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Government


SAN FRANCISCO - The Kamala Harris for District Attorney campaign dismissed as a dirty trick Tuesday an anonymous complaint to ...


Judges and Judiciary


After the Ax Fell

Aug. 14, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - In January, Gov. Gray Davis shocked the state's judicial and legal community. Not only did he propose reducing th...


Discipline


Opponents Fold as ABA OKs Rule Change

Aug. 14, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - Delegates to the American Bar Association put the organization's final stamp Tuesday on reforms intended to st...


Litigation


Parent Returning KidnappedChild Can Be Charged

Aug. 13, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - A parent who returns a child in compliance with an order under the Hague Convention still can be convicted unde...


Government


Counsel Call Jurist 'Great Listener'

Aug. 13, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Young Joe Hilberman was impressed mightily by the august presence of The Judge, shopping for tools, screws and ...


Securities


Focus Column Corporate Law By Thomas C. Klein Three hundred public companies, their insurers and investors recently agreed to...


Constitutional Law


Filling Money PIt Through

Aug. 13, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column By John C. Eastman After the Nevada Supreme Court, at Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's request, directed the Nevada Leg...


Media


Viacom Settles Suit Over User Rebates

Aug. 13, 2003
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. will pay $13 million to settle a three-year-old class action by 650,000 Northe...


Judges and Judiciary


Just 1 Lawyer Got High Court Sympathy

Aug. 13, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg Mark E. Burton is a San Francisco plaintiffs injury lawyer who specializes in product l...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Weinstein, a staff attorney for the state Judicial Council, was appointed Monday as a special master t...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Ex-Judge Liable for Old Legal Error

Aug. 13, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court has upheld a legal malpractice suit against former Sonoma County Judge Patricia Gray for...


Civil Rights


Mervyn's Disability Trial Opens

Aug. 13, 2003
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers fighting to make department stores more accessible for disabled customers have shifted tactics, invok...


Law Practice


Former Detroit Mayor Takes Helm of Bar

Aug. 13, 2003
By Don De Benedictis

SAN FRANCISCO - Taking office as the American Bar Association's first minority president Monday afternoon, former Detroit May...


Law Practice


Reporter's Notebook By Don J. DeBenedictis Reacting quickly to a call by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy that t...


Government


Column By Garry Abrams You're the governor of California! That's the gist of a nightmare I've been having the last few days. ...


Constitutional Law


Lawsuit Fights for Access To Guantanamo Prisoners

Aug. 13, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Legal protection for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay may come down to a quibble over whether that small patch...


Constitutional Law


Land-Use

Aug. 13, 2003
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the Elsinore Christian Center hailed as a major victory Monday Los Angeles federal Judge Stephen V. ...


Zoning, Planning and Use


SACRAMENTO - A divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that landlords who truly intend to remove a property from the re...


State Bar & Bar Associations


ABA Approves Changes to Corporate Ethics

Aug. 13, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - Delegates to the American Bar Association voted narrowly Monday to amend the organization's model ethics rules...


Natural Resources


Watershed Issues

Aug. 13, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - In an extraordinary irony, the fallout from the near-collapse of California's electricity system a few years ...


Litigation


By Stefanie Knapp Dean Hansell didn't have the home-court advantage when he embarked on his first trial in American Samoa in ...


Large Firms


Morale Boost

Aug. 12, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

A lot has happened in the three years since Bob Gunderson made his historic splash in the large law firm market. Everyone know...


Litigation


Early Selection and Hiring Can Save Money and Time

Aug. 12, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Adviser Column Expert Witness By Michael R. Brown You've found the perfect expert for a complex malpractice trial. Now, how d...


Firm Watch


Pennie Plans to Open San Diego Outpost

Aug. 12, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

New York's Pennie & Edmonds will open its San Diego office in early September with the help of an implanted partner and a ...


Labor/Employment


Grounded

Aug. 12, 2003
By John Ryan

By John Ryan Divorced, unemployed and homeless, Harold Archuleta blames his life's misery on American Airlines. The airline f...


Litigation


By Eron Ben-Yehuda A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy has resigned amid allegations that he sexually abused a woman he supe...


Education


UCLA Law School Gets Interim Dean

Aug. 12, 2003
By Jeff Berg

By Jeff Berg A former UCLA vice chancellor will serve as interim dean of the UCLA School of Law beginning Saturday. Professor...


Litigation


Catch Phrase

Aug. 12, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column Litigation Strategies By David Hunter "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." Johnnie Cochran uttered those now-famous w...


Government


VENTURA - The briefcase has long since lost the luster of new leather, its surface scuffed and faded by the ravages of 25 yea...


Litigation


By Stefanie Knapp Actor Robert Wagner has presented a new challenge for Charlie's Angels, but it doesn't involve hit men or s...