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Government


LAPD Gets a D Grade in Accounting

Feb. 10, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney's office are among a handful of city departments that ha...


Zoning, Planning and Use


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco appeal court has ruled that tenants may not use the retaliatory eviction defense against landl...


Litigation


LAUSD Seeks O'Melveny's Removal

Feb. 10, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - In a case of legal turnabout and soured alliances, the Los Angeles Unified School District has sought to disqual...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges Rebuke County for Treatment of Kids

Feb. 10, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - As federal officials reportedly began arriving in Los Angeles to begin a civil rights investigation into the tre...


Intellectual Property


The Patent Jam

Feb. 10, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - An obscure patent dispute between jelly maker giant J.M. Smucker Co. and a 100-employee food manufacturing com...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Superior court judges have no right to appeal their own disqualification from a case, a unanimous state Suprem...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Nearly two months after the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision effectively handing the presidency to George W. Bush, th...


Criminal


Rapist Seeks New Trial, Reduced Sentence

Feb. 10, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A man sentenced to more than 155 years in prison for the rape of an attorney and attempted murder of two police ...


Law Practice


Follow the Leader

Feb. 9, 2001
By Columnist

Where the stock market leads, the legal job market follows. As the stock market rose to record levels, law firm hiring followe...


Litigation


While much has been said about legal writing, this trial tip discusses but one aspect of this vast area: avoiding argumentativ...


Criminal


Kamena Isn't the Only DA Under the Gun

Feb. 9, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN RAFAEL - Drug dealers trying to intimidate prosecutors are behind the effort to recall her, Marin County District Attorney...


Labor/Employment


Look Forward

Feb. 9, 2001
By Columnist

Luce Forward argued that mandatory arbitration agreements can encompass claims for discrimination and that Duffield was wrongl...


Discipline


Reporting For Duty

Feb. 9, 2001
By Columnist

Do you know what your duties as an attorney are? Every attorney takes an oath when he or she is sworn in upon admission to the...


Large Firms


SAN DIEGO - David Geerdes has been named managing shareholder of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe's San Diego office. "I wa...


Labor/Employment


Wonderland

Feb. 9, 2001
By Columnist

The 'Costa' case highlights just one area in which there will likely be appellate challenges to BAJI employment instructions. ...


Government


Manatt Partner Heads Coliseum Commission

Feb. 9, 2001
By Tamara Scott

LOS ANGELES - Lisa Specht, a partner at Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips, on Wednesday assumed the presidency of the ...


Civil Rights


Golf Cart Kick Start

Feb. 9, 2001
By Columnist

The purpose of the Americans With Disabilities Act is to open doors to equal opportunity for the disabled. Does this include a...


Entertainment & Sports


Tom Cruise Files Divorce Papers

Feb. 9, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - In a move that sent shivers of joy down the spines of Hollywood gossip columnists and gave entertainment industr...


Education


State Board Will Vote on Carson School District

Feb. 9, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - A group of grandmothers who say they are concerned about public education in their community may reach an import...


Government


IRS Officer Gets Time For Fraud Charges

Feb. 9, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

LOS ANGELES - A revenue officer with the Internal Revenue Service was sentenced Monday to more than three years in a federal p...


Appellate Practice


Alleged Juror Bribery May Mean New Trial

Feb. 9, 2001
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - Co-defendants of ex-Los Angeles Rams cornerback Darryl Henley, who were convicted of a cross-country cocaine dru...


Bankruptcy


SAN FRANCISCO - A Prunedale man's 18-year court fight to recover his unpaid wages has finally panned out, but it took a trip t...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge and Activist Lester Van Tatenhove Dies

Feb. 9, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - Lester Van Tatenhove, a retired Orange County Superior Court judge who made his mark as a jurist and social activi...


Appellate Practice


SACRAMENTO - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a San Francisco lawyer to withdraw from a death penalty case after s...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - California's Holocaust victim insurance law survived a major constitutional attack before the 9th U. S. Circui...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Oregon prisons are stepping on inmates' First Amendment rights by turning away subscription newsletters delive...


Government


Council Says Mayor Blocks Police Reform

Feb. 9, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - City Council members lambasted Mayor Richard J. Riordan on Wednesday for standing in the way of needed reforms t...


Constitutional Law


LOS ANGELES - The creation of money can be almost as mysterious - and controversial - as the creation of the universe. That's ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Bianchini Earns the Big Footy Award

Feb. 8, 2001
By Martin Kruming

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Victor Bianchini received the Big Footy Award for his service and assistance to the Foothills...


Trusts & Estates


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Culver City attorney Clair Martin Christensen. Christensen died Jan. 30 at...