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Panel Dumps Clerk's Convictions for Fraud

Nov. 26, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - An Orange County law clerk who was told by the U.S. Supreme Court that he couldn't be his own appellate lawyer h...


Colorado Casino Owner Files Chapter 11

Nov. 26, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

After failing to meet projected revenues and profits, the owner of Colorado's largest casino has filed for Chapter 11 bankrupt...



Forum Column - By James Acret - Unfortunately, reform in California consists of "tough new disclosure requirements" that will ...


Banner of Hope

Nov. 26, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Brian D. Lerner - On September 19, 2002, the Board of Immigration Appeals gave new hope to aliens in removal...



Slow Leaks

Nov. 26, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

LOS ANGELES - At thousands of locations in California, poisons that may have leaked years ago from underground gasoline storag...


State Sues Phony Telemarketer Cop

Nov. 26, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A group that falsely claims to be connected with the state attorney general's office has been selling Southern C...



BY JONATHAN COHEN Another Proposition 65 article? Isn't that old news? Why should anyone be concerned? How about $2,500 per da...


Alien Deserves New Hearing, Court Rules

Nov. 25, 2002
By Susan Mcraen

LOS ANGELES - A Guatemalan native who withdrew his asylum application after an immigration judge advised him privately that he...



Forum Column - By James Acret - Unfortunately, reform in California consists of "tough new disclosure requirements" that will ...


SAN JOSE - The California Supreme Court ruled narrowly Thursday that trade secrets theft can be treated only as a single clai...



Medipot Haze

Nov. 23, 2002

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The hypocrisy of conservatives when it comes to federalism is well illustrated by the Ju...


Court and Fiction Do Not Mix

Nov. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Thomas Brennan - In her summation in the Winona Ryder case, Beverly Hills Assistant District Attorney Ann Ru...



Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By John M. Genga - Those who provide or obtain financing based at least in part on the borr...


Council Will Vote on Predatory-Lending Rule

Nov. 23, 2002
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council will vote today on an ordinance to protect consumers from so-called "predatory lend...



Stupidity Doesn't Equal Harassment

Nov. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Is stupidity enough to create liability for hostile workplace sexual harassment? Un...


Column By Garry Abrams - Mickey Mouse suffered another major legal injury in the Winnie the Pooh royalties case this week, per...



S.F. Prosecutor Is Acquitted in Stabbing

Nov. 23, 2002
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews was acquitted Thursday of three out of four criminal charges filed agai...


Only Online Law School Graduates Its First Class

Nov. 23, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - The nation's only entirely virtual law school sent its first class of graduates into the real world Thursday. Th...



Lawyer Was Active With John Langston Bar

Nov. 23, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will be held Saturday for Los Angeles attorney Lair C. Franklin Jr., who specialized in crimi...


Insurance Defense Litigator Loved Nature

Nov. 23, 2002
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for Anthony D. Seine, a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Veatch, Carlson, Grogan & N...



LOS ANGELES - For several years, state and county officials have been taking Vons grocery stores to court, claiming that the m...


Carson Falls Victim to Corruption

Nov. 23, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

CARSON - Call it a city cursed. Once again, suburban Carson finds itself mired in a scandal of bribery, kickbacks and extortio...



SACRAMENTO - Local prosecutors traveled to Sacramento on Thursday to discuss their Top 10 consumer complaints and ask for the...


Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By John M. Genga - Those who provide or obtain financing based at least in part on the borr...



Medipot Haze

Nov. 22, 2002

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The hypocrisy of conservatives when it comes to federalism is well illustrated by the Ju...


Judges Narrow 'Access' Rights Across Border

Nov. 22, 2002
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES -An allegedly abusive father in Mexico who has visitation rights to his children cannot force his former wife to r...



SAN FRANCISCO - Insurance companies just got a new boost from Uncle Sam in the oft-litigated issue of whether claims adjusters...


Column - By Garry Abrams - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review this week made U.S. Attorney General John Ash...



Focus Column - Litigation - By Michaelbrent Collings - Project design professionals, project inspectors or former employees of...


Pillsbury Adds to White Collar Group

Nov. 22, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop has hired former Assistant U.S. Attorney David Anderson for its criminal defense practice ...