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Judges and Judiciary

WASHINGTON - A 41-month wait ended Thursday for Boalt Hall professor William Fletcher, when the Senate voted 57-41 to confirm...


SAN BERNARDINO - The allegations seem like something out of an industrial espionage thriller, complete with stolen computer d...



Appellate Practice

Rehearing Set After Defendant Serves 16 Years

Oct. 10, 1998
By Anna Marie Stolley

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a defense lawyer's preparation for a murder trial - a cursory revie...


Litigation

Workers' Wage Claims May Be Taken to Court

Oct. 10, 1998
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for thousands of union workers at the Albertson's grocery chain, a federal appeals court ruled T...



Juvenile

Gym, Used as Juvenile Dorm, Closed

Oct. 6, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Housing facilities for juvenile detainees in Riverside County - already severely overburdened - were dealt a furt...


Litigation

A judge on Friday refused to throw out the bulk of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former partner of the entertainment la...



Intellectual Property

Top Level Managers Leaving Patent Office

Oct. 6, 1998
By James Evans

SAN JOSE - The departures of high-level officials at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reflect continuing instability at t...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Local Bar Leaders Table Plans for a Voluntary Bar

Oct. 6, 1998
By Don De Benedictis

MONTEREY - The group of local bar leaders who have struggled for months to design a statewide voluntary bar association to fi...



Judges and Judiciary

Prosecutors have filed an affidavit of prejudice against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, prompting his unconteste...


Securities

Initial Public Off-Season

Oct. 6, 1998
By Leslie Gordon

Late last month, eBay, a San Jose-based Internet auction company, went public. Its shares were priced at $18, but at one poin...



Judges and Judiciary

O.C. Elects PJ, Assistant for Unified Court

Oct. 6, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA - The votes are in, and Orange County Superior Court's presiding and assistant presiding judges have been selected....


Criminal

Partners in Protection

Oct. 6, 1998
By Tori Richards

WESTMINSTER - Deputy District Attorney Sonia Balleste was concerned. She arrived at work Tuesday morning and was going throug...



Judges and Judiciary

WASHINGTON - A deal worked out last week between the White House and the Senate Republican leadership may lead to a rash of j...


Intellectual Property

WASHINGTON - Labor and business will be going to the mat before the Supreme Court this week on whether workers covered by col...



Technology & Science

Wilson Sonsini Wins Its Own Invention Patent

Oct. 3, 1998
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati of Palo Alto, which specializes in offering legal assistance to Silicon Valle...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Poll: Lawyers Want the Right to Elect Board

Oct. 3, 1998
By Don J. De Benedictis

California lawyers overwhelmingly believe they should keep the right to elect most of the members of the State Bar Board of G...



State Bar & Bar Associations

Riverside President Sees Local Bar Responding to New Duties

Oct. 3, 1998
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - As newly installed president of the Riverside County Bar Association, Diane Catran Roth has clearly defined goals...


Education

Online Law School Features No Classrooms

Oct. 3, 1998
By Michael Ueda

^^The Paper Chase / Michael Ueda^^ Scheduled to open later this month, Concord University School of Law, based in the Westwood...



Litigation

Last year, Los Angeles resident Adrian G. Ready was shocked to find that he was dead. And in the eyes of the Social Security ...


Judges and Judiciary

DA Doubted on One-Day Service

Oct. 3, 1998
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles County court officials said Thursday that despite District Attorney Gil Garcetti's call for the implementation of...



Litigation

Neither guppy nor goldfish, it was, in fact, a thrashing lemon shark that left Steven Rosenbloom hospitalized for three days....


Litigation

In a world where people often look for others to blame for their troubles, the story of a father of two who is suing his form...



Government

Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Hahn and Attorney General Dan Lungren took a fight public Thursday over Hahn's lawsuit aga...


Government

Wilson Vetoes Bill to Expand Rights at Work

Oct. 3, 1998
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Siding with the business community, Gov. Pete Wilson has vetoed a sweeping civil rights bill that would have expa...



Government

How Much Was the 'A' Sign in the Window?

Sep. 26, 1998
By Lauren Blau

Restaurants in Los Angeles County have been on the front burner recently because of the controversy over cleanliness in the ki...


Government

San Diego Ex-Prosecutor Appeals Termination

Sep. 26, 1998
By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO - Former deputy district attorney James Fitzpatrick, whose termination for misconduct from the district attorney's ...



Judges and Judiciary

Fast-Track Civil Trial System Called a Success

Sep. 26, 1998
By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA --- A new fast-track civil trial system has been a great success in getting cases to trial faster, according to a s...


Technology & Science

Financial Matchmaking

Sep. 26, 1998
By Leslie Gordon

Garage.com is a very '90's, very Silicon Valley version of "The Dating Game." The Web site, brainchild of Venture Law Group f...



Government

Advise and Consent

Sep. 26, 1998
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Taking a slap at the Clinton administration and a possible preemptive strike at future White Houses, the Senate ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Plaintiffs' attorney Thomas V. Girardi, lauded by colleagues and feared by adversaries for his knack of winning multimillion-...