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Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Thinking Cap

Sep. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

California officials have proposed that the state take a gradual approach to greenhouse gas emissions allowance auctions in re...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Proposition 6 is a “me first” money and power grab that would permanently enrich a narrow spectrum of the justice system, lite...


Law Practice


Congress Broadens Disability Law

Sep. 18, 2008
By Amelia Hansenn

Congress may have opened a door for disability discrimination lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court had shut. Wednesday, lawmak...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Munger Partner to Head Women Lawyers Group

Sep. 18, 2008
By Amanda Becker

Katherine M. Forster, a partner in the labor and employment department at Munger, Tolles & Olson, will be installed tonigh...


Law Practice


9th Circuit Strikes Blow to Medi-Cal Cuts

Sep. 18, 2008
By Evan George

Patients who depend on state programs like Medi-Cal for medical care have the right to sue in federal court over funding cuts ...


Law Practice


Heller Identifies Departing Partners

Sep. 18, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

A Heller Ehrman spokesman Wednesday confirmed the names of 11 intellectual property partners leaving the firm for Washington, ...


Judges and Judiciary


'Steady' Jurist Takes Helm of Judges' Group

Sep. 18, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Mary Wiss, who will be sworn in next week as president of the California Judges Asso...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 18, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Munger, Tolles & Olson welcomes back an appellate attorney as of counsel.


Law Practice


Late E-Mails Derail Stock Options Trial

Sep. 18, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

The Northern District's third criminal stock options case took a detour Wednesday after a batch of documents was delivered lat...


Criminal


Bosnian Refugee Endows Law Clinic

Sep. 18, 2008
By Noah Barronn

A Bosnian refugee, who is married to Britain's wealthiest banker, has donated $4 million to the UCLA School of Law to create a...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Formulating Plan E

Sep. 18, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Because the cost of eDiscovery can quickly outpace the actual value of the case, attorneys can no longer afford to play hide t...


Law Practice


Just a day after announcing its general counsel's retirement, Warner Bros. Entertainment chose a former FCC lawyer to fill its...


Law Practice


ACLU Wins Deal for Buddhist Temple in Orange County

Sep. 18, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

After a two-year legal battle, a group of Buddhists will be able to build their temple in Garden Grove, under a deal with the ...


Law Practice


L.A. Times Workers File Suit Against Owner

Sep. 17, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of current and former employees of the L.A. Times, “Sam Zell’s illegal and irre...


Top 100


Editor's Note

Sep. 17, 2008
By Martin Bergn

This year, we are focusing on the lawyers and judges who, through their work, are shaping our future: what kind of air we will...


Top 100


Here are the Top 100 and how they got there.

Sep. 17, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

Biographies of the Top 100


Top 100


The List

Sep. 17, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

The List of The Top 100


Top 100


Top 100

Sep. 17, 2008
By STEPHEN LARSON

The Daily Journal publishes its 11th annual listing of the most influential legal leaders in the state.


Law Practice


Already scolded twice by the state's Commission on Judicial Performance, a San Diego County judge is in trouble again - this t...


Litigation


San Diego Lawyer Seeks Stay of Clergy Files

Sep. 17, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

A lawyer for some of the accused priests in the San Diego clergy abuse scandal is asking a judge to stop the review of key chu...


Law Practice


Judge's Disqualification Under Fire

Sep. 17, 2008
By Pat Broderick

The San Diego district attorney's office is planning to file a motion to reconsider the disqualification of Judge Charles W. E...


Law Practice


Federal Judges to Share Courtrooms

Sep. 17, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Senior judges will have to share their courtrooms to save money, the U.S. Judicial Conference decided Tuesday.


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Bush's Department oftheInferior

Sep. 17, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

While the scandals reported last week are particularly prurient and pathetic, they are not the first to poison the air at Bush...


Law Practice


Heller Confirms More Departures to Covington & Burling

Sep. 17, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Alan H. Blankenheimer, a patent litigator in Heller Ehrman’s San Diego office, and several other San Diego partners in Heller’...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 17, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Alston & Bird has hired two new partners in the firm's intellectual property group.


Law Practice


Lawyers May Cash In On Market Crisis

Sep. 17, 2008
By Laura Ernden

The ongoing financial meltdown has prompted calls for stronger regulation. That may bring more business for attorneys working ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


What few economists and almost no ordinary Americans understand is that our own Internal Revenue Code actually encourages busi...


Litigation


Retiring Lawyer Was a 'Force' at Warner Bros.

Sep. 17, 2008
By Noah Barronn

One of the longest-serving general counsel at a Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. Entertainment's John Schulman, announced Tuesda...


Law Practice


Justice Rick Sims, writing for a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, said California's practice of granting in-state tu...


Insites


INDUSTRIAL

Sep. 17, 2008
By Carla Pinedan

TORRANCE - TA Associates Realty acquired a portfolio of 13 industrial properties from Storm Properties Inc. for more than $52 ...