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Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Geneva Burger, a 78-year-old widow, is miffed that around her Pomona neighborhood she became known as the "rappi...


Civil Rights


SAN JOSE - In what could be a final triumph for actor-director Clint Eastwood in his battle over whether he should pay damages...


Labor/Employment


SAN JOSE - Eugene Pelka, a veteran manager at Lockheed Martin, was just trying to "roast" his longtime colleague at a dinner g...


Energy Law


Davis Won't Negotiate With Duke Energy

May 4, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Power wholesaler Duke Energy confirmed Wednesday it had proposed a "global settlement" to Gov. Gray Davis in Marc...


Media


Justices Criticize Media Giant in Privacy Lawsuit

May 4, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Justices with the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside appeared to lean Wednesday toward allowing the parents...


Government


ADELANTO - With Robert Zaiden Corrado as its attorney, this small High Desert city spent more than $6 million on a furious, th...


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...