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Public Interest


Private Eye

Feb. 4, 2000
By Columnist

FORUM Two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court offer only illusory encouragement to privacy advocates and discouragement...


Criminal


Olson Seeks Conditional Exam of Dying Witness

Feb. 4, 2000
By Michael Harris

Susan B. Jordan, the attorney for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson, has asked the trial judge...


Litigation


Asking Why

Feb. 4, 2000
By Denise Levin

Family members of 88 people who presumably died when the Alaska Airlines plane they were in plunged into the ocean 20 miles o...


Litigation


Widows Gifts To Her Lawyer Finally Repaid

Feb. 4, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Virginia Opfell had complete trust in her lawyer - until he told her he needed $100,000 immediately to reconcile h...


Criminal


Judges Telephonic Swearing-in Is Legal

Feb. 4, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

There is no statute to prohibit judges from being sworn into office telephonically, Los Angeles Superior Court officials have ...


Civil Rights


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court said Wednesday that a psychiatrist and a therapist whose work paved the way for the f...


Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of rap label Death Row Records, is serving a 9-year term in California state prison for proba...


Banking


Lender Comfort

Feb. 3, 2000
By Columnist


Judges and Judiciary


A Path Well Chosen

Feb. 3, 2000
By Contributing Writer


Litigation


A quadriplegic man claims in an abuse of process lawsuit that an attorney induced the defendants in his personal injury case t...


Real Estate/Development


S&P releases new CMBS rating criteria

Feb. 3, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

New York - Standard & Poor's recently released a new criteria book outlining its approach in evaluating real estate cash ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


North S.D. Rings in New Bar President

Feb. 3, 2000
By Martin Kruming

More than 100 guests, including about 15 North County judges, attended last week's installation and awards dinner of the Bar A...


Education


By Thomas D. Elias All over California, school districts received big shocks this fall. The reason - they're not getting state...


Litigation


A Question of Balance

Feb. 3, 2000
By Columnist

By Timothy P. Dillon Recently, the Daily Journal published an article by well-known Los Angeles defense attorney Royal F. Oake...


Appellate Practice


Judgment Day

Feb. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Appellate Practice ...


Construction


Washington - The National Multi Housing Council, American Seniors Housing Association, and National Apartment Association are...


Law Practice


Deborah Klein Accepts Partnership at Barnes Morris

Feb. 3, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Entertainment attorney Deborah Klein has left a partnership position at Bloom Hergott Cook Deimer & Klein to join Santa Mo...


Criminal


Despite Release, Cop-Killer Convicted Once and Again

Feb. 3, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Once-convicted cop-killer John George Brown was convicted a second time Tuesday by an Orange County jury for the 1...


Real Estate/Development


Get smart

Feb. 3, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

Is the "smart growth" movement just another attempt to limit growth or is it a viable concept the industry can embrace? If so...


Appellate Practice


Its All Goose Eggs for the 9th Circuit

Feb. 3, 2000
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is off to a very bad start at the high court this term. The justices so far...


Government


County Approves New Claims Board

Feb. 3, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett

A new county claims board will handle all new claims and lawsuits filed against the 40 cities that contract with the county of...


Criminal


Increasing the number of officers whose alleged misconduct has resulted in cases being thrown out since the Rampart scandal br...


Juvenile


SACRAMENTO - The many faces of California's criminal justice establishment clashed Tuesday in a lively Capitol debate over Pro...


Judges and Judiciary


L.A. Courts Gets $24M Bonus for Unifying

Feb. 3, 2000
By Denise Levin

In his annual State of the Court address Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez promised "consi...


Real Estate/Development


DHL to touch down in SF

Feb. 2, 2000
By John Mc Cloud

Given San Francisco's escalating rents, it comes as something of a shock to discover tenants moving into the city to save on ...


Real Estate/Development


Broker Beat San Francisco

Feb. 2, 2000
By Jane Zastrow

Richmond Running in the space race When a corporation is taking down buildings as fast as it can and the market runs out of p...


Litigation


Jury Deadlocks in Case Against City

Feb. 2, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Jury Deadlocks in Case Against City After nearly five days of deliberations, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday declared...


Real Estate/Development


On the Scene Los Angeles

Feb. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

Los Angeles Scholarships awarded to real estate grad students Cynthia A. Hwang and Matthew H. Walker, graduate real estate st...


Real Estate/Development


Gensler chosen Firm of the Year by AIA

Feb. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

San Francisco - The American Institute of Architecture named Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning Worldwide Firm of the ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Privilege Prevails

Feb. 2, 2000
By Columnist

Historically, the California Supreme Court has held the attorney-client privilege in high esteem and has pronounced it to be "...