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June 22, 2007 |

Sun Microsystems Shines On Select Law Firms

Five years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. worked with about 400 different outside law firms. Now the company's general counsel is trying to bring some sanity to the inside-outside bond.
3 minute read
May 26, 1999 |

The (Not-So) Friendly Skies

Three class actions claiming false imprisonment and negligence are in the works against Northwest -- the airline that held 27 flights on the runway during a January blizzard in Detroit. The lawsuits underscore a wider rebellion among airline passengers over what they say is shoddy treatment on the part of the nation's air carriers. The soaring volume of complaints have struck a chord: a recent court decision and congressional action are aimed at giving passengers more rights once they board an airplane.
5 minute read
January 09, 2003 |

Court Ponders Liability for Bus Stop Safety

California transit agencies could face rough roads ahead, as the state Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to hold them liable for injuries at bus stops located in dangerous places. Meeting in San Francisco, the high court's only concern appeared to be a fear that a ruling against the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority could expose transit agencies statewide to excessive third-party liability from drivers who hit pedestrians using busy crosswalks to reach bus stops.
5 minute read
August 20, 2007 |

Small-Firm Attorney Drills for T&E Gold Among Gay Community

The future looked bright in the spring of last year at San Francisco's BVH Law Group. Deb Kinney and her three partners discussed hiring staff to help buttress their expanding estate-planning practice: managing the wealth of gay and lesbian individuals and their families. That niche afforded plenty of work, thanks to continual updates to California's domestic partnership statutes. But by March, Kinney was the only lawyer left, and she decided to relaunch at the same address under a new name: DLK Law Group.
7 minute read
March 21, 2005 |

Mind Games

Employment lawyers didn't always speak the language of mental disability litigation. But now, the once-rare claims have grown into a niche practice area. Lawyers say the reasons for the increased caseload could range from employees' awareness of their legal rights to the publication of a new psychiatric diagnostic manual to greater workplace stress. Although defense attorneys complain that workers and their doctors are going too far, plaintiffs attorneys insist that discrimination remains widespread.
6 minute read
August 15, 2003 |

Police Abuse Panel Gives Up on Port Probe

Mounting lawsuits and a "charged" atmosphere have forced a panel of legal experts to call off its probe of a police clash with anti-war protesters at the Port of Oakland. Police fired beanbags, dowels, rubber bullets and other projectiles at protesters during the April 7 incident. Nearly 50 plaintiffs have filed civil rights suits. According to a press release issued late Thursday, time constraints and the "highly charged atmosphere of mounting litigation against the city" prompted the group to disband.
3 minute read
March 12, 2007 |

Make a Wish

What changes would you make in the state's workplace laws? Some California practitioners offer their suggestions.
8 minute read
November 28, 2007 |

Beefing With Backers

Closed-door meetings are at issue in the latest skirmish in Alameda County prosecutor Angela Backers' gender discrimination suit against her boss, DA Tom Orloff.
4 minute read
March 17, 2005 |

Mind Share

Barbara Lawless is tired of hearing from stressed-out workers. She'd rather get a call from someone with bipolar disorder. By contrast, she finds, stress is too common and too subtle to sway a jury. Employment lawyers didn't always speak the language of mental disability litigation. Such claims used to be rare. "What we're seeing now is what the plaintiff lawyers have been saying all along: That a mental disability is the same as a physical disability," said plaintiff attorney Todd Schneider.
6 minute read

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