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A Supreme Experience

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Gaining admission to the U.S. Supreme Court turned out to be much more than an excuse to get together with old law school frie...



Saving Your Client's License

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Civil and criminal settlements can have long-lasting effects on a client's occupational license. ...



Playing the Race Card

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

An interview with Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford, author of The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Re...



Practicing with The Simpsons

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Working at a law firm is a lot like living through a Simpsons episode. The trick is to figure out who the characters are. ...



Participants

Sep. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Sep. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Olympic Efforts

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

John Kamm makes olympic efforts for Chinese prisoners. ...



Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Last year, as part of a sting operation dubbed "Tarnished Eagle," the feds arrested a retired Army officer and ten Hmong exile...



The 2008 California 50

Aug. 2, 2008
By Riley Guerin



A Woozy Wait

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

After the Riegel v. Medronic medical-devices decision, litigators are on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a ...



Interns: Employees or Not

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Thinking of having an intern work at your office for free? Be careful, you just might be hiring an employee who has a host of ...



... And Privacy."

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Chief Justice Ronald M. George's majority opinion in the same-sex marriage case gives a new dimension to California's constitu...



Seeing Is Convincing

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

No matter how big or small the case, courtroom graphics-- everything from interactive Flash time lines to 3-D animations-- can...



LGBT Equality

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Some law firms earn high ranks on LGBT issues in the Corporate Equality Index. ...



The 2008 California 50 - Corrected

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Our annual survey on attorneys at the state's largest law firms compares the numbers--on size, equity and nonequity partners, ...




CA 50 Sidebar

Aug. 2, 2008
By Riley Guerin



Managing Expectations in Mediation

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia



A Grim Picture Gets Grimmer

Aug. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia



From The Editor

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Participants

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Taxiing Onward

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

When I accepted the position of executive director of the San Francisco Taxi Commission, I didn't take into account that my pr...



Stop the Partnership Track, I Want to Get Off

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

The goal of making partner has lost some of its luster as lawyers join contract-services outfits or gravitate to firms where t...



Let Them In

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Three new books argue that open borders serve the national interest.



Employment Law

Aug. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

A roundtable with Rothschild; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; and Jackson Lewis.



Best Bets: Elder Law

Jul. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown



The Child's Advocate

Jul. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Leslie Starr Heimov weathers the homeschooling storm. ...



Stanford Clinic Scores Supreme Success

Jul. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

A Stanford litigation clinic scores big at the Supreme Court. ...



The Thrill of Victory

Jul. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

In 1977 I competed in an 800-meter race before a crowd of 20,000 people in Stockholm, Sweden. Twenty years later, I founded th...



Busting Bribery

Jul. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Business booms for lawyers helping companies avoid--or get out of--trouble overseas, thanks to increased prosecutions under th...