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Constitutional Law


Court Affirms Sale of Site Where Cross Sits

Aug. 24, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - After a decadelong battle over a mountaintop cross, a federal appellate court has upheld the legitimacy of a sale ...


Labor/Employment


Substantially Unlimited?

Aug. 24, 2001
By Columnist

The court also suggested that in certain circumstances, a promotion could constitute a reasonable accommodation under the stat...


Law Practice


Secretary's Defense

Aug. 24, 2001
By Columnist

The old adage about the relationship between lawyers and their secretaries being like a marriage is true. Unfortunately, stati...


Litigation


The air, thankfully, is going out of the tires on the plaintiffs' bar's quest for legislation to eliminate legitimate confiden...


Constitutional Law


Death Sentence for Dog Appealed

Aug. 24, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A judge's refusal to grant a new trial for Hera, one of the attack dogs involved in the fatal mauling of a Pac...


Judges and Judiciary


In Catling v. Bowling , King's Bench, Easter Term, 26 George II, 96 E.R. 810; 1 Sayer 80 (1753), Chief Justice Sir Will...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Grieving Parents Sue Obstetrical-Vacuum Maker

Aug. 24, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Further challenging the safety of an obstetrical vacuum used during childbirth, an Orange County couple has sued...


Government


Defender Says DA Failed to Disclose Contract

Aug. 24, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A Victorville public defender has alleged that the district attorney's office failed to disclose to defense a...


Probate


Judge Won't Drop Garcia Guitar Suit

Aug. 24, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - The bitter battle over who will get five of the late Jerry Garcia's famed guitars apparently will continue aft...


Litigation


Panel Reinstates Harassment Claim

Aug. 24, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A woman who claims a California Highway Patrol officer told her that she had nice legs and offered to be her "ol...


Civil Rights


Inmate Says Assaults Were His Idea

Aug. 24, 2001
By Pam Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Pelican Bay inmate Paul "Cornfed" Schneider claims the former Pelican Bay guard who is due to go on trial next...


Appellate Practice


Christensen Miller Loses Fee Award on Appeal

Aug. 24, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro may ask the California Supreme Court to reinstate ...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - A prominent plaintiffs' lawyer on Wednesday accused U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of displaying extreme bia...


Litigation


Passion Spurs Defense Attorney

Aug. 24, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

PALO ALTO - It was, according to attorneys who know him well, a classic Tom Nolan moment: passionate, confrontational and, per...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court will be keeping a closer eye on attorneys who miss filing deadlines in death pena...


Criminal


'Factual Innocence' Case Goes to Justices

Aug. 24, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a Sylmar woman acquitted at trial should also ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco criminal defense attorney who was secretly tape-recorded by Contra Costa County Sheriff's depu...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Six years ago, a man raped a 14-year-old girl in a busy area near Crenshaw Boulevard and Imperial Highway in Ing...


Labor/Employment


Descriminating Taste

Aug. 23, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Mark Weidmann found himself in the unexpected position of resurrecting his case from the dead after a judge granted the defend...


Personal Injury & Torts


Hyper Critical

Aug. 23, 2001
By Columnist

A disturbing lawsuit treating a scientific disagreement as an actionable tort will meet a quick, justified end if a recent Sou...


Law Practice


Grand Jury Alleges Lawyer Hid Client's Assets

Aug. 23, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica lawyer is facing charges that he helped a client accused by federal regulators of deceptive trade...


Litigation


Trial Tech Obit

Aug. 23, 2001
By Columnist

This is my first technology obituary. On Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, Metricom Corp. announced it was shutting down the Ricochet comm...


Judges and Judiciary


Suspicious Package Leads to Evacuation

Aug. 23, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - The discovery of a suspicious package outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse led authorities to evacuate seve...


Government


Private Defender Program Continued

Aug. 23, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a new five-year contract with the county bar ...


Government


Former Prosecutor, Appellate Specialist, Dies

Aug. 23, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Norman Haskell Sokolow, a retired deputy attorney general who worked on some of the most high-profile appellate ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Matching Mediators

Aug. 23, 2001
By Columnist

Q: Why do mediations with neutrals with terrific reputations turn into nightmares? A: Similar to attorneys, some mediators are...


Government


While much hand-wringing has followed the 2000 election concerning the need for the Republican Party to attract more minority ...


Labor/Employment


Beyond the Aura

Aug. 23, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Even the Roman Catholic Church can stray from the righteous path, a Los Angeles Superior Court trial concluded recently. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Territory Covered

Aug. 23, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

To successfully settle a case against the state for a car collision allegedly caused by a dangerous roadway, the plaintiffs' a...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Answered Prayers

Aug. 23, 2001
By Columnist

The ability of participants to report on mediation conduct in support of sanctions motions prevents the Foxgate ball from bein...