Snow Line
By Columnist
By Kent R. Raygor and Oral Caglar The federal Trademark Amendments Act, Pub. L. No. 106-43, 113 Stat. 218, signed into law by...
Parks Wants City to Adopt Anti-Gang Ordinance
By Lauren Bartlett
Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks is calling a county anti-gang loitering ordinance "a viable tool" and recommending the...
Court: Driver At Fault for Car Door Injury
By Anna Marie Stolley
SAN FRANCISCO - One could certainly argue that when Somma Sriee Sooria Arratchiga decided to become a parking lot attendant, ...
It's Alive!
By Don De Benedictis
By Don J. DeBenedictis Yes, Virginia, there really is a State Bar. Contrary to popular opinion, it did not expire when then-G...
Computer Calamity
By Columnist
By Gary S. Wong Major earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural occurrences can be potential disasters for law firms. Hard...
A judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial. Philo Wilson Sonsini CORPORATE LAWYER JOINS VALLE...
Reflect, Not Reflex
By Columnist
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution Reflect, Not Reflex Consider Pros and Cons Before Arbitrating Rather than simply giving in t...
His Finest Hour
By Don De Benedictis
By Don J. DeBenedictis The next president of the State Bar of California, Andrew J. Guilford, may be a well-known litigator a...
Musick Peeler Adds Three Lawyers in S.F.
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
SAN FRANCISCO - The local, five-attorney firm of Hovis Smith Stewart Lipscomb & Cross has dissolved, and three of its lawy...
Death Toll
By Columnist
By Arturo J. Gonzlez Mario Paz, a 64-year-old father of six, was killed Aug. 9, 1999, during a raid of his Compton home. A ma...
Dot-Cons
By Chris Ford
By Chris Ford Los Angeles Municipal Court Presiding Judge Veronica McBeth received a phone call several years ago from a cons...
The Activists
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
By Jennifer Byrd San Francisco attorneys Dale Minami and Donald K. Tamaki have reshaped history for Japanese-Americans. In th...
SALARIES RAISED FOR TRUCKER HUSS ASSOCIATES San Francisco's Trucker Huss, a 13-attorney employee benefits firm, has raised it...
(Jim could you place this correction at the end - thanks!) CORRECTION The Sept. 20 issue of California Law Business reported ...
Bomb Victims Can Raise Law Enforcement Conspiracy Question
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Clearing the way for a civil rights trial over the handling of the 1990 car bombing of two Earth First activi...
Garcetti Disputes Funding Claims
By Michael Harris
Despite assertions from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky that the district attorney's office has enough funds in...
State Settles With Broker After Company Goes Bust
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - When thousands of investors decided to sink their dollars into five limited partnerships controlled by Newport Be...
Senior U.S. Judge Leland C. Nielsen Dies at 80
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Senior U.S. District Judge Leland C. Nielsen, described by those who knew him best as a fine jurist who dedicated...
Rock 'n' Roll Discord Led to ADR War
By Philip Carrizosa
Although the battle over mandatory arbitration has intensified in recent years, the war actually began more than 20 years ago...
Court Constrains Catwoman's Complaints Concerning Cop
By Denise Levin
A catfight over a zoning ordinance has turned into a constitutional law conundrum in which a judge has prohibited a woman from...
Judge Upholds $220M Award For Litton in Honeywell Fight
By Martin Bergn
U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer upheld most of a jury's $250 million award to Litton Systems Inc. late last week, while ...
Courting the Working Class
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Courts throughout the nation are only beginning to come to grips with mandatory arbitration: what it really m...
Supreme Courts Docket Is Small, But Blockbuster
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's docket for the 1999-2000 term is short on quantity but long on quality. "I think this will b...
Services Set for Insurance Counsel Steven Brown
By Emma Varesio
A memorial service will be held today for Steven W. Brown, vice president and insurance counsel for Pacific Life Insurance Co...
Family Files Death Suit in Shooting by Inland Sheriff
By Daniel Jennings
SAN BERNARDINO - The family of a man who was shot to death by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies Aug. 26 has filed a wr...
Memorial Service Held for Attorney Jerry Fine
By Liz Valsamis
Memorial services were held Wednesday for Jerry Fine, transactional business attorney and founder of the American Media Counc...
Knock, Knock!
By Columnist
Knock, Knock Self-Created Exigencies Violate the Fourth Amendment By Alex Ricciardulli Assume the police have developed proba...
Judge Calls Stockbroker Out in Fraud Double Play
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A veteran stockbroker, whose lifelong love of baseball led him to form a women's baseball league and pay for it w...
First Amendment Champion Stanley Fleishman Dies At 79
By Liz Valsamis
Stanley Fleishman, an attorney recognized for his work protecting First Amendment rights and the rights of the physically dis...
Target Sued for Violating Worker's Family Rights
By Denise Levin
Utilizing a law for which there is little precedence, a former Target employee who worked a reduced schedule under the Califo...