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Focus (Forum & Focus)


Suctioning Data

Jan. 23, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Ilana S. Rubel - Internet aggregators who take information from other sites without authorization likely wil...


Firm Watch


Munger Litigator Pioneers as Special Master

Jan. 23, 2008
By David Houstonn

Industry Watch - By Amity Bacon - The U.S. Supreme Court has set a milestone with the appointment of the first woman as specia...


Education


Law Professor Drawn to Past Controversies

Jan. 23, 2008
By Alexa Hylandn

In his recently published book, "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Camp...


Government


LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo acknowledges his office has spent almost all of his annual budget for outside cou...


California Courts of Appeal


Panel Lets Judges Revoke Pro Hac Vice

Jan. 23, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Texas attorney David L. Sheller got what he wanted from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, which erased his $95,...


Judicial Profile


A Winding Road

Jan. 23, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Judge Susan Etezadi's experiences with the law have taken her as far as The Hague and, most recently, landed her on the bench ...


Constitutional Law


SAN DIEGO - A California lawyer has won a $188 million verdict for a Mexican businessman who claimed a Texan defamed him in a ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 22, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

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


Four-County Commuter

Jan. 22, 2008
By Linda Rapattoni

Dispensing justice over a wide area in Northern California, Commissioner Peter Twede is known for his patience and his clear e...


Government


Former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, who has been working in the private sector since leaving public office three years ago...


Judicial Profile


Diverse Passions

Jan. 19, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

After a love of Los Angeles brought him across country, Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm enjoyed 20 years in private practic...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a homeless paraplegic man found 'dumped' in a Skid Row gutter last February filed a lawsuit Thursd...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service will take place tomorrow for retired U.S. District Judge Spencer M. Williams. Williams di...


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


A murder defendant who had a dysfunctional relationship with his court-appointed counsel is not guaranteed new legal represent...


Civil Rights


RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which two former students of a religious high school claimed ad...


Verdicts


RIVERSIDE - A company that refuels commercial aircraft at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside has agreed to pay $100,000 to ...


Forum Column - By Joe Domanick - A conveyer-belt system of criminal justice in California has led to overcrowded prisons and a...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Paper or Plastic?

Jan. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Paying employee wages with stored-value "pay cards" could be legally viable. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Trademark Blues

Jan. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Diane J. Klein - Several trademark dilution issues are at play in a suit filed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...


Firm Watch


Heller Ehrman Loses Two to Jones Day

Jan. 19, 2008
By David Houstonn

Defections at Heller Ehrman continued this week when attorneys James Olson and Randall Schai relocated to Jones Day's four-yea...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Neutral's Legal Work in Navy Prepared Him Well

Jan. 19, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - As a young man in the U.S. Navy, Benjamin S. Seigel got his first taste of the law. His job: defend an officer a...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Putting Those Ballet Skills to Use

Jan. 19, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

Amy Solomon, the newest president of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles was preparing for life as a world-traveling...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - In the face of what seems to be inevitable litigation in the wake of a Christmas Day tiger attack, San Francis...


Verdicts


Court Tosses Man's Murder Conviction

Jan. 19, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court has reversed a Riverside man's murder conviction, asserting that the judge in the trial co...


Judicial Profile


Role Change

Jan. 18, 2008
By Anat Rubinn

Michael Villalobos has returned to the West Covina misdemeanor court where he began his career as a prosecutor - but this time...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Teaching Junkies to Save Each Other's Lives

Jan. 18, 2008
By Evan George

Susan Partovi, left, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles’ primary physician, and Mark Casanova, the Skid Row clinic’s executive d...


Discipline


SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors in San Bernardino County have dismissed charges against a Murrieta attorney who had been accused ...


Civil Rights


Ruling Widens Journalists' Privilege

Jan. 18, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

First Amendment groups are applauding a decision by a federal magistrate judge to grant Amnesty International the same rights ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


School Daze

Jan. 18, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Parents should be allowed to recover if their child is victimized as a result of their sch...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Marking Time

Jan. 18, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Chung Allred - For practitioners with clients trying to enforce in California mo...