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Litigation


Helping People

Oct. 28, 2000
By Leonard Novarro

The way Joel Kozberg sees it, a federal court ruling on behalf of his clients charging fraudulent misrepresentation against a ...


Litigation


Practice! Practice! Practice!

Oct. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Witness preparation can have a therapeutic effect because fears are addressed and the judicial process is demystified. ...


Litigation


Rights v. Wrongs

Oct. 28, 2000
By Leonard Novarro

One of the longest trials in Santa Monica history and one of the largest fraud cases in American business formed the backdrop ...


Judges and Judiciary


Bar Members Pay Homage to Judge Williams

Oct. 28, 2000
By David Houston

Federal judges and other members of the bar paid tribute earlier this week to the late Judge David W. Williams, the first blac...


Firm Watch


Cleveland-based Squire Sanders & Dempsey has lost its prestigious Korean practice to Chicago-based Sidley & Austin, as...


Criminal


Man on Bail Allegedly Tries to Kill His Wife

Oct. 28, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

It started as a routine domestic violence case. But while out on $15,000 bail, police said, Curtis Edward Smith kidnapped his ...


Criminal


The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Thursday temporarily halted evidentiary hearings scheduled for Monday that were to probe t...


Appellate Practice


A U.S. appellate court panel Thursday ruled that a jury considered inadmissible evidence when it recommended life without paro...


Judges and Judiciary


Quidachay Elected Presiding Judge in San Francisco

Oct. 28, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

San Francisco judges on Thursday elected Ronald Quidachay to serve as the court's next presiding judge. The judges also electe...


Real Estate/Development


Judge Refuses to Break Bond Between Park Place Partners

Oct. 28, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - When two partners started fighting over one of the most recognized landmarks in Orange County, separating them see...


Entertainment & Sports


Next Wave Loves the Creative Life

Oct. 28, 2000
By Contributing Writer

On Monday, California Law Business will release its annual list of the Top 100 attorneys in California. Since The Eye was told...


Personal Injury & Torts


Appeal Court Upholds Big Verdict Over Kmart Guard

Oct. 28, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

A state appellate court has upheld a $3.8 million jury award to an East Bay dentist who was trounced by a Kmart non-uniformed ...


Product Liability


Papers Join Battle to Open Tire Documents

Oct. 28, 2000
By Chris Ford

Two days after Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. admitted that the number of deaths and serious injuries related to tread separat...


Government


Smoking Jet

Oct. 28, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Candidate Bush has a duty to his fellow military comrades-in-arms to fully answer questions about his exceedingly convenient a...


Criminal


Sound of Silence

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

In the recent decisions of United States v. Velarde-Gomez, 2000 U.S.App.Lexis 22941 (9th Cir. Sept. 13, 2000), and United Stat...


Criminal


Sea Change

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

Voters should make up their minds regarding the merits of Proposition 36 only after comparing its provisions with present law.


Public Interest


Acquired Anti-Lawitis

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

When I originally abandoned my life as an attorney for life as anything-but-an-attorney, I wanted nothing to do with the profe...


Technology & Science


Lawyer's Role Still on Trial in Patent Case

Oct. 27, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Palo Alto patent attorney Bertram Rowland may be gone as a defendant in a trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit, b...


Immigration


Busted in Redwood City with a baggie of cocaine, Juan Miguel Cisneros was headed for San Mateo County's drug diversion program...


Labor/Employment


Without Consent

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

In one of the latest examples of the National Labor Relations Board's willingness to overturn established precedent, the board...


Public Interest


What Do You Think About School Vouchers?

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

The Daily Journal asks lawyers: What do you think about school vouchers? ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Stung by 500 Bees, Woman Files Suit

Oct. 27, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - A 77-year-old, disabled Orange County woman sued her assisted-living facility and a bee trapper Wednesday, allegin...


Judges and Judiciary


Boxer to Speak to Drug Court Grads

Oct. 27, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Former world boxing champion Gernaro "Chicanito" Hernandez will speak at the Rio Hondo Courthouse's 15th Drug Court graduation...


Criminal


Judge Lifts Gag Order in Hate Case

Oct. 27, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Wednesday lifted a gag order in the case of a Hermosa Beach woman who is the first person t...


Judges and Judiciary


Thierbach Elevated to PJ for Riverside County

Oct. 27, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

A former Riverside County prosecutor will take over as presiding judge of the county's courts in January. His peers elected Ri...


Labor/Employment


Insufficient Proof

Oct. 27, 2000
By Columnist

The court held that factors such as long duration of service, promotions and salary increases alone cannot create an implied c...


Criminal


The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday altered the special investigator's position in the inspector general's and controlle...


Criminal


Nurse Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Charges

Oct. 27, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A nurse with the Juvenile Detention Center in Orange has been charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 17-year-...


Government


DA Questions Record-Keeping Procedures

Oct. 27, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A Los Angeles police sergeant who worked in the Rampart Division gang-suppression unit when four officers now charged with cor...


A mother is not in a "position of public or private trust" when she tells her daughter not to testify against the child's fath...