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Family


Follow Law?

Jun. 29, 2001
By Columnist

It is time for the family law bench to enforce the rules concerning ex parte practice and not encourage its continued abuse. T...


Bankruptcy


Comment Sought on Judges' Work

Jun. 29, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Got anything you want to get off your chest about a federal bankruptcy judge? Saturday is the final day the 9t...



Education


Grand Jury Blasts Juvie Schools

Jun. 29, 2001
By Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - The Orange County grand jury blasted the county's educational system for juvenile offenders Wednesday, citing a "s...


Criminal


The 'Big Guess' of Prop. 36

Jun. 29, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Phyllis Harding thinks rehabilitation of nonviolent drug offenders makes absolute sense. To prove her point, ...



Law Practice


Books Bridge Gap From Attorneys to Kids

Jun. 29, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Last summer, San Francisco lawyer Tricia McCarthy founded The Bridge of Books Foundation, a nonprofit organiz...


Front Page


Got anything you want to get off your chest about a federal bankruptcy judge? Saturday is the final day the 9th U.S. Circuit ...



Criminal


S.F. Gets an 'A' on Readiness

Jun. 29, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - A drug reform group on Wednesday graded California's largest counties on their readiness to implement Propositio...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - OK, movie fans, ditch the popcorn. It's time to break out the litigation fruitcake and have a big, hearty slice....



Antitrust & Trade Reg.


SAN FRANCISCO - Antitrust fighters opened a new wave of price-fixing prosecutions Wednesday with a Dutch chemical giant's agr...


Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received permission Tuesday to spend $22 million a year on hazardous waste cleanups, which the c...



Government


Pact Preserves Felony Archives Of L.A. County

Jun. 29, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - In a settlement that preserves a library of criminal-case archives, the Los Angeles County district attorney's o...


Labor/Employment


County Worker Settles Suit, Gets $500,000

Jun. 28, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Ten years after a Los Angeles County health department employee alleged his superiors retaliated against him for...



Government


Commissioners Honor City's Police-Reform Team

Jun. 28, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday honored a team of city representatives for its tireless...


Contracts


A Space Case

Jun. 28, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

To show the defendant's complicated scheme to ground his client's satellite development deal, Southern California attorney Sta...



Alternative Dispute Resolution


'Recovering Lawyer'

Jun. 28, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Scott Markus is a "recovering lawyer," he says. A full-time mediator for the last nine years, Markus, 45, gave up law practice...


Contracts


Ersatz Expert

Jun. 28, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

As an attorney who aspires to be "master of all facts," Stanley M. Gibson immersed himself in the arcane world of satellite de...



Litigation


Judging Jurors

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

Large punitive-damage awards against corporations are the bane of civil defendants, but jurors mete them out. Knowing what pun...


Litigation


Cutting Costs

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

Corporate law departments struggle to set and maintain reasonable litigation budgets. Mediation may be the key to success. ...



Litigation


Versatility In Vogue

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

When business litigators pick a mediator, do they look for generalists or do they insist on subject-matter expertise? The resp...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Planning Ahead

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

A review of the various arbitration rules establishes the very limited discovery that is generally available to the parties. ...



Constitutional Law


Dogma Underlies All Decisions

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

Many lawyers believe that moral neutrality is required by all lawyers all the time and that we may never enforce our moral vie...


Litigation


Uncovering Concerns

Jun. 28, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Parker H. Bagley of Milbank Tweed's Los Angeles office won an injunction in a trademark infringement trial. Physicians Form...



Criminal


LOS ANGELES - After a four-month investigation, the state attorney general's office has declined to file charges against two O...


Immigration


Two Arabs Get Some Charges Dismissed

Jun. 28, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - An immigration judge has dismissed some charges against two Arabs facing deportation for their support of the Po...



Large Firms


Heller Ehrman's New CFO

Jun. 28, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe announced Tuesday that longtime transportation industry executive David M...


Banking


Panel Kills Latest Privacy Bill

Jun. 28, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Consumer advocates threw their hands up in disgust Tuesday after the financial industry killed a second bill tha...



Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Company received permission Tuesday to spend $22 million a year on hazardous waste c...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Thursday for Dean Stern, a partner in the litigation department of Gibson, Dunn & C...



Government


Official Labels DA's Action Politically Motivated

Jun. 28, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A district attorney investigator whom San Bernardino District Attorney Dennis Stout recently placed on admini...


Litigation


Show Me the Money

Jun. 28, 2001
By Columnist

Does Business & Professions Code Section 17200 provide needed protections for consumers? Or does it limit consumer choices...