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	Los Angeles Lawyer The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Table of Contents February 2001 Vol. 23, No. 11
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	FEATURES Final Exams Knowing how to conduct direct and cross-examination properly will facilitate the work of the court and impress jurors By Judge Ernest M. Hiroshige Driven to Excess (HTML) (PDF) Recent court decisions have strengthened the hand of insureds who seek declaratory judgment against their excess insurers By Jeffrey S. Raskin DEPARTMENTS Practice Tips The U.S. Supreme Court's surprise ruling on sentence enhancements By Alex Ricciardulli Practice Tips Enforcing a prebankruptcy release of claims and rights By Howard J. Weg Ethics Opinion No. 504 An attorney's duty to follow a client's explicit instruction not to disclose confidential information in the context of a minor client's disclosure of ongoing sexual abuse in dependency proceedings Ethics Opinion No. 505 Engagement agreement restrictions on client settlement authority Computer Counselor (HTML) (PDF) Planning and implementing a computer backup system By Carole Levitt and Elliott Stern COLUMNS President's Page (HTML) (PDF) The case for raising judicial salaries By Rex S. Heinke Barristers Tips New lawyers and their legal secretaries By Karina B. Sterman Closing Argument The State Bar: back to the future? By Justice Elwood Lui

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