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Banking


Reliable Witness

Nov. 30, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Draeger Martinez - When an expert witness takes the stand, the lawyer who called him is banki...


Technology & Science


It sounds like a device straight from an episode of "The Jetsons," but wireless eyewear could be the next big thing in cellula...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Prefers People to Academics

Nov. 30, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Dan O'Malley traveled the world as flight attendant, managed a popular bar and may have had enough talent to b...


Personal Injury & Torts


SACRAMENTO - Personal injury lawyer Roger Dreyer of Sacramento has been named California Trial Lawyer of the Year by the state...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area disability rights proponents celebrated around a unique species of turkey this Thanksgiving as Oaklan...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Relies on No-Nonsense Style, Stamina

Nov. 30, 2004
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bruce F. Marrs, a former Marine company commander who saw combat in Vietnam, ca...


Appellate Practice


Column - By Garry Abrams - Just in time for the holidays, Richard A. Posner, the well-known federal appellate judge, Universit...


Government


Jury Got Fuzzy Picture of 'Fajitagate' Fight

Nov. 27, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - Most of the jurors in the trial of suspended San Francisco police officer Matthew Tonsing concluded he should ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 26

Nov. 27, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL BRISBANE - Peking Handcraft signed a lease for 132,700 square feet of warehouse space at the Gilmore Envelope buil...


Tax


LOS ANGELES - State tax officials must disclose to citizens the personal information they have gathered on them, an appellate...


Law Practice


Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - Appearing recently on Bill Maher's HBO program, Alan Simpson, the folksy former Repu...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Elise R. Vasquez - As part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget on July 29, 2004, the state Legislatu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Ruth V. Glick - Adoption of the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in...


Criminal


Forum Column - By Simon A. Cole and William C. Thompson - This past spring, Oregon attorney and Muslim convert Brandon Mayfie...


Criminal


Lawyer Says Stress Led Him Astray

Nov. 27, 2004
By Staff Writer

PALO ALTO - Jason Borrevik, the former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati senior associate who was sentenced Wednesday to f...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Found Ways for Youths to Learn

Nov. 27, 2004
By Dan Evans

SANTA ANA - Former Orange Superior Court Judge Floyd H. Schenk has died from complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. ...


Criminal


Prosecutor Loved Laughter, Fishing, Poker

Nov. 27, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Tuesday for Thomas A. Romeyn, a Los Angeles County prosecutor who spent 34 y...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - A man incarcerated for sex crimes against minors cannot see his children in prison, even though they were not h...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - A violent rapist who is a Vietnamese citizen must be freed from federal custody in the United States, the 9th...


Civil Rights


SAN FRANCISCO - Former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison have resolved a major bone of contention with the bankrupt...


Criminal


Report Links Drug Program to Recidivism

Nov. 27, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Offenders placed in drug treatment under Proposition 36 were rearrested at significantly higher rates than abuse...


Civil Rights


SACRAMENTO - Homebuyers and sellers are turning to the Internet in increasing numbers to find each other, figuring they can s...


Appellate Practice


Sized Up

Nov. 27, 2004
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Q: How big is too big when it comes to judging whether a passenger can fit into an airline seat? A: Like beaut...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer representing close to half of the former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison said Tuesday th...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 24

Nov. 25, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - AC Foods Wholesale leased a 43,550-square-foot warehouse located at 1117 Montague Expressway from WP Inv...


Litigation


Hotel Suit

Nov. 25, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Calling it a "defining moment for the preservation of L.A.'s history," the Los Angeles Conservancy filed suit T...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Greg Lukianoff - Have you ever lived in an apartment building? Have you ever been annoyed that some people t...


Forum Column - By Gerald G. Knapton - Criticism of the growing use of billing guidelines by clients of many types does not add...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Stuart Miller - Regulated parties at administrative hearings sometimes find themselves...


Judges and Judiciary


Former Defender Brings Empathy to Bench

Nov. 25, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN MARTIN - Judge Susan Bernardini has taken an unorthodox path to a seat on the Santa Clara Superior Court. The early 1980s ...