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By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The defense and prosecution tables are pushed together in the center of the courtroom. Sitting in the middle, ...
Seeking Cover
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Forum Column - By Robert S. Gerstein - A case pending in the California Supreme Court, Jonathan Neil & Associates Inc. ...
Chaleff Will Oversee Police Handling of Consent Decree
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - It's back to Parker Center for veteran criminal defense attorney and former Board of Police Commissioners Presid...
Alternatives to Covenants Not To Compete Can Aid Employers
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Nabil Abu-Assal, Louis R. Dienes and Thomas D. Rutledge - Among the most significant differ...
Marijuana Patients Claim Exemption From Federal Law
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge appeared sympathetic Tuesday to the argument that California's 1996 medical marijuana law cre...
Court Rules Man Can Sue Water Company
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court ruled Monday that makers of Arrowhead spring water can be sued for allegedly exceeding th...
Ventura Court Welcomes Two Commissioners
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Ventura attorney William Q. Liebmann and prosecutor Bruce A. Youth have been chosen as Ventura County Superior C...
Kirkland & Ellis Opens S.F. Office
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Kirkland & Ellis, a Chicago firm that opened its doors Monday in San Francisco, is another happy benefici...
Serving Three Masters
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Having tightened the screws on corporate offices, the Securities Exchange Commission is turning its attention...
Holding Fairness in the Balance
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Forum Column - By James Sturdevant - Historically, corporate interests have proclaimed disclosure regulations as the panacea f...
Tobacco Giant Criticizes Opposition's Tactics
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - In an attempt to toss out the largest punitive damages verdict in U.S. history, attorneys for Philip Morris Inc....
If Reporter's Suit Survives, It May Shed Light on Disney Pooh Doings
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based journalist Nikki Finke has now scored legal wins against the media em...
Panel Upholds Verdict Against Police
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man once accused of being the "Belmont Shore Rapist" can keep a $1.75 million judgment against the ...
New Rules Will Assign Lawyers a New Role
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISO - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate responsibility is forcing lawyers to wade into waters normally inhabited b...
L.A. Bar Wants To Ban Judges As Scout Chiefs
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Bar Association wants the state Supreme Court to ban judges from being Boy Scout leaders ...
New District Attorney Picks Supporting Cast
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Bonnie M. Dumanis, who will take office as district attorney Jan. 6, on Monday named another ...
Jury Spares Inmate's Life for Prison Murder
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - In the first capital murder trial in the state to weigh a defendant's claim that he is ineligible for the death ...
Justices Rule Resistance Doesn't Define An Abduction
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - That's why they call it kidnapping. A teen-age girl who stole a friend's baby is guilty of kidnapping even th...
High Court Backs Davis on Parole Denials
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the governor has broad authority to deny parole to murderers, ...
Developer Loses Wetlands Battle
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Dealing a blow to a California land developer, an equally divided Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a federal appe...
Westerfield Seeks Sentence of Life Without Parole
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys for David A. Westerfield, convicted of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, on Monday a...
Jury Rejects Claim in Isuzu Rollover Suit
By Jim Adamekn
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury rejected claims Monday that Isuzu Motors manufactured a defective sport utility vehicle that ...
San Francisco's TIC Law Struck
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Zacks has clearly won his battle with the city over a local housing ordinance that would have limited ...
Pacific Gas Bankruptcy Raises Host of Novel Legal Questions
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Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By John T. Hansen - On Nov. 18, a trial began in the courtroom of San Francisco Bankruptcy Jud...
Panel Upholds Verdict Against Police
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man once accused of being the "Belmont Shore Rapist" can keep a $1.75 million judgment against the ...
2002 Saw Enactment of Many New State and Federal Employment Laws
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By John P. LeCrone - This year has been a busy one for state and federal lawmakers, particular...
Companies Cautiously Look to Reissue After 'Festo'
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Focus Column - By Amir H. Raubvogel - A reissue application allows a patentee to seek broader claims for a patent that already...
Officials Ponder Legal Services Tax
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Put your ear to the ground around the state Capitol these days and along with the grumbling over California's $21...
Lott Uproar May Halt Judge's Renomination
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The anticipated re-nomination of Charles W. Pickering to the federal appellate court could be in deep trouble. Th...
Wilson Sonsini Guides Purchase Of Client by IBM
By Toni Vranjes
IBM Corp. has agreed to buy a Silicon Valley software company for $2.1 billion in cash. The target company, Rational Software ...