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Government


Senators Denounce Clinton Pardons

Feb. 16, 2001
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Senators looking into the pardon process Wednesday blasted former President Clinton for pardoning fugitive financ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Fears that the controversial "sweat patch" drug test may produce false positives has prompted the U.S. Adminis...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - What's up with all that noise about David Boies? The celebrity super-attorney known for his cheap suits and blac...


Civil Rights


Sand Trap

Feb. 15, 2001

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in PGA Tour v. Martin. In this case, the court likely will be forced t...


Labor/Employment


Strategic Alliance

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychare Services Inc., 24 Cal. 4th 83 (2000) has forged a strategic alliance between employme...


Litigation


Strictly Confidential

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

The principle that the attorney-client privilege protects communications, not information, sounds like judicial double-talk, b...


Administrative/Regulatory


Defense Lawyers Fete Litigator Charles Grebing

Feb. 15, 2001
By Martin Kruming

SAN DIEGO - San Diego Defense Lawyers has honored Charles Grebing of Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Ryan for his litigation sk...


Labor/Employment


Sum of the Parts

Feb. 15, 2001
By Ed Kimble

It all adds up for Joseph G. Metscher, whose broad employment law background exposed him to countless employment related dispu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Vive la Différence

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

In spite of the many similarities, litigation and arbitration have differences that effective advocates use to achieve superio...


Large Firms


Litigator Sudduth, 46, Fought Prop 209

Feb. 15, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Tamu Sudduth, a young litigation partner at San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster, died Tuesday after a long...


Letters, Constitutional Law


There has been much discussion regarding the constitutionality of a voucher program to aid this country's schools. To begin wi...


Labor/Employment


Disability Law

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Under both the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Fair Employment & Housing Act, California employers must provide re...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Anticipating Surprises

Feb. 15, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Barry L. Cohen, of Encino's Law Offices of Barry L. Cohen, won $338,000 in a legal malpractice case, Baroody v. Law Offices of...


Litigation


Body Slam

Feb. 15, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

After four years on the ropes in a False Claims Act case, Bay Area lawyer Allen Ruby attributes his $135 million verdict and s...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Trials of Mediation

Feb. 15, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Because mediation is faster, cheaper and more informal than traditional civil litigation, it often is painted with a bright sm...


Labor/Employment


Takedown

Feb. 15, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

The U.S. Army's all-terrain Bradley fighting vehicle couldn't keep out water, and the manufacturer's explanations were all wet...


Administrative/Regulatory


Another Job for Kelso

Feb. 15, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Sacramento law professor J. Clark Kelso, a well-known legal expert who lectures and writes about the justice s...


Litigation


Not Quite Status Quo

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Q: How will Armendariz v. FoundationPsychare Services Inc ., 24 Cal.4th 83 (2000) affect employment arbitration? Does the deci...


Insurance


SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals court judges announced Tuesday that they will take another look at a ruling from last fall whi...


Administrative/Regulatory


Chaleff Won't Appeal His Firing From Panel

Feb. 15, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - The policing-reform advocate fired last week from the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight panel a...


Labor/Employment


Basic Principles

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

It did not take long for the 2nd District Court of Appeal to apply the directives set out by our Supreme Court in Armendariz v...


Government


Council Says It Can't Halt Pay Raises

Feb. 15, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Council members said Tuesday they are powerless to stop controversial retroactive pay raises Ma...


Real Estate/Development


LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Charles E. McClung, senior partner of Laguna Beach's McClung & Davis and forme...


Litigation


Judge Puts More Workers in Pension System

Feb. 15, 2001
By Dawn Piimanu

LOS ANGELES - In an unprecedented ruling, a trial court potentially has brought more public-agency employees into the public p...


Government


Prosecutors Irked by Commutation Controversy

Feb. 15, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Current and former federal prosecutors expressed dismay Tuesday over a report that U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Ma...


Labor/Employment


Assigning Reassignments

Feb. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Here are answers, under the new rules, to questions employers covered by the Fair Employment & Housing Act and the America...


Government


Supervisors Establish Group to Follow Feds

Feb. 15, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - U.S. Department of Justice investigators looking into the treatment of children in Los Angeles County's three ju...


Workers' Comp.


Ex-Lawmaker Turns Lobbyist

Feb. 15, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - An influential former lawmaker has joined an attorneys' lobbying group on the eve of a legislative hearing today ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - In a hearing featuring hearsay evidence and no cross examination, Animal Control officials contended Tuesday t...


Civil Rights


ADA Extended to Cover Compulsive Behavior

Feb. 15, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A medical transcriptionist whose obsessive grooming rituals made her repeatedly late for work cannot be denied...