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Military Law


President George Bush's executive order merely recognizes that Osama bin Laden is a war criminal.


Litigation


Like Father, Like Son

Dec. 1, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - When he was 4 years old, Robert E. Cartwright Jr. recalls, he swore he would never grow up to be an attorney like...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Gets Probation for Battery Charge

Dec. 1, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Geary D. Cortes was sentenced in an Orange County court to three years' probation after plead...


Family


Sheikha Sues Saudi Royal Family

Dec. 1, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Celebrated palimony lawyer Marvin M. Mitchelson sued the Saudi Arabian royal family Thursday on behalf of his cl...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - Seven journalists who were assaulted by Los Angeles police while covering protests at the 2000 Democratic Nation...


Real Estate/Development


Final Judgment in Old Republic Case

Dec. 1, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge has entered a final judgment in a unique lawsuit filed by the city against Old Republic ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Patching one cracked sidewalk is a small task. But in a city the size of Los Angeles, where the spidery lines di...


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles officials on Thursday announced a stepped-up effort to target child abuse complaints - requiring tha...


Criminal


Lawyer Denies Guilt In Theft of Identity

Dec. 1, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A rookie attorney pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony fraud charges stemming from crimes he allegedly committe...


Criminal


Grand Jury Will Hear Case of DA In Stabbing

Dec. 1, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of Floyd Andrews, a San Francisco prosecutor arrested earlier this month by San Rafael police for sta...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - John B. Goodrich, one of the handful of attorneys who practiced with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati befo...


Government


LOS ANGELES - While state immunity protected former Los Angeles police Officer Rafael Perez for testifying about his role in t...


Government


LOS ANGELES - In an effort to get more bang for the millions of bucks it spends every year on outside counsel, the city attorn...


Labor/Employment


Employers Strictly Liable for Sex Harassment

Dec. 1, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court on Thursday handed a major victory to employees suing over sexual harassment by their ...


Law Practice


Lawyer's Lament

Nov. 30, 2001
By Columnist

When he went to law school, full of hope and desire, he set lofty goals and strove to climb higher. Jurisprudence and justice ...


Litigation


Anxious Jurors Need Careful Handling

Nov. 30, 2001
By Columnist

Although the shock of Sept. 11 has diminished, and Americans are moving on with their lives, some anxiety lingers which contin...


Labor/Employment


While recent events have sent tremors of uncertainty throughout the legal profession, one bright spot is Web-based contract la...


Civil Rights


Weed Slayer

Nov. 30, 2001
By Columnist

On Oct. 25, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided and closed the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center on Santa Monica Bou...


Civil Rights


In 1985, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration made a little-known drug, 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetamine, or MDMA, illeg...


Bankruptcy


Big Changes

Nov. 30, 2001
By Columnist

On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and ordered that ...


Sara Jane Olson, the 54-year-old Minnesota doctor's wife charged with attempting to bomb Los Angeles police cars a quarter-cen...


Law Practice


Julian Caplan, Pioneer in Patents

Nov. 30, 2001
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Julian Caplan, whose name carried the weight of history for the dwindling ranks of his fellow pioneers of the ...


Government


Landmark Hiring Plan Advances

Nov. 30, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Santa Monica City Council tentatively has approved a landmark, but possibly unconstitutional, ordinance that...


Judges and Judiciary


Back in the Fire

Nov. 30, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Life is a circle, or so it seems for San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charles F. "Chuck" Haines. Appointed t...


State Bar & Bar Associations


BASF Takes the Lead on Tribunals

Nov. 30, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Supreme Court's endorsement of secret military trials for World War II saboteurs does not give Presid...


Technology & Science


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to uphold a 1998 law protecting minors from sexually explicit Internet m...


Judges and Judiciary


Moreno Making Adjustments in Decision-Making

Nov. 30, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Newly minted state Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno, the high court's first Hispanic in 12 years and onl...


Judges and Judiciary


Camera to Roll at High Court

Nov. 30, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare order permitting its proceedings to be televised, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday granted ...


Criminal


Police May Not Sue Accusers, Panel Says

Nov. 30, 2001
By Amy Tatko

LOS ANGELES - An appellate court delivered the second blow Wednesday to state laws that grant police officers the right to fil...


Securities


Securities Lawyer, 56, Was an 'Encyclopedia'

Nov. 30, 2001
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Ronald P. Givner, a securities specialist who died unexpectedly two weeks ago. Giv...