5,000 square feet, zero lawyers; although securities class actions are booming, Chimicles' L.A. office isn't

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Defections from the California office of Chimicles, Jacobsen and Tikellis, the law firm which pioneered securities fraud litigation, have left the firm with no attorney licensed to practice in California. Attorneys disagree about the effect of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1885, and initial private studies reported plaintiff's counsel getting around federal strictures by using state filings. A June 30, 1998, Stanford Law School study finds evidence of a rebound in suits, and projects a total 49% higher than the annual average during the five years before the act took effect.

Management, California, Law firms, Chimicles, Jacobsen and Tikellis

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TV changed politics and football: what will it do to our system of justice?

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Many experts on television and the court system predict the ever-increasing incorporation of the latter into the former. Though some expect it will be a beneficial merger, most think the addition of a second, and second-guessing, jury of 100 million will be unfortunate, as will the forces urging courts to accomodate the imperatives of TV. Among these will be a so-called dumbing down of courtroom legalese, and possibly a concomitant reduction in legal reasoning. Courtroom TV may also lead to reforms to increase convictions.

United States, Influence, Media coverage, Cameras in the courtroom, Cameras in court, Conduct of court proceedings, Courtroom proceedings

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Defense side divides, conquers

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Attorneys for the defense in Trizec Properties v. United States Gypsum Co, a multiparty asbestos case, were successful in their arguments to have the statute of limitations and liability phases of the trial bifurcated. They assert that this will save a great deal of money. Plaintiffs' lawyers, aware that plaintiffs tend to do less well in bifurcated trials, claim not to be worried by this one defeat.

Cases, Trial practice, Asbestos, Civil procedure

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