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Law Practice


Finding the Way Out of the Health Insurance Maze By Kim Quackenbush Like other big corporations in the late 1980s, many law f...


Judges and Judiciary


Breyers Honor Legacy of Father

Oct. 20, 1999
By Jeanne Steele

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his brother, San Francisco Federal District Court Judge Charles...


Environmental


Boom Times

Oct. 20, 1999
By Ashby Jones

SEATTLE - Across the country, legal pundits are already writing the obituary for the practice of environmental law. Superfund...


Education


Standing of LAUSD CEO Questioned

Oct. 20, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The question of whether Howard Miller legally can serve as chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Unified School District...


Judges and Judiciary


Courthouse Scandal Spurs Call for Janitor Audits

Oct. 20, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Prompted by the alleged mistreatment of custodial workers who cleaned the courthouse in Long Beach, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsk...


Appellate Practice


U.S. Supreme Court Higlights

Oct. 20, 1999
By David Pike

^^U.S. SUPREME COURT HIGHLIGHTS^^ Among actions announced Monday by the justices were: OPINION SEARCH AND SEIZURE: In a unani...


Transportation


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether federal law pre-empts suits by accident victims against rail...


Discipline


Olson Prosecutor Accused of Earlier Misconduct

Oct. 20, 1999
By Michael Harris

One of two prosecutors assigned to the attempted police car bombing case of former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier ...


Environmental


A federal judge in Sacramento has agreed to put on hold an 11-year court fight over the future of the San Joaquin River, clea...


Criminal


Gang Member's Conviction OK'd Despite Scandal

Oct. 20, 1999
By Michael Harris

By Michael D. Harris Daily Journal Staff Wrier A judge Monday refused to grant a new murder trial to a reputed gang member wh...


Government


Secret Service

Oct. 20, 1999
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis shocked privacy advocates last week with his veto of a bill that would require bosses to tell wo...


Judges and Judiciary


Idaho Politician Wants Out of the 9th Circuit

Oct. 20, 1999
By Charles Ashby

DENVER - Not satisfied with a congressional report that last year recommended against splitting the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...


Criminal


Watkins Case Transferred to O.C.

Oct. 19, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

Watkins' Case Transferred to O.C. SAN BERNARDINO - The criminal case against lawyers James Brian Watkins and his father, John...


Technology & Science


Net Knowledge

Oct. 19, 1999
By Columnist

Net Knowledge New Technology Leads to Novel Ways of Practicing Law By Ian C. Ballon Practicing Internet and e-commerce law req...


Large Firms


Frequent Flier

Oct. 19, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Frequent Flyer By Tamara Scott Once a week, San Francisco lawyer Charles "Chuck" Birenbaum spends one night and two days in L...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Santa Monica Bar to Install Officers

Oct. 19, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Santa Monica Bar To Install Officers Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez will serve as keynote speake...


A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Samuel Goldwyn Cochran Cherry FORMER O.J. LAWYER MERGES WITH NEW YOR...


Intellectual Property


Zipping Lips

Oct. 19, 1999
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

Zipping Lips Technology and a fluid job market have increased the chances for rogue employees and contractors to leak confide...


Entertainment & Sports


Bear Essentials

Oct. 19, 1999
By Garry Abrams

Bear Essentials A tussle over Winnie-the-Pooh could become a big public access battle now that Walt Disney Co. is accused of ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Beverly Hills Bar Installs Officers

Oct. 19, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Beverly Hills Bar Installs Officers Nicholas R. Allis has been installed as president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. O...


Judges and Judiciary


He Was No Roger Maris

Oct. 19, 1999
By Columnist

By Gerald F. Uelmen Justice Stanley Mosk, who is about to break the record for longevity of service on the California Supreme...


Litigation


Beyond Belief

Oct. 19, 1999
By Jeffrey Anderson

By Jeffrey Anderson In June, Michael Small received a strange letter. The author, writing on behalf of an "anonymous friend,"...


Law Practice


Tech Alert!

Oct. 19, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

Tech Emergency! An international coalition of law firms battles the Internet Age's borderless vexations. By Leslie A. Gordon ...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Uncharted Territory

Oct. 19, 1999
By Columnist

^^Land Use Law^^ Uncharted Territory Takings Cases Don't Always Have to Be Tried Before a Jury The court found that where, as...


Product Liability


By Doug Bandow The federal government is now following the states in seeking to extort billions from the tobacco industry. Ci...


Large Firms


For Triathloner, Charity Begins in the Ocean

Oct. 19, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

Harry Macey , an intellectual property partner at Morrison & Foerster in Palo Alto, is known within his firm as the Bioni...


Wilson Sonsini SOLECTRON MAKES A SMART SELECTION Milpitas-based Solectron, a worldwide electronics manufacturer, recently pur...


Marketing


To Get Deal, Former Foes Worked as Friends

Oct. 19, 1999
By Katherine Gaidos

Two billion dollars was of little interest to Nevan Elam, associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and counsel for S...


Insurance


Premium Law

Oct. 19, 1999
By Stacy Cohen

Peak Experience Premium Law Zenith Man The Guardian The Protector Company Man Norman Beegun has spent the 25 years with Zenit...


Litigation


^^Securities Law^^ By Elizabeth Mann In 1995 Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, 15 U.S.C. Section...