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Criminal


Black Plaintiff Wants Tape of Traffic Stop

Sep. 6, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The controversy over racial profiling landed before the California Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that tes...


Law Practice


A Niche in the Spotlight

Sep. 6, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - James McManis is in his element. Tall, trim and well-tailored in a gray suit with a white collar and matching handk...


Criminal


Post-Conviction Team Tackles DNA Retrieval

Sep. 6, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Escorted by an evidence custodian, Deputy District Attorney Lisa Kahn and two defense attorneys recently toured ...


Civil Rights


Affirmative Action Foes Win Prop. 209 Suit

Sep. 6, 2001
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Four statutory schemes with affirmative-action-style elements were struck down by a state appeal court Tuesday be...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - It's not every day that an 18-year-old takes a $77 ticket for jaywalking to the U.S. Supreme Court, but if you...


Large Firms


Tax-Business Attorney Joins Procopio Cory

Sep. 5, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch has added tax and business attorney Michael J. Changaris to its growing...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Early Action

Sep. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Every California litigator is well aware that on occasion trial courts make mistakes. Indeed, the California Courts of Appeal ...


Ellis G. Wasson joined the Los Angeles office of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley as partner on Aug. 1, bringing along experi...


Litigation


In his jeremiad against the tort system titled "Excessive Verdicts Affect Both 'Real People' and 'the Powerful'" (Forum, Aug. ...


Public Interest


Hear, Hear!

Sep. 5, 2001
By Columnist

That's the way one recent headline ran. Other newspapers ran similar types. Paul Caruso was indeed legendary. I know. I worked...


Somerset, N.J.-based Multilink Technologies raised $83 million in gross proceeds during its recent initial public offering of ...


Litigation


Civil Litigator for Musicians, Screenwriters Dies

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Daniel A. Weber, a civil litigator whose work on behalf of studio musicians and screenwriters led to new case la...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired L.A. Probate Commissioner Succumbs

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - Robert J. Blaylock, a retired probate commissioner who settled the estates of some decidedly famous clients, has...


Government


Lawyers Sue Cities Over Red-Light Cameras

Sep. 5, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - In class actions filed in Southern California last week and planned throughout the state, a group of lawyers is su...


Litigation


Consumer Lawyers Head For Vegas

Sep. 5, 2001
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Have you heard the story about the lawyer who tried to shortchange Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi on the amount of expl...


Criminal


Attorney in Malibu Faces Arraignment

Sep. 5, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Malibu attorney arrested at his home Friday is expected to be arraigned today on charges of grand theft. Civil...


Appellate Practice


'Bond' Dad Ends 40 Years in Legal Desert

Sep. 5, 2001
By Garry Abrams

An Irish film producer's long, strange and quixotic pursuit of a billion-dollar Hollywood movie franchise came to an end - may...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A politically charged civil rights suit brought by the late activist Judi Bari is set to start Oct. 1, and at...


Law Practice


SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Sep. 5, 2001
By Robin Davidson

You've come to think of perseverance as your middle name. First, three years of law school, then three months of the bar revie...


Firm Watch


Denise Jarman Fischer recently became of-counsel at the Sacramento law firm of Downey Brand Seymour & Rohwer , focusing he...


New York's hotel and rental car franchiser Cendant Corp. has agreed to buy Honolulu-based Cheap Tickets Inc. The cash deal is ...


Firm Watch


Lyne A. Richardson has become managing partner of the growing Los Angeles office of Ford & Harrison , a national labor and...


Transactions


FirstFed Financial Corp. of Santa Monica, the parent company for First Federal Bank of California, has agreed to purchase Torr...


Constitutional Law


Affirmative Action Infraction

Sep. 5, 2001
By Columnist

Why does Randy Pech deserve to be punished by the federal government? That question ought to prevail above all others as the U...


In an interesting twist, the Cooley Godward layoffs came soon after associates honored the Bay Area law firm. In a survey comp...


Santa Clara's Silicon Valley Bancshares, parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has signed an agreement to acquire Palo Alto i...


Transactions


Even Acquired Alliant Needs a Lawyer

Sep. 5, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Palo Alto-based Alliant Partners is an investment banking firm that doles out advice, usually to companies that are about to m...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Bellying Up to the Brazilis Bar

Sep. 5, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Ali Kia isn't the first lawyer to trade his suit for a white apron. But he might be the first to pair an upsca...


An evening of hot dogs, peanuts and roller coasters awaits clients of Katten Muchin Zavis. The firm is hosting a client-apprec...


Solo and Small Firms


Employment law specialist Jonathan Light knows that businesses need to protect themselves against employee lawsuits by careful...