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Public Interest


^^Spin Report^^ By John M. Curtis "I don't think there's any question that energy prices are going to go up in the future," sa...


Public Interest


Cultural Amnesia

Apr. 11, 2000
By Columnist

THE CLOSER As attorneys and counselors, we need to be more sensitive to our choices of words and phrases. By Barbara Kong-Bro...


Criminal


Rosenstock Switch Not Political: DA

Apr. 11, 2000
By Michael Harris

The head of the Los Angeles district attorney's Rampart prosecution team rebutted allegations that a former team member was tr...


Litigation


The estate of famed astronomer Carl Sagan has scored an appeals court knockout against living legend film director Francis For...


Government


Courts to Dismiss

Apr. 11, 2000
By Robert Selna

BERKELEY - A judge dons his black robe, strolls into the courtroom and asks for silence. But the request is not your typical c...


Litigation


SunAmerica Loses Battle Against Developer

Apr. 11, 2000
By Denise Levin

A multimillionaire real estate investor did not breach a contract with SunAmerica Inc. by failing to inform it about possible ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


WASHINGTON - Antitrust officials must address e-commerce and other hallmarks of the information-age economy with informed caut...


Government


Garcetti Earns Low Scores for Rampart Work

Apr. 11, 2000
By Martin Bergn

The people have spoken. Well, 27 of them have, anyway. By more than a 4 to 1 margin, those responding to the Daily Journal's ...


Constitutional Law


Prayer Game

Apr. 11, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM The Supreme Court should hold that a student-led prayer at a high school football game violates the Establishment Clause...


Litigation


Fee Justice?

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

^^Special Issue: ADR^^ By William Sheffield ********* box This piece is in opposition to Mitchell Shapiro's opinion piece prin...


Constitutional Law


With a school-choice voucher initiative a likely possibility for California's November ballot, legal developments in states wi...


Litigation


Stop the Presses!

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

^^At Issue^^ By Deborah Rosenthal Verdicts & Settlement Staff Writer SIDEBARBOX Type: Invasion of privacy Result: Partial ...


Litigation


Era of ADR

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

-------------- by Kelly E. Lee The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution will present a three-day conference ...


Large Firms


Orrick Office in Seattle Adding More Lawyers

Apr. 8, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is adding several attorneys to its Seattle office and b...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Home Rule

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM In the eyes of the federal judicial system, property owners are one group of citizens who enjoy a sort of second-class c...


Litigation


Movie-Mad

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

^^ADR PROFILE^^ By Cynthia O'Leary After falling into the practice of entertainment law by chance and with the encouragement o...


Insurance


A Prosecutor Forgets Duty To Do Justice

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

'The Practice' tackles the question of how far should law enforcement go to get a confession? ...


Litigation


SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge on Monday rejected a bid to throw out a lawsuit against the county and a prosecutor file...


Insurance


SACRAMENTO - The insurance defense bar has moved to pump up its political muscle and legislative presence as it battles cost-...


Entertainment & Sports


Prosecutorial Goal: Prison For Pukes

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

"Law & Order" is exciting: The characters are engaging, the story riveting and the photography cutting edge. And that is w...


Litigation


Mixed Media

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

^^Litigator Profile^^ By Deborah Rosenthal Verdicts & Settlements Staff Writer A practitioner must be creative to practice...


Personal Injury & Torts


Two Bites

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

The statute of limitations in asbestos cases will be examined by the California Supreme Court. ...


Public Interest


A Cause Without A Rebel?

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM By Sheila James Kuehl Proposition 22, the limit on marriage initiative, was passed overwhelmingly by California voters. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Pain From Changes in Court Funding Lingers

Apr. 8, 2000
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - When change is drastic, it can be hard. That seems especially true for hulking bureaucracies. Take, for example,...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Fact Hunting

Apr. 8, 2000
By Columnist

SPECIAL ISSUE: ADR By Jeffrey A. Rich Contractual dispute resolution provisions may not adequately contemplate the need for pr...


Government


Cop Allegedly Caught Lying in Murder Case

Apr. 8, 2000
By Michael Harris

In a case that illustrates that alleged misconduct at the Rampart Station is ongoing despite the glare of various investigatio...


Large Firms


Manatt Phelps Nabs Pillsbury Partner

Apr. 8, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Employee-benefits attorney Donald W. Meaders has left the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Pillsbury Madison & Su...


Government


Two men who claimed they were falsely arrested and violently treated by anti-gang officers from the Los Angeles Police Departm...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Although the current Supreme Court is relatively young, the "advanced age" of some of the justices was the topic ...


Litigation


A Beverly Hills law firm and one of its partners has agreed to pay a former client $3.4 million to settle a legal malpractice ...