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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...


Judges and Judiciary


Valley Forged

Jan. 11, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN JOSE - Back when Eugene Premo first took the bench in 1969, San Jose was a sleepy little town and no one had ever heard o...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether it should overturn accounting firm Arthur Andersen's convi...


Government


Defense Lawyers Lose Veteran Lobbyist

Jan. 11, 2005
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - In a case of bad timing, the state's criminal defense lawyers have lost their respected lobbyist in the state Cap...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions For Jan. 7

Jan. 8, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Sorrento West Properties Inc. purchased a 72,454-square-foot industrial building at 12889 Gregg Court from ...


Appellate Practice


How Many Cities on Head of Pin?

Jan. 8, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - As lawyers for Anaheim prepare for court today, local litigators and sports experts were willing to take a swin...


Environmental


Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Regulatory zealots have been in the news lately, and not in a way of their choosing. In ...


Column - Employment Law - By Kenneth C. Hardy - Federal and state legislation and case law make it clear that employers who ha...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Terri R. Brown - In the recently decided case of Robinson Helicopter Co. v. Dana Corp. , 2004 D...


Law Practice


Med-Mal Litigator Served Legal Groups

Jan. 8, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Sunday for Los Angeles personal injury trial attorney Richard C. Du Par. Du ...


Criminal


Spector Seeks Stay in Unsealing Transcripts

Jan. 8, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Phil Spector filed an emergency writ with the state Supreme Court on Thursday, asking to stay the...


WASHINGTON - Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales on Thursday pledged to comply with all of the United States' domestic a...


Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - A judge dismissed the 18-month-old lawsuit to get Ruby the elephant sent home to the Los Angeles zoo, but he pro...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The county of Los Angeles, the city of Inglewood and Culver City sued the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, makin...


SANTA ANA - Shell Oil Co. will pay Orange County $14.5 million for failing to maintain underground gasoline storage tanks at ...


Criminal


McKesson Lawyer Pushes for Confidentiality

Jan. 8, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney for McKesson Corp. argued Thursday that a federal judge should keep confidential an internal repo...


Government


SAN JOSE - A federal judge said Thursday he was not persuaded by arguments that Donald J. Beardslee's constitutional rights w...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Citing attorney-client privilege, and the municipal charter, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has refused to allow...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Renowned forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz contended late Thursday that he quickly learned he had given false tes...


SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis would get a $50,000-a-year raise under a plan released this week to increase sign...


Judges and Judiciary


Laid-Back Longevity

Jan. 8, 2005
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge John Dearman banged his gavel, something he rarely does. An authoritarian ...


Employee Benefits


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge wrongly upheld an insurer's denial of disability benefits for a Santa Ana legal secretary, th...