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Insurance


Bad Company

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

Many insureds face claims of antitrust violations, anti-competitive conduct, unfair competition and theft of trade secrets. To...


Corporate


Alschuler Grossman Taps Corporate Attorney

May 24, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Corporate attorney Michael Miller, a founding partner of Beverly Hills boutique Sherman, Nathanson & Miller...


Litigation


Dangerous Waters

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

California courts may have left the unfortunate impression that arbitrators may ignore applicable law. While it is one thing t...


Litigation


Swear No More

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

The wording of the Code of Civil Procedure Section 2093 oath to tell the truth in an action or proceeding was changed by legis...


Litigation


International Call

May 24, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Lawyers can be too clever for their clients' good. A San Diego legal team learned this lesson the hard way when an internation...


Criminal


Hope Is Blind

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

Every term-to-life prisoner in the state is waiting, holding his breath and praying that Robert Rosenkrantz wins his lawsuit a...


Litigation


One Right Answer

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

Every mediation presents its own challenges, including how people think. One significant phenomenon arising from thought proce...


Litigation


It's the Phrasing

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

Cole Porter, a Harvard Law alum, wrote it. But nobody made it come alive like Frank Sinatra, who never graduated from anyplace...


Litigation


Speak the Vernacular

May 24, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Gifted litigators can take the most technically complicated cases and frame the issues in an easily understood way. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Wordsmith

May 24, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

It wasn't starting a law career at the age of 39 after raising three kids, gaining technical expertise in a budding computer i...


Administrative/Regulatory


Sex Offenders Must Register at College SANTA ANA - The state Assembly has passed new legislation requiring sex offenders who ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The End Is Not Here

May 24, 2001
By Columnist

There are a number of changes on the horizon for the franchise community. These may have a dramatic effect on conflict resolut...


Energy Law


Lawmakers Sue FERC, Citing Health, Safety

May 24, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a longshot gamble to drag a federal appeals court into California's energy crisis, state legislative leade...


Criminal


Jury Says Misconduct Didn't Affect Its Verdict

May 24, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Members of a Superior Court jury that Tuesday convicted a burglary suspect of hiring a hit man to kill two witn...


Government


County Lobbies State to Fix Rickety Courthouse

May 24, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - The roof and windows leak. The interior walls have cracks. Concrete is crumbling, the elevators need repairs...


Criminal


DAs Attack Olson Defense's Tactics

May 24, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - In an argument against further postponements of the trial of former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane ...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Celebrity attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. must litigate claims that he promised a former girlfriend lifetime fin...


LOS ANGELES -Seven months ago, a prosecutor in the Rampart police scandal trial approached criminal defense attorney Barry Lev...


Large Firms


Associate Hiring Still High

May 24, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Even as their clients continue to slash staff and announce gloomy earnings expectations, top corporate law fi...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - An energy development deal in China that apparently went sour has put San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster...


Constitutional Law


Whistleblower Has First Amendment Protection

May 24, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Bolstering the First Amendment rights of whistleblowers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rul...


Law Practice


The Best Defense

May 24, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Harland W. Braun is in constant motion these days, fielding a barrage of media calls as he represents Robert Bla...


Law Practice


Lawyers often lose cases because their witnesses failed to present themselves credibly in court. There are some techniques, ho...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Daniel S. Malamed, a retired attorney and member of several Jewish community organizations, died Thursday at Ced...


Litigation


Wanted: A Less Complex

May 23, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Proposition 21 violates the California Constitution. On May 2, the California Supreme Court issued an order indicating that it...


Labor/Employment


Local Control

May 23, 2001
By Columnist

The only constant in employment law is change. As a result, employment attorneys and human-resources professionals know that r...


Litigation


Judge Reverses Ruling on Slurs

May 23, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES -A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has reversed a controversial ruling she made last week saying racial slurs hea...


Public Interest


SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys at Lillick & Charles are never bothered when Joel Mackey calls, looking for advice or other leg...


Intellectual Property


Judge Backs Sony in Fight With Upstart Firm

May 23, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Saying he found "nothing sinister" in its actions, a federal judge on Monday refused to punish electronics gi...


Criminal


Mom Pleads Guilty to Child Abandonment

May 23, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A mother who abandoned her young daughters in a crowded toy store the day after Christmas soon may be reunited wit...