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Environmental


Important Innoculation

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

Important Inoculation Act Provides Y2K Amnesty If Strict Requirements Are Met By Kurt Zimmerman President Clinton recently si...


Litigation


^^The Practice^^ By M.C. Sungaila Rebecca Washington and Eugene Young defend a young woman, Jan Carlson, accused of murdering...


Government


Six Incumbents Fail to File for O.C. Re-Election

Nov. 13, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - The judges in Orange County who did not file for re-election by the filing deadline for incumbents Wednesday were...


SAN FRANCISCO - A contract attorney fired by Latham & Watkins' San Francisco office has sued the firm for breach of contr...


Large Firms


S. F. Environmental Litigator Dead at 47

Nov. 13, 1999
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is mourning the unexpected death of the head of its environmental practice, Jo...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Court Sanctions McCutchen for YWCA Conflict

Nov. 13, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court judge has sanctioned and disqualified McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in...


State Bar & Bar Associations


L.A. Bar Votes to Give Aid to State Bar

Nov. 13, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

The trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association have taken steps to protect the struggling State Bar of California and...


Civil Rights


Inglewood Settles With Ex-City Official

Nov. 13, 1999
By Michael Harris

The Inglewood City Council has approved a six-figure settlement in a reverse-discrimination lawsuit filed against the city by...


Government


The No. 2 man in the Riverside County public defender's office, Chief Assistant Deputy Public Defender Floyd A. Zagorsky, has...


Litigation


Animal Instincts

Nov. 13, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Robert Newman doesn't consider himself an animal-rights activist. But it was a near-eviction from an Orange Count...


Real Estate/Development


Vallejo signs Mare Island agreement with Navy

Nov. 12, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

By John McCloud In early October the U.S. Navy signed an economic development conveyance agreement with the Vallejo Redevelop...


Government


Official: Pension System Needs to Be Revamped

Nov. 12, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Los Angeles County's retirement system should be revamped because in some cases employees are eligible for service-connected ...


Criminal


DA: Attorney Aided Theft From Infirm

Nov. 12, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

RIVERSIDE - A probate and elder law attorney here has been charged with helping one of his clients steal hundreds of thousand...


Civil Rights


Rampart Exposes L.A. to Massive Civil Liabilities

Nov. 12, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The city of Los Angeles could become liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims that will almost surely be filed as...


Your honor, we concede the signature on that document appears to be a forgery. And it sure looks like one of our clients did ...


Real Estate/Development


Featured Lease North

Nov. 11, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

Biggest Silicon Valley build-to-suit for 1999 Sobrato Development Cos. signed Exodus Communications Inc. to 10-year leases fo...


Real Estate/Development


Off the skids

Nov. 11, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

Off the skids The price was not high compared to other San Francisco transactions this year, but the $13 million sale of 989 ...


Real Estate/Development


Mating call of a dot.com satisfied

Nov. 11, 1999
By Jane Zastrow

Bill Millichap poses an interesting question, via e-mail, for all to ponder as we continue to observe the allure of the Inter...


Law Practice


Lawyer Escapes The Bar That Really Kills You

Nov. 11, 1999
By Staff Writer

Mill Valley lawyer David Hobler picked up a heavy drinking habit around the same time he was urging courts to rehabilitate, no...


Government


The California Insurance Commissioner announced Tuesday that any European insurance company that does not submit a list of al...


Appellate Practice


Likely Candidates Emerging for State PD Post

Nov. 11, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - Four or five candidates have emerged as potential successors to State Public Defender Fern M. Laethem. Lynne S. ...


Criminal


A Swing at the Past

Nov. 11, 1999
By Michael Harris

Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army solider Sara Jane Olson filed three motions Tuesday in Los Angeles Su...


Government


The federal government can impose some limits on the yearly back-country gathering of free spirits known as the Rainbow Famil...


Government


S.D. Couple Charged With Election Vandalism

Nov. 11, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A couple are facing charges that could send the husband to prison because, prosecutors say, they pulled up the wi...


Government


Appellate Panel Expands Tribal Sovereignty

Nov. 11, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Significantly expanding Indian sovereignty, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that tribal courts have jur...


Real Estate/Development


O.C. Board OKs DA's Move From Courthouse

Nov. 11, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Orange County's Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a lease agreement that will allow the district attorney's o...


Education


Student Fees Debated Before Supreme Court

Nov. 11, 1999
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave no indication whether it will forbid public colleges and universities to use m...


Government


Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks said Tuesday he would support a proposed ordinance banning the sale of ammunition. "I ...


Contracts


Teaching Children Not to Hate

Nov. 11, 1999
By Denise Levin

Irene Gut Opdyke risked her life during World War II to hide a dozen Jews in the basement of the Nazi officer's home where she...


Real Estate/Development


Bay Area real estate boom only now hitting northernmost counties By John McCloud Given their location so close to San Francis...