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Appellate Practice


Full Disclosure

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

How far does potential nondisclosure liability extend for providers of "commercial information"? California's 2nd District Cou...


Firm Watch


MoFo Adds Partner to Management Team

May 3, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Sterling Brennan has been named managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Irvine office, the firm announced ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Live Wire

May 3, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

For neutral Leonard S. Wolf, 72, the best part of leaving the bench may be the freedom to speak. While some judges and former ...


Personal Injury & Torts


A Case of Indigestion

May 3, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Peter A. Mittenthal of Calabasas' Snyder, Dorenfeld & Tannenbaum won a defense verdict Jan. 24 in a confidential case alle...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Malpractice Misjudged

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

On March 14, 2001, the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division One, filed its opinion in Michael Piscitelli v. Robert Friede...


Litigation


Regulatory Regular

May 3, 2001
By Ed Kimble

When Richard R. Patch isn't busy litigating the fine points of telecommunications law or testifying as an expert on cable tele...


Law Practice


Law Day, observed yesterday, presents a unique opportunity for judges and lawyers to retell the story of the law and its role ...


Litigation


Trust Builder

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

Mediation is a process of dealing with people and facts. Perceptional facts differ widely depending on which side a party is o...


Appellate Practice


Halfway There

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

What should a party do when faced with orders granting or denying a preliminary injunction in federal court? In a potentially ...


Constitutional Law


Handcuffing the Fourth

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

J. Edgar Hoover said, "Justice is incidental to law and order." A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices apparently concurs. ...


Litigation


Power Point

May 3, 2001
By Ed Kimble

Cable companies always have made concessions to local franchising authorities in order to win and keep their franchises. But w...


Construction


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has departed from case law to expand the scope of strict product-liability claims to all...


Criminal


City Won't Disclose Personnel Complaints

May 3, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney's office Tuesday renewed its opposition to defense efforts to obtain personnel com...


Law Practice


Entertainment Lawyer and Actor Dies at Age 46

May 3, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - In a description that will be etched on Daniel Rosenberg's headstone, the father of the entertainment lawyer and...


Personal Injury & Torts


LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that insurance coverage follows liabilities, not policyholders, in a case involv...


Law Practice


PI Lawyer Receives Bar Group's Award

May 3, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - The Orange County Bar Association bestowed its Harmon G. Scoville Award on personal injury lawyer Vernon W. Hunt d...


Civil Rights


Hit-and-Run Driver Alleges Police Abuse

May 3, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - An African-American man has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Ontario, claiming an Ontario police office...


Labor/Employment


Fired Employee Sues, Alleging Harassment

May 3, 2001
By Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - An Orange County graphic designer has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit alleging that, when he complained that ...


Government


County Implements E-Filing Court System

May 3, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Judges can approve warrants with the click of a mouse, and court staff don't have to go any further than thei...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Teens Get a Lesson at Law Day

May 3, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SANTA ROSA - You have constitutional rights, but you better respect those rights, a local attorney told 45 high school student...


LOS ANGELES - After months on the sidelines, the Los Angeles City Council signaled Tuesday that it will take a stronger role i...


Law Practice


SANTA BARBARA - Piercing the attorney-client privilege, a judge ruled Tuesday that a criminal defense lawyer could be forced t...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Panel Clears Treatment Program for Lawyers

May 3, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A proposal to create California's first comprehensive substance abuse program for addicted lawyers cleared the Se...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - On a warm spring afternoon in an empty dining hall on the campus of a century-old boys' home, three teen-agers s...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Beverly Hills family law and celebrity divorce attorney Norman M. Dolin. Dolin die...


Family


In Landmark Ruling, O.C. Judge Allows Posthumous Adoption

May 3, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

ORANGE - An Orange County family law judge broke new legal ground Tuesday by granting the adoption petition of a man who died ...


Contracts


Attorneys in Harass Case Won't Split Fee

May 3, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Seven years after a San Francisco jury punished the world's largest law firm with the nation's largest damage ...


Entertainment & Sports


Players Fail to Settle Case In Film-Industry Breakup

May 2, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - In Hollywood's hottest legal dispute, everyone agrees on only one thing: The parties did try to settle. But the ...


Judges and Judiciary


Cottle Leaving San Jose Bench

May 2, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Cottle, the presiding justice of the state Court of Appeal in San Jose, announced his retirement M...


Environmental


Deregulation Once Hailed as Solution

May 2, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - In the midst of the California energy debacle, it may be easy to forget that not very long ago the only news a...