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LA Lawyer Table of Contents:
June 1998

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

Table of Contents
June 1998, Vol. 21, No. 4  

FEATURES 

Under Suspicion
Has the California Supreme Court's Cotran decision lessened the standard of care that employers need to meet when terminating at-will employees?
By Steven J. Kaplan

Ruling on the Rules
Careful practitioners will heed recent ethics rulings in the areas of conflict of interest, attorney's fees, litigation privilege, and attorney-client privilege
By Ellen R. Peck and Robert L. Kehr 

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DEPARTMENTS

Practice Tips
Recent developments in design patent law
By Jon E. Hokanson, Christopher C. Larkin, and Sa'id Vakili 

Ethics Opinion No. 492
Accepting security interest in real estate to ensure payment


Practice Tips
The enforceability of liability releases in high-risk sports
By Susan M. Heinrich-Wells 

By the Book
Staying Cool
Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Freedman 

Computer Counselor
Internet research takes another step forward
By Daryl Teshima 

COLUMNS

President's Page
A call for continued activism
By David J. Pasternak

Barristers Bulletin
Where credit is due
By Russell T. Ginise 

Closing Argument
Posting unpublished opinions on the Internet
By Justice John Zebrowski 

Index to Advertisers 

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