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Outgreening the Joneses

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Law firms are getting environmentally friendly, stocking up on everything green-from coffee tables to tableware. ...



The E-Vendors Cometh

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

What every law firm needs to know before choosing an e-discovery vendor. ...



Contracts Move Online

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Tractis moves contracts online-slowly ...



Admitting Extrinsic Evidence in California

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Though the California Supreme Court has skated around the issue, it has never abandoned the extrinsic evidence rule in constru...



Peer to Patent

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

Can feedback gathered online from the patent community speed the patenting process? ...



Blind Insight

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

The law is a good place for a blind person. As a commercial litigator, I don't need eyesight to think, read, and write. ...



Defending the Vatican

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

A Berkeley sole practitioner is the Holy See's unlikely chief defender in U.S. courts. It's a match made in heaven. ...



Up Against Big Brother

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brownn

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a long and distinguished record fighting for the rights of Americans in cyberspace But ...



Black Swans

Feb. 2, 2008
By Alexandra Brown

The collapse of the market in securitized subprime mortages now seems utterly predictable. So does the ensuing litigation. Fin...



Discipline Report

Feb. 1, 2008
By Alexandra Brown



From the Editor

Feb. 1, 2008
By Alexandra Brown



Malpractice Insurance Report

Feb. 1, 2008
By Jake Flahertyn

The good news for California attorneys is that rates declined by as much as 10 percent during the past year, even as the numbe...



Employment Law

Feb. 1, 2008
By Alexandra Brownn

A roundtable with:Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & RudyJackson LewisOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.



Letters to the Editor

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn



Partners in Justice for Darfur

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

For one intense week, I helped prepare Sudanese attorneys to represent victims of the conflict in Darfur.



Saving the Republic

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

In See You in Court, labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan describes filing tort claims in place of grievances—and in that exch...



Divining the Meaning of "Best Efforts"

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

Interpreting the meaning of a "best efforts" clause in a contract can be as confusing as trying to make sense of that whole Br...



He Said, They Said:

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

A review of Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas and My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir. Plus:



Big Firm Tech

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

With the use of virtual deal room technology, M&A lawyers can now eliminate both mountains of paper and business trips. Bu...



Fun and Games?

Jan. 1, 2008
By Alexandra Brownn

A rash of lawsuits in the Internet's multiplayer gaming world signals an end to the fun of escapism.



Intellectual Property

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

A roundtable with Goodwin Procter; Hogan & Hartson; Morrison & Foerster; and Weil, Gotshal & Manges.



On the Air With Hugh Hewitt

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

In the rough-and-tumble world of talk radio, a conservative lawyer in Orange County has a show that is practically highbrow.



Mortgage Meltdown

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

The subprime mortgage crisis brings hard times for many, but proves to be a boon for some lawyers.



From the Editor

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn



Real Law in the Virtual World

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

What will the rise of 3-D online environments mean to lawyers, law school professors, and corporate counsel? Just ask their av...



From Copyright to Corruption

Jan. 1, 2008
By Megan Kinneyn

America's leading cyberlaw professor switches his interests.



Guilty!

Dec. 2, 2007
By Megan Kinneyn

The aggressive tactics of defense attorney Richard Marmaro appeared to overwhelm prosecutors in the Greg Reyes stock-options b...



The Legal Follies 2007

Dec. 2, 2007
By Megan Kinneyn

With million-dollar pants suits, robbers disguised as trees, lawsuits against the Lord, and choreographed criminals putting on...



Surviving on Trust

Dec. 2, 2007
By Megan Kinneyn

When I was a contestant on CBS's reality show Survivor, I applied skills I'd learned as a lawyer. ...



Prognostications for 2008

Dec. 2, 2007
By Megan Kinneyn

Members of California Lawyer's editorial advisory board peer into the future to predict what will happen in the law nex...