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Criminal


A once-prominent personal injury attorney with a reputation for charming juries into large verdicts has returned to the courtr...


Law Practice


Seymour Greitzer, founder of Glendale University College of Law, died March 3 from chronic lymphocytik leukemia. He was 75. Gr...


Litigation


Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish

Mar. 25, 2000
By Contributing Writer

^^PRODUCT LIABILITY^^ The incident that led to the largest personal injury verdict in history, Anderson v. General Motors Corp...


Litigation


Small Screen Boss Gets Big Picture

Mar. 25, 2000
By Columnist

^^COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT^^ Despite Columbia Picture Television Inc.'s termination of licensing agreements with C. Elvin Feltne...


Judges and Judiciary


Courthouse Honoree, 87, Dies in San Diego

Mar. 25, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When Edward J. Schwartz was a boy, he attended kindergarten on the site where San Diego's federal courthouse now s...


Litigation


Color-Coded Chart Hastened Verdict

Mar. 25, 2000
By Columnist

In one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts ever awarded in Los Angeles County , Vasquez v. Lin , BC191183 (Los Angeles...


Litigation


Smoke Got in Their Eyes, Cost $50M

Mar. 25, 2000
By Contributing Writer

According to her testimony in Henley v. Philip Morris Inc ., 995172 (San Francisco Superior Court, Feb. 9-10, 1999), Patricia ...


Judges and Judiciary


S.D. Countys First Female Judge Dead at 95

Mar. 25, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Madge Bradley, who studied law in a correspondence school and became San Diego County's first female judge, died W...


Litigation


Valley Couple Must Pay Back Quake Claim

Mar. 25, 2000
By Denise Levin

A Northridge couple who allegedly used $634,000 in insurance proceeds to not only repair but remodel their earthquake-damaged ...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Appearing before a House subcommittee Thursday, Los Angeles' Chief U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. urged ...


Criminal


MORENO VALLEY - The Moreno Valley Police Department wants to send a message to child molesters: Don't come to our city unless ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Police in Pursuit Immune from Lawsuits

Mar. 25, 2000
By David Kravets

SAN FRANCISCO - Police officers in pursuit of lawbreakers are immune from personal injury suits even if their negligent behavi...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - An 11-judge federal appellate panel appeared poised Thursday to duck the contentious question of whether two C...


Entertainment & Sports


Show Depicts Smart Juries, Loyal Lawyers

Mar. 24, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA This week's 'The Practice' highlights two powerful themes in lawyers' lives: law firm management and jury nullification....


Criminal


Inconsistent Addition

Mar. 24, 2000
By Columnist

^^Criminal Law^^ Proposition 21's addition of strike-priors that are unrelated to gangs or juvenile crime leaves the measure o...


Constitutional Law


By Phil Record I fear that too often we take for granted the words of those precious documents that guarantee our freedom: the...


Entertainment & Sports


Morals, Ethics Vie in Addicts Having Babies

Mar. 24, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA A 'Family Law' client decides that breaking the law is a small price to pay to stop the birth of drug addicted, unwanted...


Entertainment & Sports


Overwrought Cases Free of Legal Reality

Mar. 24, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA Judge Amy's courtroom consists mostly of sophomoric, over-dramatized adults whining about emotional distress. Page 8. ^^...


Litigation


Rottweiler Is Subject of Custody Battle

Mar. 24, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - The tug-of-war over custody of a 123-pound Rottweiler named Guinness is set for a court hearing next month, and a ...


Criminal


Bad Attendance

Mar. 24, 2000
By Columnist

^^Criminal Law^^ Prosecutors may rebut a defendant's testimony merely by pointing at the defendant's presence at trial. Page 7...


Criminal


DAs Seek to Oust Judge From Controversial Case

Mar. 24, 2000
By Contributing Writer

MARYSVILLE - Prosecutors have moved to disqualify the judge who cut the murder convictions of Jeffrey Aaron Erickson to vehicu...


Law Practice


Demoted DA Resigns, Considers Legal Action

Mar. 24, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A top official in the district attorney's office said Wednesday that the office is "moving ahead" following the re...


Marketing


Getting Wind of Your Clients Hidden Value

Mar. 23, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA Many attorneys mistakenly focus on attaining new clients rather than retaining existing ones. Page 8. By Barbara Lewis a...


Large Firms


Firm Says Farewell to San Jose

Mar. 23, 2000
By Meredith Alexander

SAN FRANCISCO - The midsized firm of Rosenblum Parish & Isaacs will be closing its San Jose office by the end of April, sa...


Government


San Diego Attorney Curtis Fitzpatrick Succumbs

Mar. 23, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Curtis Fitzpatrick, whose career in the San Diego city attorney's office spanned much of the World War II growth o...


Law Practice


Dress Code Should Be Flexible to New Ideas

Mar. 23, 2000
By Columnist

DICTA What to consider when making the decision to go 'business-casual.' Page 8. By Kimberly Quackenbush In corporate America,...


Criminal


Orange County DA to Lead Prosecution

Mar. 23, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A veteran prosecutor with anti-gang experience in two Southern California counties will lead the state attorney ge...


Labor/Employment


No Conscience

Mar. 23, 2000
By Columnist

^^Employment Law^^ No Conscience Court Holds One-Sided Agreement Between Circuit City and Employee Unenforceable Ultimately, t...


Criminal


Lobby Promotes Privacy Laws for Officers Records

Mar. 23, 2000
By PETER BLUMBERG

SACRAMENTO - With the Los Angeles Police Department ensnared in the worst corruption scandal of its history, California's poli...


Litigation


Best Best Case Transferred

Mar. 23, 2000
By Denise Levin

A malicious prosecution action against Best Best & Krieger and one of its clients was transferred Wednesday out of Los Ang...