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Zoning, Planning and Use


Land Ho!

Dec. 21, 2001
By Columnist

Land Use Law Practitioner Column by Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Cecily T. Talbert, David J. Petersen and Elizabeth M. Naughton - Whi...


Litigation


Feds Unveil Details of Aid Program

Dec. 21, 2001
By Charles Asbhy

DENVER - Families of victims of the terrorist attacks could receive an average of $1.65 million under a federal aid program de...


Public Interest


Write Stuff

Dec. 21, 2001
By Columnist

Dicta column by Paul O'Brien - "When did you become a writer?" she asked me. She was my student in a writing class at a univer...


Military Law


Does the war on terrorism justify Attorney General John Ashcroft's recent actions? ...


Government


Caught Between an Election and a Sunset

Dec. 21, 2001
By Matthew King

OAKLAND - City Attorney John Russo doesn't face re-election for another two years, but a little early campaigning won't hurt i...


Judges and Judiciary


The Other Side of the Hill

Dec. 21, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Lenard Louie is often asked why he spells his first name with no letter O. The answer pro...


Government Contracts


Column by Garry Abrams - Today, as a salute to the holiday season, I want to tell the heartwarming story of how the legal syst...


Personal Injury & Torts


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review the case of a Wells Fargo customer who was strip-searc...


Intellectual Property


Adobe Experiences Big Role Reversal in Court

Dec. 21, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - Intellectual property attorneys are finding irony in Adobe Systems Inc.'s new role on the receiving end of a tin...


Insurance


Four Corners

Dec. 21, 2001
By Columnist

Insurance law practitioner column by Kirk A. Pasich and Cassandra S. Franklin - When the meaning of the words used in a contra...


Criminal


Circuit to Review Death Sentence

Dec. 21, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a rehearing Wednesday of a decision to excuse evidence of prosec...


Judges and Judiciary


Contra Costa Judge in Trouble Again

Dec. 21, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Van Voorhis, who was publicly reproved in 1992 for being rude t...


Insurance


Carrier's Security

Dec. 21, 2001
By Columnist

Insurance law practitioner column by Andrew J. Barile - Sept. 11 will result in the largest ever catastrophe for the insurance...


Litigation


Power Server

Dec. 20, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Going back to his tennis heyday, attorney Lawrence H. Nagler is used to doing things his way. "On the tennis court, it's just ...


Litigation


Driving Home The Deal

Dec. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Focus on ADR Column by Palmer Brown Madden - The best way to prepare for mediation is to think through to the end what it is t...


Litigation


Not in the Cards

Dec. 20, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

If the plaintiffs had contacted the "Psychic Friends Network," they might have avoided this lawsuit. But Tim Youd and Jason Fr...


Labor/Employment


In Advocates' Hands

Dec. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Focus on ADR Column by Sara Adler - This piece responds to an article by Diana Scott in the Nov. 14, 2001 issue of Verdicts &a...


Product Liability


Tort Specialist Moves to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

Dec. 20, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - Toxic tort and environmental partner Frederick Ufkes has left Cleveland-based Arter & Hadden for Kirkpatrick...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Louise Renne, preparing to step down after 15 years in office, announced Tuesday a $2.75 million...


Judges and Judiciary


San Bernandino DAs Disqualify Judge from Case

Dec. 20, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - San Bernardino prosecutors are refusing to take their cases before Judge Kenneth G. Ziebarth - a retired ju...


Personal Injury & Torts


SACRAMENTO - A tort reform group that repeatedly has failed in its legislative efforts to narrow the state's Unfair Competitio...


Litigation


VENTURA - Wading into one of coastal California's hottest property disputes, an appellate court has ruled that billionaire new...


Personal Injury & Torts


Forum Column by Jeffrey S. Galvin and Matthew G. Jacobs - The letter from the district attorney is terse and ominous. Your cli...


Immigration


Activists Will Rally to End Bus Crowding

Dec. 20, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - More than 200 immigrants, civil rights activists and high-school students will rally today in front of the Los A...


State Bar & Bar Associations


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Crispus A. Wright, who was encouraged to become a lawyer by the educational zeal o...


Labor/Employment


Garment Workers Will Sue Clothier

Dec. 20, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Seven Chinese garment workers plan to file suit today against Bebe Stores Inc., a designer of trendy women's clo...


Judges and Judiciary


Veteran Jurist Preaches Mediation

Dec. 20, 2001
By Tamara Scott

LOS ANGELES - Today, at 73, Senior Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is respected as a jurist, ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Asserting that complete Internet access to court records threatens personal privacy and makes the courts unwit...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Health Scare

Dec. 19, 2001
By Columnist

Health Care Law Practitioner Column by Clare Richardson and Carrie E. Fogliani - Sept. 11 was the day everything changed in Am...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - For nearly 50 years, Judge Dorothy W. Nelson has been dedicated to the mediation of disputes. Nelson, a senior j...