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LA Lawyer Table of Contents:
March 1998

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

Table of Contents
March 1998, Vol. 21, No. 1  

FEATURES 

An Indiscriminate Measure
Even supporters of Proposition 209 may be surprised at the resolution of the legal ambiguities that will arise during the new law's implementation
By Lew Hollman

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Without the Possibility of Parol
The Bonshire ruling suggests that judges may be more willing to curtail the use of parol evidence in arbitration than in court
By David M. Rosman and Ronald P. Kaplan

Priority Matters
Careful attention to statutes and case law is needed to establish the hierarchy of real estate liens with partial super-priority status
By Edmund L. Regalia and Basil Shiber

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DEPARTMENTS

Tax Tips
1997 tax act offers major provisions for estate tax relief
By Walter Weiss

Practice Tips
Contracts and negotiations in the growing economy of Vietnam
By Edward J. Nowakoski

Practice Tips
Enforcing statutory liens on tangible property
By Vin A. Fichter

Computer Counselor
Bridging the gap with practice information managers
By Daryl Teshima

COLUMNS

President's Page
The State Bar under attack
By David J. Pasternak

Barristers Bulletin
Outlawing bias is not enough
By Christine Le Bel

Closing Argument
Right idea, wrong implementation
By Lorie Campos

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