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Law Practice


Double Lives

Dec. 11, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

Foley & Lardner attorney Stacy Taylor used to drive through the busy, one-way streets of San Diego to get to her office in...


Large Firms


Just in Time

Dec. 11, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

Christmas came early this year for Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips. ...


Government


Former Federal Prosecutor Seeks DA Seat

Dec. 11, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Promising to unify a divided district attorney's office and regain the confidence of police agencies, former feder...


Criminal


AG Probes False-Billing Allegations

Dec. 11, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - The state attorney general's office is investigating allegations by county officials that Robert J. O'Connor ...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for two Pakistani students say federal officials are unfairly punishing their clients based on their nat...


Bankruptcy


Counties Rebuffed in PG&E Case

Dec. 11, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - California cities and counties may yet get a formal voice in the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy, desp...


Litigation


Art Dealer Didn't Dupe Investor, Jury Decides

Dec. 11, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury sided Friday with one of the world's most renowned art dealers, finding that W...


Judges and Judiciary


Lawmakers Will Visit Two Riverside Courts

Dec. 11, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Assemblyman David Kelly, R-Idyllwild, and State Sen. Jim Battin, R-La Quinta, will visit Riverside County courts t...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is heading for a record low number of signed opinions this term, in part because of concerns ab...


Public Interest


Gun Opponents Seek to Clarify 2nd Amendment

Dec. 11, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - The city's Legal Community Against Violence has undertaken a controversial new advertising campaign to prod co...


Government


City Attorney Race Is Beset By Ever More Complaints

Dec. 11, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Lazarus, having complained to the city Ethics Commission about his opponent in San Francisco's city attorn...


Firm Watch


Haight Brown Loses Two of Three in S.D.

Dec. 11, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego office of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel is now a one-attorney outpost following the recent departure...


Government


FPPC Easy on Tribes, Critic Says

Dec. 11, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - The head of California Common Cause has accused a state agency of lax enforcement of campaign disclosure laws aga...


None of the attorneys at Pillsbury Winthrop in Los Angeles was interested in a game of one-on-one against former Laker star Ea...


Labor/Employment


Act Takes On Absurd Meaning

Dec. 10, 2001
By Columnist

In 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. The goals of the disabilities act are laudable. It was ...


Entertainment & Sports


Performer Protection

Dec. 10, 2001
By Columnist

In Styne v. Stevens, 26 Cal.4th 42 (2001), the California Supreme Court held that the one-year statute of limitations s...


Labor/Employment


Age-Bias Biz

Dec. 10, 2001
By Columnist

As we begin the 21st century, older Americans in the work force face both good news and bad news about age discrimination in e...


Law Practice


Citations Belong in Text, Not Footnotes

Dec. 8, 2001
By Columnist

What side are you on? On July 8, the New York Times reported on a battle between lawyers who support keeping citations in the ...


Probate


Jerry Garcia's Heirs Settle Will Dispute

Dec. 8, 2001
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - One of the last remaining issues in the long-playing probate fight among Jerry Garcia's heirs - control of luc...


Criminal


Prosecutor Taken Into Custody

Dec. 8, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN RAFAEL - San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and...


Government


L.A. Criminal Division Wins Praise in Audit

Dec. 8, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - A management audit of the Los Angeles city attorney's office praises the criminal division's high conviction rat...


Law Practice


Environmental Attorney Barry Sandals

Dec. 8, 2001
By Eileen Buckley

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Sandals, a highly regarded partner and member of Morrison & Foerster's environmental and land use gr...


Constitutional Law


LOS ANGELES - In a lively First Amendment debate, the California Supreme Court on Thursday cast a skeptical eye on the validit...


Government


SAN DIEGO - In a speech announcing his intent to run for re-election, District Attorney Paul Pfingst declared Thursday that if...


Criminal


County Settles With Inmate for Millions

Dec. 8, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors approved a $275 million settlement for an inmate who filed a federal civil right...


Insurance


Carjacked and Abandoned

Dec. 8, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - In October 1998, Salvator Xuereb pulled his GMC Yukon into the parking lot of a Los Angeles doughnut shop, leavin...


Government


SAN LUIS OBISPO - Putting public safety before the privacy rights of welfare recipients, a judge has ordered state officials t...


Criminal


Two Federal Cases Gain Import Since Attacks

Dec. 8, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A lot of things are different in federal court these days - especially if they involve the Middle East or airpla...


Criminal


Shapiro Misused Funds, Suit Says

Dec. 8, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - The receiver for a defunct company that scammed millions from investors trying to purchase at a discount the lif...


Government


Schmier to Run Against Lockyer

Dec. 8, 2001
By Matthew King

OAKLAND - Emeryville attorney Michael Schmier, best known for his long and so far futile efforts to force the publication of ...