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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Pilot With HIV Can Sue Agency

Feb. 24, 2010
By John Roemer

A San Francisco man who failed to disclose his HIV status when he obtained a pilot's license but acknowledged his disease to g...


Government


Senator Calls for Bybee Resignation

Feb. 24, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

Democratic lawmakers may call a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and a California law professor to Capitol Hill to test...


Juvenile


Judge Eugene Hyman of the San Jose County Superior Court says lack of training for participants in the delinquency and depende...


Perspective


Table for Two At the Tea Party?

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

K.J. Greene of Thomas Jefferson School of Law asks whether he is a suitable candidate for admittance into the Tea Party moveme...


Appellate Practice


Death Penalty Appeals Riddled With Delay

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Practitioner Andrew Love says limitations on federal review have done nothing to cure the delay in adjudicating death penalty ...


Government


U.S. Judge 'Inclined' to Enjoin Cooley

Feb. 24, 2010
By Greg Katzn

A new prosecutors' union won a skirmish against District Attorney Steve Cooley on Monday when a federal judge signaled that he...


Criminal


Attorneys Open Brocade Retrial

Feb. 24, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A prosecutor and defense attorney each painted an entirely different picture of former Brocade chief executive Gregory L. Reye...


Perspective


Differentiating Cost Awards From Judgments

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Practitioner Steven Andre says courts have applied a muddled approach over whether a "costs only" judgment is subject to the u...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Lawyers representing a Malibu man who was denied a costly liver transplant by his insurer told the jury in opening statements ...


Civil Rights


Ripston Steps Down from ACLU

Feb. 24, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

After nearly four decades at the helm, Ramona Ripston has announced she will step down next year to make way for a new generat...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Weighs L.A. Role in Child Abusers List

Feb. 24, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide under what circumstances a couple could sue Los Angeles County for not taking t...


Judicial Profile


Jerome Nadler

Feb. 24, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Nadler likens his job to working in an emergency room: chaotic, fast-moving, an...


Insites


BANKING

Feb. 24, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

SAN DIEGO - Pasadena-based OneWest Bank FSB has assumed all of he deposits of La Jolla Bank FSB, which was shut down by federa...


Appellate Practice


Mysteries of the Writ

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University distinguishes the winners from the losers in the fight to secure a petition for writ.


Perspective


Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Nuts and Bolts of Determinate Sentencing" and answering the questions that follow. ...


The selection of Deputy District Attorney David Walgren to prosecute Michael Jackson's doctor signals that the Los Angeles Cou...


Corporate Counsel


Charles S. Berkman

Feb. 23, 2010
By Pat Broderick

General Counsel and Secretary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.La Jolla ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Abducted Child Is Ordered Returned

Feb. 23, 2010
By John Roemer

A Montana college professor must immediately return his young daughter to her Panamanian mother, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Contra Costa Courts to Lay Off 16

Feb. 23, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

Contra Costa County Superior Court officials sent layoff notices to 16 employees last week as the court struggles to deal with...


Securities


O.C. Prosecutor Takes D.C. Post

Feb. 23, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

One member of the maligned Broadcom prosecution team quietly relocated to Washington, D.C. this week to take a position as dir...


Government


Two Los Angeles city fire captains will receive $1.6 million in damages for being disproportionately disciplined after a prank...


Law Practice


Lawyer Fights Misconduct Charge

Feb. 23, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

Prominent sexual harassment attorney Philip Kay, who a State Bar judge found in December should be suspended from practicing l...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Kaiser Says Pfizer Defrauded HMO

Feb. 23, 2010
By Evan George

Unusual battle between industry giants opens this week over drug marketing. ...


Law Practice


Helping Corporate Counsel Manage Risk

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Sharon Berman of Berbay Corp. explains what steps to take when assisting corporate counsel with risk management. ...


Criminal


The Missing Chapter: Asian Americans and Crime

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Assistant Federal Public Defender Harvey Gee asks why criminal law literature has consistently overlooked the role of Asian Am...


Perspective


Nuts and Bolts of Determinate Sentencing

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Judge Sam Ohta of the Los Angeles County Superior Court unravels the complexities of felony sentencing under the Determinate S...


Labor/Employment


Tanja Darrow and Jim Hart of Littler Mendelson explain how employers can prepare for and respond to emergency situations. ...


Judges and Judiciary


O.C. Judge to Join Plaintiff Firm

Feb. 23, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Judge Peter J. Polos cited court money problems, a restrictive judicial pension system, the decline in civil jury trials - and...


Corporate


Backdating Case Faces New Landscape

Feb. 23, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Prosecutors open their retrial of former Brocade chief executive Gregory L. Reyes today with a very different legal view of st...


Large Firms


A year and a half after Michael Lightfoot folded the white-collar shop he founded into Washington, D.C.-based Crowell & Mo...