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Firm Watch


With her employment litigation practice "going gangbusters," Carroll, Burdick & McDonough's Angela Bradstreet is pleased a...


Litigation


David M. Ring of Taylor & Ring didn't take a single deposition in pursuing a sexual assault and negligence lawsuit against...


Transactions


NetScreen Will Buy OneSecure For $40 Million

Sep. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Most problems have solutions - and the potential for lots of money to be made along the way. Case in point: Sunnyvale's OneSec...


Large Firms


Looser Lips

Sep. 10, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

Meet Courtney Weber, the new voice of traditionally tight-lipped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. If history is any indic...


Litigation


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America named David S. Casey Jr., partner at San Diego's Casey Gerry Reed & Schenk, pr...


Litigation


The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service and the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services will...


Firm Watch


Haight Brown Duo Goes to Boutique

Sep. 10, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

Gary Ottoson has left Haight, Brown & Bonesteel for the Los Angeles office of Bacalski, Byrne, Koska & Ottoson. The Sa...


Litigation


After 20 years on the bench, Judge Alban Niles will retire Oct. 4. Niles, 69, has been sitting as a Superior Court judge since...


Litigation


New Assignments

Sep. 10, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge James Bascue recently issued the following assignment orders: As of Monday, crimina...


Litigation


Lawsuit Sends Schools a Message

Sep. 10, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

If you bash, you pay. That's the message Derek Henkle and his lawyers want to send to school districts nationwide after settli...


Personal Injury & Torts


This Won't Hurt A Bit

Sep. 10, 2002
By Matthew Heller

To Shawn Khorrami, they are victims of an insidious poison implanted in the mouths of millions of Americans. One is a Newport ...


Litigation


If you're planning to take your case around the world, check out the Bar Association of San Francisco's "One Dispute, Two (or ...


Litigation


Religion teaches tolerance, a sentiment that may help resolve by the end of the month a land use dispute between an Orange Cou...


Large Firms


As Sept. 11 approaches, most eyes will turn to New York and Washington, D.C., in remembrance of lives lost one year ago in ter...


Litigation


Claims by a Muslim engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that he was harassed for years by his boss, a pro...


Litigation


Gay Student's Suit Changes District Policy

Sep. 10, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

If gay and lesbian high school students find a Central Valley school district more tolerant these days, they might have George...


Transactions


MailFrontier Fights Spam With Software

Sep. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

MailFrontier Inc. is fed up with junk e-mail, and a Silicon Valley law firm is helping the company fight the spammers. The com...


Large Firms


Filling Outhouse Holes Prepares Attorney for Job

Sep. 10, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Curious to see how far some of California's biggest attorneys have come in their careers, EXTRA did a little digging. Not ever...


Media


Newspaper Prevails in Libel Case

Sep. 10, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - French Resistance fighter Michel Thomas has lost his defamation battle against the Los Angeles Times, which c...


Entertainment & Sports


Was Bonds' 73rd Actually Caught?

Sep. 10, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - "I think I know what a catch is," Superior Court Judge James J. McBride announced during a hearing to determin...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Backpedaling in Suit Against State Judiciary

Sep. 10, 2002
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major development in the bitter fight against California's tough, new ethical standards for arbitrators, ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Court of Appeal will hear arguments on Sept. 10 as to whether Los Angeles Superior Court candidate Paul Bacigalupo can use...


Judges and Judiciary


Juvenile Court Jurist Takes Strict-Parent Role

Sep. 10, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LANCASTER - An assignment to the Antelope Valley Courthouse might not sit well with everyone. Most people would find little ap...


Litigation


Avon, Pallotta Agree: Events Must Go On

Sep. 10, 2002
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - After weeks of confusion, the Avon Foundation said Friday the remaining three Avon breast cancer fundraising wal...


Criminal


Get-Tough-on-Terror Laws Ended Up Watered Down

Sep. 10, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - After Sept. 11, much of the talk in the Capitol was about bills to combat terrorism, with many predicting an aval...


Criminal


Westerfield Deliberations Resume Today

Sep. 10, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Jurors considering the sentence of David A. Westerfield will resume discussions today after deliberating half a da...


Litigation


Fairness Was Not Vanquished

Sep. 10, 2002
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - On Sept. 14, 2001, Earth First lawyer Dennis Cunningham of San Francisco sought an emergency trial continuance...


Criminal


Inmate Wins Shot at New Murder Trial

Sep. 10, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court Friday gave new life to former Los Angeles police Detective Richard Herman Ford's long b...


Personal Injury & Torts


Sierra Club Defends Defamation Lawsuit

Sep. 10, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court jury this week may begin deliberations on a defamation case brought against the...


Real Estate/Development


Trailer Park Tenants Triumph With Ruling

Sep. 10, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Trailer parks in Santa Monica are governed by the city's rent control laws and rent control board, a state appel...