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State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association has named Robert E. Gooding Jr., a specialist in the defense of securities class actions and Secu...


Large Firms


Paul H. Irving, chief executive officer and managing partner at Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips, is putting his time...


Law Practice


Same Difference

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

The common wisdom is that associates today are very different than they were 20 years ago. If such differences do exist, do th...


Large Firms


Pink Slips

Sep. 5, 2001
By John Ryan

Cooley Godward had a problem: too many lawyers chasing too little work. So the firm retrenched, letting go 85 associates and, ...


Transportation


Woman Can Seek Punitive Damages

Sep. 5, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Ronald S. W. Lew ruled Friday that a woman and her daughter can seek punitive damages from S...


Transactions


San Rafael-based MCB Financial Corp., parent of Metro Commerce Bank, and Business Bancorp, parent of Business Bank of Californ...


Law Practice


Inside Scoop

Sep. 5, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos


Litigation


Judge halts relief effort for delta smelt

Sep. 2, 2001
By Fiona Smith

A Fresno federal judge ordered the government to scale back measures to protect the endangered delta smelt fish Wednesday. ...


Criminal


Court Broadens Coverage of Drug Initiative

Sep. 1, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Nonviolent drug offenders arrested for having only drug paraphernalia qualify for treatment under Proposition 36...


Litigation


Panel Grants Pro Per Litigant Second Chance

Sep. 1, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - First, Sue Gamet had to learn to walk again. After that, she had to learn to live again. Then she faced her toug...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - A January U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the usefulness of the Clean Water Act in protecting ponds that ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


SAN FRANCISCO - Matthew Cavanaugh of Los Angeles scored an upset victory and Marie Weiner of Burlingame won as expected Thursd...


Litigation


Although three-quarters of the earth is covered with it and virtually every organism depends on it for life, I hate the stuff,...


Litigation


Harassment Lawsuit Targets Staff at Park

Sep. 1, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Two Hispanic men have sued Six Flags Magic Mountain, claiming that they were detained, searched and asked harass...


Government


Protesters' Opponents Miss Mark

Sep. 1, 2001
By Columnist

Much ink has been used trying to make sense of the Genoa anti-globalization riots last month. Many conservative pundits in the...


Construction


Outer Limits

Sep. 1, 2001
By Columnist

While the cases arguably might be harmonized based on procedural grounds, the two courts take fundamentally different position...


Criminal


A couple of articles that I recently read have prompted me to offer an insider's view on the state of medical care in the Cali...


Personal Injury & Torts


Secret Settlements Bill Weakened

Sep. 1, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - For weeks, Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Whittier, has resisted pressure from the high-tech industry to weaken her bill ...


Labor/Employment


It's fall recruiting season, and recruiters and law students are meeting to find out whether the students' talents match the f...


Law Practice


Hanging Onto Assets

Sep. 1, 2001
By Columnist

There are three necessary components to accumulating wealth: a proper state of mind, making money and then keeping the money. ...


Law Practice


Manatt Phelps Nabs Entertainment Pros

Sep. 1, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Manatt Phelps & Phillips has rounded out a month of attorney acquisitions by snapping up two entertainment t...


Technology & Science


Safety Screen

Sep. 1, 2001
By Columnist

The May issue of Scientific American informs the reader of a Web site where one can download two programs that unscramble DVD ...


Appellate Practice


Siblings Get OK to Pursue Claim

Sep. 1, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - Three siblings who allegedly were victims of physical and psychological abuse while living in the home of a prom...


Criminal


DUI Offenders Get Whiff of Reality

Sep. 1, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Shoes covered in thin paper booties, a group of mostly first-time drunken-driving offenders shuffled silently th...


Real Estate/Development


Tenants Lose Right to Leaflet Neighbors

Sep. 1, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that shifts the boundaries of free speech, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that te...


Judges and Judiciary


Jurist Loves Bench's Diversity

Sep. 1, 2001
By Contributing Writer


Judges and Judiciary


Three Women Get State Judicial Posts

Aug. 31, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday named three women to judicial positions, elevating one to an appellate court and appo...


Immigration


Study OKs Legalizing Mexican Workers in U.S.

Aug. 31, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Legalizing Mexican workers in the United States and investing U.S. dollars in Mexico is the best policy for econ...


Large Firms


Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Hires Labor Chair

Aug. 31, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart has found a supervising partner for its employment and labo...


Constitutional Law


GUN WARFARE

Aug. 31, 2001
By Columnist

The California Supreme Court's decision in Merrill v. Navegar Inc. holding that gun manufacturers may not be sued for t...