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WASHINGTON - A liberal judicial advocacy group took the unusual step Tuesday of announcing its opposition to a conservative le...


Column By Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - "Shoplift here! We Won't Prosecute!" This is the sort of sign that may be displayed - i...



Russian Defendant Unapologetic

Dec. 11, 2002
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Elcomsoft engineer Dmitry Sklyarov, who designed a software program prosecutors say violated a 1998 federal law in...


Immigrant Customers Sue Toyota Dealer

Dec. 11, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - An Alhambra Toyota dealership was sued Monday by a group of Mandarin-speaking customers who claim they were defr...



Court Rules Paralegal Excuse Is a Good One

Dec. 11, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Saying "the paralegal did it" is a good excuse for attorneys who want to reverse default judgments against their...


Agency Censures Former Judges

Dec. 11, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - The California judicial watchdog agency on Monday publicly censured two former state judges who resigned under f...



Appeals Court Reverses $24 Million Fraud Verdict

Dec. 11, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - An Orange County appeals court has reversed a $24 million fraud verdict against a local aerospace company, sayin...


SACRAMENTO - The state Department of Justice has improperly included juvenile offenders in its DNA databank of convicted felo...



Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Steven R. Landes - The second item on a petition for dissolution of marr...


Round Trip

Dec. 11, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - It was like a building possessed. The Coudert Brothers law firm moved its San Francisco offices a year and a ...



Panda Litigation Not Black or White

Dec. 11, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Two new immigrants to the Midwest in 1988 instantly became celebrities. The arrival in Toledo, Ohio, of Le Le ...


LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate panel Monday upheld the eight-year prison sentence of a Woodland Hills woman with family tie...



Voir Dire Begins in Testy Date-Rape Trial

Dec. 11, 2002
By Matthew Heller

VENTURA - Defense counsel has called the prosecution "felons, pure and simple." A prosecutor has suggested that the defense co...


WASHINGTON - In a case from Southern California, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether police officers may ...



Bar, Union Try to Avert Strike

Dec. 11, 2002
By Don De Benedictis

SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar and its union begin talks today with a federal mediator after six months of intense negotiations...


Poisoning Intellectual Property

Dec. 11, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Tom Giovanetti - If the study of public policy teaches us anything, it is that political solutions usually h...



WASHINGTON - In a case from Southern California, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether police officers may ...


SAN DIEGO - After working as an executive for two San Diego sporting goods firms and as a legal and business consultant, Andre...



Cross-Complainants Win $1.55 Million in Fraud Case

Dec. 10, 2002
By Christina Landers

SANTA ANA - In an unexpected turn of events for the original plaintiffs in the suit, a unanimous Santa Ana jury on Nov. 2 awar...


Another Tough Break for UCLA

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor When it comes to college rivalries, few are as storied or impassioned as the crosst...



SACRAMENTO - A Sacramento lawyer reached a $51,000 settlement last month with the city of Benicia, which he accuses of filing ...


Mr. Insolvency

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

NEWPORT BEACH - Many powerful businessmen have found themselves inside William Lobel's fifth-floor, corner office in Newport B...



Wishing for a Walgreens

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor There is one retail tenant with the power to make just about any property owner gr...


LONDON - Bodo Schaar is the newest attorney to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's growing European presence. The firm a...



Baby Steps Toward Smart Growth

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor With nowhere else to go, the city of Los Angeles continues to look inward to solve...


California Lawyers Clinch $453-Million Deal

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

SANTA CLARA - California lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison recently h...



Orrick Helps Impac Make Nasdaq Debut

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Impac Medical Systems Inc. of Mountain View made its well-received debut on the Nasdaq market last month, repr...


ALAMEDA - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed the first Chinese-American woman to the Alameda County Superior Court. Lo-Lynne Q. Lee...



Toxic Mold Is Not the Problem

Dec. 10, 2002
By Columnist

BY MICHAEL D. GEYER AND KENNETH V. LA CONDE Toxic mold has grabbed its share of news headlines in the last few years. Dozens ...


WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gray Cary is upping its bet on battered East Coast technology companies by transplanting partner Margaret H...