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


Coming Soon, To a Court Near You?

May 12, 2009
By John Roemer

Say cheese, litigators. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wants to put cameras in federal trial courts. ...


Juan J. Dominguez pays handsomely to have his larger-than-life image plastered on the sides of public transit vehicles through...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Commercial Break

May 9, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Winston & Strawn lawyers detail an established body of federal law that recognizes and enforces international commercial a...


Perspective


Viral Managing

May 9, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

D. Gregory Valenza explains the responsibilities of employers during an outbreak like the swine flu. ...


Litigation


State Court Deletes Spam E-mail Lawsuit

May 9, 2009
By Evan George

As irksome, dubious - even downright unreadable - as spam advertising e-mail messages might be, they are not fraudulent, a Los...


Litigation


In what a plaintiffs' lawyer called a rare judgment, a San Bernardino County Superior Court jury Thursday found that State Far...


Criminal


'Foreclosure Prevention' Firm Sues Lenders

May 9, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

An Irvine-based "foreclosure-prevention" law firm has sued two giant lenders for telling borrowers the firm is defrauding them...


Arbitrator Profile


Mill Valley-based mediator Charlotte M. Venner said she tries to help her clients reach closure in what can be the most diffic...


U.S. government attorneys argued in a federal court Thursday that five state investigations into the Bush administration's war...


U.S. Supreme Court


Members of California's Hispanic legal community want to make sure President Barack Obama doesn't overlook their favorite cand...


Real Estate/Development


An arbitrator has barred the foreclosure sale of an 82-unit, mixed-use, waterfront condominium development, citing the "imposs...


California Supreme Court


Object now or forever hold your peace. The California Supreme Court affirmed that long-standing maxim of good lawyering Thursd...


U.S. Supreme Court


Gender May Beat Ethnicity In Justice Pick

May 9, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Latino legal groups are lobbying hard for President Barack Obama to appoint one of their own to the U.S. Supreme Court for the...


Government


Federal judge Thelton E. Henderson was set to deliver the keynote speech at a San Francisco conference organized to discuss cu...


Law Practice


Second MoFo Lawyer Tapped by Obama

May 8, 2009
By David Houstonn

James Pooley, a Palo Alto-based partner at Morrison & Foerster, has been nominated by the Obama Administration to become t...


Even if Dennis Cyrus Jr. murdered three people, he wasn't part of an organized criminal enterprise as prosecutors claimed so h...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Clause Come Out

May 8, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Procedural and substantive unconscionability must be present to justify the refusal to enforce a contract or clause based on u...


Law Practice


BERG: What Would Ferdinand Pecora Do?

May 8, 2009
By Martin Bergn

As Congress considers hearings on the financial meltdown, columnist Martin Berg wonders: What would Ferdinand Pecora do? ...


Immigration


Facility Idle as Detainee Space Runs Out

May 8, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

Nearly two years after it was abruptly shuttered, the Terminal Island Federal Detention Center sits idle. Its future use is un...


The Clean Water Act will be crucial in saving the Oceans' smallest creatures, writes Miyoko Sakashita. ...


Large Firms


Court Revives Suit Against Bingham

May 8, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

A real estate brokerage firm can proceed in its $10 million lawsuit against Bingham McCutchen over the firm's role representin...


California Supreme Court


State Justices Look at ADA Damages Rules

May 8, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Small businesses, who are urging the California Supreme Court to reduce the amount of damages available for violations of the ...


Perspective


Cap and Trade, or Bait and Switch?

May 8, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

"Cap and trade" may not be the solution to greenhouse gas emmissions, writes Don Willenburg. ...


Law Practice


A San Francisco federal judge Wednesday ruled that Shartsis Friese will get its day in court in a professional negligence suit...


Judicial Profile


From Wiki to TV

May 8, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

Few family law judges have their own Wikipedia entry, and fewer still are newly elected. But San Francisco County Superior Cou...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Drops Case to Avoid Political Backbiting

May 8, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

A Riverside judge accused of making biased rulings against prosecutors because of an alleged political ambition to run against...


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Government


In San Diego, city attorney and county counsel will share resources to curb costs for outside lawyers. ...