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Criminal


Third Trial Yields Manslaughter in Teen's Death

May 29, 2002
By Jenna Bordelon

SANTA ANA - After a nearly three-year prosecution and two mistrials, a Buena Park grandfather has been convicted of voluntary ...


Entertainment & Sports


'Bonusectomy' Fight Is Dog and Pony Show

May 29, 2002
By Garry Abrams

Column by Garry Abrams - Can a defendant in a Hollywood lawsuit be regarded as less dangerous than an exploding Ford Pinto but...


Law Practice


Growing Lawyers

May 28, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - In May comes an auspicious event as predictable as the spawning salmon or the migratin...


Law Practice


Get to the Point, Using Words That Work

May 28, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger - Much of my practice is spent editing the unfortunate word choices, clauses and malap...


Public Interest


Degrees of Trust

May 28, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Warren Christopher - As the old saying goes, to be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. For a l...


Litigation


Turbulent Marketplace

May 25, 2002
By Staff Writer

On Feb. 25, 2002, insurance law experts Alexandra Glickman, Linda Lasley, Royal Oakes, Kirk Pasich, Judge Raul Ramirez and Joh...


Litigation


Hitting Below the Belt

May 25, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Standing naked along with other newly admitted prison inmates, Robert Kevin Moore began walking in a line heading for the show...


Civil Rights


Lifetime Partners

May 25, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

A former inmate's claim that a prison guard deliberately threw a tight bundle of clothes at his groin left Los Angeles attorne...


Litigation


Follow the 'Paper' Trail

May 25, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Robert L. Rediger of Sacramento's Rediger, McHugh & Hubbert won a motion for nonsuit in a wrongful termination case. To...


Criminal


High Court Reconciles Rules of Evidence

May 25, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The corpus delecti rule is alive and well in California. The truth-in-evidence rule is also alive and well. Bo...


Judges and Judiciary


San Bernardino Deputy DA Moves to the Bench

May 25, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Deputy District Attorney Michael R. Libutti wasn't supposed to start sitting as a San Bernardino County Super...


Litigation


Woman Sues Pastor, Church Using RICO

May 25, 2002
By Jenna Bordelon

LOS ANGELES - Following the lead of two recent lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a Torrance woman who claims he...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Had Strong Sense of Social Justice

May 25, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - A funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday for Philip M. Newman, a former presiding judge of the Los Angeles Mun...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - German banks which supported the Nazis and profited from their regime have failed to contribute all they owe to ...


Labor/Employment


Mold Coverage Bill Advances

May 25, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - The Senate passed bills Thursday that would prohibit binding arbitration clauses in certain employment agreements...


Judges and Judiciary


New Judge on Sacramento Bench

May 25, 2002
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Sacramento sole practitioner Russell L. Hom, chairman of the city's human rights commission, was appointed to ...


Entertainment & Sports


Attorney Represented Hollywood's Elite

May 25, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service for retired Los Angeles entertainment attorney Seymour P. Steinberg will take place June 2. S...


Criminal


Knoller, Noel Say Convictions Were Errors

May 25, 2002
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - In court papers at least, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel are turning on each other. In separate motions file...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Eight first-year associates were laid off Thursday from Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hac...


Constitutional Law


Angel Unfairly Barred from Fair

May 25, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A Hells Angel who was unconstitutionally denied entry to the Sonoma County Fair because he was wearing his mot...


Personal Injury & Torts


Big Blue's Chemical Imbalance

May 25, 2002
By Riley Guerin

SAN JOSE - After years of pretrial maneuvering, a potentially ground-breaking lawsuit accusing International Business Machines...


Law Practice


Anschutz Hires Firm to Shepherd Stadium

May 25, 2002
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Anschutz Entertainment Group has hired Weston Benshoof Rochefort & Rubalcava to tackle land use and envi...


Large Firms


McKenna & Cuneo Merges With Atlanta Firm

May 25, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Washington, D.C.-based McKenna & Cuneo said Thursday that it is merging its name and management structure wi...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Prefers Mediation to Trial

May 25, 2002
By Tamara Scott

COMPTON - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rose Hom is attuned to effectiveness, and to her, that means settlements. Hom belie...


LOS ANGELES - While the media has portrayed batterer intervention programs as a waste of time and money, those on the front li...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Litigation - By Matthew P. Kanny and Jonathan M. Eisenberg - Service of a summons and complaint by e-mail is co...


LOS ANGELES - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed with the district attorney's office and other law enfor...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column by Eileen C. Moore - The recent article about Proposition 227 supporting English immersion in classrooms causes m...


Criminal


Inmates Denied Right to Procreate by Mail

May 25, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Inmates have no constitutional right to procreate, even through artificial insemination by mail, a federal app...


Government


Controversial Bench Nomination Goes to Senate

May 25, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania judge's promotion to the federal appeals court advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thur...