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LA Lawyer Table of Contents:
September 1999

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

Table of Contents
September 1999, Vol. 22, No. 6  

FEATURES 

On to a Higher Court 
Experienced appellate attorneys use a variety of well-honed tactics to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their appeals.
By Richard H. Nakamura Jr.

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Security Alarm
Should recent Ninth Circuit decisions denying default interest to oversecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings be overruled?
By Kenneth Miller 

DEPARTMENTS

Practice Tips
Cease-and-desist letters in intellectual property disputes
By David L. Hoffman and Robert J. Lauson

Tax Tips
A new standard for corporate tax shelters
By Jordan P. Weiss and Raffi S. Baroutjian

Practice Tips
Handling employee requests for disability accommodation
By Linda Edwards, Leslie Abbott, and Stephen Sonnenberg

Ethics Opinion No. 498
Disclosure of client misrepresentation in a fee dispute



Ethics Opinion No. 499
Charging interest on costs advanced on behalf of a client


By the Book
The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer
Reviewed by Kurt L. Schmalz

Computer Counselor
Users win in the battle between KeyCite and New Shepard's
By Daryl Teshima

COLUMNS

President's Page
LACBA in the law school classroom
By Patricia M. Schnegg

Barristers Tips
Six rules for writing well
By Jeffrey B. Kahan

Closing Argument
A call for new laws in the war against hate
By Carla Arranaga

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