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Personal Injury & Torts


Lifescan Attorneys Share $14 Million

Mar. 26, 2002
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel has approved the settlement of a class action against a Johnson & Johnson subs...


Large Firms


Better by Design

Mar. 26, 2002
By John Ryan

Although best known as a rainmaker in the real estate world, Paul Walker acts more like an interior decorator as he gives a to...


Family


JOSHUA TREE - Carrie Davis, a mother convicted of child murder and torture in a high-profile San Bernardino County case, has g...


Entertainment & Sports


Center Says Theater Violates Disability Laws

Mar. 26, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are over for the year, but the memory may linger on in a lawsuit brought by the Western Law Center fo...


Judges and Judiciary


Kline Edges Out Write-In Candidate

Mar. 26, 2002
By Jenna Bordelon

SANTA ANA - The final tally in the March 5 race for Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline's office shows that Kline ...


Criminal


Damaging Evidence Might Help On Appeal

Mar. 26, 2002
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The hotly contested admission of evidence that Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel were associates of the Aryan B...


Energy Law


SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which hopes to begin reviving its troubled bankruptcy reorganization plan this w...


Constitutional Law


ACLU Fighting Mandatory Pledge

Mar. 26, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Two bills before the state Legislature are giving civil libertarians the heebie-jeebies. One would require all sc...


Law Practice


Hanson Bridgett Picks New Leader

Mar. 26, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Giacomini has been named managing partner of San Francisco's Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rud...


Criminal


Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Guilty pleas are not games. They are serious proceedings that have lasting consequences...


Focus Column - By Alex Ricciardulli The California Supreme Court in the potentially far-reaching opinion in In re Arturo D....


Public Interest


New ACLU Head Is on High Alert

Mar. 25, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Inside the gilded lobby of a stately downtown hotel, Anthony D. Romero refuses the luxury of a deeply cushioned ch...


Litigation


Water Rules

Mar. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Opinion Column - By Edward J. Casey - Some say that the story of California is the story of water. Without the construction of...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Michael Brown - At some point in their careers, many attorneys grapple with disillusionment and dissati...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Commission for Women has named two Los Angeles Superior Court judges Women of the Year. T...


Litigation


Post-Traumatic Address

Mar. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Viewpoint Column - By Noelle C. Nelson - National events of the magnitude of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shape every aspect...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Swapping Strategy

Mar. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Roundtable - Linda B. Bulmash, Mediator with ADR Services, Robert Altman, Mediator and retired judge ADR Services, Nancy Bornn...


Litigation


Solo Act

Mar. 23, 2002
By Christina Landers

He may be young, but Stephen M. Doniger, 31, says he projects a thoughtful and ethical wisdom, particularly when it comes to p...


Litigation


Bugged By Bugs

Mar. 23, 2002
By Lisa Milller

Trial Tech Column - By Paul R. Kiesel - WAIT! I say that to you, but I need to heed my own advise. Remember, never buy the fir...


Discipline


SAN JOSE - A Monterey attorney has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony grand theft, and will serve a state prison term for ...


Technology & Science


Sentencing Panel Will Look Into Hacker's Motives

Mar. 23, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - Michael Edmund O'Neill was a computer geek growing up, and he readily admits he sometimes hacked into protected c...


Environmental


WRECK: Divers Could Try to Seal Oil Leaks

Mar. 23, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A pre-dawn collision between two giant freighters steaming through a thick California fog left more than a br...


Judges and Judiciary


Commission Delays Hearing About Judge

Mar. 23, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - The Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday called off a hearing originally scheduled for next week in its ...


Judges and Judiciary


TORRANCE - Judge William G. Willett bears more than a passing resemblance to the late actor Tony Perkins. And like Perkins' fa...


Education


Parents Challenge L.A. Schools' Fees

Mar. 23, 2002
By Amy Tatko

LOS ANGELES - Esther Michel doesn't mind buying school gym clothes for her two daughters every year. What she does resent is t...


Family


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has blasted two Los Angeles-area lawyers for wasting the panel's time on a custody case ...


Government


Congresswoman Calls For Official to Resign

Mar. 23, 2002
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - African-American Maxine Waters demanded Thursday that Police Commission President Rick Caruso resign because he ...


Entertainment & Sports


Entertainment Lawyers Predict Oscar Winners

Mar. 23, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - The glossy front covers of the Hollywood trade publications have been adorned with a movie star's face - often R...


Energy Law


SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which is nearing the one-year anniversary of its Chapter 11 filing with its bank...


Criminal


Murder Conviction in Dog-Mauling Case

Mar. 23, 2002
By Robert Selna

LOS ANGELES - A jury Thursday convicted Marjorie Knoller of second-degree murder and Robert Noel of manslaughter because of th...