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Obituaries


Maria Rodriguez, a longtime advocate for minority women's rights and Senior Council for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, died on...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


UCI Student: Why I Joined a Fledgling School

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Adam Brauner grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, before earning a degree in economics from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C....


Law Practice


UCI Teaching the Classics - But With a Twist

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

Students at the UCI School of Law are taking courses such as "Common Law Analysis" and "Statutory Analysis" but some still cal...


Intellectual Property


The 'Bilski' case provides a good example of how amicus briefing can provide a court with resources that two parties alone pro...


Labor/Employment


Whistle-Blowing While You Work

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

The 9th Circuit recently took its first foray into what a plaintiff must show to establish a whistleblower claim under the Sar...


Technology & Science


Off the Record

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Public officials shouldn't be able to subvert the Public Records Act simply by using private e-mail accounts, writes Peter Sch...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Who Makes the Rules?

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Georgene Vairo asks: When it comes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, who should be allowed to make changes: the Supreme...


Intellectual Property


License to Confuse

Aug. 27, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

It is important for the parties in a patent license agreement to expressly address which third parties are covered and not cov...


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


Re-Trial Turns On Culpability Of Ex-CEO

Aug. 27, 2009
By David Houstonn

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel's decision to overturn a former technology company chief executive's options backdat...


California Courts of Appeal


A San Joaquin County murder conviction was thrown out Tuesday because the doctor who performed the autopsy was not allowed to ...


Law Practice


Derek Rockers went to China for nine weeks earlier this summer, becoming only the second American, and first lawyer, to take p...


Judicial Profile


Tough or 'Just Mush?'

Aug. 27, 2009
By Pat Alston

Being held in contempt as a litigator had a searing affect on Michael A. Leversen. The Orange County judge, who has a reputati...


Judicial Profile


Ballet to Bench

Aug. 27, 2009
By Pat Alston

A former ballet dancer, Vegas showgirl and hard-charging sex crimes prosecutor, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Karla Kerlin...


Environmental


Timber Giant Drops Logging Plan After Suits

Aug. 26, 2009
By Fiona Smith

The state's largest timber company has withdrawn plans to log certain forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a week after the...


Law Practice


UCI Law School's Library a Labor of Love

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

Beatrice A. Tice, the associate dean of library and information services, oversaw all aspects of the innovative and creative n...


Federal authorities are dropping their investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and his wife, Delgadillo's ...


Labor/Employment


Catherine L. Fisk is the chancellor's professor at UC Irvine School of Law. She writes and teaches in the area of labor and em...


Tension surrounding the controversial plan to reduce the state's prison budget ratcheted up another notch on Monday, when the ...


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


A non-profit's fear of being labeled a terrorism supporter is not enough to give it standing to challenge the U.S. government'...


Law Practice


Bonifacio Bonny Garcia didn't eat a bite for a week after scarfing down a stack of Denny's French toast last Monday. He will f...


Judges and Judiciary


Rogan Redux

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

President Obama can take a small step toward his goal of bipartisanship by re-nominating James E. Rogan to the Central Distric...


Entertainment & Sports


Rocking the Boat

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Ronald S. Rosen asks: Were the Pirate Bay defendants buccaneers and thieves, or were they champions fighting for the right of ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Phonetag Is It

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

For lawyers who feel they need to be constantly accessible to clients, Phonetag.com will be a welcome help, writes Paul R. Kie...


Entertainment & Sports


Coming to Life

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Determining whether a filmmaker has infringed on the rights of a subject who has not consented to be portrayed can be a comple...


Law Practice


Judge Rejects Gay Marriage Suit on Technicality

Aug. 26, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

Saying the case has jurisdictional problems, a federal court judge Monday tossed out a closely watched suit by an Orange Count...


Government


San Mateo Courts to Lay Off Another 60

Aug. 26, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

San Mateo County Superior Court has discovered a surprise $3.89 million deficit that it said will force layoffs of 60 court wo...


Law Practice


Liberal Scholar in a Conservative Realm

Aug. 25, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

Among the many people who know Erwin Chemerinsky - and there are very many - there is wide agreement about one thing: No one b...


Corporate Counsel


After nearly 30 years working on the outside for agricultural cooperatives, Charles L. Woltmann decided to join them, becoming...


Law Practice


In a difficult economy, UCI Law fundraisers are finding one approach that is paying off is seeking money from outside the coun...


Environmental


Topics discussed at Friday's climate change forum at UCLA included the interplay of federal and state environmental laws. ...