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Criminal


Juror Does Not Remember Remarks

Nov. 29, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

An alternate juror in the recently concluded corruption trial of four Los Angeles police officers stated in a sworn affidavit ...


Government


Orange County Board Sues Over Tobacco Funds

Nov. 29, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA-- Miffed that voters forced them to spend most of $750 million in tobacco settlements proceeds on health care projec...


Public Interest


Appearances Are Deceiving

Nov. 29, 2000
By Ed Kimble

At first glance, Debbie Hoover doesn't seem the slightest bit crazy. And that's a real problem sometimes. "I get the feeling f...


Government


Signs of Illegal Code Clutter Skid Row Walls

Nov. 29, 2000
By Garry Abrams

Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles is, legally speaking, "The Land That Time Forgot." In fact, you could say that it's still the...


Law Practice


The notion that any cyberpaced power player in American politics today could maintain an "unfailingly sunny disposition" is so...


Constitutional Law


Commercial Speech Gets a Big Boost

Nov. 29, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

Money talks. That's the thrust of Monday's ruling by a divided California Supreme Court that companies cannot be forced to pay...


Criminal


Burning Issue

Nov. 29, 2000
By John Roemer

With pot a burning concern to many Californians, the decision to rule on medical marijuana could give high court a new meaning...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Bruce McPherson, a moderate Republican lawmaker from Santa Cruz, expects to be appointed this week as the new cha...


Law Practice


Objectors to Mouse Mirth Just Don't Get It

Nov. 28, 2000
By Columnist

The Rodent's satire seems subtle enough to get lost on some sensitive readers.


Corporate


Committee Releases Tax-Reform Report

Nov. 28, 2000
By Marisa Navarro

Looking to spur economic development in Los Angeles, a consortium of politicians and business members Monday urged tweaking th...


Criminal


Victimized Need Legal Help Too

Nov. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Despite support for the protection of crime victims' rights, the Crime Victims' Rights Amendment, which would guarantee victim...


Constitutional Law


County Services Leave Many Behind

Nov. 28, 2000
By Ed Kimble

California's Lanterman-Petrie-Short Act of 1969 was landmark legislation acknowledging that restrictions on liberty that resul...


Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy Rules Take Effect Jan. 2

Nov. 28, 2000
By Staff Writer

The revised Local Bankruptcy Rules and associated forms are available for downloading from the court's Web site: www.cacb.usco...


Appellate Practice


U.S. Supreme Court Highlights

Nov. 28, 2000
By David Pike

Among actions announced Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 by the justices were:


Family


User Friendly

Nov. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Many people who need court orders in family-law matters either can't afford an attorney or don't want an attorney.


Public Interest


Stage Fright

Nov. 28, 2000
By Columnist

Spur of the moment speaking strategies are the solution to the holiday speaking blues.


As of Nov. 16, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy was the last New York firm to tack free money onto its California associates'...


Family


One group that desperately needs access to justice is children. And one way to ensure this access is by giving courts the tool...


San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster plans to open its 18th office on Dec. 6, or shortly thereafter, in McLean, Va.'s,. Tys...


Firm Watch


FRIEDEMANN O'BRIEN ADDS PARTNER, PRACTICE AREA

Nov. 28, 2000
By Staff Reports

Friedemann O'Brien & Zarian's name just got a bit longer, thanks to Steven Goldberg. Goldberg has joined the Los Angeles-b...


State Bar & Bar Associations


KEEPING IT

Nov. 28, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Santa Clara County, the home of Silicon Valley, seems to have it all: money, fame, and an overabundance of residents who under...


Public Interest


TEAMWORK

Nov. 28, 2000
By Melissa Onstad

On the first floor of what was once a television studio, near the corner of Vine Street and Fountain Avenue in Los Angeles, th...


Chatsworth's Luminent Inc. has filed for an initial public offering valued at about $144 million. The company's line of fiber ...


Litigation


Losing Side in ADA Case Swings Again at Eastwood

Nov. 28, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - The disabled Alameda woman and her attorneys who lost her civil rights lawsuit against actor-director Clint Eastwoo...


Firm Watch


Los Angeles' Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey has recruited the national adoption director of the Alliance For Childre...


Transactions


VeriSign Inc. has bought GreatDomains.com for an undisclosed amount. VeriSign, based in Mountain View, provides security softw...


Education


KIDS' AID

Nov. 28, 2000
By Marisa Navarro

Dana was as happy as could be when she became the foster mother to a 2-year-old baby girl. She had no idea when the girl's mo...


Judges and Judiciary


The writer, a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco Law School, assisted this summer in the school's overseas pro...


Public Interest


Legal Aid Has Strayed

Nov. 28, 2000
By Columnist

This week, the Daily Journal devotes its pages to a discussion of access-to-justice issues. Coincidentally, the Supreme Court ...


Criminal


I supported Proposition 36, the initiative that mandated treatment programs for first-time drug possessors. It is a needed fir...