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Education


LOS ANGELES - The Williams Institute, a research center at UCLA Law School, has received $5.5 million in new gifts to support ...


U.S. Supreme Court


WASHINGTON - When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground off the coast of Alaska in March 1989, the Berlin Wall had not falle...


Law Practice


Jinshu "John" Zhang, who was actively involved in developing Greenberg Traurig's China practice and presence, has left the fir...


Administrative/Regulatory


High Court Allows Suits Over Salmon

Feb. 13, 2008
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that consumers can sue under state consumer-protection laws as long as the regu...


Judicial Profile


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lynn Olson, who practiced law for four years in the late 1980s and early 1990s before ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Costly Visa Bill

Feb. 13, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Lisa Spiegel - Congress should ease limits on H-1B visas to allow more educated professionals to work in the...


Law Practice


Attorney Gives New Meaning to Soccer Mom

Feb. 12, 2008
By Jill Redhage

Women's Professional Soccer will kick off its first games in April 2009, and fans will have attorney Vicki Veenker to thank. ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


LOS ANGELES - An arbitration panel retained by Kaiser Permanente has awarded the family of a 72-year-old patient $318,944 in a...


Web Exclusive - A statewide tort reform group has introduced legislation that would allow courts to strike a portion of a laws...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Real Fraud

Feb. 12, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By John T. Hansen - The push for voter ID laws is merely a Republican effort to suppress minority voters likely...


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


SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appellate Judge Jay S. Bybee has denied a plaintiffs' motion to recuse himself from hearing an excessi...


Firm Watch


Katten Adds Securities Litigator

Feb. 12, 2008
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Katten Muchin Rosenman bulked up its securities litigation group with the hiring of Helen...


Entertainment & Sports


SAN FRANCISCO - Just when it looked like Joseph Russoniello was about to be benched in the prosecution of home-run king Barry ...


Firm Watch


Reed Smith Bolsters Its West Coast Practice

Feb. 12, 2008
By Maya Meinert

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith once again has expanded its West Coast practice, adding three l...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - An environmental group is trying to cut down U.S. Forest Service plans to salvage-log hundreds of trees in the...


Firm Watch


Baker Attorneys Rack Up Third Pro Bono Win

Feb. 12, 2008
By David Houstonn

Industry Watch - Amity Bacon - A federal appeals court halted the deportation of a Mexican immigrant after Baker & McKenzi...


SANTA ANA - The federal prosecutors pursuing Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona took pains to avoid legal pitfalls in the summe...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Pat Broderick - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo opened a shop in San Diego 18 months ago, ju...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By William Sheffield - Litigators are among the most noble and hard-working members of the legal profession. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Return of the Tender offer

Feb. 12, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Philip Bush - The SEC's amendment to the 'best-price' rule has made an impact on mergers and acquisitions. ...


Real Estate/Development


LOS ANGELES - In recent weeks, two lawsuits have been filed against KB Home and Countrywide Financial Corp., accusing the comp...


Death Row Records' lawyer David Kenner is the last man standing in a series of lawsuits aimed at a posse of gangsta rappers an...


Discipline


LOS ANGELES - A state-court judge in North Carolina has ordered harsh sanctions against San Diego's Robbins Umeda & Fink, ...


Litigation


Prosecutors Reveal Plan for Pellicano Case

Feb. 12, 2008
By Martin Bergn

LOS ANGELES - In the first glimpse of their strategy for the wiretapping conspiracy trial against notorious sleuth Anthony Pel...


Firm Watch


Disciplinary Actions

Feb. 11, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

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


Firm Watch


On the Move

Feb. 11, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's l...


Judicial Profile


Forget the Small Talk

Feb. 11, 2008
By Pat Alston

Felony preliminary hearings are serious business to Judge Cynthia L. Ulfig, who’s known as a no-nonsense jurist with a knack f...


Judicial Profile


Presiding Practicalities

Feb. 10, 2008
By Pat Broderickn

Whether balancing rights in the courtroom or budgets for the Superior Court, San Diego Judge Kenneth So avoids the minefields....


Government


Both sides in the case of Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona recently made moves displaying their clever legal strategy. ...


In Chambers - SAN DIEGO - Judge Christine V. Pate has retired, ending a 20-year career with the Superior Court. ...