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Labor/Employment


Creating Retaliation Temptation

May 4, 2001
By Columnist

Many employers proudly boast that they have a "zero tolerance" policy with respect to their internal policies governing sexual...


Real Estate/Development


Building Blues

May 4, 2001
By Columnist

A housing developer called Woodwind Estates was feeling pretty good in the fall of 1995. It had been awarded more than $1 mill...


Energy Law


PG&E Can't End Rate Freeze

May 4, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Los Angeles dashed the hopes of beleaguered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday in ...


Government


Council Settles False-Charges Lawsuit

May 4, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay $366,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who claims...


Government


Cooley Seeks Response Team Funds

May 4, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Facing the expiration of a $1 million federal grant that sends county prosecutors and investigators to officer-i...


Personal Injury & Torts


Asbestos Victim's Widow Can Sue Company

May 4, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - A woman whose repairman-husband died of asbestos-related cancer can sue Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex for alleged...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County Court Opens Kids' Day Care

May 4, 2001
By Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - The Orange County Superior Court has opened a new day-care facility filled with toys and books for children accomp...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Geneva Burger, a 78-year-old widow, is miffed that around her Pomona neighborhood she became known as the "rappi...


Civil Rights


SAN JOSE - In what could be a final triumph for actor-director Clint Eastwood in his battle over whether he should pay damages...


Labor/Employment


SAN JOSE - Eugene Pelka, a veteran manager at Lockheed Martin, was just trying to "roast" his longtime colleague at a dinner g...


Energy Law


Davis Won't Negotiate With Duke Energy

May 4, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Power wholesaler Duke Energy confirmed Wednesday it had proposed a "global settlement" to Gov. Gray Davis in Marc...


Media


Justices Criticize Media Giant in Privacy Lawsuit

May 4, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Justices with the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside appeared to lean Wednesday toward allowing the parents...


Government


ADELANTO - With Robert Zaiden Corrado as its attorney, this small High Desert city spent more than $6 million on a furious, th...


Appellate Practice


Full Disclosure

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

How far does potential nondisclosure liability extend for providers of "commercial information"? California's 2nd District Cou...


Firm Watch


MoFo Adds Partner to Management Team

May 3, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Sterling Brennan has been named managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Irvine office, the firm announced ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Live Wire

May 3, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

For neutral Leonard S. Wolf, 72, the best part of leaving the bench may be the freedom to speak. While some judges and former ...


Personal Injury & Torts


A Case of Indigestion

May 3, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Peter A. Mittenthal of Calabasas' Snyder, Dorenfeld & Tannenbaum won a defense verdict Jan. 24 in a confidential case alle...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Malpractice Misjudged

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

On March 14, 2001, the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division One, filed its opinion in Michael Piscitelli v. Robert Friede...


Litigation


Regulatory Regular

May 3, 2001
By Ed Kimble

When Richard R. Patch isn't busy litigating the fine points of telecommunications law or testifying as an expert on cable tele...


Law Practice


Law Day, observed yesterday, presents a unique opportunity for judges and lawyers to retell the story of the law and its role ...


Litigation


Trust Builder

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

Mediation is a process of dealing with people and facts. Perceptional facts differ widely depending on which side a party is o...


Appellate Practice


Halfway There

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

What should a party do when faced with orders granting or denying a preliminary injunction in federal court? In a potentially ...


Constitutional Law


Handcuffing the Fourth

May 3, 2001
By Columnist

J. Edgar Hoover said, "Justice is incidental to law and order." A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices apparently concurs. ...


Litigation


Power Point

May 3, 2001
By Ed Kimble

Cable companies always have made concessions to local franchising authorities in order to win and keep their franchises. But w...


Construction


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has departed from case law to expand the scope of strict product-liability claims to all...


Criminal


City Won't Disclose Personnel Complaints

May 3, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney's office Tuesday renewed its opposition to defense efforts to obtain personnel com...


Law Practice


Entertainment Lawyer and Actor Dies at Age 46

May 3, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - In a description that will be etched on Daniel Rosenberg's headstone, the father of the entertainment lawyer and...


Personal Injury & Torts


LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that insurance coverage follows liabilities, not policyholders, in a case involv...


Law Practice


PI Lawyer Receives Bar Group's Award

May 3, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - The Orange County Bar Association bestowed its Harmon G. Scoville Award on personal injury lawyer Vernon W. Hunt d...


Civil Rights


Hit-and-Run Driver Alleges Police Abuse

May 3, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - An African-American man has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Ontario, claiming an Ontario police office...