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Civil Rights


Foundation Will Honor Comic Jay Leno's Wife

Jan. 6, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Foundation will honor Mavis Leno at its annual Pathfinder Award Lun...


Personal Injury & Torts


Watermark

Jan. 6, 2001
By Columnist

A recent article in the Daily Journal discusses the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Pacheco v. United States, 22...


Energy Law


In the face of a corporate-manufactured energy crisis, Gov. Gray Davis has abandoned moderate rhetoric for the first time sinc...


Corporate


Online Sweepstakes Hits Profit Jackpot

Jan. 6, 2001
By Andrea Rosas

Luckysurf.com, a top-ranked, free online lottery, is aptly named. The San Francisco-based company has been exceptionally lucky...


Litigation


Never-Ending Story

Jan. 6, 2001
By Columnist

Funny how, if we use large men with guns to obtain money it is extortion, but if we use large men with guns and a badge to obt...


Large Firms


Troop Entertainment Group Finds Home

Jan. 6, 2001
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Chicago-based Katten Muchin Zavis has grabbed the entertainment and media practice of Troop Steuber Pasich Reddi...


Large Firms


Bay Area Firms See Spate of Moves

Jan. 6, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area law firms announced several high-profile lateral lawyer additions this week. Three firms, McCutchen D...


Litigation


Mother Sues Burger King Over Alleged Peeping-Tom Incident

Jan. 6, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Denise Rhoads says neither she nor her daughter will ever use a public restroom again - not after what she alleges...


Criminal


Judge Determines Serial Killings Were Connected

Jan. 6, 2001
By Matthew Heller

SAN BERNARDINO - Moving an important step closer toward allowing California's first megatrial of a suspected serial killer, a ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a drug defendant ordered into a diversion program cannot contes...


Education


Boalt Will Open Death Penalty Clinic

Jan. 6, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

LOS ANGELES - In a first for a law school in California, the University of California, Boalt Hall, will open a clinic to give ...


Investments


E-Stores Endure Shakeout

Jan. 6, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

With the economy giving a hard spanking to dot-coms this past year, e-tailers hearty enough to survive had pegged their hopes,...


Technology & Science


Grid Lock

Jan. 6, 2001
By Daniel Shaw

The extent to which the Internet will continue to affect almost every facet of life in America depends, in part, on how the fe...


Litigation


Set On Broillet

Jan. 6, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Bruce Broillet, who stands 5 feet 2 inches tall, was in seventh grade when he started thinking of trying out for ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court expressed sympathy but offered little hope of relief Thursday for death row inmat...


Workers' Comp.


SAN FRANCISCO - In a decision clarifying the jurisdiction of the state Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, a unanimous state ...


Government


Two Little Deaths Foretold

Jan. 6, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - On Tuesday, Breanna and Joan Richards were going to return with all the other children to Menlo Avenue Elementar...


Litigation


AG Accused of 'Brady' Violation

Jan. 6, 2001
By John Roemer

VALLEJO - A stinging sanctions motion by defense lawyer Robert Bloom asserts that prosecutors at an ongoing evidentiary hearin...


Media


Simpson Saga

Jan. 6, 2001
By Columnist

The "discovery rule" may toll the statute of limitations for a defamation action against a nonmedia defendant, even though the...


Corporate


Amid Outcry, Internet Seeks Self-Regulation

Jan. 6, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Elizabeth Clark of La Jolla didn't notice that her credit card was missing, at least not until two days later when she tried t...


Family


Court Rejects Rottweiler's Best Amicus

Jan. 6, 2001
By Staff Writer

A decision by Orange County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey T. Glass may leave dogs reconsidering their pledge to be man's best ...


Corporate


Bonanza!

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Online sweepstakes could be a boon to Web users, as well as the lawyers who counsel companies on how to stay within the law in...


Securities


Equity Trap

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Although some dot-coms hand out stock options like candy, many also ignore the tax implications.


Judges and Judiciary


Two Judges Named for San Mateo

Jan. 5, 2001
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Two San Mateo County government attorneys were appointed Wednesday to the Superior Court bench by Gov. Gray Davis. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Not

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Why is it, I asked casually at a judicial committee meeting a few years ago, that since becoming a judge I have waited in vain...


Firm Watch


Manatt Partner Jumps to Cooley Godward

Jan. 5, 2001
By Tamara Scott

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips has lost partner Nancy Wojtas to Palo Alto-based Cooley Godward. Wojta...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Suit: BAR/BRI Infringed Patent

Jan. 5, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A small Silicon Valley start-up firm, RoboLaw Corp., has sued publishing giant Harcourt Inc.'s BAR/BRI Bar Rev...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Federal Follies

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Property owners are caught in a catch-22 when they try to sue the government. ...


Real Estate/Development


Fine Print

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

An arbitration clause contained in the covenants, conditions and restrictions applicable to a condominium project was held unc...


Immigration


Deadly Gatekeeper

Jan. 5, 2001
By Columnist

California is known as a land without seasons, but the climate in the deserts and mountains along the California-Mexico border...