Plaintiff Paints First Victory in Suit Over S.F. Building Mural
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A case that poses the novel question of who has the legal duty to recognize art survived its first legal chal...
Trailing Tracks
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BOTTOM LINE Attorneys face rapid changes in conflict-of-interest laws, particularly with former clients. ...
Out of Bounds
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Recording a map before 1893, when the first subdivision map law was enacted, does not in itself create a legally recognizable ...
Role Model for America:
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^^From the Tower^^ By Ira L. Shafiroff For some people, truth and integrity are more important than fame or fortune. On the ev...
Just Another Acquisition for Camahort
By Melissa Onstad
It's another day, another billion-dollar deal for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner Steve Camahort. And today's de...
Microsoft Is the Victim in Justice Departments Ruling
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^^Spin Report^^ By John M. Curtis Taking another bite out of free enterprise, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackso...
Kids Stuff
By Jennifer Orff
THE ADVISER A design can't be protected as trade dress unless it has achieved secondary meaning. By Rod S. Berman and Steve Pl...
Artists Upset Over Laguna Beach Festival Move
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LAGUNA BEACH - For decades, this south Orange County seaside community of opulent resorts and hotels facing frothy waves on m...
Showbiz Beat
By Bobbi Murrayn
HOLLYWOOD: Wendy Wheaton has big plans for her weekly radio show 'Hollywood Scoop,' going daily May 1. ...
Settling Up
By Meredith Alexander
SMALL FIRMS Since 1976, San Francisco's Community Boards have been providing neighborhood mediation services that have turned ...
Safe & Sound
By Jeffrey Anderson
Sound Wars This year's South by Southwest Music Conference highlighted the collision of artists' rights and commerce when it c...
The Voir Dire Process Destroys the Jury Principle
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FORUM The voir diring of criminal jurors is offensive to the Constitution, deceives jurors and leads to the destruction of the...
Finding the Right Person to Be Your Firms CEO
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Recruiting a CEO By Tom Taulli In the high-tech race, having the best technology is not always critical. After all, Apple Comp...
Creativity Frays Can End Soon
By Marisa Navarro
By Marisa Navarro Emerging Staff Writer With the click of a mouse or a push of a key, data moves through cyberspace. But in th...
A New Lease
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VENTURE A growing number of property owners have been accepting stock options as part of the lease package for startup compani...
Doctor Accuses Cedars-Sinai of Hastening Deaths
By Anne La Jeunesse
A geriatric rheumatologist and internist who, until a few months ago, held privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 10 ye...
Company Takes Lead in Big Deals
By Marisa Navarro
Last year, Sam Francisco-based financial institution Robertson Stephens completed more than 230 public offerings worth more th...
Brand-Aids
By Tamara Scott
LARGE FIRMS It's not enough to be a high-quality, full-service law firm anymore. Now it's a matter of marketing, knowing how t...
Eglash: LAPD resistant to oversight
By Chris Ford
The Los Angeles Police Department for years has been criticized for perpetuating an "us-vs. -them" mentality toward youths in...
DA Garcetti Claims Kraut Made Mistake
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti and challenger Steve Cooley squared off in their first debate Friday, with ...
Allstate Given $3M Award for Fraud Scheme
By Anne La Jeunesse
A federal jury has awarded Allstate Insurance Company $3 million, finding that an independent insurance adjuster and two cons...
You Can Never Have Enough Education
By Katherine Gaidos
Some might consider Darryl Snider, litigation partner with Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in Los Angeles, a tad overeduca...
DA Report Detects No Violation at Belmont Site
By Martin Bergn
Controversy sharpened Friday over the issue of accountability for the Los Angeles Unified School District's troubled Belmont s...
Gibson Dunn Shutters San Diego Office; Staff Considers Relocation
By Tamara Scott
Los Angeles-based Gibson Dunn & Crutcher will close its San Diego office, displacing 13 litigation attorneys - three part...
Regulations Delay Return of Dogs to Park
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The battle by hundreds of dog walkers to reopen popular bluff trails at Fort Funston closed by the U.S. Park ...
Lawyers Organize to Paper Judge for Dismissing Juror
By Tessa Jarrett
RIVERSIDE - Riverside criminal defense lawyers have banded together to boycott the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Vilia G. ...
Rite Aid Better Charm Third Time
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - After a two-year legal struggle that extended throughout the state, Rite Aid Corp. and prosecutors representing 1...
David vs. Goliath
By Anne La Jeunesse
^^At Issue^^ By Anne La Jeunesse Verdicts & Settlements Staff Writer Valentine's Day was sweet indeed for attorneys Lauren...
Degrees of Expertise
By Anne La Jeunesse
Some intellectual property attorneys say they've been misperceived, as though they are "not real lawyers" - that they just get...
Happy Meal
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^^Environmental Law^^ The Boeing case offers some guidance regarding causation and allocation under CERCLA. Page 7 Happy Meal ...