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Criminal


Experts Doubt Value of Bin Laden Tape in Court

Dec. 14, 2001
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - As Osama bin Laden's videotaped "confession" gripped viewers throughout the world Thursday, legal experts express...


Discipline


Countdown Begins

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

Every January, prudent attorneys check to see if they have to send in a report regarding their minimum continuing legal educat...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to release a serial rapist from a state mental hospital, settin...


Large Firms


Fenwick Strives for Nimbleness

Dec. 14, 2001
By Eileen Buckley

SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick and West is re-inventing its management structure in an effort to restore the agility it had as a smal...


Government


L.A. OKs Settlement In Shooting by Officer

Dec. 14, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $433,000 to settle a civil rights claim against an off-duty Los Angele...


Constitutional Law


Questioning of Aliens Begins in Bay Area

Dec. 14, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco disclosed Wednesday that it is questioning at least 85 aliens in t...


Government


Late Tactics Helped Herrera Win

Dec. 14, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The mailers apparently worked. As maritime lawyer Dennis Herrera roared back from a big deficit to win electio...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A Gracious Ceiling Buster

Dec. 14, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Angela Bradstreet, the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, occasionally wears a glass brooc...


Criminal


County OKs Pact to Pay Widow, Children

Dec. 14, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.1 million settlement to the wife and children of a...


Entertainment & Sports


One of the nice things about being both a pugnacious litigator and a novelist is that you can impose ruthless retroactive reve...


Media


Deal Seen as a Victory for KPFA

Dec. 14, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - KPFA fans didn't like the news, so - following the adage of longtime staffer Larry Bensky - they went out and ...


Criminal


Wittenberg Case Points Up Sentencing Disparities

Dec. 14, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The three-year probation term handed to patent attorney Malcolm Wittenberg last week for insider stock trading...


Litigation


Elves Aren't the Only Ones Grinding Away

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

The holiday season is here, and it's almost the end of a year that we would prefer to forget. The holidays also have their eff...


Labor/Employment


Magic 8-Ball

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

The noted American philosopher Eric Hoffer once said: "[T]he only way to predict the future is to have the power to shape the ...


Criminal


It is shocking that three officers connected to the Rampart scandal have sued the city and county of Los Angeles for malicious...


Labor/Employment


The Inevitable

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

Outside of California, the doctrine of inevitable disclosure has been used successfully by employers to prevent former employe...


Civil Rights


Regents Show Whites The Door

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

James Friery is a physical education teacher at Van Nuys High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He happens to...


Personal Injury & Torts


DENVER - Thousands of American lawyers will step up to represent the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the largest ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Officials Agonize Over Compensation Question

Dec. 13, 2001
By Charles Asbhy

DENVER - After the Sept. 11 attacks, Americans gave unprecedented amounts of money to charities to help the victims. At the sa...


Government


DENVER - The nation's first state-established victim-compensation program already is processing claims from Sept. 11 victims. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Reaching an Accord

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

Counsel and parties in settlement negotiations often balk, saying they won't negotiate against themselves. They usually object...


Labor/Employment


'Lousy' Record

Dec. 13, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

On cross-examination, the attorney got a defense witness to concede that the employer had a "lousy" record of promoting women ...


Litigation


Unswerving Success

Dec. 13, 2001
By Christina Landers

Beverly Hills attorney Gary A. Dordick may be one of the few lawyers in Southern California to have attended law school withou...


Litigation


Hard Lesson

Dec. 13, 2001
By Christina Landers

Jennifer Joyce doesn't like to hear the story of how, when she was 13, she was hit by a car while crossing the street to enter...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- LOS ANGELES

Dec. 13, 2001
By Ron Mc Nees

LONG BEACH - Newport Beach-based Lyon Capital Ventures purchased the Pacific Holiday Towers apartment complex from PHT Limite...


Litigation


The Parent Trap

Dec. 13, 2001
By Columnist

"Daddy litigators," not just "mommy" trial lawyers, must make adjustments in their practices and lives to accommodate the dema...


State Bar & Bar Associations


SAN FRANCISCO - Angela Bradstreet has said she will focus her one-year term as president of the Bar Association of San Francis...


Large Firms


Latham Ranks as Top Deal Closer in Americas

Dec. 13, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins has closed more deals over $500 million in North America and Latin America than any other g...


Judges and Judiciary


Downtown Court Will Bear Mosk's Name

Dec. 13, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to rename the downtown civil courthouse in...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant expansion of the right to sue under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, a federal appea...