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Law Practice


Braking the Deal

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

Just like most other financial arrangements, business transactions with clients are highly regulated. And lawyers who do not f...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Gerald Solomon Tarlow, a family law specialist in Torrance for more than 30 years....


Labor/Employment


BAJI Badgering

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

That the BAJI Committee has 'approved' its own instructions has the legal significance of Coca-Cola approving New Coke. ...


Labor/Employment


Late Discovery

Aug. 10, 2001
By Columnist

On July 30, the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeal issued an opinion clarifying when the doctrine of "after-acquired evidence" ...


Securities


Day Traders Win Award From Investment Firm

Aug. 10, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Four day traders have won a $457,000 arbitration award that their lawyers believe was based, at least in part, on ...


Law Practice


Honduran Native Followed His Dream

Aug. 10, 2001
By Megan Webb

LOS ANGELES - Even as a youngster in Honduras, Jose Mariano Castillo knew the law was his future career. Today, after moving t...


Criminal


Suit by Slain Teen's Parents Blames Lawyers

Aug. 10, 2001
By Matthew Heller

SANTA BARBARA - The parents of Nicholas Markowitz have brought a wrongful-death lawsuit that blames two attorneys, among other...


Discipline


Court Won't Reverse Brady Disbarment

Aug. 10, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Ending a convoluted discipline case, the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to grant a rehearing to a lawyer i...


Intellectual Property


Avant Won't Appeal Restitution Award

Aug. 10, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The Avant Corp. will not appeal the $195 million restitution award it has been ordered to pay the company from whic...


Education


Activist Wants Meeting Invalidated

Aug. 10, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - A self-proclaimed open-government activist is seeking invalidation of a special meeting of the Orange Unified Sc...


Criminal


Another Olson Witness Becomes Critically Ill

Aug. 10, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - In an unusual turn of events, another elderly witness has fallen critically ill days before the Los Angeles dist...


Government


Morales Drops Out of City Attorney Race

Aug. 10, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - After 47 days as a candidate for San Francisco city attorney, Jim Morales dropped out of the race Wednesday. T...


Criminal


Drunk Driving Injuries Don't Add Time To Sentence

Aug. 10, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Injuring someone while driving drunk does not constitute a "crime of violence" for the purpose of adding more ...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - In a caper described as akin to pulling a stick-up at a police station, a Texas man tried unsuccessfully last ...


Criminal


Right to Cuss at Police Prevails In Circuit Court

Aug. 10, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - How many f-ing times does the court have to say it? The First Amendment right to freedom of expression includes ...


Criminal


Man Arrested on DNA Warrant Can Be Tried

Aug. 10, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its silent assent to the prosecution of a Sacramento man who wa...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Culver City casket retailer Rob Karlin wants to put an end to corkage fees for the dead. Claiming he wants to strike a blow fo...


Environmental


Tortoises, Ranchers Vie for Land

Aug. 10, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

BARSTOW - For more than a century, cattle have roamed the Mojave Desert, kicking up dust and munching on weeds on a vast expan...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - For two months starting in 1994, federal Deputy Public Defender Monica Knox was turned away from the prison wher...


Litigation


Senior Security

Aug. 9, 2001
By Columnist

The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, codified at Welfare & Institutions Code Section 15600 et seq., i...


Civil Rights


Few could have been surprised when nearly half of all African-American men in a recent survey said that they believed they we...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Agency and Contract

Aug. 9, 2001
By Columnist

A nonsignatory who ought to be included for the complete resolution of a dispute, they should be expressly included in the arb...


Litigation


Mediation Matters

Aug. 9, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Deborah David's initial reaction to her first case as a mediator was that it couldn't be settled. "The parties were quite lite...


Education


Getting a Grip on Our Schools

Aug. 9, 2001
By Columnist

The education-reform effort launched by President George W. Bush and transmogrified by Congress is a response to a continuous,...


Civil Rights


Good-Guy Protection

Aug. 9, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Torrance deputy city attorney Robert D. Acciani knows firsthand that protecting the rights of law enforcement isn't a popular ...


Verdicts


The Buzz

Aug. 9, 2001
By Ed Kimble

Rick Kraemer is the man with the Billion-Dollar Boards. That's not how much they cost; it's the size of the verdicts they've i...


Litigation


Answering the Call

Aug. 9, 2001
By Columnist

Children who are wards of the court and placed in foster care share an array of problems. Child abuse in the foster homes magn...


Marketing


Podium Pizazz

Aug. 9, 2001
By Columnist

Public speaking provides excellent opportunities to create a positive image for the attorney and the law firm or company. Spea...


Civil Rights


Race Line

Aug. 9, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

To successfully defend a Torrance police officer accused of intentionally shooting a young, unarmed African-American man, depu...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Hope springs eternal in the land of law-firm mergers. Washington, D.C.-based McKenna & Cuneo and Los Angeles...