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Judicial Profile


A Legal Excursion

Jul. 30, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

Richard Scheuler embarked on his legal career in an ailing VW bug. Now he presides over a misdemeanor calendar in Tehama Coun...


Judicial Profile


On an Even Keel

Jul. 30, 2008
By Noah Barronn

Vista Judge David J. Danielsen, like Mark Twain, who he physically and philosophically resembles, appreciates the comedic and ...


Large Firms


Countrywide Founder Hires WilmerHale Lawyer

Jul. 29, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr opened its Los Angeles office about a year ago and has now burst onto the scene, secur...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Letter to the Editor

Jul. 29, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

New statute does not revoke previous rule.



On the Move

Jul. 29, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

The State Bar will honor Los Angeles County Public Defender Michael P. Judge with a 2008 diversity award.


Law Practice


U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles, no stranger to criticism by federal appellate panels, now has come under th...


Judicial Profile


Traveling Man

Jul. 29, 2008
By Amelia Hansenn

Wanderlust once led Mark Curry around the world. Now the former star prosecutor has embarked on a new adventure, as a member o...


Law Practice


A state appellate court Friday endorsed a new defense for price-fixing cases in California. ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


The state's HMO watchdog agency this month closed its sweeping yearlong investigation into the insurance industry's controvers...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Writ Watch

Jul. 29, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The process of filing a writ petition is fraught with opportunities for missteps, writes Joan Wolff. - Focus Column ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Savage, Indeed

Jul. 29, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

What radio host Michael Savage said about minority children and those with autism is nothing short of hate-speech directed at ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Self-Study Test

Jul. 29, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli ...


Law Practice


Court Reverses Sanctions in Toxic Tort Case

Jul. 29, 2008
By Dhyana Levey

A state appeal court has reversed roughly $1.1 million in sanctions against plaintiffs and their attorneys in a toxic tort law...


Immigration


School to Decide if Child Can Stay

Jul. 29, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

While Edna Funes sat in a San Bernardino jail last week awaiting an immigration trial, her 5-year-old, U.S.-born son sat at ho...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


In a society that professes to worship diversity, an able, civic-minded fellow should be able to question orthodoxy without ni...


Criminal


Federal prosecutors unveiled six recordings of private eye Anthony Pellicano feeding attorney Terry N. Christensen intimate de...


Criminal


Double-Jeopardy Dismissal Sought in Obscenity Case

Jul. 29, 2008
By Nicolas Taborekn

Web Exclusive - The lawyer for accused distributor of obscenity Ira Isaacs filed a motion Friday to dismiss his client's case ...


Law Practice


MGA Lawyer Seeks Mistrial In Bratz Case

Jul. 29, 2008
By Jason W. Armstrong

The lawyer for MGA Entertainment asked a judge Friday to declare a mistrial in the Bratz doll federal court custody fight, cla...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Disciplinary Actions

Jul. 28, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

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



On the Move

Jul. 28, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Chicago-based Hinshaw & Culbertson promoted 15 attorneys to partner, including Wendy Chang of the firm's Los Angeles office.


Judicial Profile


Success Story

Jul. 28, 2008
By Pat Alston

Three decades after her stay-at-home-mom plan disintegrated, Lesley C. Green sits on the Los Angeles County Superior Court be...


Judicial Profile


East Meets West

Jul. 26, 2008
By Laura Ernden

At 8, Helena R. Gweon came from Korea to California. She adapted, graduated from Harvard Law and now sits on the Sacramento ...


Law Practice


Professor Sees Comics as Path to Learning Law

Jul. 26, 2008
By Pat Broderick

James M. Cooper has a goal that is likely to delight some young law students - and possibly cause some head-shaking among old-...


Corporate Counsel


24 Years and Counting at Warner Bros.

Jul. 26, 2008
By Nicolas Taborekn

As general counsel of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. since 1984, John A. Schulman has seen his share of upheaval in the enter...


Law Practice


Alex Kozinski, beset by an investigation into racy photos on his Web site, has scratched his public appearances at the 9th U.S...


Law Practice


Justices OK Tool to Fight Bias in Juries

Jul. 26, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Defense lawyers officially have a new weapon in their arsenal to get their clients' convictions overturned on appeal. ...


Law Practice


Farm workers and health and environmental advocates sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to ban a pesticide ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Court of Appeal's opinion in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum), 2008 DJDAR 11267, addresses sev...


Criminal


Lawyers for "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis, who is facing federal tax evasion charges, Thursday filed a civil complaint...


Arbitrator Profile


As Neutral, Ex-Judge Relishes Human Contact

Jul. 26, 2008
By Craig Andersonn

Read Ambler loved being a judge. But with college costs looming for several of his children, he retired in 2000 and took a job...