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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Civil Wrongs, Civil Rights

Jan. 15, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

LITIGATOR PROFILE: If a perfect world means working at a job well-loved and making a decent living doing it, then San Diego at...


Litigation


From Both Sides Now

Jan. 15, 2000
By Rebecca Kuzins

In almost 35 years as a judge, mediator, arbitrator and court referee, Bonnie Lee Martin has learned her way around a legal di...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Kuehl Wants Ban on Forced HMO Arbitration

Jan. 15, 2000
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - Igniting what should be one of the year's most intense legislative battles, a key Assembly Democrat on Thursday u...


Environmental


Government Goose

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

Unlike private parties, the federal government may utilize Section 107 to seek joint-and-several liability, even when the fede...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge in Getty Probate Case Is Memorialized

Jan. 15, 2000
By Denise Levin

A memorial service will be held today for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jack Swink, who presided over several high...


Civil Rights


The anniversary of the birth of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. offers lawyers a timely opportunity to renew their commitment ...


Government


Will City Settle Suit Against Holden?

Jan. 15, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

Will City Settle Suit Against Holden? The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled today behind-closed doors to consider a $900,0...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Sighs & Whispers

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

Q: During mediation of a business dispute, Side A informs the mediator of material information and instructs the mediator not ...


Environmental


Cart Before the Horse

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

In County of Amador v. El Dorado County Water Agency , 76 Cal.App.4th 931 (1999), the 3rd District Court of Appeal invalidated...


Entertainment & Sports


On 'Family Law,' Rex Weller soon may be looking for a good lawyer himself - one specializing in bankruptcy. ...


Litigation


Blame Game

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

VIEWPOINT: In assigning responsibility in ADR proceedings under the Y2K Act, attorneys must consider the complex technology we...


Entertainment & Sports


The snows of winter arrive, producing cabin fever on 'Judging Amy'. ...


International


Joining Hands Across the Americas

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

The time is right to create new mechanisms to resolve conflicts that affect communities on both sides of the Mexican-American ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Making It Stick

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

VIEWPOINT: Settlement saves time and money, but to fully protect the client, counsel must never lose sight of enforceability i...


Entertainment & Sports


On 'Ally McBeal,' Ally falls for a homeless man who tells her that 'this is probably the longest conversation you've ever had ...


Litigation


If the Fit Suits

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

VIEWPOINT: For successful mediation, attorneys must determine the mediator style most effective for the problem at hand. ...


By Ashley D'Cruz With increased trade across national borders, comes increased international commercial disputes. The North Am...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Confidential communications between overseers of a trust and their attorneys are protected by the attorney-cli...


Litigation


Stolen Rifle Doesn't Trigger Scouts' Liability

Jan. 15, 2000
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - In an unusual wrongful-death suit, a judge has ruled that the Boy Scouts of America cannot be held liable for the ...


Litigation


Cher Believes Construction Contract Invalid

Jan. 15, 2000
By Anna Marie Stolley

Regularly nabbing a spot on Richard Blackwell's list of worst dressed may soon be the least of Cher's problems, thanks to a s...


Criminal


Woman Sues Officer, City Over Rampart

Jan. 15, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

A woman has filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the city, the fired officer who touched off the Rampart Division corruption s...


Litigation


Ex-Judge Admits Attorney Coached Him in Lies

Jan. 15, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A former Superior Court presiding judge testified Thursday before a federal jury that attorney Patrick Frega had ...


Civil Rights


Up To the Mountain

Jan. 15, 2000
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - He was neither a lawyer nor a lawmaker, but Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the power of the law as well a...


Judges and Judiciary


A 13-hour siege at the Children's Courthouse in Monterey Park ended peacefully just before dawn Thursday morning when a Sherif...


International


A small Minneapolis law firm expects to file a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californi...


Litigation


Timely Testing

Jan. 15, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Trent Ladewig went to the emergency room of Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego 61/2 years ago, after fracturing his left ...


Criminal


Lawyer Basinger Arraigned in Theft

Jan. 14, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Lawyer Basinger Arraigned in Theft SANTA ANA - An Orange County lawyer arrested last week for bilking clients of more than $25...


Insurance


Consumers Battle Insurance Dominance

Jan. 14, 2000
By Columnist

A "yes" vote on Proposition 30 is a vote to force insurance companies to deal fairly with legitimate claims and encourage the ...


Marketing


People sometimes complain that lawyers act like salespeople, which immediately triggers their prospective client's defenses. T...


Litigation


EMPLOYMENT LAW

Jan. 14, 2000
By Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Danuta Tuszynska, who was once the highest-ranking woman in the Riverside County district attorney's office, on Tu...