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Product Liability

Nov. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

A roundtable with Jones Day; Kaye Scholer; Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Morrison & Foerster; and Shook, Hardy &...



Participants

Nov. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Get It On the Record

Oct. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

When the judge calls you in for a chat, take the court reporter with you. ...



Protecting Customer Privacy

Oct. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Hindsight

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Participants

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Verbatim

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



The MAC Clause: An Emperor with No Clothes

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

In M&A deals, contract clauses intended to prevent acquiring parties from backing out of a deal due to unforeseen changes ...



Whine a Little

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Restrictive legislation in several states is undermining a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision that had been expected to ease dir...



Securities Update

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

A roundtable with Katten Muchen Rosenman; Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Morrison & ...



Beware the Enemy Within

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

With so many mobile computing devices around, law firms now must do much more to keep their data networks safe.



The Death Penalty's ROI

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

The ACLU doesn't think California is getting its money's worth from the death penalty.



Rivals

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Three pairs of adversaries talk about their professional relationship and consider the possibilities of being friendly foes.



A Tough Lawyer in a Mean Town

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Joseph W. Cotchett reviews In the Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer by Robert S. Bennett.



No Bono

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Placing pro bono lender-fraud cases is a hard sell at California's largest law firms.



The Many Lives of Jerry Brown

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

He was one of the state's youngest governors ever. Now, as California's oldest first-term AG ever, he's made fighting global w...



The Marrying Kind

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

As a gay attorney, I have felt no discrimination at my law firm, but I may soon face unequal treatment under the law.



In the Lead

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

National M&A activity dipped in the first half of the year, but California law firms head the pack in negotiating the corp...



Editor's Note

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia



Manimony

Oct. 1, 2008
By Usman Baporia

In many jurisdictions, alimony awards for ex-husbands are becoming more common.



Auto Loans in Limbo

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Bapora



Keeping House

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

State and local governments require owners to keep their real estate from turning into an eyesore. ...



Look Ma, No Hands

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

As of July, Californians can no longer legally drive using a handheld cell phone. So if you still want to drive and chat, you'...



Coalinga State Hospital by the Numbers

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

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Bankruptcy Boom

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

As Californians go broke, work heats up for bankruptcy lawyers. ...



The Rights of Same-Sex Spouses

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

When advising same-sex couples, lawyers will need more than a citation to the landmark Marriage Cases. ...



Trapped in the Treatment Mall

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

For a tiny percentage of sex offenders, confinement does not end with the completion of a prison sentence. Instead, they are s...



The Wedding Planner

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

Chief Justice Ronald M. George writes a groundbreaking opinion on same-sex marriage, as he leads the California Supreme Court ...



Tracking the Associates

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

The number of female associates and associates of color is on the rise at California's largest law firms. ...



Who's Left? Who's Right? Who Knows?

Sep. 2, 2008
By Usman Baporia

The third term for Chief Justice John Roberts involved a host of important decisions, set against the looming specter of a hea...