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Government


Judge Orders District Manager to Stand Trial

Mar. 30, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The former assistant general manager of a San Diego County water district must stand trial on charges arising from...


Large Firms


Pillsbury Adds Lawyers in Tokyo

Mar. 30, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop is banking on the recovery of Japan's slumping markets. The firm has added ...


Media


SLA Prosecutors Oppose Publicity

Mar. 30, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in the attempted-murder case against former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson on Wed...


Criminal


Evidence-Sniffing Dog Takes the Stand

Mar. 30, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - In a case that could test the use of scent evidence, prosecutors in the double-murder case against a La Crescent...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for Michael D. Hiller, real estate attorney, businessman and former president of ...


Criminal


More in Store for Indicted Pair

Mar. 30, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Following the murder and manslaughter indictments against the two San Francisco attorneys whose dogs fatally ...


Appellate Practice


Story Time

Mar. 29, 2001

Just as the brief can (and usually does) make or break the appeal, the statement of facts can make or break the brief.


Judges and Judiciary


JURIST DOCTORING

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

"Taking into view the reputation, character and professional career of Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, he is not a fit person to be a m...


Civil Rights


Safe Learning

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Public-school students have a right to a safe learning environment. See California Education Code Section 200 et seq. This rig...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Career Collage

Mar. 29, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Arbitration and mediation require some psychology, a dose of public relations, the ability to walk a tightrope balanced betwee...


Litigation


Ruling Rules

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

In a summary judgment proceeding, objections to evidence not made at or before the hearing on the motion are waived. Code Civ....


Litigation


The Buzzz!

Mar. 29, 2001
By Ed Kimble

What! No Green Beer? Here's one for Ripley's ... Believe It Or Not! There wasn't a drop of green beer for the asking at either...


Personal Injury & Torts


Unseen Scene

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Amy Ellington, a 31-year-old wife and mother of three, lost control of her car on a remote mountain road in Ventura County and...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Cyber Summit

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Mediators should not ignore new online communications methods when conducting a mediation. ...


Litigation


Elder Abuse

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Although enacted in 1982, California's elder abuse laws, Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15600 et seq., have only recen...


Government


Miami Doctor Accuses LAPD of Racial Profiling

Mar. 29, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - The attorney for a Miami surgeon who says he recently suffered debilitating nerve damage to his hands after Los ...


Litigation


Skirting Legal Sand Traps

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Matthew B.F. Biren of Biren & Katzman in Los Angeles won a $3.8 million settlement in November in a confidential case invo...


Education


Former Whittier Law School Dean Dies of Cancer

Mar. 29, 2001
By Claude Walbert

COSTA MESA - John A. FitzRandolph, who served nearly two decades as dean of Whittier Law School, died of cancer Thursday in La...


Insurance


State AG Defends New Quake Law

Mar. 29, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has defended a new state law extending the limitations period on Northridge earthq...


Law Practice


Investigator Gets Time For Leaking Records

Mar. 29, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A legal investigator who leaked confidential records to a TV reporter showing that the Los Angeles Police Depart...


Personal Injury & Torts


Half Full

Mar. 29, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Former amateur baseball pitcher Geoffrey S. Wells learned a valuable lesson about practicing law from Hall of Famer Frank Robi...


Labor/Employment


Disclosure Dilemma

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Q: What happens to mediation confidentiality when, during a joint session, it appears that the human resources director obstru...


Criminal


Judge Tosses Charges Against Lawyer's Wife

Mar. 29, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed charges of grand theft against the wife of a once-promin...


Large Firms


Howard Rice Discovers Less Is More

Mar. 29, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - These days, most law firms will admit that growing by merger or acquisition is part of their strategy. Not at ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - After failing four times to place the case in other courtrooms, Van Nuys Supervising Judge Paul Gutman announced...


Energy Law


Power, and Light

Mar. 29, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - As a plaintiffs' lawyer who has fought his share of corporate giants, state Sen. Joe Dunn may be uniquely qualifi...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Two San Francisco attorneys were indicted Tuesday in the dog mauling death of their neighbor Diane Whipple, an...


Securities


Investor Admits Trading on Attorney 'Slip'

Mar. 29, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto investor on Tuesday admitted lying to securities officials about a "slip of the tongue" by a forme...


Criminal


Officers Enter Pleas in Rampart Police Scandal

Mar. 29, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Two former Los Angeles police officers have pleaded no contest and one has pleaded not guilty in response to the...


Constitutional Law


Pray Check

Mar. 28, 2001
By Columnist

The genius of the American constitutional system is its recognition that mixing church and state damages both religion and dem...