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Technology & Science


Site Shakeout

Jun. 12, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

News flash! The Internet boom is over. Hundreds of Web sites are bust. OK, so it isn't exactly breaking news. And it isn't a s...


Large Firms


MoFo Picks Up Patent Pro in San Diego

Jun. 12, 2001
By Tanya Rothman

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster has added to its already strong patent practice in San Diego. Patent att...


Criminal


Alleged Impersonator Faces Charges in Scam

Jun. 12, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - At least he didn't pretend he was Shaq. A man arrested Friday allegedly posed as the son of Los Angeles Lakers' ...


Government


AG Secretaries Allege Bias Favoring Filipinos

Jun. 12, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Two legal secretaries in the Los Angeles office of the attorney general have filed a discrimination lawsuit agai...


Criminal


SACRAMENTO - Since the 1996 passage of Proposition 215, the medical marijuana initiative, district attorneys have been trying ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Boy Whose Circumcision Was Badly Done Awarded $1.4M

Jun. 12, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento jury's $1.4 million verdict in favor of a young boy who was mutilated in a botched circumcision c...


Constitutional Law


Searching For Angels

Jun. 12, 2001
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - The San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club will walk into a federal courtroom today in an unusual pos...


Government


Switched Endorsement May Have Swayed Race

Jun. 12, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - Congresswoman Maxine Waters switched her endorsement in the Los Angeles city attorney's race - and possibly deli...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed misdemeanor charges against attorney Shawn Chapman, co-counsel for former Symbionese Liber...


Large Firms


BAKER LITIGATOR BECOMES TRUSTEE FOR INNS OF COURT

Jun. 12, 2001
By Victoria Newman

Charles H. Dick Jr., a litigation partner at the San Diego office of Chicago's Baker & McKenzie, has been elected a nation...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Psychologist Can Be Sued Over Release Of Patient

Jun. 12, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Long live the legal battle between psychologists and psychiatrists over who has authority to discharge mentall...


Technology & Science


Judge Backs Yahoo, Refuses to Drop Case

Jun. 9, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A federal judge handed Yahoo Inc. a major victory Thursday in its battle with French courts and antidefamation grou...


Law Practice


Mealtime interviews must be managed properly to secure that job offer. ...


Civil Rights


Biased Portrait

Jun. 9, 2001
By Columnist

'A Chinaman is cold, cunning and distrustful; always ready to take advantage of those he has to deal with; extremely covetous ...


Judges and Judiciary


Lasting Impression

Jun. 9, 2001
By Columnist

"In law ... the emphasis makes the song." - Justice Felix Frankfurter. "It is planned to keep the work up to date ... No doubt...


Energy Law


Frontier towns were not fit for stable families and peaceful development without a sheriff around. Professional baseball games...


Energy Law


Power Pricing

Jun. 9, 2001
By Columnist

The lawsuits fall into two categories: those targeted at the out-of-state owners of the power-generating plants and those dire...


Investments


Rainmaker Leaves Latham to Lead Startup

Jun. 9, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - Edward Sonnenschein, rainmaker at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, will leave his practice to lea...


Litigation


Assembly OKs Weaker Secrets Bill

Jun. 9, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A bill that would ban secret settlements involving defective products and environmental hazards that can hurt the...


Public Interest


Legal Site Aids Middle-Income Wage Earners

Jun. 9, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - A Web site aimed at helping middle-income people navigate the legal system launches today. Sponsored by the Amer...


Bankruptcy


PG&E Officials Answer Some Questions

Jun. 9, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives underwent sharp questioning Thursday from a Justice Department attorne...


Appellate Practice


Judge Nixes Defense Subpoenas in Parole Case

Jun. 9, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided Thursday to quash a defense attorney's subpoenas ordering two parole ...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice White Honored

Jun. 9, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A public memorial service and reception honoring the late state appellate Justice Clinton White will be held T...


Criminal


Prosecutor Juggles Symphony, Law Career

Jun. 9, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Veteran Deputy District Attorney Leah S. Bergman has a firm grasp on every case before she makes a courtroom app...


Criminal


Jury Convicts Abusive Foster Mother of Murdering 4-Year-Old

Jun. 9, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A jury Thursday convicted a foster mother of first-degree murder for fatally abusing her 4-year-old charge by slam...


Criminal


Animal Smuggler Gets Seven-Year Sentence

Jun. 9, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Malaysian international smuggler of at least 300 endangered animals, including rare Komodo dragons, was senten...


Intellectual Property


Chip Shot

Jun. 9, 2001
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - The war against digital piracy is moving out of the courtroom and into high-tech development labs. Copyright o...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - Seven years ago, a Taiwanese national allegedly stabbed her husband's mistress to death with a knife and smothered...


Government Contracts


LOS ANGELES - Expressing doubts about the city of Los Angeles' and the federal government's proposal for a monitor to oversee ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Just as Los Angeles officials reveal that mayoral candidates James K. Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa poured a rec...