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Corporate


West Group Reduces Its S.F. Staff by One-Third

Jun. 3, 2000
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to centralize its sprawling corporate structure and trim its budget, legal publisher West Group i...


Litigation


The Enemy Within

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

NEW ADMITTEES: By J. GARY GWILLIAM The jury had reached its verdict. I glanced at my client. I felt we had won. My client was ...


Litigation


Dicta: By John A. Caudron I was a young grunt right out of the Vietnam jungle on leave in Okinawa and I had the luck to meet R...


Criminal


Bringing to 91 the number of criminal cases that have been thrown out of court because of the Rampart police corruption scanda...


Litigation


Uprooting Spoliation

Jun. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: Tort Law By Michael K. Brown and Thomas J. Yoo What is spoliation of evidence? Consider an attorney investigatin...


Immigration


Asylum Hearing for Elian Gonzalez Denied

Jun. 3, 2000
By Susan Mc Rae

Reaction of Los Angeles lawyers to Thursday's appellate decision denying an asylum hearing to Elian Gonzalez has been favorabl...


Criminal


Officials Discuss Police-Reform Terms

Jun. 3, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Justice Department and Los Angeles city officials meeting Thursday to negotiate the terms of possible federal oversight of pol...


Litigation


The Ironic Odyssey of The Judges Daughter

Jun. 3, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

TUSTIN - When she started her odyssey, she was just Kelli G., telling her story in the pages of this newspaper last month but ...


Government


Garcetti: LAPD Erred With Officers

Jun. 3, 2000
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said Thursday following a debate with challenger Steve Cooley that the Los A...


Labor/Employment


Hollywood Has Few Roles for Black Lawyers

Jun. 3, 2000
By Contributing Writer

The Public Eye: By Ross Johnson In Los Angeles, a city that prides itself on its racial diversity, the lack of black entertain...


Government


A Hot August Night

Jun. 3, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse And Chris Ford

Aug. 23, 1996, was a big night for the Rampart-based Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums team. That night, 12 officers...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - In a surprising concession, the California Supreme Court on Thursday forfeited some of its power over attorney...


Real Estate/Development


On the Scene -- North Bay/Sacramento

Jun. 2, 2000
By John Mc Cloud

San Rafael Orion brokers 'Skip' market Before placing the property on the market, Mac Cranford and Haden Ongaro of Orion Part...


Construction


Park here

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

By W T "Dub" Northcutt For the most part, parking structures serve a strictly utilitarian function: they house vehicles at sh...


Law Practice


RIVERSIDE - Three recently promoted Riverside County prosecutors begin their new assignments as supervising deputy district at...


Litigation


Ruling: Private Inspectors Immune

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jason W. Armstrong

Giving private building inspectors more legal pull in court, a Los Angeles judge has ruled that deputy building inspectors who...


Real Estate/Development


FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL

Jun. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

By Ronald McNees Tiny Visalia in the Central Valley had the lowest industrial vacancy rate in the nation last year - 0.2 perc...


Real Estate/Development


FOCUS ON INVESTMENT

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

By Wayne Hansen, PE, and Tim Jones The topic of indoor air quality and specifically indoor environmental management, has been...


Real Estate/Development


NEW HOMES

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

Orange County new home sales during the first quarter of 2000 totaled 1,264 units, an increase of 15.4 percent from the 1,735...


Construction


Talent search

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

By Greg Hulbert "The old adage 'People are your most important asset' is wrong. The right people are your most important asse...


Real Estate/Development


On the Scene -- Central Valley

Jun. 2, 2000
By John Mc Cloud

Merced Castle and college consultant Merced County contracted Jim Forsberg, former assistant redevelopment agency director fo...


Criminal


Convicted Rapist Gets 64 Years

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jason W. Armstrong

SANTA ANA - Criminal defendant Willie Hubert Knox III, who assaulted Orange County Senior Deputy District Attorney John Conley...


Real Estate/Development


While experiencing historic economic prosperity, safer streets and improved air quality, the Southern California region still...


Real Estate/Development


Sound Off

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

How is the changing nature of industrial real estate affecting its investment value and how will industrial real estate be us...


Real Estate/Development


Boeing earmarks Long Beach site for development

Jun. 2, 2000
By Julie Nakashima

By Julie Nakashima A few years from now, high-paying technology jobs will bloom on a site in Long Beach once dominated by hig...


Large Firms


Wilson Sonsinis Partner Joins Venture Firm

Jun. 2, 2000
By Tamara Scott

On the Move: Corporate securities lawyer Alan K. Austin, managing partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is leaving ...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - A former San Diego lawyer will be arraigned here Friday on two felony counts of grand theft from clients, includin...


Criminal


Retrial Ends in a Second Murder Conviction

Jun. 2, 2000
By Matthew Heller

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Disregarding defense allegations that the case was politically motivated, a jury Wednesday convicted an Ont...


Construction


Hollywood high

Jun. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

By C. Maria Taylor Faint of heart is not something you can call David Malmuth. As the senior vice president of development fo...


Constitutional Law


Forum: By Jeff Jacoby You can hear arguments for and against same-sex marriage. You can hear arguments for and against gays in...