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Juvenile


Graduation Day

Oct. 27, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

Five young men with slicked-back hair and edgy smiles appeared before the San Fernando Valley Juvenile Court Thursday. This w...


Judges and Judiciary


Memorial Set for Bankruptcy Judge Bergener

Oct. 27, 1999
By Emma Varesio

Memorial services will be held Wednesday for retired U.S. bankruptcy Judge John E. Bergener, who served in the Central Distri...


Constitutional Law


A federal judge has granted a permanent injunction barring the city of Pasadena from enforcing an ordinance restricting door-...


Intellectual Property


Lockheed Gets Skunked in Web Site Fight

Oct. 27, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

In a major setback for big business, a federal appeals court Monday upheld the registration of Internet website names on a fi...


Criminal


SLA Prosecutors Adopt High-Risk Legal Strategy

Oct. 27, 1999
By Michael Harris

The only sworn witness to allegedly link former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson with the 1975 atte...


Litigation


As consumer attorneys gathered inside The Venetian in Las Vegas to discuss how best to represent their clients in such matter...


Judges and Judiciary


Unification in Orange County Goes as Smooth as Clockwork

Oct. 27, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Whether she is shuffling voluminous files, inputting mountains of records, or recording a seemingly endless strea...


Criminal


DA's SLA Brief Will Not Be Sealed

Oct. 26, 1999
By Michael Harris

DA's SLA Brief Will Not Be Sealed Los Angeles County prosecutors have changed their minds about sealing their preliminary tri...


Natural Resources


Muddy Waters

Oct. 26, 1999
By Columnist

By Edward J. Casey and Jose L. Huizar Following more than 18 months of discussions, weary negotiators for California's three ...


Law Practice


Gains and Losses

Oct. 26, 1999
By Columnist

By William F. Capps Conventional wisdom used to be that lawyers left law firms for quality-of-life issues, not money. The hea...


Public Interest


Lawyer a 'Driving Force' Against Poverty

Oct. 26, 1999
By Tamara Scott

You wouldn't expect to find any client of Latham & Watkins living on skid row. But one of Latham's corporate partners, Ma...


Litigation


By Mark Goldowitz On Oct. 10, Gov. Gray Davis signed AB1675 into law. The legislation amends Section 425.16 of the Code of Ci...


Government


Garcetti Escapes Injury in Accident

Oct. 26, 1999
By Michael Harris

Garcetti Escapes Injury in Accident Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti escaped injury last week when a flying ...


Corporate


Tree Climber

Oct. 26, 1999
By Stacy Cohen

By Stacy L. Cohen Earlier this month, Kenneth Liang found himself juggling four tasks in one day. While four items on a to-do...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Bitter Pill

Oct. 26, 1999
By Jeffrey Anderson

By Jeffrey Anderson Patients haggling with their health maintenance organizations sometimes benefit from a little name-droppi...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Casting Call

Oct. 26, 1999
By Josh Grossberg

By Josh Grossberg Ask John Horn about alternative dispute resolution, and he starts talking about Robert De Niro. With a penc...


Brobeck Phleger INTEL INDICATES INTENT TO INCLUDE IPIVOT Santa Clara's Intel Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire I...


Solo and Small Firms


Despite a 95-mph Spill, He Finished the Race

Oct. 26, 1999
By Jason Songn

A family that speeds together, stays together. Or at least that's what attorney Jonathan Cole's family believes. They are bou...


Large Firms


Vin de Siecle

Oct. 26, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Vin de siecle From Temecula to Sonoma, California vintner-lawyers will say good bye to the 20th Century and the Second Millen...


Corporate


Small-Company Work Begets Big Results

Oct. 26, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

Craig Andrews was interested in science. And he was interested in business. Instead of choosing between the two, he decided t...


Criminal


Judge Extends Stay of Gang Injunction

Oct. 26, 1999
By Michael Harris

Judge Extends Stay Of Gang Injunction Prosecutors have obtained a further stay of a 1998 injunction against the notorious Los...


Law Office Automation


Network Work

Oct. 26, 1999
By Columnist

By Gary S. Wong As law firms continue the migration to a Windows-based operating environment, they often realize that despite...


Law Practice


Grape Expectations

Oct. 26, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

By Leslie A. Gordon Frank Farella's fondest childhood memories are of helping his grandfather, a retired cellist, make his ow...


Public Interest


Standard Bearer

Oct. 26, 1999
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott

By Jennifer Byrd In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy called a group of more than 200 attorneys to a White House meeting t...


Criminal


Juror Denies Atlanta Killings Affected Verdict

Oct. 26, 1999
By Michael Harris

A juror on Friday denied allegations she voted for the death penalty for a man convicted of four murders in Compton based on ...


Government


L.A. to Review Skip Miller Relationship

Oct. 26, 1999
By Martin Bergn

While Louis "Skip" Miller awaits a hearing on what punishment, if any, he might receive from the State Bar for violating an e...


Personal Injury & Torts


Court: Jury Must Weigh Police Force

Oct. 26, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling with significant ramifications for excessive force cases, a federal appeals court has denied qual...


Education


UCLA Law Family Seeks Ways to Stay Diverse

Oct. 26, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

Students and faculty are roundly disturbed by the low numbers of minority students at the UCLA School of Law and have called ...


Judges and Judiciary


Impetus Grew Over Decades

Oct. 26, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The convictions that led to unification grew over decades, according to the Judicial Council's administrative off...


Family


Killer's Parents Claim Prompts Call for Change

Oct. 26, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

In light of a claim filed by the adoptive parents of convicted killer Jeremy Strohmeyer against Los Angeles County, Superviso...