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Litigation


Room For Change

Sep. 20, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

For $1 a month, it seemed like a good deal. But when thousands of policyholders of an outpatient medical rider issued by Physi...


Intellectual Property


Firms Settle Source Code Suit

Sep. 20, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A San Francisco business software company has quietly settled a federal lawsuit it filed last month accusing the ch...


Criminal


SAN BERNARDINO - County Supervisor Jerry Eaves has pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen bribery charges that allege he acce...


Criminal


War on Ecstasy

Sep. 20, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Scott Dondero had trouble enough when he was pulled over by Marin County sheriff's deputies on the night of Ju...


Environmental


Jurists Play Musical Benches in MTBE Case

Sep. 20, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A case that may prove to be the most significant legal test for MTBE is threatening to become snarled in maneu...


Criminal


Drug Paraphernalia, A Matter of Definition

Sep. 20, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - The country's war on drugs has come to this: A suit filed by "Mr. Bunny" against U.S. Attorney General John As...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Casting their first-ever "mail ballots," the judges on the policy-making body for the federal courts today are se...


Family


Anonymous Letters in Marin

Sep. 19, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Attacks on the family law bench and bar in Marin County have been revived with an anonymous letter mailed to l...


Government


Candidate Passes on Spending Limit

Sep. 19, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - City attorney candidate Jim Lazarus said Monday that he is on the verge of having raised $175,000 - the amount...


International


Discerning a Balanced Response

Sep. 19, 2001
By Columnist

For many of us, the evil of Tuesday's attacks remains strangely distant. Despite all the images and talk, we are still in shoc...


Litigation


Contra Costa Bias Suit Reopened

Sep. 19, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Rejecting the plaintiffs' plea for a default judgment in their favor, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick ha...


Family


Officials OK Funds For Violence Victims

Sep. 19, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - California legislators approved an emergency measure Saturday to restore funding to domestic-violence assistance...


Public Interest


Notable

Sep. 19, 2001
By Columnist

"The deliberate and deadly attacks ... were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war." President George W. Bush , on...


Government


State of Affairs

Sep. 19, 2001
By Columnist

A party should analyze whether the defendant may avail itself of the arm-of-the-state defense, even if the defendant is not ac...


Criminal


Hunt for Evidence Demands 'Patience of Job'

Sep. 19, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - In the reams of news footage from the terrorist assault on the World Trade Center, FBI agents can be seen walkin...


Criminal


Defense Attorneys Hope FBI Uses Lawful Means

Sep. 19, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - With an unprecedented investigation under way into last week's terrorist attacks, criminal defense attorneys are...


Law Practice


Orrick Moving Support Staff to W. Virginia

Sep. 19, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - In an apparent first for California law firms, San Francisco's Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe announced Mon...


In the second week of a national siege and during planning for a global war against terrorism, the Los Angeles Police Departme...


Government


SACRAMENTO - In the last frantic days of this year's session, a variety of important criminal justice and privacy measures pas...


Criminal


Earth First Bomb Trial Is Delayed Six Months

Sep. 19, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Fears over volatile juror emotions following last week's terrorist attacks have forced a six-month postponemen...


Vive Latham! Latham & Watkins reports that it will acquire the Paris office of Amsterdam's Stibbe law firm by Oct. 1. Los ...


Solo and Small Firms


Gideon Kracov, an associate at Rose Klein & Marias in Los Angeles, recently returned from a trip to five European nations ...


Solo and Small Firms


San Diego lawyer Blanca Quintero is spreading the word to young minorities that they should consider a career in law. Quintero...


One week before terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, a California firm moved into new offices in New York City....


Firm Watch


Law firms that occupied space in the World Trade Center are coping with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that destroyed ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Pachanga Time

Sep. 18, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

On Aug. 30, members of the Mexican American Bar Association gathered for their annual summer mixer. Sole practitioner Enrique ...


Public Interest


The State Bar has honored Thomas Nolan, the managing partner of Howrey Simon Arnold & White's four Southern California off...


In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon lie five important lessons for Americans. ...


Bankruptcy


The Commercial Law League of America has elected Alan Nahmias, 40, to the executive committee of its bankruptcy section. Nahmi...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - The local firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass has announced the addition of partner Danna M. Kozerski and ...