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Los Angeles Lawyer
The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association 

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February 2000, Vol. 22, No. 11  

FEATURES 

Offensive Interference
Since Della Penna, appellate courts have struggled with defining "independent wrongfulness" in tortious interference cases
By Edwin F. McPherson

Talking Points
Neither lawyers' rules of professional conduct nor journalists' codes of ethics are adequate for guiding the conduct of legal commentators
By Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurie Levenson 

Disabling Switch
Does the doctrine of judicial estoppel prevent a claimant for disability benefits from also suing under the ADA or FEHA?
By Wayne A. Hersh and Jon G. Miller 

DEPARTMENTS

Practice Tips
Defense tactics in civil actions that ignore arbitration clauses
By Lawrence M. Boesch

Practice Tips
Intellectual property issues for the technology startup company
By Jon E. Hokanson and Sa'id Vakili 

Computer Counselor
The Central District Bankruptcy Court goes online
By Jon D. Ceretto and J. Scott Bovitz 

COLUMNS

President's Page
Who will govern the unified courts?
By Patricia M. Schnegg

Barristers Tips
The challenge of being a female associate
By Karina Bess Sterman 

Closing Argument
The reality of Asian Pacific litigators
By Sidney K. Kanazawa 

Classifieds 

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