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Law Practice

Giving Back to Society

May 19, 2000
By David A. Lash

Forum: In the Public Interest By David A. Lash California Business & Professions Code Section 6210, the statute creating t...


Criminal

Death Watch

May 11, 2000
By Stephen F. Rohde

Forum: By Stephen F. Rohde It used to be that proponents of capital punishment could always count on the steadfast support of ...



Law Practice

Spreading the Wealth

May 5, 2000
By David A. Lash

By David A. Lash When adjusted for inflation, Los Angeles' janitors are earning less than they did 15 years ago. Things seem t...


Judges and Judiciary

Chimerical Judicial Conundrums

May 3, 2000
By Arthur Gilbert

It was Monday morning and Judge Learned Foote sang to himself as he trundled down the hall to his chambers, lugging his briefc...



Constitutional Law

Rehnquist Surprise

Apr. 19, 2000
By Erwin Chemerinsky

Practitioner: Constitutional Law By Erwin Chemerinsky Over its 14-year history, the William H. Rehnquist Court has sided with ...


Appellate Practice

Resetting the Clock

Apr. 6, 2000
By James C. Martin , Benjamin G. Shatz

Resetting the Clock Discovery Timeline Automatically Restarts at New Retrial Date ...



Constitutional Law

SISTER

Mar. 31, 2000
By Erwin Chemerinsky

FORUM The Violence Against Women Act should be upheld by the Supreme Court as a valid exercise of Congess's Commerce Clause po...


Intellectual Property

Global Solution

Mar. 29, 2000
By Craig I Celniker, Brett D. Ekins

Global Solution Arbitrating International Patent Disputes The option to arbitrate a dispute that concerns patent validity has ...



Law Practice

No Compassion for the

Mar. 17, 2000
By David A. Lash

In the Public Interest By David A. Lash Primary day in California left far too many in a secondary position. It was generally ...


Constitutional Law

Officer Limits

Mar. 16, 2000
By Erwin Chemerinsky

By Erwin Chemerinsky The Rampart police corruption scandal is the worst in Los Angeles history. Innocent people were imprisone...



Constitutional Law

Death on Ice

Mar. 2, 2000
By Stephen F. Rohde

By Stephen F. Rohde Appalled at the "shameful record of convicting innocent people and putting them on death row," Illinois Go...


Constitutional Law

Red Badge of Slavery

Feb. 18, 2000
By David A. Lash

One hundred forty years later, South Carolina continues to fight the Civil War, flying the Confederate flag over its state cap...



Constitutional Law

No Merit

Feb. 16, 2000
By Erwin Chemerinsky

These cases are significant losses for indigent defendants who do not have the resources to hire lawyers and instead must rely...


Appellate Practice

Word Warrior

Feb. 8, 2000
By Arthur Gilbert

With unflagging courage and relentless determination, David Mellinkoff led us into battle against unclear thinking and sloppy ...



Administrative/Regulatory

Ensuring an Educated Electorate

Jan. 21, 2000
By David A. Lash

Presidential candidates clamoring for California's gold mine of convention delegates should be asked to address very specific ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory

Takings Trauma

Jan. 19, 2000
By Stuart M. Miller

California Supreme Court takings case deviates from U.S. Supreme Court precedent. ...



Criminal, Constitutional Law

Gavel Struggle

Jan. 10, 2000
By Erwin Chemerinsky

Overruling Miranda would mean an unpredictable inquiry in each case as to whether a confession was voluntary under the totalit...


Judges and Judiciary

Longevity, Writing Distinguish Mosk

Jan. 5, 2000
By Arthur Gilbert

Just a little over a week ago, a record was broken. I mentioned it to an elderly uncle of mine who was a musician. I should ha...



Law Practice

American Jury

Jan. 4, 2000
By Lawrence Waddington

The extensive influence of American courts in reshaping the cultural, political, social and religious customs of the American ...


Constitutional Law

Abrupt Turnaround

Dec. 22, 1999
By Erwin Chemerinsky

^^Constitutional Law^^ Abrupt Turnaround The 1930s Radically Changed Constitutional Law In the 1930s, the shifts in constituti...



In the Public Interest

Dec. 17, 1999
By David A. Lash

FORUM Children, families and seniors who live on the streets face a life that most of us cannot comprehend, and we have the ab...


Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court

Speech Expansion

Nov. 30, 1999
By Douglas E. Mirell

Speech Expansion California courts interpreted the anti-SLAPP law expansively this year, broadening the statute's protection ...



By David A. Lash In a direct effort to encourage major law firms to increase their pro bono participation, the American Bar A...


California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice

So Long, Goodbye

Nov. 13, 1999
By Stephen L. Raucher

One would think that a lawyer who abandons his client in a pending case and fails to withdraw properly as counsel of record wo...



Law Practice

Calamitous Conference

Oct. 5, 1999
By Arthur Gilbert

"I keep six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew; Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who."


Law Practice

Seeing Red

Sep. 23, 1999
By David A. Lash

"In The Public Interest" By David A. Lash The "well regulated militia" of the Second Amendment obviously has nothing to do wit...



Family

Standing on Ceremony

Sep. 10, 1999
By Mitchell Keiter

By Mitchell Keiter Gov. Gray Davis is currently deciding whether to extend "marital" (insurance, pension) benefits to unmarri...


Intellectual Property

In-Store for Movie Violations

Aug. 27, 1999
By Jerome M. Garchik

By Jerome M. Garchik When San Francisco visitors and shoppers tour the newly opened Sony Metreon "entertainment mall," they w...



Alternative Dispute Resolution

Speed Mediation

Aug. 26, 1999
By Franklin R. Garfield

Speed Mediation Many Couples Are Interested in a Product, Not a Process For an investment of 50 percent of the time, energy a...


International Law, Intellectual Property

Long Arm

Aug. 24, 1999
By Craig I Celniker, Charles S. Evendorff

Long Arm Suing for Foreign Infringement of U.S. Trademarks in U.S. Courts Beginning with 'Bulova,' U.S. courts have interprete...