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Solo and Small Firms


Archer Norris Hires Litigator

Sep. 14, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - John Tyndall III, a trial lawyer with 30 years' experience in toxic-tort, First Amendment, libel and class act...


Solo and Small Firms


Probate Attorney Followed Track and Field

Sep. 14, 2002
By Sandra Corrales

WEST COVINA - West Covina probate attorney Wendell Davis, a globetrotting track-and-field fan, has died. Davis died of a strok...


Large Firms


Chicago's Altheimer Is Now in S.F.

Sep. 14, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Altheimer & Gray, a 360-lawyer business and litigation firm based in Chicago, has opened an office in San ...


Law Practice


Up and Coming

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Ida O. Abbott - Law firms committed to associates' professional development ensure that associates receive w...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - There are bottom-line benefits to developing a diverse legal profession. Given th...


Law Practice


Nearing the Edge? Time for a Break!

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Ditca Column - By Donald E. Griffith - After practicing law for close to 10 years, I decided to switch to a job where I could ...


Government


Safer Syringes

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexan...


Focus Column - By Louis E. Michelson and Boyd D. Hudson - Nonprofit organizations with controversial causes should learn how t...


Discipline


Problematic Presents

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Whenever a client favors his or her lawyer or a relative of the lawyer with a gift, i...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Just as beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, so harassment may be in the eye of...


Criminal


Judge Delays Deliberations Three Days

Sep. 13, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A judge presiding over the trial of David A. Westerfield on Wednesday suspended jury deliberations for three more ...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By David E. Heisey - A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has narrowed patent ...


Law Practice


Law, War: Teamwork of a Different Sort

Sep. 13, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - For 17 days last spring, Capt. Jesse Miller commanded 154 American soldiers in one of Bravo Company's toughest...


Appellate Practice


Court Limits Reach of Unfair Competition Law

Sep. 13, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Putting limits on a tool for taking corporate wrongdoers to court, a state appellate panel has ruled that a Los ...


Constitutional Law


Downloaded Material OK In Jail Mail

Sep. 13, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Wednesday struck down a California prison rule that prevents inmates from receiving Internet-g...


Law Practice


New Punishment for Illegal Practice of Law

Sep. 13, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed a measure into law Wednesday that strengthens penalties against those who practice law wit...


Litigation


Column by Garry Abrams - So the Good Ship Lollipop is really the HMS Bounty and the officers are in a hanging, keelhauling, gi...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Accused murderer Jane Benson requested and got powerful drug cocktails from Lake County jailers during her 19...


Personal Injury & Torts


Pot Stays Out of Defamation Case

Sep. 13, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - References to plaintiff Mary Miles' alleged marijuana farming remain barred from the defamation trial of the S...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Bench Elects Presiding Judge

Sep. 13, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Assistant Presiding Judge Robert A. Dukes on Wednesday became the next presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superi...


Judges and Judiciary


Whirlwind Judge Makes Changes

Sep. 13, 2002
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - The last thing Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Philip K. Mautino wanted to see was razor wire strung in front o...


Litigation


Take Active Role in Deposition Defense Game

Sep. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Henry L. Hecht - The prevailing wisdom among litigators is that only deposition takers can win and only the ...


Law Practice


Standing Tall

Sep. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Omer S.J. Williams - Thacher Proffitt & Wood, the only large law firm that had its primary office in the...


Foreclosure News


Students Will Hear Lesson in Civic Tradition

Sep. 12, 2002
By Sandra Corrales

LOS ANGELES - Marking the first anniversary of Sept. 11, volunteer judges and attorneys will visit 15 Los Angeles high schools...


Criminal


Executive Accused of Wire Fraud

Sep. 12, 2002
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The co-founder and chief executive of a San Jose software company was charged Tuesday with wire fraud for fabricati...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - Immigrant rights advocates are protesting the arrests of more than 100 workers at Southern California airports, ...


Government


Simon's Firm Asks Court to Toss Verdict

Sep. 12, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon's family investment firm asked a Los Angeles County Superior Co...


Law Practice


Orrick Loses Corporate Partner in L.A.

Sep. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lost another corporate partner in its Los Angeles office....


Criminal


Court Won't Stop Peace Prize Nominee's Death

Sep. 12, 2002
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court Tuesday refused to halt the execution of convicted killer Stanley Williams, co-founder o...


Corporate


SANTA ANA - In the largest Federal Trade Commission action of its kind, more than 18,000 home-mortgage borrowers will receive ...