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Large Firms


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lost two of its senior Los Angeles partners to Newport Beach-based Stradling Yocca Carl...


Front Page


Digital Divide

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Legal aid lawyer Robert Cohen believes technology will improve the public's access to justice. His plan calls for computers in...


Front Page


Cross-Byte

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Digitally recording depositions on CD-ROM allows for a dramatic cross-examination. ...


Front Page


Load and Go

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Entertainment producers are filing decryption lawsuits. ...


Front Page


Latest Model

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

At last year's American Association of Law Libraries annual convention held in Washington, D.C., law librarians throughout the...


Government


Highlighting Years of Service

Mar. 2, 2000
By Michael Harris

Gil Garcetti Incumbent District Attorney Gil Garcetti, 58, is a career prosecutor who has worked for the DA's office for 32 ye...


Criminal


Garcetti Leads, Despite Critics

Mar. 2, 2000
By Michael Harris

Four years ago, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti was almost denied a second term in office because of a singl...


Front Page


Tech Watch

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

The Internet brings innovation to document delivery, patent applications and software purchases. ...


Front Page


Bionic Brain

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

How would you like to have a photographic memory? To keep track of not only the overwhelming number of details in each of your...


Front Page


Penguin Pilgrim

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

VA Linux is a big players in the open-source software arena. Guiding the start-up is GC Gwyn Murray. ...


Judges and Judiciary


A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected efforts of three convicted former judges to have their judicial liability insurance c...


Front Page


Train the Software

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Has the time come for lawyers to turn in their dictaphones and minicassettes and exchange them for handheld digital recorders ...


Front Page


Hacker Hero

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Jon Johansen deciphered the DVD scrambling code. ...


Criminal


RIVERSIDE - In the so-called house of horrors, two of Mansa Musa Muhummed's "wives" allegedly lived in the garage and children...


Front Page


E-Pleadings

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Colorado's electronic filing runs into difficulties. ...


Front Page


Filching Films

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Hollywood studios filed lawsuits in state and federal courts once DVD copyrights were threatened. ...


Front Page


Contract Mender

Mar. 2, 2000
By Sherri Salzman

Deal Proof, a tool that automates the proofing of documents, can save lawyers from making embarassing mistakes. ...


Appellate Practice


Early Warning

Mar. 1, 2000
By Columnist

One prime example of planning for appellate consequences is deciding the forum in which to bring the case.


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court Monday rebuffed a novel suit demanding that the California Supreme Court publish all stat...


Litigation


Libel Suit Against Huffington Settles

Mar. 1, 2000
By Denise Levin

Libel Suit Against Huffington Settles The widow of the former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland has settled her libel suit agains...


Entertainment & Sports


Temptin' Temptations

Mar. 1, 2000
By Columnist

For everyone who is fed up with the bombardment of laws in the 21st century, "The Beach" introduces the temptation of a more o...


Tax


Gift Gaffe

Mar. 1, 2000
By Columnist

By Boyd Hudson The end of every year leads to a rush of transactions that are often motivated by tax concerns. The year that j...


Litigation


Primary Winner May Not Nab All GOP Delegates

Mar. 1, 2000
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - The GOP presidential candidate who receives the most Republican votes in the March 7 primary is not unequivocally...


Public Interest


The campaign to ban the Harry Potter books fails to grasp their essential value: the benevolent depiction of a world in which ...


Litigation


Prop 30 Clash

Mar. 1, 2000
By Columnist

Vote "yes" on Proposition 30. The insurance companies' strategy to defeat Proposition 30 is no secret - spend, spend, spend al...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Ahda Sands Heads Langston Bar

Mar. 1, 2000
By From Staff Reports

Ahda Sands Heads Langston Bar Ahda V. Carlisle Sands has been installed president of the Langston Bar Association. Also servin...


Criminal


Cochran's Killer Faces 75 Years

Mar. 1, 2000
By Michael Harris

Cochran's Killer Faces 75 Years A reputed gang member was convicted Monday of first-degree murder for the 1998 shooting death ...


Judges and Judiciary


The first stage of the balloting to elect a new Superior Court Executive Committee has resulted in the selection of 12 members...


Labor/Employment


Attorney Alleges Retaliation for Pregnancy

Mar. 1, 2000
By Denise Levin

A former in-house attorney for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. claims in a lawsuit that she was fired in retaliation for taki...


Appellate Practice


Breyer: One Slice Is Never Enough

Mar. 1, 2000
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - For better or worse, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who taught at Harvard Law School for nearly 30 years, still has a...