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Fenwick & West BLUE MOUNTAIN GETS EXCITED ABOUT DEAL Redwood City-based Excite@Home will acquire Blue Mountain Arts Publi...


Law Practice


Cost of Living

Nov. 16, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

Cost of Living or e-xpensive Attorneys in Silicon Valley have to pay a price for the chance to practice cutting-edge law. Lon...


Technology & Science


SAN JOSE - In an escalation of the legal war between corporate America and critics who post anonymous attacks on the Internet...


Technology & Science


Off-Label Vehicles

Nov. 16, 1999
By Jeanne Steele

SAN FRANCISCO - Three years ago, after a drug called Gemcitabine was approved for treatment of pancreatic cancer, several med...


Personal Injury & Torts


While state judicial disciplinary authorities decide his fate, Placer County Judge W. Jackson Willoughby III must contend wit...


Judges and Judiciary


For the past 15 months, Placer County Judge W. Jackson Willoughby III has been barred from his own courthouse. Because two fe...


Government


Status Sphere

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

By Robin S. Levi If a document existed that set forth an international standard for comprehensively addressing sexual discrim...


Environmental


Micro Mini

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

Micro Mini 'One-Molecule' Contributors Dismissed From CERCLA Litigation The court endorsed the one-molecule rule but held tha...


Constitutional Law


Religious Freedom Exists Now

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

By Charles Levendosky Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., enjoys slamming his head against the wall - the wall that separates church...


Law Practice


San Diego Lawyer Patrick McCormick Dies

Nov. 13, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When hundreds of investors were defrauded by J. David Dominelli in San Diego's most notorious pyramid scheme, Pat...


Military Law


^^Ally McBeal^^ By Samantha Paynter Ally is seeing a new psychiatrist. Billy Thomas is in group therapy. This week's theme on...


Litigation


Law & Order: Prosecutor Conceals Evidence

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

^^LAW & ORDER^^ By Mara V. Watkins Law & Order fans were treated this week to a brand new episode and a guest appeara...


Judges and Judiciary


^^Judging Amy^^ By Corky Pickering Mrs. Sandra Vocce and her ex-husband have had an amicable divorce until she objects to the...


Large Firms


Specialist Moves to Sheppard S.D.

Nov. 13, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Specialist Moves To Sheppard S.D. Attorney Richard L. Kintz has been recruited to head the corporate and securities group at ...


Government


Sprowles Will Head Groveman Campaign

Nov. 13, 1999
By Michael Harris

Sprowles Will Head Groveman Campaign J. Schuyler Sprowles, who served as public affairs director under former Los Angeles Cou...


Law Practice


^^Family Law^^ By Erin O'Bryan After a two-week hiatus, the crew at Holt & Associates are misbehaving again this week and...


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...