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Zoning, Planning and Use


Voters take divergent views on development

Dec. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Pleasanton - Voters on opposite sides of San Francisco Bay went in opposite directions regarding growth control in November e...


Real Estate/Development


Feature presentation

Dec. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

Two Orange County firms, Birtcher Construction Services of Costa Mesa and Holmes & Narver Inc. architects and engineers o...


Construction


Port moves forward on expansion plans

Dec. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Oakland -- The Port of Oakland and Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services launched a Surety Bond Program for local wom...


Real Estate/Development


Head for the Hills

Dec. 2, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

The above well-known advertising slogan of Hills Bros. Coffee was for a long time much more appropriate than most people real...


Commercial Law


Companies Tussle Over Herbal Remedies

Dec. 1, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - National pharmaceutical manufacturing firm PharmaPrint Inc. - responsible for developing herbal remedies such as g...


Administrative/Regulatory


Police Board Supports Proposed Ban of Ammo

Dec. 1, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners voted narrowly Tuesday to support a proposed ordinance banning the sale of ammun...


Judges and Judiciary


Lawyers Want Federal Judge Recused For Bias

Dec. 1, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Lawyers have moved to recuse a federal judge from considering civil contempt charges against a legal consultant who gave confi...


Appellate Practice


Edward P. Lazarus, whose insider's account of working at the U.S. Supreme Court caused a ruckus in legal circles last year, is...


Criminal


No Charges To Be Filed Against Costa Mesa Counseling Center

Dec. 1, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Orange County prosecutors said Tuesday that they do not intend to file criminal charges against the Center for Cre...


Criminal


Judges Reverse 3 Rampart Cases

Dec. 1, 1999
By Michael Harris

Bringing to 11 the number of people whose tainted convictions have been reversed as a result of the Los Angeles Police Departm...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Cooler Heads

Nov. 30, 1999
By Josh Grossberg

Cooler Heads Neal Blacker plans to revitalize Dispute Resolutions' reputation for helping calmer heads prevail - despite his ...


Solo and Small Firms


Community Ties

Nov. 30, 1999
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott

Jennifer Byrd Pamela S. Duffy seemed destined for a public policy career. From 1968 to 1970, Duffy took part in several Vietn...


Securities


Law's Hectic Pace Spurs on Dealmaker

Nov. 30, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

Kit Kaufman's father tried to warn him away from the law. "My father always told me not to be a lawyer," Kaufman says. "But h...


Criminal


Vinny Vidi Vici

Nov. 30, 1999
By Chris Ford

Vinny Vidi Vici Organized crime has gone high-tech, creating new challenges for law enforcement. By Chris Ford Organized crim...


Sheppard Mullin FIRM FINDS GROWTH NOT AT ALL TAXING Corporate attorney David Ulich and intellectual property lawyer Tim Epp h...


Litigation


Take the Seventh

Nov. 30, 1999
By Columnist

Take the Seventh Corporations that request multiple jury trials undermine the judicial system. By Elizabeth J. Cabraser Compl...


Administrative/Regulatory


Drop in the Bucket

Nov. 30, 1999
By Columnist

Drop in the Bucket Without amendments to the Currency Exchange Act, off-exchange brokers will continue to scam customers with...


Latham & Watkins CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR CONDUCTS AN OFFERING Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor has completed an initia...


Family


The Doctor Is In

Nov. 30, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

As the legal guardian of Martin, her 8-year-old nephew, Maria Cano of Montebello said she tried for months to get the Departm...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Escape Claws

Nov. 27, 1999
By Columnist

^^Viewpoint^^ By C. David Serena California courts strongly favor arbitration. Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.2 require...


Government


Hahn's Wish List: More Lawyers, Office Furniture

Nov. 27, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Beefing up his gang unit and getting new office furniture are Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Hahn's budget priorities for...


Government


Employees Sue Riverside Over Arbitration Fees

Nov. 27, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County and two labor unions may be denying county employees' constitutional rights by requiring them to...


Media


Judge Refuses to Open Sealed Offers of Proof

Nov. 27, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Although both the defense and the prosecution in a murder case wanted sealed documents made public, Superior Cour...


Entertainment & Sports


Should Winnie the Pooh meet Jeffrey Katzenberg? That was the seemingly goofy legal question raised in Los Angeles Superior Co...


Large Firms


Seven Make Partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson

Nov. 25, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Los Angeles-based Munger, Tolles & Olson has elected seven new California partners, effective Jan. 1 - the firm's largest...


Public Interest


Suit: Habitat for Humanity No Home

Nov. 25, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - In a lawsuit said to be the first of its kind, an Orange County woman is suing Habitat for Humanity, contending t...


Government


The Price of Good Advice

Nov. 25, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The Los Angeles city attorney's office spent nearly $3.8 million on outside counsel last fiscal year - more than other large ...


Insurance


The landmark bad-faith case brought by the family of Mor Stern over Holocaust-era life insurance policies has settled, attorn...


Labor/Employment


Sole Remedy

Nov. 24, 1999
By Columnist

By Thomas R. Kaufman In City of Moorpark v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.4th 1143 (1998), the California Supreme Court was asked t...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Riverside Bar Cuts Spending

Nov. 24, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Riverside Bar Cuts Spending RIVERSIDE - A drop in income has forced the Riverside County Bar Association to lay off its execu...