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Litigation


The following is a recapitulation of a recent foray made into one of the local courts adjacent to the desert high country. Ple...


Corporate


Upwardly Immobile

Mar. 3, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

In today's job market New Economy employees are as mobile as the phones and personal digital assistants they create. At least ...


Law Practice


Rounsaville Going In-House

Mar. 3, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Prominent attorney Guy Rounsaville Jr., has returned to his in-house roots and taken a position as executive v...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Gimme Shelter

Mar. 3, 2001
By Columnist

Ever since 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court has reassumed its role as the defender of property rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amen...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Oakland-based Crosby Heafey Roach & May launched a Southern California intellectual property practice this w...


Intellectual Property


Napster Faces Major Labels' United Front

Mar. 3, 2001
By Brian Mc Carthy

As Napster heads to court - again - today, the music industry has vowed to present itself a united front against its so-called...


Criminal


'Cornfed' Secures Phone Privileges

Mar. 3, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - A Pelican Bay inmate implicated in the notorious San Francisco dog mauling case was granted phone privileges T...


Technology & Science


San Jose attorney Ray Bilbeaux once tried doing stand-up comedy during open-mike time at Los Angeles comedy clubs, but he deci...


Law Practice


Longtime Daily Journal Columnist Dies

Mar. 3, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Dick Goldberg, a veteran television newsman and former reporter and columnist for the Los Angeles Daily Journal,...


Government


San Diego Program Gives Victims Phones

Mar. 3, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A public-private partnership on Wednesday launched one of the nation's largest programs to help domestic violence ...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A young intellectual-property attorney and his wife have received nearly $200,000 in a settlement after their we...


Judges and Judiciary


Trimming the Sails

Mar. 3, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - When he was first appointed to the bench, Ronald Evans Quidachay was in demand. Ethnic, political and communit...


Criminal


Jury Deciding Man's Fate Won't Know He Raped His Own Mother

Mar. 3, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Four days after he finished a prison term for murder, Steven Daniel Matthews raped his own mother. But the ju...


Discipline


Justices Take Hard Line on Moral Turpitude

Mar. 3, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed its zero-tolerance policy for attorneys who commit crimes ...


Investments


Rainmaker Joins Pillsbury Winthrop

Mar. 3, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Lewis Feldman, rainmaker and head of the structured-finance practice group at Cox Castle & Nicholson, has le...


Civil Rights


Firm Sued for Sex Discrimination

Mar. 3, 2001
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The old boys' club atmosphere at a small San Francisco firm doomed female attorneys to failure, a former assoc...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Park Place

Mar. 2, 2001
By Columnist

It is no longer sufficient to justify government action that favored constituents would benefit. ...


Litigation


Panel Rules Against Injured Woman Who Moved

Mar. 2, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - A woman injured on the job at a La Salsa restaurant unsuccessfully petitioned a state appellate court in Los Ang...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Tattoo

Mar. 2, 2001
By Columnist

You are in court. Your client is with you. The judge takes the bench. "The judge is wearing a pony tail," your client observes...


Juvenile


Memo Advises Judges to Suspend Juvie Cases

Mar. 2, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David S. Wesley, assistant supervising judge of the county's criminal courts, h...


Law Practice


Jack Walker Leads Latham's German Effort

Mar. 2, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - John F. Walker Jr., former Latham & Watkins chair and one of the most high-profile partners in the firm's Lo...


Real Estate/Development


Landlord Loss

Mar. 2, 2001
By Columnist

The California Supreme Court has recently ruled on a federal civil rights case in the contentious area of rent regulation. In ...


Juvenile


Juveniles Can Appeal Custody-Credit Errors

Mar. 2, 2001
By Gina Keating

SAN DIEGO - An appellate court in San Diego has ruled that a penal-code section that prevents criminal defendants from appeali...


Criminal


'Pink Tarantula' Killing Coming to Trial

Mar. 2, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Jury selection in the infamous "Pink Tarantula" case is set to begin Monday. Two men are charged in the action...


Contracts


Singer Courtney Love Countersues Company

Mar. 2, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Rock star Courtney Love filed a cross-complaint Wednesday against UMG Recordings, alleging that the recording co...


Government


Shield Sought for Whistleblowers

Mar. 2, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Despite laws beefing up protections for whistleblowers, workers may be reluctant to report alleged misdeeds becau...


Criminal


Court OKs Depositions in Beating Case

Mar. 2, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for six African-American men may depose eight security guards accused of beating the men as they shopp...


Law Practice


Board OKs Counsel's Reorganization Plan

Mar. 2, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Board of Education has authorized a $3.5 million reorganization of the massive school district's...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - The former fiancée of New York Yankee David Justice filed a $5 million lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court Wed...


Solo and Small Firms


Trial Begins Monday For Former Attorney

Mar. 2, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Trial will start Monday for former attorney James H. Davis and his wife, Gilda Mejia Davis, who are accused of b...