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Real Estate/Development


CORPORATE

Jan. 12, 2001
By Ron Mc Nees

SiteStuff Inc., operator of an online marketplace for owners and operators of commercial and multifamily properties, said it ...


Labor/Employment


Amtrak Animus

Jan. 12, 2001
By Columnist

This case exemplifies the significance of tying together related, but continuous, pieces of evidence accruing over long period...


Family


Perpetual Debtor Dads

Jan. 12, 2001
By Columnist

Last summer, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing lower-court decisions, concluded that it was no longer possible ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Candidates to Debate In City Attorney Race

Jan. 12, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Four candidates for Los Angeles city attorney will participate in a debate at the UCLA School of Law at 6 p.m on...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Alarmed that more and more judicial candidates feel compelled to take the political low road of nasty, high-do...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the federal Bureau of Prisons has discretion to decide which categories...


Constitutional Law


School Days Over for K-9 Drug Sleuths

Jan. 12, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - A frequent visitor to Cerritos schools has vanished from the campus scene since the holiday break. A four-legged...


Family


Former Couple Agrees On Canine's Custody

Jan. 12, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

NEWPORT BEACH - Guinness, a 125-pound Rottweiler who was the subject of a closely watched custody battle in Orange County Supe...


Law Practice


Reality Show Promises Three Months of Fame

Jan. 12, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Finally the viewing public will get the chance to vote lawyers "off the island." Well, not really. But in the tr...


LOS ANGELES - Few lawyers are buried so well as Richard Nixon. The former president, Duke Law '37, lies alongside his wife, Pa...


Government


SACRAMENTO - With Gov. Gray Davis focused on the state's electricity nightmare, funding the courts has probably been low on hi...


Civil Rights


A Ruling Allows Inmates to Sue For Phone Fees

Jan. 12, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - California inmates can sue over a surcharge the state levies on all telephone calls they make from prison, a fed...


Law Practice


Fine Legal Minds Appear as High-Profile Case Chasers

Jan. 11, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Those tiny strips of ballot paper we've come to know as "chads" - dimpled, pregnant and otherwise - seem an apt metaphor for t...


Litigation


Avoiding Legal Detours

Jan. 11, 2001
By Eron Ben Yehuda

Attempts by the plaintiff's attorney to paint the intersection as "evil" failed, in part, because a directed verdict on govern...


Government


Sheriff to Track 'Racial Profiling'

Jan. 11, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to accept $75,000 in state money to fund the collection a...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Services will be held Sunday for Ralph Torres, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. Torres died unexpe...


Probate


Another Opening

Jan. 11, 2001
By Columnist

In many ways, entertainment resembles any other area of business law, giving rise to litigation over contract disputes, accusa...


Litigation


Unpredictability

Jan. 11, 2001
By Staff Writer

In the coming years, intellectual property rights are likely to spark increasingly vigorous debate as their potential value co...


Litigation


Tinseltown Attorneys

Jan. 11, 2001
By Columnist

A. Barry Cappello won a $54.2 million verdict for his client for breach of contract. Marc A. Karlin won a case that pitted the...


Litigation


Taking the Initiative

Jan. 11, 2001
By Columnist

Californians have long grappled with the questions raised by ballot initiatives, which have become a routine part of political...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Miracle Worker

Jan. 11, 2001
By Columnist

Myer J. Sankary embodies an unlikely combination: corporate business experience and cross-cultural sensitivity. His breadth of...


Litigation


Assuring Fairness

Jan. 11, 2001
By Columnist

Courts continue in their role of bolstering the integrity of the arbitration process while giving arbitrators power to determi...


Criminal


Chief, Board Split Over Dog-Bite Policy

Jan. 11, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Whether to tighten the leash on the Los Angeles Police Department's canines prompted debate Tuesday between the ...


Government


SAN DIEGO - The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial counties is suing the local Department of Heath and Human Services, alleging th...


Transportation


I-91 Suit Proceeds

Jan. 11, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - In a ruling that could affect hundreds of thousands of commuters on Interstate 91, a San Bernardino County ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


LOS ANGELES - State Bar officials and a chronic bar critic are scheduled to meet this morning over what the critic charges are...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Graham & James has consented to the involuntary bankruptcy proceedings initiated last month by three of th...


Criminal


DA Pleads Not Guilty to Beating Ex-Wife's Lover

Jan. 11, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - An Orange County sex crimes prosecutor pleaded not guilty to felony charges Tuesday for allegedly beating his estr...


Law Practice


Federal Bar Honors Six U.S. District Judges

Jan. 11, 2001
By Martin Kruming

SAN DIEGO - The Federal Bar Association will sponsor a dinner Jan. 31 honoring six senior judges of the U.S. District Court in...


International


9th Refines Law Guiding International Custody Case

Jan. 11, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - An Israeli media baron won reconsideration Tuesday of his child custody claim based on a broad new interpretat...