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Law Practice


Wilson Sonsini Loses 23-Year Firm Veteran

Nov. 20, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN JOSE - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is losing its second big-name partner in as many months with the pending depar...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Blessing In Disguise

Nov. 20, 2007
By David Houstonn

Former Bar Exam grader Vivian Dempsey unravels three new subjects on the exam


The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 4

Nov. 20, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

People v. Dan: Murder and Lesser-Included Offenses


The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 1

Nov. 20, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Claim for rent


The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 3

Nov. 20, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Should the court admit the evidence offered in items numbers (1) through (5), including the work order referred to in item num...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Are Law Schools Engaged In Consumer Fraud?

Nov. 20, 2007
By David Houstonn

UCLA law professors Rick Sanders and Jane Yakowitz apply their affirmative action criticisms to the California Bar Exam


The New Lawyer Supplement


Performance Test A

Nov. 20, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Per your request, I have prepared the following objective memorandum analyzing the legal and factual issues raised by Reston's...


Litigation


In Wake of Katrina, High-Stakes Legal Storm

Nov. 19, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Attorney James R. Robie says he's now entrenched in the diciest, most-eyebrow-raising legal fight he's ever waged on behalf of...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Nov. 19, 2007
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

On the Move


Firm Watch


Interior Designer Added to Watchdog Committee

Nov. 19, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Industry Watch - By Amy Yarbrough - Speaker Fabian Nunez has appointed a new public member to the state's judicial watchdog ag...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Watching Waste

Nov. 19, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - The proliferation of waste and fraud in government contracts for the Iraq War underscores the...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in the wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Christopher Wallace against ...


Firm Watch


Retired Jurist Returns to His Roots

Nov. 19, 2007
By Anat Rubinn

Industry Watch - By Anat Rubin - Recently retired state appellate-court Justice Earl Johnson will join the Western Center on L...


Corporate


SAN JOSE - A professor publishes a study suggesting that some corporate executives may have gotten an advantage in transaction...


Firm Watch


Energy Expert Joins Folger Levin as Of-Counsel

Nov. 19, 2007
By Heidi Fikstadn

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Folger Levin & Kahn's San Francisco office announced the addition of Bruce Yonehiro a...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Nov. 19, 2007
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

With Honors


Firm Watch


Mayer Brown Scores Coup With Litigation Trio

Nov. 19, 2007
By Zack Vaneyckn

Industry Watch - By Gabe Friedman - Bryan Daly, Marc Harris and Chuck Kreindler, name partners at the Beck De Corso firm, are ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Although the Constitution's protection of anonymous speech on the Internet is a necessary saf...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Financing Divorce

Nov. 19, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Violet P. Woodhouse - Ending a marriage often comes down to matters of dollars and cents, which is why Calif...


Firm Watch


Journalist-Turned-Lawyer Joins Greenberg Traurig

Nov. 19, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - International financing lawyer Bill Grantham has joined Greenberg Traurig's corporate and s...


Law Practice


State's Trial Lawyers and Tort Reformers Duel to a Draw

Nov. 19, 2007
By Linda Rapattoni And Hudson Sangree

For three years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has pinned a bull's eye on California, aiming its tort reforms at the state's le...


Real Estate/Development


LOS ANGELES - A ruling by a federal judge in Ohio may complicate the ability of lenders to foreclose on troubled borrowers and...


Law Practice


An Islamic charity linked to al-Qaida can take United States spies to court, a federal appellate panel has ruled.


Verdicts


LOS ANGELES - Commercial developer Rick Caruso has won a combined $89 million verdict after jurors found a rival mall owner in...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Richard M. Coleman - The "Musings of a Discovery Referee" series continues with another insight into a commo...


Criminal


Barry Bonds Indicted for Perjury

Nov. 16, 2007
By David Houstonn

Home run king Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday on perjury and obstructing justice charges for testifying under oath that he n...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By William H. Neukom - The attorneys jailed by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf are a reminder that justice...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Cardboard Plaintiffs

Nov. 16, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Daniel K. Slaughter - California has developed a convoluted jurisprudence about whether plaintiffs without s...


Corporate


A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury on Thursday ordered Dole Food Co. to pay $2.5 million in punitive damages for exposin...


Labor/Employment


Immigrants File Bias Claims Against Employers

Nov. 16, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - Two women filed complaints with the U.S. Justice Department Thursday against Whole Foods Market and Target Corp....