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Up and Coming

Sep. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Ida O. Abbott - Law firms committed to associates' professional development ensure that associates receive w...


On-Air Lawyering Creates Buzz Among Bar Members

Sep. 14, 2002
By Jenna Bordelon

LOS ANGELES - One of Eric Dubin's biggest trials is being staged far away from any courtroom, and so far the jury is out. Dubi...



Forum Column - By Jeffrey B. Margulies - For the last 15 years, countless consumer products have come within the sights of bou...


Jury Will Decide Who Had Dominion of Home-Run Ball

Sep. 14, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The ball that leapt from Barry Bonds' bat, landed briefly in Alex Popov's glove and emerged from Patrick Hayas...



LOS ANGELES - Two recent court decisions have upheld the broad discretion of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Park...


OAKLAND - Three police officers who called themselves the Riders used violence, coercion and trumped-up evidence to terrorize ...



Nearing the Edge? Time for a Break!

Sep. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - After practicing law for close to 10 years, I decided to switch to a job where I could ...


Judge Tosses Fraud Verdict in Simon Case

Sep. 14, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - In a highly unusual decision, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday tossed out a $78 million jury fraud ve...



LOS ANGELES - Taking the witness stand in a wheelchair, the 89-year-old mother of an El Monte man shot and killed by police te...


Focus Column - By Louis E. Michelson and Boyd D. Hudson - Nonprofit organizations with controversial causes should learn how t...



Paper, It's History

Sep. 14, 2002
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO -For nearly 20 years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been attempting to transform its 200-yea...


Archer Norris Hires Litigator

Sep. 14, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - John Tyndall III, a trial lawyer with 30 years' experience in toxic-tort, First Amendment, libel and class act...



Probate Attorney Followed Track and Field

Sep. 14, 2002
By Sandra Corrales

WEST COVINA - West Covina probate attorney Wendell Davis, a globetrotting track-and-field fan, has died. Davis died of a strok...


Chicago's Altheimer Is Now in S.F.

Sep. 14, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Altheimer & Gray, a 360-lawyer business and litigation firm based in Chicago, has opened an office in San ...



Employment Column By Valerie A. Fontaine There are bottom-line benefits to developing a diverse legal profession. Given the c...


Forum Column - By Jeffrey B. Margulies - For the last 15 years, countless consumer products have come within the sights of bou...



Safer Syringes

Sep. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexan...


Up and Coming

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Ida O. Abbott - Law firms committed to associates' professional development ensure that associates receive w...



Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - There are bottom-line benefits to developing a diverse legal profession. Given th...


Nearing the Edge? Time for a Break!

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Ditca Column - By Donald E. Griffith - After practicing law for close to 10 years, I decided to switch to a job where I could ...



Safer Syringes

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexan...


Focus Column - By Louis E. Michelson and Boyd D. Hudson - Nonprofit organizations with controversial causes should learn how t...



Problematic Presents

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Whenever a client favors his or her lawyer or a relative of the lawyer with a gift, i...


Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Just as beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, so harassment may be in the eye of...



Judge Delays Deliberations Three Days

Sep. 13, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A judge presiding over the trial of David A. Westerfield on Wednesday suspended jury deliberations for three more ...


Focus Column - By David E. Heisey - A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has narrowed patent ...



Standing Tall

Sep. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Omer S.J. Williams - Thacher Proffitt & Wood, the only large law firm that had its primary office in the...


Dicta Column - By Henry L. Hecht - The prevailing wisdom among litigators is that only deposition takers can win and only the ...



Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Just as beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, so harassment may be in the eye of...


Law, War: Teamwork of a Different Sort

Sep. 13, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - For 17 days last spring, Capt. Jesse Miller commanded 154 American soldiers in one of Bravo Company's toughest...