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Government


Convictions of Juveniles Vacated

May 25, 2000
By Michael Harris

Expanding the scope of its police corruption probe, the district attorney's Rampart prosecution team on Tuesday for the first ...


Litigation


Judges Allow Discovery in Holocaust Case

May 25, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In a move cheered by the heirs of Holocaust victims whose death-benefit claims were denied by European insurance companies, th...


Law Practice


ABA Committee Wants Delay of MDP Proposal

May 25, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

The American Bar Association body that has wrestled with the issue of multidisciplinary practice for two years now is recommen...


Labor/Employment


Disabled May Choose Workplace Risks

May 25, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Disabled people should be able to decide for themselves what risks to take in the workplace, and employers can...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Ideman, who is currently presiding over the trial of alleged SLA fugitive Sara Jane Ols...


Judges and Judiciary


Bills Ask Council for More Disclosure

May 25, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

If two proposed state Assembly bills that require more public disclosure of judicial spending pass, taxpayers will have the op...


Immigration


INS Releases Alien on Bail

May 25, 2000
By Susan Mc Rae

Tony Alvarado is hoping Tuesday's action by immigration officials in granting his release on a $10,000 bond is a sign for the ...


Intellectual Property


Jury Finds Lead Singer Defrauded Band Mates

May 24, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys defrauded his longtime band mates of record royalties, a San Franc...


International


Port Authority

May 24, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: International Law By Claire Wright On Oct. 1, 1998, the U.S. Customs Service commenced a two-year "Reconciliatio...


Law Practice


Dicta: The Rodent Nowadays, if you're an associate working at The Firm, you're probably enjoying a skyrocketing salary. You mi...


Litigation


S.F. 49ers Partner Sues DeBartolo

May 24, 2000
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Edward J. DeBartolo, the embattled former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, unlawfully manipulated the team's ...


Intellectual Property


Man Convicted In Theft of DVD Trade Secrets

May 24, 2000
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - A former Hyundai Electronics employee was convicted Friday of trade secrets theft for stealing the master key and s...


Immigration


Exporting Foreign Inmates

May 24, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: By Mark Ryavec Despite Gov. Gray Davis' description of himself as cheap, his administration is missing an opportunity t...


Criminal


Drug Courts Will Hold Open House

May 24, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

Riverside County's Drug Courts will hold an open house Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in celebration of National Drug Cour...


Government


Lawyer Angers Judge in SLA Case

May 24, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A Los Angeles judge Monday threatened to sanction an attorney for allegedly sidestepping a gag order issued in the trial of fo...


Immigration


Thai Toddler' Lawyer Weighs Class Action

May 24, 2000
By Susan Mc Rae

In light of the recent case of a Thai toddler who faces deportation after being drugged, kidnapped and brought to the United S...


Insurance


Holocaust Survivors File Insurance Claim in S.F.

May 24, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In the setting of San Francisco's Holocaust Memorial in Lincoln Park on Wednesday, Holocaust survivors and some of their heirs...


Criminal


More Convictions To Be Reversed

May 24, 2000
By Michael Harris

In what will bring to 77 the number of felony cases that will have been thrown out of court due to the Rampart police corrupti...


On Monday - the same day that the conservative and mostly geriatric U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress had violated free s...


Criminal


Rights Lawyers Said Not Welcome on Panel

May 24, 2000
By Chris Ford

The general counsel of a panel investigating corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department recently told a group of civic le...


Government


Council Members Blast Police Board

May 24, 2000
By Chris Ford

Several members of the Los Angeles City Council on Monday blasted the Board of Police Commissioners for overloading its police...


Government


Defender Tries To Strike Deal For Transcripts

May 24, 2000
By Michael Harris

Saying it has never encountered a protective order as restrictive as the one imposed on the Rafael Perez transcripts, the alte...


Juvenile


Court: Credible Kids' Hearsay Can Be Offered

May 24, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case with big consequences for dependency hearings involving very young children, the California Supreme ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


DEALS: REMANAGE.COM AND AXEO FINALIZE MERGER

May 23, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Remanage.com and AXEO Corp. have completed their merger. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. The combined company ...


Transactions


Biopool International Inc. and Xtrana have entered into an agreement to merge. ...


Securities


DAZED AND CONFUSED

May 23, 2000
By Columnist

The Adviser: Intellectual Property Law By Sue J. Hodges Companies with significant value in their intellectual-property asset...


Transactions


Brobeck Veteran Will Stop at Nothing

May 23, 2000
By Melissa Onstad

One philosophy in life is to quit while you're ahead. That's not the approach taken by Brobeck Phleger & Harrison partner ...


Constitutional Law


Back to the Basics

May 23, 2000
By Columnist

First Principles By By John C. Eastman Last week the Supreme Court invalidated, by the narrowest of margins, a portion of the ...


Law Practice


Mo Manager

May 23, 2000
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

Update: When Keith Wetmore When Keith Wetmore first took on the task of managing the San Francisco office of Morrison & Fo...


Transactions


DEALS: NELVANA ACQUIRING KLUTZ PUBLISHER

May 23, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Nelvana Ltd., the Toronto-based children's entertainment company, has agreed to acquire children's publisher Klutz. The transa...