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Litigation


City Halt

Jun. 1, 2001
By Christopher Duenas

San Diego's redevelopment agency had hit home runs in two previous eminent domain trials to acquire property for a proposed ba...


Administrative/Regulatory


We Have No Secrets

Jun. 1, 2001
By Columnist

Two virtually identical bills now before the California Legislature would have the unprecedented effect of treating people as ...


Technology & Science


Blue Genes

Jun. 1, 2001
By Columnist

There has been little reaction to the U.S. Patent Office's new utility guidelines that, among other things, limit the ability ...


Large Firms


Partner Takes the Reins at Haight Brown

Jun. 1, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Haight Brown & Bonesteel has named Peter Ezzell firmwide managing partner, the firm announced W...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Gap Closer

Jun. 1, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

For mediator Anne Gifford, seemingly irrelevant questions are critical to getting the parties to agree on a dollar figure. ...


Solo and Small Firms


LOS ANGELES - Robert Pearson Berkman, a redevelopment lawyer and Democratic activist, has died. Berkman died May 7 of pneumoni...


Litigation


Finger-Pointing Flurry

Jun. 1, 2001
By Columnist

Outside review of employee grievances coupled with fact-finding and stated conclusions is an effective method of resolving emp...


Appellate Practice


What do California lawyers think of the 'Casey Martin' decision? ...


Litigation


Malibu 'Rancher'

Jun. 1, 2001
By Christopher Duenas

It would be wrong to think of Pillsbury Winthrop's Kenneth R. Chiate as a typical rainmaking law firm partner. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Fashion Victim

Jun. 1, 2001
By Columnist

In Mrs. Agnes Garner v. Joseph Burnstien, 1 La.App. 19 (1924), Judge Westerfield held the following for the court: Plai...


Litigation


SAN DIEGO - Five people charged and cleared twice for selling marijuana to clients who had doctors' authorizations have sued t...


Government


AG Tries to Nix Killer's Subpoenas

Jun. 1, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - The state attorney general asked a judge Wednesday to block convicted murderer Robert Rosenkrantz's attempts to ...


Criminal


New Evidence, Old Crime Still Debated

Jun. 1, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Aging underworld figures, a tangled pattern of evidence, nebulous motives and DNA testing will feature in the ...


Government


Probe Eyes Alleged Misuse of County Equipment

Jun. 1, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - A senior assistant state attorney general confirmed Wednesday that his office is reviewing possible evidence that ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Veteran Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs resigned Wednesday to take the top spot at the Andy Warhol Founda...


Product Liability


When Secrets Kill

Jun. 1, 2001
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Folks around the Capitol often talk about how term limits have made institutional memory - the recollection of pr...


Entertainment & Sports


Lawyer Loves Her Station in Life

Jun. 1, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - What do you do with a law degree when you realize you don't want to be a lawyer? Monica Y. Castagnasso turned he...


Litigation


Patients Sue for Therapy They Say Is Needed

Jun. 1, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - In a class action filed Wednesday, a group of cancer survivors and their family members accused five of the stat...


LOS ANGELES - Stone Age Judges, Part Deux. Today we revisit the Paleolithic legal battle over whether any federal judge in Cal...


Front Page


A Prunedale man's 18-year court fight to recover his unpaid wages has finally panned out, but it took a trip through Californ...


Probate


Right-to-Die Case Reaches Top State Court

Jun. 1, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In a nationally watched right-to-die case, the California Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with whether to pul...


Securities


Securities-Fraud Suits Multiply, Study Shows

Jun. 1, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Over the past several years, an increasing number of disgruntled shareholders have accused companies of financia...


Litigation


Bullies Keep Gays From Classes, Report Says

May 31, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - Public schools that ignore the harassment of gay teen-agers are failing to educate these vulnerable students, ac...


Law Practice


A Lawyer Spins Wheels to Break Record

May 31, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Employment lawyer and bicycling enthusiast Robert Sturm says Tour de France marathon cyclists are out of his l...


Constitutional Law


Checks and Balances

May 31, 2001
By Columnist

On May 8, Judge Charles C. Kobayashi ruled in Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission, 00AS00567 (Sacra...


Litigation


Doctors Hector Torres, Jay Slosar and Richard Lettieri, three clinical psychologists working from their company in Irvine, are...


Large Firms


IP Partner Is 11th to Quit Firm

May 31, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - An 11th lawyer has resigned from the Bay Area offices of Chicago's Baker & McKenzie. Antoinette Konski, an...


Large Firms


Arbitrator Joins JAMS as Vice President

May 31, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - The American Arbitration Association has lost arbitrator Richard Chernick to JAMS, one of its competitors in the...


Government


Investigative Tool

May 31, 2001
By Columnist

Your client may fax you something you've never seen before: a legislative subpoena. ...


Criminal


Judge Calls Mistrial In Double Homicide

May 31, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in a double-homicide case against a man whose co-...