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Immigration


Public Counsel Hires Immigrant Rights Pro

Feb. 5, 2002
By Susan Mcraen

LOS ANGELES - Judy London started helping immigrants seek asylum and other forms of legal relief as a first-year law-student i...


Juvenile


Court Upholds Social Worker Visits for Kids

Feb. 5, 2002
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - In what child advocates are hailing as a significant victory for the rights of 59,000 foster children, an appell...


Firm Watch


In some firms, the job of firmwide chair rotates from partner to partner over the years. At San Francisco's Orrick Herringbone...


Litigation


Ford Rollover Suit Proceeds to Damages Phase

Feb. 4, 2002
By Christina Landers

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for an injured family, a car dealer, a car manufacturer and Caltrans will begin Tuesday the damage pha...


Litigation


I'm Unique

Feb. 4, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Michael Cypers, It is common for plaintiffs to sue multiple defendants in a class-action case. At the critic...


Judges and Judiciary


VAN NUYS - Lawyers give Judge Bert Glennon Jr. high marks for being "perfectly bland." Conciliatory to the core, Glennon leave...


Litigation


Junk Can Be Dangerous to Your Health

Feb. 4, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By John F. Banzhaf III, Reports that smoking cost the American public more than $100 billion a year - much of i...


Large Firms


Defense Attorney Joins Rival Latham & Watkins

Feb. 4, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - The San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins has recruited white-collar criminal defense attorney Robert E. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Good Sport

Feb. 4, 2002
By Columnist

Tort Law Practitioner Column - By Lisa M. Baird and Joseph Lee, With the Olympics almost upon us, and the Superbowl just concl...


Investments


Gambling With Investors' Money?

Feb. 4, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Officially, they are now a class of woe, twice over. That was the result of a ruling last week by Los Angeles Su...


Military Law


Forum Column - By Phillip Carter, In America's rush to condemn the men imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, we have forgotten the rea...


Law Practice


'Mr. Law' Knew Rules Backward, Forward

Feb. 2, 2002
By Jenna Bordelon

LOS ANGELES - Private services have taken place for David A. Ruen, a retired civil litigator known around his former office as...


Law Practice


Managing Knowledge

Feb. 1, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Sally R. Gonzalez and Beth E. Kellermann, In these uncertain economic times, law firms are looking for way...


Law Practice


Dicta Column - By Tobi C. Clinton, Raymond L. Ocampo Jr.'s book is a refreshing presentation of philosophical and legal issues...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin, The job market has turned almost 180 degrees in the last 12 months. Jobs are harder to...


Litigation


Court Rules City Can Sue Kajima

Feb. 1, 2002
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that the city may proceed with its lawsuit against Kajima Engineering and Constr...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Proposals by City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to eradicate billboards from the city limits won't pass constitution...


Constitutional Law


Losing Battle Over Papers Could Cost Bush

Feb. 1, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - With the White House and Congress' General Accounting Office preparing to go to court later this month over acces...


Judges and Judiciary


SANTA ANA - With a new general civil assignment that began earlier this month, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Lewi...


Construction


Good Turn

Feb. 1, 2002
By Columnist

Construction Law Practitioner Column - By John P. McGill, The old saying that "no good turn deserves to go unpunished" seems a...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Calling petitioners "no more than uninvited meddlers," the U.S. attorney's office said Thursday that a civil rig...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Takings Divination

Feb. 1, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger, It's time to return to the first-year law-school course in federal civil procedure, whe...


Law Practice


Avid Runner Centered Life Around His Family

Feb. 1, 2002
By Claude Walbert

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Services have been held for Paul A. Reilly, who was struck by a pickup truck Jan. 7 while crossing Pacific ...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Justone month after Palo Alto's Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich sliced 13 percent of its associate work force, ...


Law Practice


Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger, The "Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation," edited by the Harvard Law Review, whose...


Law Practice


"Yes I do, thank you." John Walker Lindh, when asked whether he grasped the accusations that he conspired to kill Americans ab...


Law Practice


High Court Launches Informational Web Site

Jan. 31, 2002
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The state Supreme Court has launched an informational Web site that allows attorneys and the public to access qu...


Intellectual Property


Alteration Issue

Jan. 31, 2002
By Columnist

Intellectual Property Practitioner Column - By Donald M. Gindy, Trademark owners strive to retain customer loyalty by producin...


Corporate


In-House Bar Group Tallies Its Members

Jan. 31, 2002
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - The American Corporate Counsel Association has issued its inaugural comprehensive study of in-house lawyers. The...


Family


Court Will Review Threat to Gay Adoption

Jan. 31, 2002
By Amy Tatko

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court has decided to review the 4th District Court of Appeal's decision in a controversia...