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Education


Student Can Sue University for Hate Crime

Dec. 2, 1999
By Anna Marie Stolley

University of La Verne student Juan Miguel Bigornia, the president of the school's gay, lesbian and bisexual student union, wa...


Constitutional Law


Silent Spin

Dec. 2, 1999
By Columnist

^^First Light^^ By Dick Rogers Two days before last Christmas, Riverside police answered a 911 call to find 19-year-old Tyisha...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Superior Court Assignments

Dec. 2, 1999
By Denise Levin

Los Angeles Superior Court Assignments The 2000 assignments of Los Angeles Superior Court judges to the various locations and ...


Administrative/Regulatory


L.A. Judges Support Unification Vote

Dec. 2, 1999
By Denise Levin

With optimism in the face of two previous defeats of trial court unification, the presiding judges of Los Angeles' Superior an...


Real Estate/Development


Buildings of the year

Dec. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Seven properties earned a Building of the Year Award from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los Angeles...


Real Estate/Development


Ontario office space on upswing

Dec. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

The Ontario office submarket has heated up significantly this year, and the story in San Bernardino has been steady and activ...


Real Estate/Development


San Diego new home sales dip slightly

Dec. 2, 1999
By Jane Zastrow

New home sales in San Diego County decreased minimally during the third quarter of 1999, according to the Meyers Group. Meyer...


Real Estate/Development


Santa Monica - Lakewood Mall, Stonewood Mall and Los Cerritos Center were contributed to a joint venture owned 51 percent by ...


Real Estate/Development


The 1999 Kosmont Cost of Doing Business Survey (r) tracks 24 communities in the Inland Empire, generally considered inclusive...


Construction


School construction in crisis

Dec. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

The U.S. educational system is the world's most egalitarian. It has assisted this country in assuming its leadership position...


Construction


California's total construction volume after nine months of 1999 is approaching the largest amount in the past 10 years. Cali...


Real Estate/Development


Percentage of state home owners falling

Dec. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Sacramento - The state has been unable to convert its booming economic prosperity into home ownership opportunities for worki...


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...