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Criminal


Spector Said Death Was Accident, Then Suicide

Jan. 12, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A foul-mouthed Phil Spector told police that the death of Lana Clarkson was an accident, but he later changed h...


Criminal


Cut Benefits, City Attorney Urges

Jan. 12, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Warning that the city faces bankruptcy, City Attorney Mike Aguirre on Monday called for the mayor and City Counci...



Product Liability


Victims of L.A. Rampage Can Sue Gun Maker

Jan. 12, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed the victim...


Column - By Garry Abrams - Two murder cases with intriguing similarities may not make a trend. Nonetheless, I am a bit uneasy ...



Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Justice Earl Johnson Jr. has spent two decades on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, much of that time waging in...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Noel, convicted of manslaughter in the January 2001 dog-mauling death of Diane Whipple, has filed a wri...



Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Just because a suspect resisted arrest doesn't mean he can't sue the cops for brutalizing him, a divided feder...


Public Interest


Options Galore

Jan. 11, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Daily Journal EXTRA Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - One of the best problems a job seeker can have is how to juggle multiple...



In an effort to set a foundation for its Bay Area chemical and pharmaceutical patent prosecution practice, Sheppard, Mullin, R...


Administrative/Regulatory


Governor Seeks Judges' Help With Reapportionment

Jan. 11, 2005
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is once again taking cues from his mentor, former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson, whose ...



Labor/Employment


By Adrianna Khoo A former employee of the Housing Authority of Los Angeles is gearing up for a wrongful-termination suit agai...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions For Jan. 10

Jan. 11, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - IMS Recycling signed a five-year, $1.2 million lease for 27,270 square feet of industrial space at 12455 K...



Firm Watch


After serving 21/2 years as the nation's highest-ranking mediator, Peter Hurtgen rejoined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius on Jan. ...


Labor/Employment


The city of Rialto must re-evaluate its decision to fire a police officer who wrote a note expressing concern that he would ha...



Civil Rights


Two themes, combating discrimination everywhere and supporting Israel's domestic and international positions, permeated the An...


Litigation


Suit Alleges Officials Lost Control of Fire

Jan. 11, 2005
By Eron Yehuda

A recently filed suit that blames government officials for allowing a San Diego fire to grow out of control "cries out for san...



Litigation


Watts Industries Inc. is breathing a sigh of relief after the state Supreme Court denied review in December in a case in which...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Web Auctioneer EBay Pays $415 Million for Rent.com

Jan. 11, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

Web auctioneer eBay has snapped up privately held Rent.com in a $415 million deal. The Palo Alto office of Cooley Godward is r...



Government


LOS ANGELES - When the bombshell dropped last week, devastating the criminal case against accused double agent Katrina Leung, ...


Litigation


Public Works

Jan. 11, 2005
By Amy Spees

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Greg Evans learned early the importance of engaging people. The brown-haired, blue-...



Firm Watch


Former State Legislator Joins Nielsen Merksamer

Jan. 11, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

Term limits forced five-term state legislator Dede Alpert to leave the Senate. But they couldn't keep the San Diegan away from...


Environmental


Focus Column - Environmental Law - By William D. Wick - The U.S. Supreme Court rocked the Superfund world in December, ruling ...



Mergers & Acquisitions


Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Louis R. Dienes - An improving economic climate has created a favorable market this winter f...


Corporate


Apple Accused of Rival's Tactics

Jan. 11, 2005
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Apple Computer, which for years fought a losing battle against Microsoft Corp. in the personal computer business, ...



SAN DIEGO - A state appellate court has ruled that the state's open-meeting act forbids officials from publicly discussing a ...


Law Practice


The Recruit

Jan. 11, 2005
By Amy Spees

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - Wanted: attorney with three-to-six years' experience, superior academic credentials and excellen...



Criminal


Testimony May Include Spector's Pulling Guns

Jan. 11, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Testimony that Phil Spector pulled guns on several women before he allegedly killed actress Lana Clarkson could...


Government


Delgadillo OKs Full Audit, by State

Jan. 11, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - In a reversal of his earlier position, Los Angeles District Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has agreed to a full audit...



Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Rapidly expanding Greenberg Traurig added entertainment litigator John Gatti to its ranks Friday. Gatti has repr...


Criminal


Clinton Aide Charged

Jan. 11, 2005
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton's former finance director was indicted two years ago in Los Angeles in connection with a...