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Job-Hunt Wisdom Comes Down to Fundamentals

Aug. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a tight legal market, as always, it pays to remember the job search basics


Column by Garry Abrams - Has Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil been performing cloning experiments on Winnie the Pooh? That's th...



Should 'Pledge' Be Recited in Schools?

Aug. 23, 2002
By Staff Writer

Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Should the Pledge Be Recited in Schools? "The pledge should stay intact without chang...


SAN FRANCISCO - Any librarian will tell you that books about witchcraft, the occult and numerology tend to disappear mysteriou...



Budget Woes Kill Bill to Create Judgeships

Aug. 23, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - California's financial crunch has derailed a bill that would have allowed the judiciary to convert 10 court commi...


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - As every lawyer knows, the rule against hearsay evidence is intended to prevent the trier ...



Two Lawyers Settle Suit Over Suits

Aug. 23, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Local Francisco litigator Fred Furth has settled claims that he stole several lucrative lawsuits from a Color...


Is Verdict Vulnerable to Appeal?

Aug. 23, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - With the conviction of David A. Westerfield in the death of Danielle van Dam, defense lawyers searching for ammuni...



Focus Column - By Michael A. Shimokaji - The time that businesses spend accessing the Internet for information continues to in...


Bush Will Nominate Judge, Mediator, Sources Say

Aug. 23, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

LOS ANGELES - The White House reportedly has selected two Orange County attorneys to nominate to the federal bench in Los Ange...



Court Says No To Forcing of Energy Deals

Aug. 23, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - In a blow to proponents of alternative energy, a state appellate court has ruled that state regulators no longer...


Gender Violence Bill Is Passed

Aug. 23, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A measure that would allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their attackers for damages in civil rights ac...



In Search of Our Past

Aug. 23, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - History, the cliché tells us, is a continuum. The seeds of World War II were sown at V...


Focus Column - By Sonya Sud - California recently has experienced an onslaught of wage-and-hour class actions aimed at recove...



Bridging the Gap

Aug. 23, 2002

Forum Column - By David A. Lash - It is time to ensure that the judicial branch of our democracy exalts responsiveness over pa...


Should 'Pledge' Be Recited in Schools?

Aug. 22, 2002
By Staff Writer

Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Should the Pledge Be Recited in Schools? - "The pledge should stay intact without cha...



In Search of Our Past

Aug. 22, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - History, the cliché tells us, is a continuum. The seeds of World War II were sown at V...


Focus Column - By Michael A. Shimokaji - The time that businesses spend accessing the Internet for information continues to in...



Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - As every lawyer knows, the rule against hearsay evidence is intended to prevent the trier ...


Is Verdict Vulnerable to Appeal?

Aug. 22, 2002
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - With the conviction of David A. Westerfield in the death of Danielle van Dam, defense lawyers searching for ammuni...



SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento law bookstore owner who tried to use the anti-government Montana Freemen method of raising money ...


Us vs. Them

Aug. 22, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Rob DeKoven - Thirty years ago, Congress passed Title IX, a federal law designed to prohibit gender bias in ...



NASD Sued for Stalling Disputes

Aug. 22, 2002
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A Southern California law firm representing two elderly investors has filed suit against a stock market group,...


Military Sensibilities Shape Jurist

Aug. 22, 2002
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - On one of the walls in the Torrance chambers of Superior Court Judge James M. Ideman hangs a small, black-and-wh...



Remain Vigilant

Aug. 22, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by Phillip S. Figa - Calls for sweeping judicial reforms often erupt after controversial judicial decisions. Such contr...


Transgender Law Center to Open

Aug. 22, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Jeremy Burke was beaten by the cops, he says, confined in a San Francisco jail for eight days and denied medic...



SACRAMENTO - Lawyers who represent indigent defendants in criminal appeals and family matters say they are "suffering extreme ...


Professor, 73, Says School Discriminated

Aug. 22, 2002
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Herman Levy, a longtime Santa Clara University Law School professor, was so dedicated to the school that he planned...



Reaping Bitter Fruit

Aug. 22, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Clifford Chanler, by his own account, hoped to do well by doing good when he helped pioneer private ...


Wilson Sonsini Names Laid-Off Staff Members

Aug. 22, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - The wait is over. Exactly one week after announcing that it would lay off 100 staff members, Palo Alto's Wilson ...