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LA Lawyer Table of Contents: February 1997

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

Table of Contents
February 1997, Vol. 19, No. 11  

FEATURES 

24	You Can't Go Home Again The court determination of the date of marital separation will have major consequences for the delineation of community property By Ovvie Miller
28	Consistently Yours The principle of judicial estoppel can be invoked to prevent a party in litigation from arguing inconsistent positions By Jay R. Ziegler
31	Designed to Scale Small businesses will find access to public and private equity markets eased by recent federal and state reforms By Lee R. Petillon Plus: Earn MCLE Credit. MCLE Test No. 48, sponsored by West Publishing.

DEPARTMENTS 

19	Practice Tips Lease terminations: negotiating buy outs and buy downs By Bryan Mashian
49	Computer Counselor Cutting-edge technology for the law office By Daryl Teshima
55	By the Book Decision: How the Supreme Court Decides Cases Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Freedman

COLUMNS 

11	President's Page Continuing crisis in legal services programs By Sheldon H. Sloan
15	Barristers Bulletin Lawyering without hardball tactics By Laura V. Farber
60	Closing Argument The citizens' initiative for charter reform By David Fleming and Mike Keeley
53	Classifieds
54	Index to Advertisers
59	CLE Preview