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Entertainment & Sports


Going 'Buchwald' on Slamming

Sep. 23, 2000
By Columnist

"Listen up! ... Here's a man who would not take it! Here's a man who stood up!" Troops, you know whenever The Eye starts off w...


Criminal


Police Arrest Santa Monica Couple in England

Sep. 23, 2000
By David Houston

The former office manager of Bailey & Marzano and her husband were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment that accuses ...


Government


Fighting tears, Boonsong Suthilak, a Thai woman in her mid-40s, described through an interpreter the difficulties of getting t...


Large Firms


It's not a mail bomb, it's a paperweight. If these words had been written on almost 600 packages mailed to Silicon Valley busi...


Education


States Decide Who Pays for Special Education

Sep. 23, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed Thursday that Congress has left it up to the individual states to determine w...


Large Firms


Four Trial Lawyers Start Litigation Boutique

Sep. 23, 2000
By Melissa Onstad

Three litigation partners from the Irvine office of San Francisco's Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and a former partner ...


Corporate


Variations on a Theme

Sep. 23, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Sexual harassment litigation remains prevalent, but several variations are emerging. The same-sex case is becoming more c...


Government


Ex-Prosecutor Weiss Runs Against Hayden

Sep. 22, 2000
By David Houston

Just call him the man who's running for City Council against Tom Hayden. Jack Weiss, a former federal prosecutor, is more than...


Government


Man to Stand Trial For Assault at DNC

Sep. 22, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A 28-year-old Riverside man arrested during the Democratic National Convention was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on one fel...


Labor/Employment


A Firing Offense

Sep. 22, 2000
By Columnist

We in the employment bar are preparing to mourn the loss of a dear friend: the implied contract. Although misunderstood in som...


Insurance


High-Wire Act

Sep. 22, 2000
By Columnist

In many ways, an insurer that disputes coverage is like a high wire artist, walking a tightrope without a net. Each and every ...


Insurance


Whole Enchilada

Sep. 22, 2000
By Columnist

The carrier 'cannot parse the claims, dividing those [that] are at least potentially covered from those that are not.' ...


Law Practice


Overwhelmed attorneys should refrain from hiring more bodies and instead examine ways to improve the firm's operations. ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Judge Hands University a Split Decision on Its Two Demurrers

Sep. 22, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge Wednesday refused a defense request to throw out a class action negligence c...


Entertainment & Sports


Entertainment Attorney Roger Sherman Dies

Sep. 22, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

A memorial service will take place Wednesday for Roger Sherman, entertainment attorney and senior partner of Mitchell, Silberb...


Litigation


President of Bikers Pleads in Drug Case

Sep. 22, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Howard "Rusty" Coones, president of the Orange County chapter of the Hell's Angels and a co-defendant in a federal...


Litigation


Insurers Lose Ruling on Clean-Ups

Sep. 22, 2000
By Dawn Piimanu

An appellate court's decision in an insurance coverage case has left both sides pleased with the result. The ruling affirms th...


Constitutional Law


Court Bars Violent Parishioner

Sep. 22, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In a separation of church and church case involving feuding Methodists in San Francisco, a state appellate cou...


Administrative/Regulatory


The word of God can be copyrighted here on earth - and greatly restricted in its availability. So sayeth the 9th U.S. Circuit ...


Litigation


Michael Woo can run for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council one more time - even two more times - according to a decision h...


Criminal


Orange County Plans Project For Testing DNA Evidence

Sep. 22, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Antoinette Yancey's best chance at freedom from a life sentence behind bars may be the prosecutors whose arguments...


Public Interest


Moonlighting

Sep. 21, 2000
By Columnist

My son and I went back to school together this year for the first time. He just turned 10, and is beginning the fifth grade. I...


Probate


Wider View

Sep. 21, 2000
By Columnist

A new law addresses no-contest clauses and contracts to provide for a beneficiary. ...


Administrative/Regulatory


University Honors Three Professors

Sep. 21, 2000
By Staff Writer

Three Southwestern University School of Law professors have been named to the following endowed professorships for 2000-2001, ...


Intellectual Property


Whither Thou Goest

Sep. 21, 2000
By Columnist

At a recent Internet-law symposium, I asked attendees - primarily Web site operators - to describe for me their understanding ...


Family


Paternal Rights and Duties Should Flow From Biology

Sep. 21, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Imagine that your spouse leaves you with three children. You struggle without any child support and, two years later, the chil...


Litigation


Judge Clears Police in Teen Informant's Death

Sep. 21, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - The debate over the use of youngsters as undercover police informants is intensifying in the wake of a judge's fin...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - The Judicial Conference of the United States voted Tuesday to oppose pending legislation that would prevent feder...


Law Practice


Amy Goldman had just gone through a divorce and was raising two young children in the early 1980s when she decided to become a...


Law Practice


Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Drops By

Sep. 21, 2000
By Martin Kruming

It took a while, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy shook hands with every guest who waited in line during last we...