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Books


Successfully Cross-Examine Doctors

Mar. 6, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Doctors as witnesses often form the crux of a case; Alan Radnor's new book provides guidance on how to conduct effective cross...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Mar. 5, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Criminal


Inmate Who Complained of Jail Abuse OD'd

Mar. 5, 2010
By Greg Katzn

Jail inmate Marlon Martinez, who died in his cell on Christmas Day after complaining of deputy abuse, was killed by a heroin o...


Insites


FINANCE

Mar. 5, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

NEW YORK - Delinquency rates grew in all sectors of commercial real estate during February, but they increased at the slowest ...


Insites


DEVELOPMENT

Mar. 5, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

OAKLAND - Officials announced planning is underway to convert the eastbound descent of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge fr...


Insites


ANALYSIS

Mar. 5, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

TEMPE, Ariz. - Economic activity in the services sector improved for the second consecutive month, according to a report by th...


California Courts of Appeal


Kenneth A. Goldman of Reed Smith in Los Angeles Wednesday dodged a serious conflict of interest claim as a state appellate pan...


Personal Injury & Torts


Relatives Sue Toyota Over Family's Death

Mar. 5, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Relatives of the San Diego family killed in a fiery crash last summer, after their loaned Lexus unexpectedly accelerated, are ...


Entertainment & Sports


Video Game Publisher Wants Time Out on Suit

Mar. 5, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Video game publisher Electronic Arts is hoping to push the pause button on a class action accusing the publisher of improperly...


Government


AOC Worker Sues Agency

Mar. 5, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A former analyst with the Administrative Office of the Courts has filed an employment lawsuit against the agency, claiming a s...


Entertainment & Sports


Loeb Starts Video Game Practice

Mar. 5, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Loeb & Loeb is launching a practice in video game entertainment and announced on Wednesday the hiring of a key partner to ...


Government


Doubts About Internal Toyota Records

Mar. 5, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Days after the chairman of a congressional investigative committee said documents provided by ex-Toyota attorney Dimitrios P. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Riverside Appeals Court Justice Retires

Mar. 5, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Barton C. Gaut, an associate justice with the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside, retired last week. In his 13 years on...


Criminal


Post-Conviction Discovery Seems Safe

Mar. 5, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Two former prosecutors on the California Supreme Court hammered away Wednesday at a deputy district attorney from Contra Costa...


U.S. Supreme Court


Justices Mull Individual Immunity

Mar. 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court struggled Wednesday over the question of whether former officials of foreign countries can be sued in U...


Litigation


Oklahoma Law Applied to Asbestos Claim

Mar. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Jules Zeman and William Martin of Haight Brown & Bonesteel analyze the California Supreme Court's decision in McCann v....


Intellectual Property


Wyeth v. Kappos will most likely be of particular importance to drug patent holders, write James Mullen III and Yan Ley...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Challenger Disqualified

Mar. 5, 2010
By Pat Broderick

San Diego Judge Harry L. Powazek will be running unchallenged unless his opponent, Brett Maxfield, manages to successfully app...


Corporate


Executive Compensation Under Attack

Mar. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

With greater disclosure now required for employee compensation, Dave Howard of Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel provides some fo...


Judges and Judiciary


Charge Discourages Courtroom Peacekeeping

Mar. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

David DeGroot of Sheppard Mullin says the Commission on Judicial Performance's decision to charge Judge Joseph W. O'Flaherty i...


Litigation


E-Discovery Bar Set High For Litigants

Mar. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Dan Sedor of Jeffer Mangels examines Judge Shira Scheindlin's recent e-discovery ruling and its extension of the common law cu...


Government


State Forced to Defend Furlough Days

Mar. 5, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

An effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ease California's budget woes by sending state employees home without pay three day...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Federal judges on Wednesday issued the firmest rebuke yet of California's health cuts, ruling that state officials again broke...


Government


L.A. Court, Unions In Layoff Talks

Mar. 4, 2010
By Cat Ho

Union leaders representing Superior Court employees are in the final stages of negotiations with court management to hammer ou...


Top Northern California


Top Northern California Law Firms

Mar. 4, 2010
By Riley Guerin

See our annual rankings of Northern California's 20 largest firms.20 Largest North...


U.S. Supreme Court justices gave short shrift Tuesday to the idea that plaintiffs should be able to sue individual federal hea...


Insites


INVESTMENT

Mar. 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

FOSTER CITY - SolarCity and U.S. Bancorp created a $90 million fund to finance commercial and residential solar installations ...


Insites


RETAIL

Mar. 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

SAN DIEGO - Shopping center owners and brokers invited to address San Diego members of NAIOP, the commercial real estate devel...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS

Mar. 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

REDWOOD CITY - AutoZone purchased an 8,416-square-foot freestanding retail building at 901 El Camino Real for $2.3 million fro...


U.S. Supreme Court


Farm Workers Go After Distributor

Mar. 4, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A busload of Central Valley farm workers rose before dawn Tuesday so they could hear lawyers argue their 10-year-old claim for...