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Litigation


License to Grab

Sep. 6, 2001
By Columnist

On April 18, 2001, three justices of the 5th District Court of Appeal, in the unpublished opinion Perry v. Pima-Gro Systems...


Litigation


Achieving Balance

Sep. 6, 2001
By Columnist

After working for 25 years in litigation, my transition to mediation practice has highlighted some of the mistakes litigators ...


Banking


On Track

Sep. 6, 2001
By Tamara Nowlin

Mark Asdourian left the New York subway's F train to fight for corporate honesty in his own Irvine law firm. ...


Government


SAN DIEGO - In a decision that could affect how other cities use red-light traffic cameras, a judge Tuesday ruled that photogr...


Banking


Stockpiling Secrets

Sep. 6, 2001
By Tamara Nowlin

Honesty still counts for something in corporate America. And WMC Mortgage Corp. took that to the bank in a case involving cons...


Litigation


Recall Anxiety

Sep. 6, 2001
By Columnist

Underestimating the intelligence of the American people may be profitable, but it causes pain. And fear. ...


Criminal


Restitution Bind

Sep. 6, 2001
By Columnist

Bad facts may make bad law. But in a recent case on victim restitution, bad law was used to make a good decision. In People...


Litigation


Speed Addiction

Sep. 6, 2001
By Columnist

California courts carefully must balance their need for speed with their fight for right; currently, the balance us off-kilter...


Public Interest


Senate Approves Pro-Bono Bill

Sep. 6, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Law firms that work for the state would have to make a good-faith effort to provide 30 hours of pro bono services...


Criminal


Counsel for Lawyer Faces Suspension

Sep. 6, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A court appearance for a Malibu attorney arrested last week on charges of grand theft took a strange turn Tuesda...


Civil Rights


Unlawful Arrest Case Restored

Sep. 6, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - An Oakland attorney who claims she was arrested unlawfully by San Francisco police during a 1996 animal rights...


Technology & Science


Tech Merger May Prod Legal Layoffs

Sep. 6, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - As Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp.'s Chief Executive Officers Carly Fiorina and Michael Capella an...


Education


Former Law-School Dean Dies of Heart Failure

Sep. 6, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Saturday for Orland Keith Snyder, a former Western State University College o...


Criminal


Black Plaintiff Wants Tape of Traffic Stop

Sep. 6, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The controversy over racial profiling landed before the California Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that tes...


Law Practice


A Niche in the Spotlight

Sep. 6, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - James McManis is in his element. Tall, trim and well-tailored in a gray suit with a white collar and matching handk...


Criminal


Post-Conviction Team Tackles DNA Retrieval

Sep. 6, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Escorted by an evidence custodian, Deputy District Attorney Lisa Kahn and two defense attorneys recently toured ...


Civil Rights


Affirmative Action Foes Win Prop. 209 Suit

Sep. 6, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Four statutory schemes with affirmative-action-style elements were struck down by a state appeal court Tuesday be...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - It's not every day that an 18-year-old takes a $77 ticket for jaywalking to the U.S. Supreme Court, but if you...


Large Firms


Tax-Business Attorney Joins Procopio Cory

Sep. 5, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch has added tax and business attorney Michael J. Changaris to its growing...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Early Action

Sep. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Every California litigator is well aware that on occasion trial courts make mistakes. Indeed, the California Courts of Appeal ...


Ellis G. Wasson joined the Los Angeles office of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley as partner on Aug. 1, bringing along experi...


Litigation


In his jeremiad against the tort system titled "Excessive Verdicts Affect Both 'Real People' and 'the Powerful'" (Forum, Aug. ...


Public Interest


Hear, Hear!

Sep. 5, 2001
By Columnist

That's the way one recent headline ran. Other newspapers ran similar types. Paul Caruso was indeed legendary. I know. I worked...


Somerset, N.J.-based Multilink Technologies raised $83 million in gross proceeds during its recent initial public offering of ...


Litigation


Civil Litigator for Musicians, Screenwriters Dies

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Daniel A. Weber, a civil litigator whose work on behalf of studio musicians and screenwriters led to new case la...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired L.A. Probate Commissioner Succumbs

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Robert J. Blaylock, a retired probate commissioner who settled the estates of some decidedly famous clients, has...


Government


Lawyers Sue Cities Over Red-Light Cameras

Sep. 5, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - In class actions filed in Southern California last week and planned throughout the state, a group of lawyers is su...


Litigation


Consumer Lawyers Head For Vegas

Sep. 5, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Have you heard the story about the lawyer who tried to shortchange Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi on the amount of expl...


Criminal


Attorney in Malibu Faces Arraignment

Sep. 5, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Malibu attorney arrested at his home Friday is expected to be arraigned today on charges of grand theft. Civil...


Appellate Practice


'Bond' Dad Ends 40 Years in Legal Desert

Sep. 5, 2001
By Garry Abrams

An Irish film producer's long, strange and quixotic pursuit of a billion-dollar Hollywood movie franchise came to an end - may...