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Judges and Judiciary


George’s Belief in Transparency Hailed

Jan. 25, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A local journalists' group announced Thursday that it is honoring Chief Justice Ronald M. George for his effor...


Discipline


SEC Puts Onus on Lawyers to Report Fraud

Jan. 25, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved new rules Thursday requiring corporate lawyers to ...



Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge backed away Thursday from imposing a gag order in the controversial marijuana cultivation pro...


Construction


Home Stretch

Jan. 25, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By John P. McGill - The California Supreme Court's decision in Jimenez v. Superior Court, 29 Cal. 4th 47...



Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A retrial of a police brutality lawsuit against Humboldt County officials stemming from an infamous incident i...


Judges and Judiciary


It’s a Tight Ship Up in Lake County

Jan. 25, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - It is sometimes said that Bob Crone would rather be out hunting wild turkeys. However, he's best known to the ...



Litigation


Sole Practitioner Will Lead L.A. Consumer Attorneys

Jan. 25, 2003
By Christina Landers

LOS ANGELES - When attorney Michael S. Fields found himself in court, just three months after passing the Bar Exam, he turned ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


SAN FRANCISCO - Maybe the State Bar should go back to manual typewriters. Tuesday, a temporary technical glitch in part of the...



Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By Harrison J. Dossick - Napster may be dead, but illegal file sharing of copyright sound r...


Criminal


‘Miranda’ Precludes Ambiguity

Jan. 25, 2003
By Pam Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Saying "I think I would like to talk to a lawyer" does not necessarily mean a suspect wants a lawyer, and poli...



Litigation


U.S. Flashlight Firm Wins Case inJapan

Jan. 24, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Ontario-based Mag Instrument Inc. has won a major copy protection victory and a monetary award by the Osaka Dis...


Law Practice


Mary Dunlap Led From the Star

Jan. 24, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - In 1989, Mary C. Dunlap, fighting for tenure for professor Eleanor Swift, went directly from a Boalt Hall ral...



Large Firms


Orange Assemblyman Joins Irvine Law Firm

Jan. 24, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - California Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, R-Orange, has joined Irvine business law firm Alvarado, Smith & Sanche...


Criminal


Gag Order Looms in Medical Marijuana Trial

Jan. 24, 2003
By Riley Guerin

SAN FRANCISCO - Edward Rosenthal's steady stream of media interviews defending medical marijuana during his federal trial for...



Military Law


Power Struggle

Jan. 24, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Charles E. Rice - The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word, but for now, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...


Commercial Law


Client Can Sue Sheppard for Business Feud

Jan. 24, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Newport Beach couple John and Christy Clarey shared a family, their multimillion-dollar company - and even thei...



Column By Garry Abrams - The University of California thinks it can get faster justice and more money in a California state co...


Judges and Judiciary


Lean Times Await Presiding Judge

Jan. 24, 2003
By Riley Guerin

Reporter's Notebook By Craig Anderson SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Hansen, who took over this mon...



Solo and Small Firms


Winston & Strawn Enters Bay Area

Jan. 24, 2003
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - After a long, involved courtship, San Francisco insolvency and bankruptcy firm Murphy, Sheneman, Julian &...


Labor/Employment


Court Takes Unusual FEHA Suit

Jan. 24, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether employers can be held liable for harassment c...



Appellate Practice


ORANGE - Caught in the unrelenting gaze of three justices from the 4th District Court of Appeal, the lawyer paused in awkward ...


Litigation


Delgadillo Becomes Member of Civil Jury

Jan. 24, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo finds himself in an unusual position for a high-profile lawyer and p...



Environmental


Delta Force

Jan. 24, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The Westlands Water District, a frequent target of environmentalists for its aggressive efforts to secure irr...


Judges and Judiciary


Suit Attacking Rating System Dies

Jan. 24, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - When Vicki M. Roberts ran for a judge's seat in 2000, she garnered endorsements from across Los Angeles, from c...



Judges and Judiciary


East Bay Jurists Given Awards

Jan. 24, 2003
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay trial lawyers group has named Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter and retired Contra...


Criminal


Convicted Date-Rapist Causes Legal Dilemma

Jan. 24, 2003
By Matthew Heller

VENTURA - It may not bring him back from wherever he has fled to, but Andrew Luster, now a convicted date-rapist, could lose ...



Focus Column - Litigation - By Rex S. Heinke and Sandra M. Lee - Suppose you represent a client who is being investigated by a...


Military Law


Power Struggle

Jan. 23, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Elisa Massimino - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld that the preside...



Government


Justices Grapple With Drug-Discount Case

Jan. 23, 2003
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices on Wednesday struggled over how to resolve a challenge by drug manufacturers to a Main...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Robert Gnalzda and Nativo Lopez - Rehnquist may be the wrong leader to raise the issue of an increase in the...