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SALARIES RAISED FOR TRUCKER HUSS ASSOCIATES San Francisco's Trucker Huss, a 13-attorney employee benefits firm, has raised it...


(Jim could you place this correction at the end - thanks!) CORRECTION The Sept. 20 issue of California Law Business reported ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Clearing the way for a civil rights trial over the handling of the 1990 car bombing of two Earth First activi...


Government


Garcetti Disputes Funding Claims

Sep. 28, 1999
By Michael Harris

Despite assertions from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky that the district attorney's office has enough funds in...


Investments


State Settles With Broker After Company Goes Bust

Sep. 28, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - When thousands of investors decided to sink their dollars into five limited partnerships controlled by Newport Be...


Judges and Judiciary


Senior U.S. Judge Leland C. Nielsen Dies at 80

Sep. 28, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Senior U.S. District Judge Leland C. Nielsen, described by those who knew him best as a fine jurist who dedicated...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Rock 'n' Roll Discord Led to ADR War

Sep. 28, 1999
By Philip Carrizosa

Although the battle over mandatory arbitration has intensified in recent years, the war actually began more than 20 years ago...


Constitutional Law


A catfight over a zoning ordinance has turned into a constitutional law conundrum in which a judge has prohibited a woman from...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer upheld most of a jury's $250 million award to Litton Systems Inc. late last week, while ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Courting the Working Class

Sep. 28, 1999
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - Courts throughout the nation are only beginning to come to grips with mandatory arbitration: what it really m...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's docket for the 1999-2000 term is short on quantity but long on quality. "I think this will b...


Law Practice


A memorial service will be held today for Steven W. Brown, vice president and insurance counsel for Pacific Life Insurance Co...


Personal Injury & Torts


SAN BERNARDINO - The family of a man who was shot to death by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies Aug. 26 has filed a wr...


Law Practice


Memorial Service Held for Attorney Jerry Fine

Sep. 25, 1999
By Liz Valsamis

Memorial services were held Wednesday for Jerry Fine, transactional business attorney and founder of the American Media Counc...


Criminal


Knock, Knock!

Sep. 25, 1999
By Columnist

Knock, Knock Self-Created Exigencies Violate the Fourth Amendment By Alex Ricciardulli Assume the police have developed proba...


Securities


Judge Calls Stockbroker Out in Fraud Double Play

Sep. 25, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A veteran stockbroker, whose lifelong love of baseball led him to form a women's baseball league and pay for it w...


Constitutional Law


Stanley Fleishman, an attorney recognized for his work protecting First Amendment rights and the rights of the physically dis...


Employee Benefits


Utilizing a law for which there is little precedence, a former Target employee who worked a reduced schedule under the Califo...


Criminal


Lawyer Will Testify About Pot Ring

Sep. 25, 1999
By Michael Harris

Charges that an Encino attorney conspired to cultivate marijuana have been dismissed after he and his wife agreed to testify ...


Criminal


RIVERSIDE - Gary Windom, a veteran public defender who took charge of the troubled Riverside County office Wednesday, plans t...


Large Firms


Two prominent lawyers from the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles will be leaving their posts to open the Southern Califor...


Criminal


Inspectors Gadget's

Sep. 25, 1999
By Columnist

^^Criminal Law^^ Inspector's Gadgets Courts Respond to the Use of High-Tech Devices Gone are the days when law enforcement wi...


Labor/Employment


Straight Outta Compton

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

Straight Outta Compton California Court Holds Police Officer Not Disabled Under ADA By Leonid M. Zilberman In one of the firs...


Law Practice


Another Prosecutor Added to the SLA Case

Sep. 24, 1999
By Michael Harris

Another Prosecutor Added to SLA Case The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has assigned a second prosecutor to th...


Elder Law


Two Men Accused of Bilking Elderly

Sep. 24, 1999
By Martin Bergn

Two Men Accused Of Bilking Elderly A federal grand jury Wednesday charged two Long Beach men with bilking more than a thousan...


Workers' Comp.


Accommodation Approved

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^Employment Law^^ Accommodation Approved Employer's Efforts on Behalf of Disabled Employee Were Sufficient Courts will not p...


Labor/Employment


The Straight Dope

Sep. 24, 1999
By Columnist

^^Alternative Routes^^ The Straight Dope A mediator gives an aggrieved party a lesson in life By Deborah Rothman Sam Jones ha...


Criminal


Indicted Student Has Prestigious Roots

Sep. 24, 1999
By Martin Bergn

The young man who allegedly bragged that he sold LSD to youths who died in a car accident as they drove home from an all-nigh...


Family


By Frank Cerabino When Max Gordon and his bride-to-be, Mollie Levy, got their marriage license in Delray Beach, Fla., last we...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Jury Finds for ID Chipmaker Against Pfizer

Sep. 24, 1999
By Anne La Jeunesse

A federal court jury in Los Angeles on Wednesday found that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer infringed on the trademark of a Briti...