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Intellectual Property


Commercial Question

Dec. 17, 2001
By Columnist

A false-advertising claim under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1125(a)(1)(B), can be a powerful weapon for a business that ...


Intellectual Property


Wireless World

Dec. 17, 2001
By Columnist

Everyone is talking about "wireless," but what does it mean? Technology resource www.techweb.com defines wireless as: "Radio t...


Discipline


Bar Denied Child Porn Evidence

Dec. 15, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge on Thursday rebuffed the State Bar's attempt to get evidence for a disciplinary probe of Pete...


Appellate Practice


Case Against Rave Promoter Fails

Dec. 15, 2001
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - An appellate court Thursday dealt the final blow to the case of a sheriff's deputy who sued both the venue operato...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - G. William Dunn, a Harlem native who rose to become a Long Beach Municipal Court judge known for sticking to his...


Large Firms


Brobeck Names Managing Partner in S.D.

Dec. 15, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison attorney William F. Sullivan has returned to a familiar post: managing partner o...


Immigration


Judge Grants Bail to Alien for Visa Fraud

Dec. 15, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Thursday granted bail to a third Pakistani man, who, along with two Pakistani students, faces ch...


Technology & Science


Defamation Found in Varian Trial

Dec. 15, 2001
By Michael Moline

SAN JOSE - In the first lawsuit to go to trial against individuals who post caustic commentary on Internet message boards, a S...


Zoning, Planning and Use


LOS ANGELES - Will Rogers State Historic Park must have horses if it is to preserve the legacy of the park's cowboy-humorist n...


Technology & Science


SAN FRANCISCO - In its battle for academic dominance in the discipline of Internet law, Stanford Law School for the second tim...


Intellectual Property


SAN FRANCISCO - A criminal charge against the Russian computer programmer arrested for distributing a decryption program that ...


Criminal


Define Competence

Dec. 15, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Deborah Grant says four family law attorneys tried to kill her a year ago; she's alive today only because of the in...


Juvenile


Incarcerated Youths Bond Over Sept. 11 Mural

Dec. 15, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - It was a small demonstration of the law of unintended consequences. The terrorists who tried to crush a nation's...


Front Page


Judge Lops Fee Claims by Attorneys in PG&E Case

Dec. 15, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A critical federal judge on Thursday whittled off $317,947 in excessive and dubious charges for legal and acco...


Large Firms


Tower on Flower Will Bear Hastings' Name

Dec. 15, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - The new Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker won't be very far from its current location. B...


Public Interest


Reaching Out

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, nonprofit fund-raisers are trying to assess how the more than $1.3 billion in private don...


Labor/Employment


Prospective employers expect that you have done your homework before you set foot in their offices for your first interview. I...


Tax


Learning Incentive

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

On June 7, President George W. Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. The provisi...


Law Practice


Michael E. Ford's recent article argued that the reason that most folks can't afford lawyers is because there aren't enough of...


Litigation


Certain Deposition Questions Need Scripting

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

You may have heard the old adage that the less experienced the deposition taker, the more detailed the deposition outline. Whi...


Law Practice


Bird's Eye View

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

The past few decades have seen dramatic changes in the legal profession, including the rise of the megafirm, the demise of fir...


Criminal


Experts Doubt Value of Bin Laden Tape in Court

Dec. 14, 2001
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - As Osama bin Laden's videotaped "confession" gripped viewers throughout the world Thursday, legal experts express...


Discipline


Countdown Begins

Dec. 14, 2001
By Columnist

Every January, prudent attorneys check to see if they have to send in a report regarding their minimum continuing legal educat...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to release a serial rapist from a state mental hospital, settin...


Large Firms


Fenwick Strives for Nimbleness

Dec. 14, 2001
By Eileen Buckley

SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick and West is re-inventing its management structure in an effort to restore the agility it had as a smal...


Government


L.A. OKs Settlement In Shooting by Officer

Dec. 14, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $433,000 to settle a civil rights claim against an off-duty Los Angele...


Constitutional Law


Questioning of Aliens Begins in Bay Area

Dec. 14, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco disclosed Wednesday that it is questioning at least 85 aliens in t...


Government


Late Tactics Helped Herrera Win

Dec. 14, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The mailers apparently worked. As maritime lawyer Dennis Herrera roared back from a big deficit to win electio...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A Gracious Ceiling Buster

Dec. 14, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Angela Bradstreet, the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, occasionally wears a glass brooc...


Criminal


County OKs Pact to Pay Widow, Children

Dec. 14, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.1 million settlement to the wife and children of a...