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O.C. Family Law Practitioner Dies at Age 71

Nov. 18, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

ORANGE - Orange attorney Charles William Garrity, remembered as a "very talented" lawyer, died Nov. 12 after a long battle wi...


BofA Sued Over Racially Charged Police 'Check'

Nov. 18, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

In a time rife with complaints that African-Americans experience continuing racial profiling by police as well as discriminat...



Elections 2000

Nov. 18, 1999
By Denise Levin

Three more candidates for the only open Los Angeles Municipal Court seat filed the necessary paperwork before Monday's deadli...


For the first time in its history, the American Bar Association will hold its mid-year meeting in San Diego in 2001. Last wee...



SAN FRANCISCO - Despite an Oakland jury's report Tuesday that it is "hopelessly deadlocked" 8-4 in the $4 billion class-actio...


Orange County Judge Candidates Cheaper by the Two-Dozen?

Nov. 18, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Orange County Commissioners Sheila Fell, Gary Paer, Michael Leversen and Erick Larsh were among nearly two dozen ...



RIVERSIDE - Superior Court Judge William H. Sullivan, reassigned from the probate bench earlier this year after an investigat...


The landmark trade agreement between the Clinton Administration and China could have a positive trickle-down effect for large...



By Kimberly Quackenbush Trend analysts tell us the shortage of talent, from lawyers to entry-level clerical, will be at an al...


A Closer Look: George B. Brewster

Nov. 17, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

Name: George B. Brewster Title: President and executive director Company: California Center for Land Recycling Location: San ...



Letter

Nov. 17, 1999
By Jane Zastrow

Your article in the November 1999 issue, on page 29, titled "Concrete-frame structures pose serious quake risk" is quite misl...


DA Counters Sara Jane Olson Motions

Nov. 17, 1999
By Michael Harris

Los Angeles County prosecutors Monday filed their responses to three defense motions attacking a 1976 grand jury indictment t...



It was, according to a seemingly disgusted state appellate panel, the "trial from hell." Not because of an unruly defendant. ...


Supreme Court to Reconsider Student Prayer

Nov. 17, 1999
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Delving once again into the knotty issue of prayer in the public schools, the Supreme Court announced Monday it ...



Name Partner, 90, Still a Favorite of Clients

Nov. 16, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Attorney Murray M. Fields is 90, but he still shows up for work four days a week at Los Angeles' Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &am...


All-Night Dealmaking Trains Soon-to-Be Dad

Nov. 16, 1999
By Jason Songn

Burning the midnight oil as an attorney in the fast-paced business climate of Silicon Valley is hardly a new phenomenon. Stil...



Fenwick & West BLUE MOUNTAIN GETS EXCITED ABOUT DEAL Redwood City-based Excite@Home will acquire Blue Mountain Arts Publi...


Cost of Living

Nov. 16, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

Cost of Living or e-xpensive Attorneys in Silicon Valley have to pay a price for the chance to practice cutting-edge law. Lon...



SAN JOSE - In an escalation of the legal war between corporate America and critics who post anonymous attacks on the Internet...


Off-Label Vehicles

Nov. 16, 1999
By Jeanne Steele

SAN FRANCISCO - Three years ago, after a drug called Gemcitabine was approved for treatment of pancreatic cancer, several med...



While state judicial disciplinary authorities decide his fate, Placer County Judge W. Jackson Willoughby III must contend wit...


For the past 15 months, Placer County Judge W. Jackson Willoughby III has been barred from his own courthouse. Because two fe...



Status Sphere

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

By Robin S. Levi If a document existed that set forth an international standard for comprehensively addressing sexual discrim...


Micro Mini

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

Micro Mini 'One-Molecule' Contributors Dismissed From CERCLA Litigation The court endorsed the one-molecule rule but held tha...



Religious Freedom Exists Now

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

By Charles Levendosky Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., enjoys slamming his head against the wall - the wall that separates church...


San Diego Lawyer Patrick McCormick Dies

Nov. 13, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - When hundreds of investors were defrauded by J. David Dominelli in San Diego's most notorious pyramid scheme, Pat...



^^Ally McBeal^^ By Samantha Paynter Ally is seeing a new psychiatrist. Billy Thomas is in group therapy. This week's theme on...


Law & Order: Prosecutor Conceals Evidence

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

^^LAW & ORDER^^ By Mara V. Watkins Law & Order fans were treated this week to a brand new episode and a guest appeara...



^^Judging Amy^^ By Corky Pickering Mrs. Sandra Vocce and her ex-husband have had an amicable divorce until she objects to the...


Specialist Moves to Sheppard S.D.

Nov. 13, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Specialist Moves To Sheppard S.D. Attorney Richard L. Kintz has been recruited to head the corporate and securities group at ...