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Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - It seems this city's '60s rock 'n' roll scene remains a relic at least in the courts. The 1st District Court o...


Law Practice


Legal Limbo

Oct. 15, 2003
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - A cloud hangs over out-of-state lawyers every time they consult with clients in California: they could be brea...


Environmental


Lockyer Joins Fight Over Prop. 65 Alerts

Oct. 15, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A bill in Congress that would preempt state Proposition 65 warnings about dangerous chemicals in foods ranging...


Labor/Employment


Bills on Retaliation, Arbitration Vetoed

Oct. 15, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed two controversial employment law bills that would have made it easier for workers to s...


Judges and Judiciary


Column By Garry Abrams - Barring intervention by an appellate court, sole practitioner Frances L. Diaz will spend what will no...


Litigation


While residents of California were successful in recalling Gov. Gray Davis over economic issues ranging from the energy crisis...


Entertainment & Sports


Rock On

Oct. 14, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

A rousing concert broke out during a formal dinner recently when the Beverly Hills Bar Association honored Jay L. Cooper as it...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Masters Forum Presents Busy Program

Oct. 14, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

If you were lucky enough to receive an invitation to this year's Masters Forum, held at Pepperdine University School of Law, y...


Law Practice


For at least one night, the young lawyers who make up the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Barristers let the old folks re...


Firm Watch


Being at a firm that's looking ahead rather than back is fun, says Peter Heinecke, who recently joined Kirkpatrick & Lockh...


Litigation


Hospital Wins Despite Towel Left in Man

Oct. 14, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

After performing a liver transplant procedure, the surgical staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center failed to remove a towel from...


Litigation


Make Sure Class Benefits Are the Best They Can Be

Oct. 14, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Attorney Fees - By Andrew A. August - With the rise in the number of private attorney general representative actions ...


Firm Watch


Three months after San Diego managing partner Mark Danis assumed firmwide management duties, Morrison & Foerster has found...


Public Interest


Pro Bono Caseloads Grow as Funds Shrink

Oct. 14, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - Hazel Harris was planning to live out the rest of her life peacefully in the Fullerton home she bought in 1950. It...


Firm Watch


Labor relations law firms Castle & Krause and the Petersen Law Firm joined this summer to form Castle, Petersen & Krau...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based UnionBanCal Corp., the parent company of Union Bank of California, plans to continue its buying spree of r...


Firm Watch


Morgan Lewis Draws 27 Attorneys From Boutique

Oct. 14, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

One day after insurance recovery boutique Zevnik Horton dissolved, 27 lawyers from the Washington, D.C.-based firm joined Morg...


Litigation


Jury Finds No Trademark Infringement

Oct. 14, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

A Dallas-based company that provides information management for hospitals won't have to change its letterhead after all. Not y...


Firm Watch


Lanny Davis joined the Clinton White House as special counsel in 1996 as the Whitewater scandal was winding down. For the next...


Law Practice


Finishing First

Oct. 14, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Law Firm Management - By David Roberts And Stan Stahl - The modern law firm competes in a world very different from t...


Firm Watch


When Charles Birenbaum lost a March election to run Thelen Reid & Priest by one vote, he had no idea he'd end up at Winsto...


Energy Law


The approval of plans for a massive power plant in the Central Valley has sparked a recent petition to the state Supreme Court...


Litigation


Judge Restores Medi-Cal Benefits to Infants

Oct. 14, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Thanks to a recent order by a San Francisco court, infants born under Medi-Cal will continue to receive those benefits until t...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Broadening the scope of its online travel services, e-commerce company InterActiveCorp has agreed to buy discount travel Web s...


Mergers & Acquisitions


A private investment firm has agreed to buy San Diego's Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., operator of the Souplantation and Sweet...


Law Practice


Foreign Agenda

Oct. 14, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - During the boom, technology was king and anyone trying to battle indigenous Silicon Valley firms...


Focus Column - Insurance Law - By William G. Short - Insurers should take heed, if they have not already, of a little-noticed ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Michael J. Roberts - Consider a common situation: An employment mediation t...


Family


Systematic Abuse

Oct. 14, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Marisa Gonzalez - Should courts be permitted to require mothers who allege domestic violen...


Judges and Judiciary


Caeton 'a Marvelous Man' Who Puts Kids First

Oct. 14, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In Dennis Caeton's courtroom, kids come first. That's the consensus among attorneys and social workers who hav...