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Law Practice


Judge: Firms Do Not Have Special Relationship

Mar. 29, 2000
By Denise Levin

Two law firms who were co-defendants in a lawsuit do not have a special relationship that would cause them to split the costs ...


Securities


A prominent Century City law firm has been sued for $4 million by a client who claims one of the firm's name partners failed t...


Labor/Employment


Ruling: Growers Must Pay for Commute Time

Mar. 29, 2000
By David Kravets

SAN FRANCISCO - Farmworkers scored a major victory Monday as the California Supreme Court ruled that growers must compensate l...


Criminal


Wrongs or

Mar. 29, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM The Miranda rule is one tool we have and need to guard us against our guardians. Page 6. By Michael J. Kennedy I attende...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Bucking his own party and the GOP, Democratic Gov. Gray Davis will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Californ...


Real Estate/Development


High Court Refuses to Hear Hotel Permit Case

Mar. 29, 2000
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - By the narrowest of margins, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided against taking the case of a pair of disgru...


Judges and Judiciary


By Jeffrey K. Winikow Janice Brown is the California Supreme Court's version of John Rocker. Although more eloquent and better...


Former Illinois prosecutor William Kunkle Jr. is no stranger to murderous depravity. He became familiar with crystal clear evi...


Judges and Judiciary


Winning Writes

Mar. 29, 2000
By Columnist

How important is writing? Ninety-eight percent of all civil lawsuits never go to trial, never go in front of witnesses or a ju...


Criminal


Crime Spree Cult Leader Declared Not Insane

Mar. 29, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The leader of a tiny religious cult in northern San Diego County has been found not insane at the time he went on ...


U.S. District Judge Dickran Tevrizian Monday denied a bid by the Los Angeles city attorney's office to delay for six months di...


Litigation


Compton Court Officer Aguilar Ousted

Mar. 29, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Tim R. Aguilar, executive officer of Los Angeles Superior Court's Compton branch, was removed from his job last week and place...


Criminal


DA Slips Out of Office, Retires After 33 Years

Mar. 29, 2000
By Michael Harris

Sterling "Ernie" Norris, a highly regarded Los Angeles County prosecutor who obtained a death verdict in the 1980s against Fre...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to blunt criticism of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a year-long evaluation by a court co...


Criminal


State Investigating Role of Guards in Prison Riot

Mar. 28, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Corrections Department has disclosed that it will expand its internal investigation of the shoo...


Technology & Science


Incubator Company Explores

Mar. 28, 2000
By Contributing Writer

By Marty Graham Special to e-merging Bold New World, one of Southern California's oldest technology incubator firms, took a b...


Government


Rally Targets Involuntary Commitment

Mar. 28, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

The proponents wore blue buttons, the opponents yellow, but the hot-button issue that divided them was AB1800, proposed legisl...


Family


Miccio Creating Law Courses on Domestic Violence

Mar. 28, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Kristian Miccio wants to make sure lawyers come out of Western State University College of Law in Fullerton a little smarter ...


Law Practice


IP Expert Enjoys Immersion in Work

Mar. 28, 2000
By Melissa Onstad

It's a good thing Lisa Kenkel likes being immersed in her job. When a deal is rushing forward at roaring speeds, representing...


Personal Injury & Torts


Family of Schizophrenic Sues State Hospital

Mar. 28, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

SAN BERNARDINO - Samuel Elias Rangel spent less than four hours at Patton State Hospital before he died, as orderlies attempte...


Entertainment & Sports


Sporting Life

Mar. 28, 2000
By Meredith Alexander

SMALL FIRMS Ex-tennis pro Laura J. Enos went to law school courtesy of her celebrity students and embarked on a successful car...


Law Office Automation


Good Connections

Mar. 28, 2000
By Columnist

BOTTOM LINE Internet access for firms comes in a variety of methods, from dial-up, ISDN, DSL, cable, T-1 to wireless systems. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Kakita Retires May 8

Mar. 28, 2000
By Denise Levin

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Edward Y. Kakita's last day on the bench will be May 8, his 60th birthday. Kakita is retiring...


Constitutional Law


Fair Interpretation

Mar. 28, 2000
By Columnist

^^First Principles^^ By John C. Eastman The U.S. Supreme Court is once again visiting the issue of prayer in public schools. O...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Melis Resigns State Bar Post, Joins Institute

Mar. 28, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

The chief financial officer of the State Bar of California, T. William Melis, has resigned. Melis, whose last day was Friday, ...


Corporate


Last Leg

Mar. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Corporate Law Last Leg A corporate entity exists until its affairs are wound up, excepting only to be sued in a quiet-title ac...


Real Estate/Development


Cyber-Market

Mar. 28, 2000
By E Freudenthal

WEBVAN WONDERLAND Alan Chesick, general counsel of online grocer Webvan Group Inc., believes the company will one day deliver ...


Law Practice


Tribble Time

Mar. 28, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Tribbling Up Like those loveable, furry balls on the early 'Star Trek' episode, lawyers at a Santa Monica firm are multiplying...


Large Firms


Living It Up

Mar. 28, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

LARGE FIRMS Legal recruiters are living high on the hog now that California's major firms have upped associate salaries to new...


Entertainment & Sports


Ancillary Authors

Mar. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Ancillary Authors Federal Courts Differ on Criteria for Co-Authorship The safest practice is not to permit any contribution fr...