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Technology & Science


Technology companies Proxim Inc. and Netopia Inc. have called off their merger agreement, but their lawyers say the two plan t...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge TKOs De La Hoya's Lawyers

Mar. 31, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - While Oscar De La Hoya bloodied his opponent in a Las Vegas boxing ring last Saturday night, his attorneys were ...


Labor/Employment


Caveat Employer

Mar. 31, 2001
By Columnist

During the last decade, several widely publicized employment-discrimination lawsuits have alerted employers to the cold, hard ...


Investments


CIA Funds Tech Companies

Mar. 31, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Gilman Louie is on a mission to bring the world's top intelligence agency out of the shadows and into the digital age. There i...


Tax


Taxed Structure

Mar. 31, 2001
By Columnist

The state of Florida's continued reliance on obsolete election technology and equipment was like the belief that an iceberg co...


Corporate


Identity Crisis

Mar. 30, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

Companies that are the targets of anonymous criticism on the Internet are fighting back - in court. One message board particip...


Criminal


Jury Hears Opening Statements In Landmark Dog-Mauling Case

Mar. 30, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

BARSTOW - The pit bull that mauled and killed a Newberry Springs boy last year was so vicious that its caretaker often had to ...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has ruled a talent agent waited too long to sue a record company for allegedly conspirin...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - The Internet is like an orange grove in Hemet. After the trees finally bear fruit, freeloaders come along and st...


Media


OC Prosecutors Want Testimony From Reporter

Mar. 30, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

NEWPORT BEACH - Orange County prosecutors want a newspaper reporter to testify about his interview with an Anaheim woman charg...


Criminal


Justices Ponder Clubs' Pot Sales

Mar. 30, 2001
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly indicated it will rule that organizations providing marijuana to seriousl...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Quentin Kopp thinks federal judges should play by the same rules binding...


Insurance


SAN FRANCISCO - By the narrowest of margins, the California Supreme Court voted Wednesday not to review controversial state re...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - Saying the Constitution protects even extreme rhetoric, a federal appeals court Wednesday threw out a $107 mil...


Personal Injury & Torts


Lawyer Alleges Story Libeled Him

Mar. 30, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A Tracy attorney has sued the San Francisco Business Times for libel, alleging an article printed by the publi...


Litigation


Deposition Divertissement

Mar. 30, 2001
By Columnist

The deposition is one of the most basic tasks a litigator performs. You show up, ask some questions, the witness answers, ever...


Criminal


Judge Rushing to Hear Avant Case

Mar. 30, 2001
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - The hot potato that is the Avant criminal trade-secrets theft case was tossed Wednesday to Santa Clara County Super...


Large Firms


Everyone has their own dreams of role reversal - of turning the tables, of calling the shots instead of being shot at. The inm...


Litigation


Court Sides With Escrow Firm in Lien Battle

Mar. 30, 2001
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES - An escrow company that paid the wrong lien holder in a title transaction is not liable to the holding company th...


Criminal


Huntington Beach Mayor Admits City Released Untreated Sewage

Mar. 30, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

WESTMINSTER - The mayor of Huntington Beach admitted Wednesday that the city unlawfully polluted its Old Town and downtown are...


Government


Judge Orders District Manager to Stand Trial

Mar. 30, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - The former assistant general manager of a San Diego County water district must stand trial on charges arising from...


Large Firms


Pillsbury Adds Lawyers in Tokyo

Mar. 30, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop is banking on the recovery of Japan's slumping markets. The firm has added ...


Media


SLA Prosecutors Oppose Publicity

Mar. 30, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in the attempted-murder case against former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson on Wed...


Criminal


Evidence-Sniffing Dog Takes the Stand

Mar. 30, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - In a case that could test the use of scent evidence, prosecutors in the double-murder case against a La Crescent...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for Michael D. Hiller, real estate attorney, businessman and former president of ...


Criminal


More in Store for Indicted Pair

Mar. 30, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Following the murder and manslaughter indictments against the two San Francisco attorneys whose dogs fatally ...


Appellate Practice


Story Time

Mar. 29, 2001

Just as the brief can (and usually does) make or break the appeal, the statement of facts can make or break the brief.


Judges and Judiciary


JURIST DOCTORING

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

"Taking into view the reputation, character and professional career of Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, he is not a fit person to be a m...


Civil Rights


Safe Learning

Mar. 29, 2001
By Columnist

Public-school students have a right to a safe learning environment. See California Education Code Section 200 et seq. This rig...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Career Collage

Mar. 29, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Arbitration and mediation require some psychology, a dose of public relations, the ability to walk a tightrope balanced betwee...