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Construction


Judge Rules Toll-Lane Lawsuit May Proceed

Feb. 23, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A lawsuit aimed at giving drivers free access to the state Route 91 express lanes may proceed, a San Bernardi...


Government


Council OKs $1.7 Million for Reform

Feb. 23, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a nearly $1.7 million-a-year increase in police-related expen...


Litigation


City Attorney Sues for Data From Census

Feb. 23, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - With a stroke of a pen, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans deprived Americans of their right to know accurate censu...


LOS ANGELES - California lawyers who write novels are amazed, confounded and perhaps a little envious that a Yale law professo...


Government


DAs Relaunch Rogue Web Site About Rackauckas

Feb. 23, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - Employees of the Orange County district attorney's office have relaunched a rogue Web site for themselves, creatin...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area associate compensation competition - which erupted into the so-called "salary war" this time last yea...


Judges and Judiciary


PASADENA - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick Couwenberg lied about his background and about receiving a Purple Heart be...


Personal Injury & Torts


Interest Runs From Verdict Date, Panel Rules

Feb. 23, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A flooring manufacturer must pay an additional $170,000 in post-judgment interest on a wrongful-death award to ...


Discipline


WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's in-house office for disciplining its attorneys may not be doing its job thoroughly, seve...


Appellate Practice


U.S. SUPREME COURT HIGHLIGHTS

Feb. 23, 2001
By David Pike

Among actions announced Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 by the justices were: ...


Labor/Employment


Goodwill Hunting

Feb. 22, 2001
By Columnist

The court reaffirmed California's long-standing policy disfavoring covenants not to compete and clarified the state's sale-of-...


Constitutional Law


Culture of Secrecy

Feb. 22, 2001
By Columnist

In 1953, the Legislature enacted the Ralph M. Brown Open Meetings Act, declaring that local governments must act and deliberat...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Globetrotter

Feb. 22, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Richard W. Page greets the coffee vendor like an old friend, orders his cafe grande cappuccino, then takes a seat at an outdoo...


Energy Law


Take a look at this headline: "Deregulation Ends in Failure." Or this one: "The Perils of Deregulation: Can the Free Market Ke...


Personal Injury & Torts


A Look That Could Kill

Feb. 22, 2001
By Contributing Writer

After a low-speed collision broke a facial bone at Mason Goodloe's temple under his snazzy bike helmet, causing a devastating ...


Litigation


Paired Practice

Feb. 22, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Helping people one client at a time works for Bay Area attorneys Michael A. Kelly and Richard H. Schoenberger. While other att...


Litigation


Motive Motif

Feb. 22, 2001
By Columnist

Motive may be unimportant in civil litigation, but it's everything to jurors. Whether pleading or defending a case, attorneys ...


Litigation


Rules Revision

Feb. 22, 2001
By Columnist

New federal rules regarding civil procedure recently were adopted, significantly changing the landscape for litigators in fede...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Clinton Legacy

Feb. 22, 2001
By Columnist

Because of concern about improper access to medical information in electronic form, privacy became the political lightning rod...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Lutz Will Assume Bar Leadership Post

Feb. 22, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Robert E. Lutz II, a Southwestern University School of Law professor, will assume the office of chairman of the ...


Education


Schools Must Control Hand-Helds, Lawyer Warns

Feb. 22, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

PALM SPRINGS - In a 21st century version of passing notes behind the teacher's back, middle-school youngsters by this fall wil...


Discipline


Retired Judge Censured for Covering Up Escape

Feb. 22, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Retired Los Angeles County Municipal Court Judge Alfonso D. Hermo was publicly censured Tuesday by the state C...


Government


Two Emerge as Top Candidates to Head Board

Feb. 22, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Two of the nearly half-dozen possible candidates to lead the Board of Police Commissioners have emerged as top c...


Judges and Judiciary


Peer Review

Feb. 22, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - When the state's superior and municipal courts merged into a single trial court, an unexpected problem arose: ...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - As scientists unravel the human genome and businessmen look for ways to put it on the free market, San Francis...


Government


9th OKs State Prison Use-of-Force Policy

Feb. 22, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant win for prison officials, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that guards who mistakenly sh...


Law Practice


ABA Endorses Tribunal for International War Crimes

Feb. 22, 2001
By Don De Benedictis

SAN DIEGO - The American Bar Association gave a strong endorsement to a proposed international court on war crimes and genocid...


Judges and Judiciary


Supreme Court Hears Judges' Tax Case

Feb. 22, 2001
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Tuesday gave a less-than-warm welcome to the 16 federal judges who have been battling for 12 ye...


Appellate Practice


U.S. Supreme Court Highlights

Feb. 21, 2001
By David Pike

Among actions announced Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001 by the justices were:


Transactions


San Diego's Kyocera International Inc. has acquired Irvine's Tycom Corp. The value of the cash deal was not disclosed. Kyocera...