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Public Interest


Help Wanted

Feb. 15, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Julio O. Edrosolan and Phillip R. Morgan - In January, a representative for Gov. Gray Davis stated that the ...


Judges and Judiciary


Court Jesters - In Lee v. Porter , 63 Ga. 345 (1879), Justice Logan E. Bleckley held the following for the court: In th...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Shelly Ann Panton - In the months following the attacks on the World Trade Center, there was a certain ...


Government


Mental Health Reform Leader Leaves Legacy

Feb. 15, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - When state Assemblywoman Helen Thomson, D-Davis, was elected in 1996, the Legislature had no plan for mental hea...


Judges and Judiciary


Bar Group Rates Two Candidates 'Not Qualified'

Feb. 15, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Bar Association has rated "Not Qualified" two of 21 candidates competing for Superior Cou...


Government


Ex-Mayor of Compton Likely Will Appeal Ousting

Feb. 15, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for former Compton Mayor Eric Perrodin will ask an appeals court to reverse a decision made by a Los Ang...


Criminal


VENTURA - n October 1999, Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron S. Bamieh and an investigator finally got what law enforcement n...


Discipline


Head for Details

Feb. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - When we are sworn in as attorneys, we all take an oath to uphold certain duties. All ...


Large Firms


Land Use Partner Migrates Over to Manatt

Feb. 14, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Orange County lawyer William R. Devine has left Pillsbury Winthrop for Manatt Phelps & Phillips, saying the ...


Forum Column - By Lew Maltby - In EEOC v. Waffle House Inc. , the Supreme Court was faced with the question of whether ...


Labor/Employment


Red Line

Feb. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Law Practitioner Column - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - Representing the rights of low-wage workers can be tremendously ...


Large Firms


Retirement Issue Prods Partner to Leave

Feb. 14, 2002
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - After 11 years at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' Los Angeles office, veteran business attorney Barry Freeman has h...


Judges and Judiciary


Standing on Shoulders of Giants

Feb. 14, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese word for heroism is gamon. "It means to endure," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Fred Fujioka said...


Labor/Employment


Forum Column - By Samuel Estreicher - On Jan. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a narrow issue in EEOC v. Waffle House Inc...


Personal Injury & Torts


UCLA Alum Cherished Lifelong Friendships

Feb. 14, 2002
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Richard A. Kleinrock, who practiced law in Los Angeles for a half-century and ende...


Column by Garry Abrams - The Teamsters brought a shiny 18-wheeler that looked like an extra from a Robocop movie to the Los An...


Law Practice


Don't Let Onslaught of E-Mails Enslave You

Feb. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Kathleen Call - Lawyers looking to increase productivity do not necessarily need to spend more time in the o...


Construction


Building a Makeshift Solution

Feb. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By James Acret - Economists teach that when people freely enter into a contract it is because each expects to ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Sense of Place

Feb. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner Column - The standard arbitration clause usually is silent as to the place of arbi...


Government


Religious Order Fights Zoning Battle for Home

Feb. 13, 2002
By Susan Mcraen

LOS ANGELES - In its crusade to continue serving the homeless at its present location, a religious order founded by Mother Ter...


Law Practice


Brussels Office Extends Latham's Reach

Feb. 13, 2002
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - The largest California-based law firm continues to expand its global reach. Los Angeles' Latham & Watkins ha...


Civil Rights


Forum Column - By Steve Dasbach - Imagine this scenario: A dozen people in California are suddenly stricken with a mysterious ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Compton's new mayor may have already been sworn in, but that may not be the end of the mayor's race of 2001. Ele...


Personal Injury & Torts


Former Seminarian Always Played by the Rules

Feb. 13, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Timothy Thornton, a Los Angeles attorney who was known for his compassion and dedi...


Environmental


Act in Danger

Feb. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Chris Scheuring - Once again, the storied federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Section 1531 et ...


Family


Color of Money

Feb. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Family Law Practitioner Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Valerie C. West - In re Marriage of Hubner, 94 Cal.App.4th 174 (200...


Law Practice


Success Means Winning Billable Hour Derby

Feb. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - The Rodent - While billing lots of hours has always been key to a lawyer's success at The Firm, it lost some of...


Litigation


Look Inside

Feb. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Charles W. McCoy Jr. - Jury instructions forbid deciding cases based on sympathy. The prohibition does not,...


Government


Rampart Scandal's Expenses Top $19 Million

Feb. 12, 2002
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Rampart police corruption scandal has generated one of the most expensive legal bills in county history, rac...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Leon S. Kaplan marked his 20th anniversary on the bench recently in much the sa...