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Firm Watch


After three years chalking up experience as an assistant U.S. Attorney, Scott Frewing has returned to Baker & McKenzie to...


SACRAMENTO - The chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recently asked two judges to extend stays in two cases, telling ...


Front Page


Brobeck's Former Partners Pledge Money

Feb. 19, 2003
By Tina Spee

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison has issued an urgent appeal to its former partners to help it avoid being forc...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By John J. Lormon - Absent a saving hand being extended by the state Supreme Court, the legal authority of the ...


Litigation


Eastin Deposition in Schools Suit Is OK'd

Feb. 19, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs suing the state on behalf of millions of California schoolkids have secured permission to depose f...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of money from public int...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column Intellectual Property By Michael Plimier Attorneys use prior art references to prove that claims of a patent bei...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A pastor thinking about sexually seducing an adult parishioner might want to consult a lawyer first. A three-...


Criminal


Column By Garry Abrams - The sentencing of four former Symbionese Liberation Army radicals in Sacramento Friday for the 1975 m...


Environmental


Dolphin Diplomacy

Feb. 19, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Secretary of State Colin Powell took a break from charting the course of a nation seemingly headed toward war...


Front Page


By Toni Vranjes Illegal downloading of songs and intense competition from discount retailers haven't been music to the ears o...


Insurance


LOS ANGELES - Convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge won a civil jury verdict last week against an insurance compa...


Government


WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of C...


Administrative/Regulatory


Turning the Tide

Feb. 18, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Peter M. Douglas - The coast is never finally saved. It is always being saved. The recent Court of Appeal de...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The advent of e-mail as a business tool has revolutionized recruiting, just as it...


Government


Southwest Justice Center Opens

Feb. 14, 2003
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

MURRIETA - Judge James Warren has a long list of reasons to be thrilled that Southwest Justice Center is finally open. Warren ...


Corporate


Lawyer Led Efforts to Integrate Schools

Feb. 14, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for George C. Bond, retired vice president and general counsel of Unocal Corp....


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests are beginning to line up in opposition t...


Large Firms


Brobeck Quintet Goes to Litigation Boutique

Feb. 14, 2003
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - With San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison closing its doors today, the firm's lawyers continue to...


Insurance


Lawyer Fights His Insurers, Again

Feb. 14, 2003
By Susan Mcraen

LOS ANGELES - Eight months after Rex K. DeGeorge went to prison on a fraud and perjury conviction for sinking his luxury yacht...


Civil Rights


Economic Divide

Feb. 14, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - When President George W. Bush recently unveiled his tax cut proposals, critics charged ...


Juvenile


Veteran Fought Vigorously for Legal Principles

Feb. 14, 2003
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A memorial service will take place Saturday in Riverside for Eugene Robert Thomas, a veteran of the U.S. Navy...


Government


County Settles Gun Show Suit for $1.6 Million

Feb. 14, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County officials have agreed to pay the promoter of the nation's largest gun show $1.6 million to se...


Judges and Judiciary


Surfer Judge Has Decisive Manner, Peaceful Zen Style

Feb. 14, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Robert P. O'Neill prosecuted some mighty bad characters in his decade as a deputy district attorney, including t...


Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Terence McCormick - On Aug. 29, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued final ru...


Judges and Judiciary


Advocate Takes Show on the Road

Feb. 14, 2003
By Karen Coleman

BERKELEY - Judge Jeffrey Tauber has played to all kinds of crowds during his 30-year career. Tauber has appeared before congre...


Public Interest


Forum Column - By David L. Brandon - In "1984," George Orwell described one of the most frightening worlds ever conceived in l...


Government


Farella Would Represent S.F. in Airport Fraud Case

Feb. 14, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera has tapped Farella Braun & Martel of San Francisco to litigate a controversi...


Education


SAN FRANCISCO - Ivory tower combat over tenure for a Muslim scholar at California State University, Hayward escalated Wednesd...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - Employment cases are not like fender-bender cases. One simply cannot e...