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Judicial Profile


A Teacher's Patience

Jun. 17, 2008
By Anat Rubinn

A former Upward Bound instructor and college adviser, Commissioner Michael Garcia brings those qualities of listening and conv...


Family


With the mortgage market paralyzed and the housing market in the tank, selling a house is beginning to look like a bad idea to...


Judges and Judiciary


In Chambers

Jun. 16, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

Orange County Superior Court judges on Friday elected Kim G. Dunning as presiding judge and Thomas J. Borris as assistant pres...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 16, 2008
By Jill Redhage

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed four attorneys to counsel and advise various departments within the state government.


U.S. Supreme Court


The Beginning of the End of Gitmo?

Jun. 14, 2008
By David Houstonn

With the Supreme Court's blockbuster decision Thursday in favor of terrorism suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the ...


Corporate Counsel


In October, Madonna signed a reported $120 million deal with Beverly Hills-based Live Nation Inc. that includes recordings, c...


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


Chief Judge Alex Kozinski Thursday called for an investigation into his own conduct following published reports that his priva...


Education


Former Lawmaker to Join Chapman Law

Jun. 14, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

Tom Campbell, the former Silicon Valley congressman and current dean of the business school at UC Berkeley, will join the facu...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Keeping the Gene Pool Private

Jun. 14, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act amends a number of federal laws to restrict collection and use of genetic inform...


Verdicts


Litigator and ADR neutral Paul D. Gutierrez has been stationed on or near Pacific Avenue between Montgomery and Sansome street...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Constitution One, Bush-Cheney Done?

Jun. 14, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

he high court scored a technical knockout against the Bush-Cheney strategy that has consistently ignored the right of the fede...


California Supreme Court


Lower Court Is Asked to Delay Gay Marriages

Jun. 14, 2008
By Laura Ernden

A conservative Christian group made an 11th-hour request to the California Court of Appeal Thursday to stop same-sex couples f...


State Bar & Bar Associations


'Boot Camp' Helps Break In Law Students

Jun. 14, 2008
By Pat Broderick

Is a bowl of soup a meal? If so, is it sufficient payment for a pricey Armani suit? ...


Government


Challenge to Jury Selection System Fails

Jun. 14, 2008
By Pat Broderick

A Superior Court judge has dismissed a challenge by two attorneys who claimed San Diego County's jury selection system underre...


Litigation


Designer: I Didn't Read Fine Print

Jun. 14, 2008
By Jason W. Armstrong

The doll designer at the center of a fiercely litigated federal trial over rights to the popular Bratz line testified Thursday...


Verdicts


Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Corp. has settled a patent dispute with Taiwan-based Acer Technology just before an Internatio...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Think You Co-Own a Copyright? Think Again

Jun. 14, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Many copyright owners co-own their copyrights with others, or at least they thought so until a decision came down in a recent ...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court: U.S. Citizens Can Face Trial in Iraq

Jun. 14, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Although American citizens held overseas by the military do have habeas corpus rights in U.S. courts, the Supreme Court in a u...


Firm Watch


Web Exclusive - Benjamin Field, a Santa Clara County prosecutor accused of withholding evidence in a rape case, now faces char...


Criminal


Kozinski Should Recuse Himself, Lawyers Say

Jun. 14, 2008
By Martin Bergn

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski should recuse himself from an ongoing obscenity trial after the revelation that he collected sexuall...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 13, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

The co-chair of Heller Ehrman's Appeals and Strategy Practice Group, has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Fran...


Litigation


Dental Debt Has Wronged Patients Biting Back

Jun. 13, 2008
By Evan George

Monica Palacios, a Venice-based writer, enlisted the help of her lawyer friends to get charges of $10,000 for services she had...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A federal judge has denied a California telecom company's bid to have a $7 million arbitration award against it overturned. ...


California Supreme Court


Court to Look At Privilege in Lawyer's Letter

Jun. 13, 2008
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court will decide whether a 22-page letter from an attorney to her client's corporate counsel is fair g...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


An Argument for More Argument

Jun. 13, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Howard Fineman's superb first book, "The Thirteen American Arguments," bears witness: As discomforting and disputatious as our...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


As Easy as E-Verify?

Jun. 13, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Enrollment in Homeland Security's E-Verify program is a gamble for some employers, write C. Matthew Schulz and Ute Krudewagen....


Firm Watch


The attorney for Brocade Communications Systems' special litigation committee informed a federal judge the company has identif...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Earn-outs should be viewed as a tool of last resort and should not be entered into lightly, writes Scott Joachim. - Forum Colu...


California Supreme Court


George Herzog and his partner Michael Nava, who is a staff attorney for state Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, are plannin...


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


Kozinski Says Son May Have Uploaded Porn

Jun. 13, 2008
By John Roemer

A Beverly Hills lawyer in an angry dispute with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski said he learned months ago that Kozinski's Web site ...