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Contracts


Refusal to Abort Twin May Chart New Law

Aug. 14, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawsuit alleging that two San Francisco attorneys reneged on a surrogacy contract because the birth mother r...


Intellectual Property


Patent Litigation Booming

Aug. 14, 2001
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Fram, head of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe's patent litigation practice in San Francisco, has ne...


Law Practice


Structural Woes Afflict Mental Health Court

Aug. 14, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's mental health court occupies an old pickle factory. Department 95 of the Los Angeles Superi...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Legal experts agree that Judge Charles W. McCoy Jr. was on solid legal ground last week when he reduced a Superi...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has modified his gag order in the dog-mauling murder case, allowing witnesses to talk to the media abo...


Health Care & Hospital Law


DAs Can't Seek Indictments in Juvenile Cases

Aug. 14, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate decision Friday strengthened criminal defense attorneys' contention that prosecutors are abusi...


Law Practice


Manners Matter

Aug. 11, 2001
By Columnist

In a slow job market such as this, a well-written thank-you note is important. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Court Preaches Against Rumor Mongers

Aug. 11, 2001
By Columnist

In Gilbert v. The Crystal Fountain Lodge, 80 Ga. 284 (1887), Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley found the following for th...


Criminal


88 Years in Organized Crime Case

Aug. 11, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge handed down almost nine decades of prison time Thursday to one of four major racketeering defe...


LOS ANGELES - Times have been tough in the initial-public-offerings market, but corporate debt offerings have been healthy. An...


Large Firms


Greenberg Traurig Nabs Employment Pro

Aug. 11, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - An employment litigator with extensive involvement in the Los Angeles legal community has joined Greenberg Traur...


Criminal


Enhanced Drug Sentences Struck Down

Aug. 11, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a stunning blow to federal prosecutors, a significant portion of the government's primary drug-fighting sta...


Probate


Justices Put New Limits on 'Right-to-Die'

Aug. 11, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Caregivers cannot end an incompetent patient's life without "clear and convincing" evidence that death is his ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The sights and sounds of last summer's Democratic National Convention - the sting of rubber bullets, the deafeni...


Judges and Judiciary


Davis Names Hispanic to Bench

Aug. 11, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis appointed longtime state prosecutor David F. De Alba to the Sacramento County bench on Thursda...


Personal Injury & Torts


Paper's Report Was Not Libelous

Aug. 11, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Business Times did not libel a San Joaquin County lawyer by printing an article about his "q...


Judges and Judiciary


Referee Takes Time Out to Listen

Aug. 10, 2001
By Tamara Scott


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Mixed Bag

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

On June 28, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its long-awaited decision in United State...


Civil Rights


Cents of Fairness

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

In 1890, the average woman made 46 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Fifty-five years later, a few members of Congress r...


Judges and Judiciary


JAMS Adds 2nd District Appellate Justice

Aug. 10, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Justice William A. Masterson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal has joined the Los Angeles panel of JAMS, the I...


Administrative/Regulatory


"Even though I'm a Republican, I'm not big on individuals owning guns. I hope no one shoots me because of this. From a legal p...


Personal Injury & Torts


Akin Gump Worker Alleges Sex Harassment

Aug. 10, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - A former word processor in the Los Angeles office of Dallas-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has filed a...


Government


City Councilman Gets $18,500 Fine

Aug. 10, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city ethics commission Wednesday levied an $18,500 fine against Councilman Hal Bernson and his c...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Council Gets 7 New Members

Aug. 10, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Seven new members have been named to the state Judicial Council, including five judges, a San Diego attorney a...


Law Practice


Braking the Deal

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

Just like most other financial arrangements, business transactions with clients are highly regulated. And lawyers who do not f...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Gerald Solomon Tarlow, a family law specialist in Torrance for more than 30 years....


Labor/Employment


BAJI Badgering

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

That the BAJI Committee has 'approved' its own instructions has the legal significance of Coca-Cola approving New Coke. ...


Labor/Employment


Late Discovery

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

On July 30, the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeal issued an opinion clarifying when the doctrine of "after-acquired evidence" ...


Securities


Day Traders Win Award From Investment Firm

Aug. 10, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Four day traders have won a $457,000 arbitration award that their lawyers believe was based, at least in part, on ...


Law Practice


Honduran Native Followed His Dream

Aug. 10, 2001
By Megan Webb

LOS ANGELES - Even as a youngster in Honduras, Jose Mariano Castillo knew the law was his future career. Today, after moving t...