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Criminal


Homies Unidos Leader Gets a Clean Slate

Jun. 19, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Alex Sanchez, the gangbanger turned peacemaker who made headlines when he faced deportation stemming from a Ramp...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Owen Joseph Brady, a Pasadena lawyer whose Jesuit education guided his 50 years of practice, died of heart failu...


Public Interest


Market Madness

Jun. 16, 2001
By Columnist

People become lawyers because they like to win. And as lawyers, they can delude themselves into seeing everything as a win-win...


Environmental


Coastal Catch

Jun. 16, 2001
By Columnist

Superior Court Judge Charles C. Kobayashi's May 8 ruling in Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission, 00...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Backhouse Blues

Jun. 16, 2001
By Columnist

The court stated that the distinction among permissible users of second units violated both privacy and equal-protection right...


Administrative/Regulatory


Should we ban pit bulls and similar dog breeds? ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - A diverse swath of Los Angeles stretching from Hollywood to just west of downtown has a voice in City Hall for t...


Government


Judge Says Council Could Be Liable

Jun. 16, 2001
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - In light of an appellate court ruling, a federal judge reversed himself Thursday and said Los Angeles City Counc...


Government


Delgadillo Names Head of Transition Team

Jun. 16, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney-elect Rockard J. "Rocky" Delgadillo on Thursday named O'Melveny & Myers litigation...


Government


Former Inmate Files Civil Rights Lawsuit

Jun. 16, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - A former Orange County jail inmate has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing sheriff's deputies of failing to...


Law Practice


Attorneys Make Practicing Law a True Family Affair

Jun. 16, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A lot of parents spend a small fortune sending their kids to law school, and for most, watching their children r...


Criminal


Cadence Demands Avant Pay $700M for Stolen Code

Jun. 16, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Cadence Design Systems is asking a judge to award a whopping $700 million in compensation for lost profits and othe...


Constitutional Law


Challenge to Domestic Partner Rule Fails

Jun. 16, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A trailblazing domestic partners ordinance, requiring San Francisco city contractors to provide equal benefits...


Criminal


Fight to the Death

Jun. 16, 2001
By Contributing Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Next month, with the near-certain cooperation of an Oakland judge, Alameda County Assistant District Attorney ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs' attorneys have failed to prove that nine oil giants conspired to bilk consumers by raising gasolin...


Immigration


Immigrant Learns Law, Stops Her Deportation

Jun. 16, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Denise Hart grinned, showing missing front teeth. It's part of the price she's paid as a former junkie who has s...


LOS ANGELES - In a Clintonesque opinion that parses the meaning of "it," a state appellate court has ruled that a witness has ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Judge Orders Exam For E-Mailing Lawyer

Jun. 15, 2001
By Amy Koval

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer who allegedly sent more than 100 menacing e-mails to opposing counsel after losing an egg price-fixing ...


Labor/Employment


Perfect Balance

Jun. 15, 2001
By Columnist

If the conduct did not walk like harassment, or quack like harassment, Breeden enjoyed no legal protection in her complaint ac...


Public Interest


Telling It Like It Isn't

Jun. 15, 2001
By Columnist

There's a Credence Clearwater Revival line about "some folks inherit star spangled eyes, they'll lead you down to war, and whe...


Labor/Employment


Cart Controversy

Jun. 15, 2001
By Columnist

On May 29, the U.S. Supreme Court swung the disability pendulum again - this time toward the disability community, or at least...


Commercial Law


New Practice Group At Heller Ehrman

Jun. 15, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe has created a new practice group at the intersection of financial services...


Judges and Judiciary


In Ferguson v. Moore, 98 Tenn. 342, 39 S.W. 341 (1897), Judge John S. Wilkes found the following for the court, in pert...


Discipline


Disposal Dilemma

Jun. 15, 2001
By Columnist

Attorney-client agreements should describe how documents will be returned or destroyed once a matter is concluded. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Pilot's Widow Receives $9 Million

Jun. 15, 2001
By Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - For Sharon Hiser, an $8.7 million jury verdict against Bell Helicopter is bittersweet. The award means justice to ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Superior Court Reaches Accord With Most Staff

Jun. 15, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Paralegals, court clerks and judicial assistants for the Los Angeles Superior Court will receive raises up to 18...


Labor/Employment


Jury Awards Fired Psychiatrist $1.5 Million

Jun. 15, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - A jury has awarded $1.5 million to a psychiatrist who alleged he was fired because he refused to prescribe ge...


Transportation


Ellison Allowed to Land Jet in San Jose

Jun. 15, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Larry Ellison will get to land his personal jet at San Jose International Airport, according to a federal judge's r...


Constitutional Law


Police Can Sue Citizens for False Complaints

Jun. 15, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - California police officers retain the unique statutory right to sue citizens who file false complaints against...


Government Contracts


Judge Orders Energy Contracts Aired

Jun. 15, 2001
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered California's long-term electricity contracts made public, but she ques...