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Family


Judge Denies Claim for Share of Jackpot

Sep. 14, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A San Bernardino County judge has denied a woman's claim that she is entitled to a cut of a $6 million Lott...


Personal Injury & Torts


District Settles Teen Girl's Sex-Assault Claims

Sep. 14, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - Saddleback Valley Unified School District has settled a lawsuit filed by a former teen-age recreation leader who...


Government


Judge Refuses to Drop Case Against Deputy

Sep. 14, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A judge refused Wednesday to dismiss the case against a deputy sheriff accused of destroying videotapes th...


Labor/Employment


Time After Time

Sep. 13, 2001
By Columnist

In a sweeping new opinion, the California Supreme Court has made it easier than ever for a plaintiff in a disability-discrimin...


Litigation


No Brag

Sep. 13, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

With an e-mail address of Bestlawyer@aol.com, Southern California attorney Steven R. Young doesn't suffer from a lack of confi...


Law Practice


Prosecutor Benefit

Sep. 13, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors, public defenders and the private defense bar are coming together this evening to raise funds for ...


Litigation


Jury Persuaders

Sep. 13, 2001
By Columnist

Counsel's ability to persuade jurors relies heavily on the advocate's communications ability. Communication occurs on many lev...


Product Liability


Driver Ed

Sep. 13, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

To help drive home the message that the plaintiff's Toyota performed safely, the defense attorney communicated his points to t...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - The terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., forced Southern California's legal nerve centers to shut...


Education


Law Classes To Resume Today

Sep. 13, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York came just three days before thousands of law school applicants were to...


Litigation


A Shell Game

Sep. 13, 2001
By Eron Yehuda

Business partners must trust each other in order to work together for their mutual benefit. A recent $1.2 million bench decisi...


Litigation


Powerful Weapon

Sep. 13, 2001
By Columnist

The role of the expert witness in civil litigation is changing. The question is whether advocates will be prepared for the cha...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Law firms around the country shut down Tuesday as people mourned their losses and counted their blessings follow...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Barbara K. Olson, wife of U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson and a well-known lawyer in her own right, die...


Government


WASHINGTON - I saw the face of terror for the first time in my life today, and it was from my car on Washington Boulevard in A...


Solo and Small Firms


Shock Waves Reach S.F. Legal Scene

Sep. 13, 2001
By Philip Hager

SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific, four-pronged attack by terrorists on the nation's governmental and commercial institutions struc...


Government Contracts


9th U.S. Circuit Upholds S.F. Partners Rule

Sep. 13, 2001
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A groundbreaking local ordinance, requiring businesses to offer domestic partner benefits to unmarried workers...


Criminal


In an Emergency, Prosecutors Lend a Hand

Sep. 13, 2001
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - Justice in San Francisco was temporarily suspended Tuesday. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the E...


Front Page


Arab-American Citizen Groups Fear Persecution

Sep. 13, 2001
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - Security concerns in the wake of the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history could trigger retaliatory attacks ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - The terrorist acts that rocked the country's economic and political centers Tuesday set the stage for unpreceden...


Government


Shock Waves of Terror Ripple Through L.A.

Sep. 13, 2001
By Garry Abrams

LOS ANGELES - Downtown Los Angeles became a ghost town Tuesday morning, a sign that the world we thought we knew is gone forev...


Large Firms


Most Firms Either Close or Are Evacuated

Sep. 13, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - In the wake of the nation's worst terrorist assault, most California law firms simply closed their doors Tuesd...


Law Practice


It'll 'Never Be the Same'

Sep. 13, 2001
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The jolt of Tuesday's catastrophic news spun Jon B. Eisenberg's mind to the aftermath of the 1963 Kennedy assa...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Has 'Real World' Experience

Sep. 12, 2001
By Paul Wilborn


Litigation


Suit Targets Re/Max for False Advertisements

Sep. 12, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

SANTA ANA - Re/Max, a consumer financing company in Orange County, dupes its customers with false advertising and inadequate d...


Marketing


Tightfisted

Sep. 12, 2001
By Columnist

Dear Anne: I am the marketing partner at my firm. Recently, my colleagues have been suggesting that spending money on marketin...


International


The U.S. government's walkout at the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intoleranc...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Who Had Two Heart Transplants Dies

Sep. 12, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

INDIO - Retired Riverside Superior Court Judge Jerome E. Stevenson, who sat in Indio and traveled on assignment for two decade...


Large Firms


Latham & Watkins Nabs Corporate Lawyer

Sep. 12, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Corporate attorney Craig Andrews has joined the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins, a move that industry a...


Law Practice


As human cloning technology develops, so does the debate on whether it should continue or be banned. While scientists, medical...