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Judges and Judiciary


Keeping It Real

Oct. 6, 2004
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - The clothes may not make the man, but sometimes they offer some clues. In the case of Alameda County Superior ...


Government


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a challenge to California's tribal-state gambling compacts that al...


Government


Homelessness Gets Day in Court

Oct. 5, 2004
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Activist Ted Hayes will be in court this week to fight for $532 million from the city of Los Angeles for alleged...


Forum Column - By Rory K. Little - This first Monday in October presents oral arguments in a pair of expedited cases in the U....


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Daniel Moulthrop - The combatants in the endless and expensive wars over water use in California should meet...


Criminal


Gentle Giant

Oct. 5, 2004
By Tina Spee

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Tina Spee - Long before Arthur Andersen and Martha Stewart made high-profile financial fraud ...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice's Confirmation Hearing Set

Oct. 5, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a confirmation hearing Tuesday on Justice Norman Epstein's nom...


Law Practice


Ex-Judge Says He Didn't Lift $176,000

Oct. 5, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Former Compton Judge Huey Percy Shepard pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he siphoned $176,000 from clients, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Bench Recuses Itself From Christian-Inscription Suit

Oct. 5, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - The county's Superior Court judges have decided they cannot fairly hear a lawsuit accusing the court's presiding j...


Criminal


Column By Philip Carrizosa - Federal officials brought their road show to San Francisco last week, trying to invigorate a law ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko committed repeated acts of willful misconduct through his ...


Litigation


Many come to the Westin Century Plaza Hotel & Spa and the St. Regis Los Angeles to be doted on while they relax at the swa...


LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court last week ended a simmering legal controversy over Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delga...


Firm Watch


Look Within

Oct. 5, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Column - Law Firm Management - By Arnold Keiser - Since Sept. 11 and the dot-com bust, firms have lost significant amounts of ...


Firm Watch


Executive compensation law specialist Philip Koehler has joined the corporate law group at Orange County's Stradling Yocca Car...


Litigation


Hooters Shorted Music Company, Lawsuit Alleges

Oct. 5, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

The Hooters restaurant chain, under fire because of a location manager who sexually harassed 14 women by secretly watching the...


Firm Watch


Fish Gives Management Partner an Assist

Oct. 5, 2004
By Lorelei Laird

San Diego's Fish & Richardson found out that two really is better than one when it comes to firm management. The firm crea...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Tackles Gay Marriage, War on Terrorism

Oct. 5, 2004
By Don De Benedictis

Same-sex marriages, the war on terrorism and, of course, the nuts and bolts of practicing law in California will be leitmotifs...


Administrative/Regulatory


Firm Administrators Help Clothe Shelter Residents

Oct. 5, 2004
By Don De Benedictis

By Don J. DeBenedictis Law-office administrators from around Orange County helped homeless and battered women move forward wit...


Criminal defense attorney William T. Mayo of Chico recently sued to stop two judges from continuing to open court sessions by ...


Litigation


Academic politics are so bitter because the stakes are so small, Henry Kissinger once said. So the level of acrimony is especi...


Litigation


After eight years of litigation and three appeals, an infringement dispute between two Southern California orange-drink compet...


Law Practice


Proving Loss of Profits Is Daunting But Manageable

Oct. 5, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Column - Adviser - By William L. Buus - Successfully proving loss of profits at trial, especially before a jury, may be diffic...


Entertainment & Sports


De La Hoya Lands on Ropes of Legal Ring

Oct. 5, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

For boxing's "Golden Boy," Oscar De La Hoya, the last few weeks have wobbled from good news to bad. On Sept. 18, Bernard Hopki...


Firm Watch


Squire Brings in New Corporate Partner

Oct. 5, 2004
By Erik Cummins

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey brought in a new corporate partner to co-chair the firm's private equity and technology practice...


Discipline


Prominent Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Oct. 2, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A prominent attorney who specialized in estate and trusts, and who was honored by a local magazine recently as one ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Prosecutor Attacks Lawyer in Fraud Case

Oct. 2, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal prosecutor Thursday drilled into the defense of disgraced plaintiffs attorney Nikolai Tehin, picking...


Administrative/Regulatory


Attorneys Donate More to Kerry

Oct. 2, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - This election cycle, Republicans have done well in amassing campaign contributions from the legal community. The ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Forum Column - By Laurie Beacham - As Congress reconvened this month to deal with pressing matters like Iraq and terrorism, a ...


Focus Column - Construction Law - By Terri Brown - Should the subsequent owner of a home containing latent construction defect...