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Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Meaning of 'Life'

Aug. 5, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

In practice and to create legal certainty, a product's warranty terms should make clear whose life is relevant and how 'lifeti...


Litigation


MGA Entertainment has tapped well-known San Francisco litigators Jerome B. Falk Jr. and Douglas A. Winthrop to serve as appell...


Law Practice


In less than two years as a lawyer, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker’s Abigail W. Lloyd has amassed an impressive caselo...


Government


Andrea Hoch, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's legal affairs secretary, and her chief deputy, were part of a team that argued befor...


Law Practice


Pfizer May Have Settled Painkiller Suits

Aug. 5, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge overseeing litigation involving the painkillers Bextra and Celebrex on Friday ordered plaintiffs to submit inf...


Judicial Profile


A Common Touch

Aug. 5, 2008
By Fiona Smith

Family Law Judge Wendy G. Getty forgoes the robe and bench to sit down with all the attorneys and parties for some candid disc...


Judicial Profile


'Very Cool Judge'

Aug. 5, 2008
By Pat Alston

Those who appear before her like the way Margaret Miller Bernal handles her job on Los Angeles County Superior Court. That inc...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 4, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Virginia-based Hunton & Williams has added nine partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, including one Los Angele...


Criminal


A former Orange County deputy public defender was sentenced Friday to 95 days in jail for stalking his former girlfriend and t...


Judicial Profile


Moving Up

Aug. 3, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

For Georgina Torres Rizk, taking a seat on the Superior Court was the next step in a legal career that has spanned almost 35 y...


Law Practice


Prosecutors Defend Proposed Samueli Plea Deal

Aug. 2, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Before Orange County billionaire Henry Samueli can walk away from the Broadcom stock-options scandal with a large payment but ...


Corporate Counsel


Thinking Locally, Acting Globally

Aug. 2, 2008
By Jill Redhage

Clif Bar General Counsel Bruce Lymburn found a way to combine his love of business law and real estate law with an environment...


Judicial Profile


Judicial Evaluation

Aug. 2, 2008
By John Roemer

Julian B. Sapirstein decides if mentally ill patients in San Francisco are ready to return to society. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Deal With It

Aug. 2, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Insider Trading: The Next Market Scandal? ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Injustice at Justice

Aug. 1, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Under President Bush, immigration courts have been undermined by a judicial hiring process that delayed important work in orde...


Law Practice


San Diego Loses Bid to Overturn Marijuana Law

Aug. 1, 2008
By Pat Broderick

Proponents of medical marijuana use received good news Thursday from the 4th District Court of Appeal, which ruled that federa...


U.S. Supreme Court


Alito, Panel Note Appellate Shift

Aug. 1, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding a personal right to own guns is a good example of how appellate courts have...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Most mediations center around justice, money and relationships.


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The governor errs in relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in White v. Davis to support his proposed reduction of state empl...



On the Move

Aug. 1, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Lisa Gilford, a litigation partner with Los Angeles firm Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, was appointed pre...


Law Practice


Judiciary Sees Fading Agenda In Congress

Aug. 1, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Lawmakers are about to recess but they haven't considered proposals to increase judge salaries and add a number of judgeships ...


Verdicts


A federal judge has cemented a $2.3 million settlement between the city and hundreds of homeless residents who say police and ...


Law Practice


Justices Question Intent of Whistleblower Law

Aug. 1, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Three California Supreme Court justices Thursday urged the Legislature to take another look at the state's whistleblower law, ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Play Now or Pay Later

Aug. 1, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Employers can save time and money by doing compliance assessment and proactive planning before getting sued, writes Nancy Yaff...


Law Practice


Diet Tips, Kennedy End 9th Circuit Meeting

Aug. 1, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

A roundup of the final events at the 9th U.S. Circuit's Meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho.


Law Practice


Perkins Partners Birth Boutique

Aug. 1, 2008
By Jill Redhage

Two Perkins Coie partners in San Francisco jumped ship this week to form their own labor and employment and commercial litigat...


Law Practice


Atlanta-based Alston + Bird entered California with a bang Wednesday. It announced a merger with Los Angeles' 83-attorney West...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Making a career of mediation is difficult even in the most litigious and metropolitan counties. But as Robert Fairman's dilemm...


Judges and Judiciary


Trends in fire science were on the docket at the 9th circuit annual conference Wednesday in a National Interagency Fire Center...


Web Exclusive - An environmental group opposed to plans for a large Wal-Mart store in Yucca Valley sued local government offic...