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Immigration


Pakistani Student Pleads Guilty

Jan. 12, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A second Pakistani student arrested during the Sept. 11 terrorism probe changed his plea in federal court Thursd...


Criminal


Grand Jury Indicts JDL Leaders in Bomb Plot

Jan. 12, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted two Jewish Defense League leaders on four counts of plotting to blow up ...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Just 11 days into 2002, San Francisco's Brobeck Phleger & Harrison already has experienced enough bad news t...


Natural Resources


Ashcroft Washes Hands of Probe, Citing Conflict

Jan. 12, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - Attorney General John D. Ashcroft's quick decision Thursday to remove himself from the criminal probe into the co...


LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors filed child molestation charges Wednesday against an Orange County Superior Court judge who is under...


Litigation


Conceding Objection Scores Points With Jury

Jan. 11, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner, Attorneys generally react to opposing counsel's objection in trial in a variety of ways. ...


Tax


Dirty Taxing

Jan. 11, 2002
By Columnist

Tax Law Practitioner Column - By Robert W. Wood, In the stiffly starched world of the Internal Revenue Service, it may seem su...


Entertainment & Sports


Attorneys Offer Services In 2002 Winter Games

Jan. 11, 2002
By Charles Asbhy

DENVER - As a one-time member of Canada's national basketball team, Salt Lake City attorney Dave Turcotte never expected to be...


Judges and Judiciary


Workbench Pleasures

Jan. 11, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan, We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them. - John Selden, Eng...


Litigation


Ex-Officials of DA's Office File Lawsuit

Jan. 11, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Dan Lough, former second-in-command at the district attorney's office, and Barry Bruins, the office's former ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Resolving a dispute over the wording of a ballot measure in a Huntington Beach city election, an appeals court h...


Column by Garry Abrams - Word that the federal government apparently has closed a six-year investigation of Death Row Records ...


Family


Young Woman Battles Demons, Awaits Justice

Jan. 11, 2002
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - On a recent afternoon in a crowded coffee shop in Pasadena, the pretty young woman with long, blond hair quickly...


Transportation


Transit Board Will Seek Decree Clarification

Jan. 11, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - In a special session, the Metropolitan Transit Authority board Wednesday voted to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Cou...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that, while there were errors and irregularities in polling p...


Litigation


Geronimo Pratt Attorney Sues Over Fees

Jan. 11, 2002
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The decades-old Geronimo Pratt saga swerved into a fee fight among his lawyers Wednesday as Oakland attorney R...


Technology & Science


Setting the Stage for Future of Medicine

Jan. 11, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Judith F. Daar, With little fanfare or public notice, President George W. Bush recently sounded the death kn...


Immigration


Circuit Strikes No-Bail Statute for Aliens

Jan. 11, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal statute requiring the detention of lawful resident aliens without bail while they fight deportation ...


Judges and Judiciary


AOC Officer Inducted Into Burger Society

Jan. 11, 2002
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Sheila Gonzalez, regional administrative director of the Administrative Office of the Courts for Southern Cali...


Bankruptcy


SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali has handed an important victory to plaintiffs in a series of cases that a...


Discipline


Panel: Ease Rules for Out-of-State Counsel

Jan. 11, 2002
By Don De Benedictis

LOS ANGELES - After a year of study, a special panel has recommended that California ease its rules against out-of-state lawye...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Paul Abrams, a federal public defender for 14 years, took the oath Wednesday as the U.S. Central District Court'...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Merrick Bobb, Respectful and effective policing, which was pioneered and practiced first in Los Angeles and ...


Law Practice


Pompous Words Don't Belong in Legal Writing

Jan. 10, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger, Were you ever admonished to stop using unnecessarily large or pretentious words in yo...


Discipline


Bar Discipline

Jan. 10, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins, Most attorneys know that discipline can be imposed by the State Bar if the attorney is...


Criminal


WASHINGTON - Ordering the resentencing of a South Carolina death-row inmate, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled, 5-4, that w...


Labor/Employment


Corporate Punishment

Jan. 10, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Law Practitioner Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass, In a decision making clear distinctions between retaliation and...


Labor/Employment


Another Option

Jan. 10, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Jon D. Meer and Eric S. Beane, As a result of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and the California ...


Law Practice


Pioneer Founded Boutique Entertainment Law

Jan. 10, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Norman Tyre, an entertainment-law veteran and a founder of boutique firm Gang Tyre...


Large Firms


Burke Williams Acquires Tort Boutique

Jan. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Marking its first foray into Northern California, Los Angeles-based Burke Williams & Sorensen has acquired t...