hold San Francisco lawyer Ray Bourhis' crusade against the insurance industry. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Model Puts Family First

Mar. 29, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Howard H. Shore was somber as he read the documents that a conservator just delivered to his ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Riverside County

Mar. 29, 2003
By Jack Briggs

CORONA - Change and Seung Ryu purchased the 41,573-square-foot Sierra Del Oro Promenade retail center at 4300 Green River Roa...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- San Diego County

Mar. 29, 2003
By Jack Briggs

ESCONDIDO - Pacific Development Partners LLC purchased the 69,780-square-foot Escondido Town & Country retail center at 1...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - In Mackey v. Department of Corrections , 2...


International


Televising Balanced , Fair News

Mar. 29, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Harold C. Pachios - Behind the scenes of the military engagement in the Middle East, there is a media war go...


Constitutional Law


In or Out?

Mar. 29, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Shylie Thomas and Daniel D. Droog - On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument about the constit...


Judges and Judiciary


Public Defender Gets Commissioner Position

Mar. 29, 2003
By Matthew Heller

VENTURA - In a move that further balances a bench long dominated by prosecutors, the Ventura County Superior Court has selecte...


Judges and Judiciary


Hyde Proceedings Over

Mar. 29, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde should be removed from the bench because of persistent sex...