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Criminal


Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said Tuesday he would like to see gang suppression police officers back on t...


Criminal


VENTURA - Lee Mannheimer has a responsible job, lives in upscale Westlake Village, volunteers as an assistant Cub Scoutmaster ...


Labor/Employment


Court Orders Recognition of Union

Jul. 12, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Representatives of the California Nurses Association say a recent federal court ruling is a major victory for union...


Law Practice


Have you watched the show "Survivor?" For those of you who are still at the office when it airs on Wednesday nights, the progr...


Criminal


DNA Lawyers Tell ABA About Need for Tests

Jul. 12, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

NEW YORK - People in prison who insist they are innocent again and again, year after year, actually may be innocent. That is o...


Family


Parent's Prerogative

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare inc...


Judges and Judiciary


O.C. Offers Small Claims Advisory Program

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - In which venue should the lawsuit be filed? What deadlines should the plaintiff and defendant be aware of, and wha...


Marketing


Silence Is Golden

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Dear Anne: I didn't become a lawyer so I could go out and sell. There is so much emphasis now on bringing in business. I hate ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Students Awarded ABA Scholarships

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Izabelle B. Reyes of Granada Hills, who will attend the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law this fall, is one...


Civil Rights


Camp Controversy

Jul. 12, 2000
By Columnist

One of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" routines had him donning a turban and reading minds as "Carmac the Magnificent." A five-...


Judges and Judiciary


Sheriffs, Others Want Censured Judge to Resign

Jul. 12, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

SACRAMENTO - The state judicial-watchdog commission has said that a judge who harassed female court staff may keep his job. Bu...


Personal Injury & Torts


Woman Wins Appeal in Dental Case

Jul. 12, 2000
By Daniel Evans

The statute of limitations does not begin running in dental malpractice cases until patients believe they've been wronged, not...


Law Practice


NEW YORK - The American Bar Association will have awarded more than 70 prizes and honors by the time its annual meeting is ove...


Education


Slabach Becomes Dean for Interim

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Associate Dean Frederick G. Slabach will be interim dean of Whittier Law School. He replaces Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who wi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


NEW YORK - The incoming president of the American Bar Association issued what she termed a call to action Monday for lawyers a...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone knows the story of attorneys who get rich off class-action settlements at the expense of their client...


Education


Dean Steps Down, Wants to Return to Classroom

Jul. 12, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Gerald T. McLaughlin, who just stepped down as dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles after nearly 10 years, plans to return...


Los Angeles has become a city of wimps. All over town, people and politicians are shaking with fear over next month's Democrat...


Civil Rights


Camp Controversy

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The Boy Scouts of America should think twice before celebrating its recent "vindication" before the Supreme Court, where it in...


Transactions


EMotion Inc., has completed a $34 million round of financing. GE Capital and Chartwell Capital Investors II led the financing....


Transactions


Qualstar Corp. went public on June 23, in an offering valued at about $35.8 million. Qualstar develops and manufactures automa...


Transactions


Hoping for a Rain of IPOs to Ease the Drought

Jul. 11, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner at Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, senses that the initial public offering dry spell is ov...


Large Firms


Arco's Ronald Redcay Rejoins Arnold & Porter

Jul. 11, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Ronald Redcay, a founding partner of the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.,-based Arnold & Porter, rejoined the firm ...


Natural Resources


Hardly a Pollution Solution

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The federal government, responsible for enforcing our environmental laws, regularly pollutes the environment with impunity. Th...


Capstone Turbine Corp. went public in late June in an offering valued at about $136.5 million. Capstone, based in Woodland Hil...


Transactions


StaffMark Inc., which provides temporary and supplemental staff to companies needing employees for office administration and l...


Law Practice


Meteoric Rise

Jul. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

It was something of a shock when Alan K. Austin, the longtime managing partner of Silicon Valley's hottest firm, Wilson, Sonsi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Hazard Control

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Law firms need to operate more as businesses, including being proactive about risk management and the type of insurance covera...


Criminal


Center Stage

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The problem of sexual assault needs to take center stage. It is important that men understand its severity, police become well...


International


Good Trade

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The major aim of the bill is to allow African countries to expand their economies through growth in trade with the United Stat...