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Zoning, Planning and Use


LOS ANGELES - Alarmed at the prospect of shiny new shopping malls and megaplexes gobbling up small businesses and affordable ...


Criminal


Noel Loses Appeal

Jul. 15, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Noel, convicted of manslaughter in the 2001 dog-mauling death of a San Francisco woman, had his bid for...


Litigation


Column - By Garry Abrams - Forget that uproar in Washington, D.C., about who leaked the name of a CIA officer to reporters for...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Prides Himself on Efficiency

Jul. 15, 2005
By Don Ray

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys learn quickly that, when they bring a case to Division 6 at the Whittier Courthouse, they'd better be...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Wednesday July 13

Jul. 14, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL BREA - Thomas Clements purchased a 65,800-square-foot industrial building at 2980 Enterprise St. from Bixby Land C...


Litigation


Chemical Leaves Residents Dry

Jul. 14, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN MARTIN - When most people need to brush their teeth, they turn on the tap. Teresa Pereira jumps in her pickup. She uses t...


Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - In a rather clandestine fashion, on or about June 30, the California Department of Educati...


Family


Focus Column - Family Law - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - Often in child custody litigation, the c...


Criminal


Letter to the Editor - In my view, the Violence Against Women Act should be taken as a wake-up call for children and fathers. ...


Law Practice


Philanthropist Loved Helping Children

Jul. 14, 2005
By Victoria Fine

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Leonard Allen Goldman, a longtime Los Angeles lawyer and philanthropist. Goldman ...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - The Statue of Liberty. Mount Rushmore. The Liberty Bell. The landmarks inspire patriotism, but few can say the...


Civil Rights


Blind Bus Riders Sue Over Drivers' Behavior

Jul. 14, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Two blind public bus riders filed a civil rights class action against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transp...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - A class action alleging that FedEx Express failed to pay its employees adequately has paved the way for as many ...


Civil Rights


WASHINGTON - The bombings in London last week may have re-energized the war on terror, but efforts to reauthorize some contro...


Judges and Judiciary


SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed three new Bay Area judges Tuesday, including San Francisco federal prosecut...


Civil Rights


SAN FRANCISCO - Black business owners in Oakland have filed a federal class action charging that the city's contracting, hiri...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - UnitedHealth Group, the nation's second-largest health insurer, has agreed to pay $8.1 billion for rival Pacifi...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - A Las Vegas lobbyist accused of scheming with two San Diego city councilmen to repeal a profit-cutting strip-club ...


Litigation


Settlement Opens State Parks to the Disabled

Jul. 14, 2005
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - California park officials have agreed to spend millions of dollars in the next 11 years to make parks across ...


International


LOS ANGELES - Three years ago, a group of plantation workers won a $489 million judgment against the Dole Food Co., Dow Chemic...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - While it remains to be seen how Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement will alter the ideological balance of t...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Bungling lawyers have gotten little sympathy from Sacramento appellate justices so far this month. Over succe...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Every year, in little-understood court proceedings called Riese hearings, hundreds of Californians are medicate...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - A group of young designers sporting flashy tattoos recently walked into Morrison & Foerster partner Henry F...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Tuesday July 12

Jul. 13, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL RIALTO - MGA Entertainment purchased a 435,000-square-foot industrial building in the Rialto Commerce Center on Ced...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Moe Keshavarzi - In 1982, in Keating v. Superior Court , 31 Cal.3d 584 (1982), the California S...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - With the unexpected resignation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, George Bush finds himself on...


Forum Column - By James D. Nguyen - Every summer, I marvel as the motion picture industry goes into high gear to promote its "...


Corporate


Zions Agrees to Pay $1.7 Billion for Texas Bank

Jul. 13, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Zions Bancorp, which operates in eight Western states, has agreed to purchase Amergy Bancorp, the third-largest...


Criminal


SAN DIEGO - A lawyer for a San Diego city councilman on trial on public corruption charges said Monday that campaign funds giv...