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Intellectual Property


SAN LUIS OBISPO - Rejecting a college's effort to trademark its nickname, a judge has allowed a store to continue selling unli...


Government


Mayor Plans to Add Funding, Raise Reserves

Apr. 21, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Richard J. Riordan today will unveil a nearly $5 billion budget that not only adds funding to the Police D...


Litigation


Pillsbury Alum, 73, Loses Cancer Battle

Apr. 21, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Thomas E. Workman Jr., a former partner with Pillsbury Winthrop, died of lung cancer Wednesday at his South Pasa...


Solo and Small Firms


Boies Firm Opens West Coast Outpost

Apr. 21, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Boies, Schiller & Flexner, the New York law firm made famous by its work on behalf of former presidential...


Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Trotting out an economic study predicting billions of dollars in losses, Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan ca...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Forces promoting the recall of Marin County District Attorney Paula Kamena have broadened their attack with ac...


Environmental


Boalt Faculty Backs Environment Expert

Apr. 21, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Faculty members at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school have endorsed the hiring of a University of Minnesota e...


Government


Budget Includes Patent-Office Cut

Apr. 20, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

President George W. Bush's proposed 2002 budget introduced last week intends to eliminate $207 million, or 15 percent, from th...


Criminal


Court to Hear Pro Per's Appeal

Apr. 20, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up the case of a criminal defendant who complains he was...


Insurance


Manifest Destiny

Apr. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Among the cases that have addressed the issue, there generally are three varying standards for determining 'manifest intent.' ...


Insurance


Helpful Hints

Apr. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Increasingly, clients are pursuing claims against their former attorneys seeking potentially massive damages for insurance-rel...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Landlord to Pay in Housing Lawsuit

Apr. 20, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Oakland landlord must pay $500,000 to 35 tenants to settle a lawsuit claiming rat and cockroach infest...


Law Practice


Attorney Who Also Ran Family Mortuary Dies

Apr. 20, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - George Thomas Callanan, a former name partner at Stockwell, Kending & Callanan, has died. Callanan, who also...


Public Interest


Puck Luck

Apr. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Hockey is among my 12 or 14 favorite sports. Imagine my delight, then, when a colleague invited me to join him and two former ...


Public Interest


Angelo Ancheta's book represents one of the most comprehensive and insightful contributions by a new generation of Asian-Ameri...


Criminal


'Poppins' Trustee Gets Five Years

Apr. 20, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A former court-appointed conservator and trustee convicted of stealing nearly $2 million from the estate of the ...


Government


Judge Decides Police Also Need Attorneys

Apr. 20, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A San Bernardino County judge Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction barring the Upland Police Departme...


Criminal


Following Plea, Racist Apologizes to Victims

Apr. 20, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Fulfilling an unusual plea-bargain condition, an avowed white supremacist privately apologized Wednesday to the co...


Criminal


Religious Groups Back Murderer's Parole

Apr. 20, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - Three religious groups and a former parole board chairman filed an amicus brief Wednesday supporting convicted m...


Large Firms


Heller Kicks Off New Branding Campaign

Apr. 20, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Heller Ehrman will be the next Bay Area law firm to unveil a big-ticket national branding campaign. And while ...


Criminal


Inmate Advice Not Protected, Court Decides

Apr. 20, 2001
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Jailhouse lawyers have no special First Amendment right to communicate with fellow inmates about their cases, a u...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Measure Demands More Disclosure

Apr. 20, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - A bill that would require private arbitrators to comply with the same disclosure, disqualification requirements a...


Litigation


SACRAMENTO - Following a suspenseful hearing, the judge in a dispute over $88.5 million in legal fees on Wednesday gave lawyer...


Public Interest


SACRAMENTO - Several Republican state lawmakers announced Wednesday they have introduced a bill to give tax credits to attorne...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The mighty U.S. Supreme Court, which last year decided the outcome of the presidential election, may be preparin...


Civil Rights


Supreme Court Redraws Redistricting Standards

Apr. 19, 2001
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - White challengers to heavily minority voting districts can prevail only if they can show legislators drew the dis...


Product Liability


Parents Fault Lack of Seat Belt in Boy's Death

Apr. 19, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Fifteen-year-old Steven Allen Edgar was killed when he was ejected from the back seat of a Ford Explorer that...


Government


Panel Will Review Election Cash Issue

Apr. 19, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - During a special session today, Los Angeles' Ethics Commission may press for legislation requiring political gro...


Litigation


Swerve Maneuver

Apr. 19, 2001
By Christopher Duenas

Although some think that bad publicity about the Ford Explorer's exploding tires could make defending Ford product liability c...


Government


President George W. Bush touted his recent White House meeting with a hand-picked group of African-American ministers, farmers...