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Judges and Judiciary


Sheriffs, Others Want Censured Judge to Resign

Jul. 12, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

SACRAMENTO - The state judicial-watchdog commission has said that a judge who harassed female court staff may keep his job. Bu...


Personal Injury & Torts


Woman Wins Appeal in Dental Case

Jul. 12, 2000
By Daniel Evans

The statute of limitations does not begin running in dental malpractice cases until patients believe they've been wronged, not...


Law Practice


NEW YORK - The American Bar Association will have awarded more than 70 prizes and honors by the time its annual meeting is ove...


Education


Slabach Becomes Dean for Interim

Jul. 12, 2000
By Jill Boekenoogen

Associate Dean Frederick G. Slabach will be interim dean of Whittier Law School. He replaces Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who wi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


NEW YORK - The incoming president of the American Bar Association issued what she termed a call to action Monday for lawyers a...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone knows the story of attorneys who get rich off class-action settlements at the expense of their client...


Education


Dean Steps Down, Wants to Return to Classroom

Jul. 12, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Gerald T. McLaughlin, who just stepped down as dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles after nearly 10 years, plans to return...


Los Angeles has become a city of wimps. All over town, people and politicians are shaking with fear over next month's Democrat...


Civil Rights


Camp Controversy

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The Boy Scouts of America should think twice before celebrating its recent "vindication" before the Supreme Court, where it in...


Transactions


EMotion Inc., has completed a $34 million round of financing. GE Capital and Chartwell Capital Investors II led the financing....


Transactions


Qualstar Corp. went public on June 23, in an offering valued at about $35.8 million. Qualstar develops and manufactures automa...


Transactions


Hoping for a Rain of IPOs to Ease the Drought

Jul. 11, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner at Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, senses that the initial public offering dry spell is ov...


Large Firms


Arco's Ronald Redcay Rejoins Arnold & Porter

Jul. 11, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Ronald Redcay, a founding partner of the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.,-based Arnold & Porter, rejoined the firm ...


Natural Resources


Hardly a Pollution Solution

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The federal government, responsible for enforcing our environmental laws, regularly pollutes the environment with impunity. Th...


Capstone Turbine Corp. went public in late June in an offering valued at about $136.5 million. Capstone, based in Woodland Hil...


Transactions


StaffMark Inc., which provides temporary and supplemental staff to companies needing employees for office administration and l...


Law Practice


Meteoric Rise

Jul. 11, 2000
By Tamara Scott

It was something of a shock when Alan K. Austin, the longtime managing partner of Silicon Valley's hottest firm, Wilson, Sonsi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Hazard Control

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

Law firms need to operate more as businesses, including being proactive about risk management and the type of insurance covera...


Criminal


Center Stage

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The problem of sexual assault needs to take center stage. It is important that men understand its severity, police become well...


International


Good Trade

Jul. 11, 2000
By Columnist

The major aim of the bill is to allow African countries to expand their economies through growth in trade with the United Stat...


State Bar & Bar Associations


'Gangsta Cops' Focus of Meetings

Jul. 11, 2000
By Staff Writer

Joseph D. McNamara, an associate at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, will talk about "Gangsta Cops and the Drug Wars"...


Handspring Inc. went public in late June in a stock offering valued at about $200 million. The founders of the Mountain View-b...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Santa Monica Bar Sets Summer Party

Jul. 11, 2000
By Staff Writer

Lawyer Sandra Polin will host a summer party at her Pacific Palisades home July 18 for members of the Santa Monica Bar Associa...


Transactions


Mattson Technology has agreed to acquire STEAG Electronic Systems' Semiconductor Division and CFM Technologies. The value of t...


After years of overtures from firms throughout the country, prominent Century City entertainment and high-tech boutique Blanc ...


Transactions


Santa Clara's Webango Inc., which helps companies use the Internet to manage their relationships with various service supplier...


Labor/Employment


Worker Sues City Over Shared Costs

Jul. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A man fired from his job as a warehouse supervisor for the city of Burbank has filed suit against the city, challenging the co...


Government


Judicial Campaign Costs Harmful

Jul. 11, 2000
By Daniel Shaw

NEW YORK - State and local grassroots organizations increasingly are setting their sights on the sharply escalating costs of j...


Litigation


Officers May Be Demoted Without Hearing

Jul. 11, 2000
By Daniel Evans

The state appellate court has refused to block the demotion of two senior Los Angeles police officers who complained their rea...


Law Practice


Bankruptcy Fraud Charges Expanded

Jul. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A federal indictment against a Los Angeles attorney and two doctors on bankruptcy fraud has been expanded to include three add...