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21 L.A. Law. 3 (1998-1999)

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Los Angeles Lawyer
The Magazine of the
Los Angeles County
Bar Association
March 1998, Vol. 21, No. 1


Contents


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40      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
        Plus: Earn MCLE Elimination of Bias Credit. MCLE Test No. 60,
        sponsored by West Group, begins on page 44.  0


48      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  R Kaplan


53      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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Special Section
10th   Annual Guide to Expert Witnesses


Cover photo: Tom Keller


Lew Hollman, a senior attorney

with San Fernando Valley

Neighborhood Legal Services,

Inc., is cochair of the Bias in the

Profession Subcommittee of the

Association's Minority

Representation in the Legal

Profession Committee. His

article, An Indiscriminate

Measure, anticipates the con-

troversies that will surround the

application of Proposition 209.

The article begins on page 40.


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

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

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

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


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

13  Barristers Bulletin
    Outlawing bias is not enough
    By Christine Le Bel

100 Closing Argument
    Right idea, wrong
    implementation
    By Lorie Campos



33  Classifieds
98  Index to Advertisers

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