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Zoning, Planning and Use


The Blame Game

Jun. 6, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: By Ronald A. Zumbrun Some governmental agencies are so misguided as to deserve public exposure of their actions. An egr...


Criminal


DA Charges Two in Defrauding Vendors

Jun. 6, 2000
By Jason W. Armstrong

SANTA ANA - Orange County prosecutors on Friday charged two Orange County businessmen with defrauding computer vendors such as...


Discipline


Lawyer Arraigned on Two Grand Theft Charges

Jun. 6, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When Jon Eric Hollmann was admitted to the California Bar in 1980, his first job as a lawyer was with Earl T. Durh...


Large Firms


Holding an Audience, in Court and in Print

Jun. 6, 2000
By Melissa Onstad

News: He has tried more than 100 jury trials and lost only four. His most recent book, The Alternate , was on the New York Tim...


Criminal


Navy Lt. Cmdr. Is Allegedly Dealer

Jun. 6, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Lance Loeh, 40, was arraigned Friday on charges of selling tablets of Ecstasy , a manufactur...


Labor/Employment


MEN AT WORK

Jun. 6, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

The Employers Group legal committee says that in California's legal and political climate, employment law favors labor over ma...


Law Practice


A memorial service will be held Tuesday in Beverly Hills for Robert McCoun Shea, retired deputy general counsel of Arco. Shea,...


Judges and Judiciary


California 2nd District Court of Appeal Judge William Masterson blasted Los Angeles County counsel's arguments for reclassifyi...


Public Interest


Not Just Old

Jun. 6, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: Public Interest Law By Michael S. Paul Welfare reform has brought many changes in law involving basic social-ser...


Public Interest


TRIER OF FACT

Jun. 6, 2000
By Columnist

The Closer: By John Plotz The Holocaust happened long ago, or so I thought. But earlier this year, it was center stage at the ...


Large Firms


Big League Lawyer Pulls Little League Duty

Jun. 6, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Deals: Corporate lawyer Mark Medearis of Menlo Park's Venture Law Group has been handling mergers and acquisitions for more th...


Labor/Employment


HIGH STAKES

Jun. 6, 2000
By Columnist

Bottom Line: By Richard S. Rosenberg Routine personnel matters have the potential to become high-stakes personal-injury litiga...


Law Practice


What to Wear?

Jun. 6, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

Update: It's a work-day morning and attorney Joanne Caruso is in decision-making agony. It's not that an important court ap...


Criminal


Members of a self-described gang peace group filed a class action against the Los Angeles police Friday, charging that Rampart...


Immigration


A Romanian woman fears being raped and killed because of her religious beliefs if she returns to her homeland. A Russian Jew t...


Government


Plaintiffs File Two Cases on Rampart

Jun. 6, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

The list of Rampart-related police misconduct cases is growing, with the recent filing in Los Angeles Superior Court of two mo...


Law Practice


Dying Young

Jun. 6, 2000
By Ed Kimble

Noah Frederick Baum won his first trial last week in Los Angeles Superior Court - and his last. ...


Litigation


Insight Information

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

NEW ADMITTEES: By Suzanne Mellard The specter of ethical conflicts takes on new meaning when law firms hire recent graduates w...


Public Interest


Southwestern Pays Tribute to Three

Jun. 3, 2000
By Staff Reports

The Alumni Association of Southwestern University School of Law recently honored three members of the bench, bar and business ...


Litigation


Suit Alleges Tickets.com Didn't Pay for Software

Jun. 3, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - Go to the Web site for Tickets.com and the Costa Mesa-based company touts its mission as leveraging "the power of ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Pasadena courthouse of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was packed Thursday afternoon with federal and state judges, membe...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Court Clerks on Bar's June Agenda

Jun. 3, 2000
By Staff Reports

The June meeting of the Family Law Section of the Long Beach Bar Association will feature a brown bag lunch with family court ...


Litigation


Two for Teamwork

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

NEW ADMITTEES: By Christopher Tayback and Adrian Pruetz Complex jury trials usually require more than one trial attorney - one...


Personal Injury & Torts


Backdraft

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: By Mitchell Ehrlich The "fireman's rule" is traditionally applied to professional rescuers, who, because of the ...


Litigation


Market Value

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Litigator Profile: By Deborah Rosenthal Attorney Rene D. Wasserman has cornered the market . As chair of the employment practi...


Litigation


Jurors Stressed Out?

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: By Andrew T. Cavagnaro and Elise G. Devecchio-Cavagnaro Imagine being in the jury box deciding the outcome of a murder ...


Litigation


Graphic Comparison

Jun. 3, 2000
By Lisa Miller

Keys to Victory: By Lisa Miller Galen Gentry, of Los Angeles' Law Offices of Galen Gentry, won a defense verdict plus $218,504...


Public Interest


A Singular Man

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: Until I was 21, I knew no lawyers. Since then, I have known little else. Which is how I ended up on the cusp of winter ...


Litigation


Justices Hand Victory to Employers

Jun. 3, 2000
By Pamela A. Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Handing a significant victory to employers, a sharply split California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an em...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


SAN FRANCISCO - An evidently annoyed state appeals court has imposed $32,000 in sanctions on two San Mateo lawyers and their a...