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Law Practice


Suits Target Maintenance on Mountaintops

Nov. 7, 2007
By John Roemer

Can a national park be an attractive nuisance? Attorneys for injured and killed hikers will square off today with government...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court OKs Salary as Reimbursement

Nov. 7, 2007
By Maya Meinert

The state Supreme Court on Monday held that employers may reimburse their employees for their business expenses by increasing ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Criminal Neglect

Nov. 7, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - California's overcrowded prisons could avoid judicial interference by reforming compassion...


Corporate


An Orange County perfume seller will have to find a new Web site following a federal appeals court's Monday ruling that its na...


Corporate


O'Melveny & Myers, which was defending MGA Entertainment against a high-stakes legal challenge to its ownership of the wil...


Verdicts


LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has awarded $3.3 million to six of 12 Nicaraguan men who claimed that e...


U.S. Supreme Court


Four years ago, appellate specialist Charlie Bird of San Diego won a landmark California Supreme Court case that cemented the ...


U.S. Supreme Court


WASHINGTON - Taking up the case of a murder defendant whose attorney turned down a deal to keep him off death row, the U.S. Su...


Judicial Profile


Called to the Bar

Nov. 7, 2007
By Zack Vaneyckn

Deciding at 10 on a legal career, Superior Court Commissioner Gayle Peron steadily made her way to the bench, earning praise...


Judicial Profile


Promoting Respect

Nov. 6, 2007
By Pat Alston

Drawing on values instilled by her mother, Los Angeles Judge Mary Lou Villar is appreciated for her compassion and understan...


Insites


ASSOCIATIONS

Nov. 6, 2007
By Kari Hamanakan

CHICAGO - The Institute of Real Estate Management held an installation for its 2008 officers, which included Regina Mullins as...


Litigation


Locals Grow Focus on Global Antitrust Cases

Nov. 6, 2007
By Amelia Hansen

Gary Spratling sleeps only four hours a night. But he may have only himself to blame for that. As the former deputy assista...


Corporate


In the latest evidence of client unrest over soaring law firm billing rates, retail giant Wal-Mart has declared a moratorium a...


Firm Watch


Mayor Taps Lawyer for Utility Post

Nov. 6, 2007
By Peter Matuszakn

Industry Watch - By Peter B. Matuszak - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has tapped real estate litigator H. David Nahai to be the n...


Firm Watch


Former U.S. Attorney Joins Snell & Wilmer

Nov. 6, 2007
By Robertiafolla

Industry Watch - By Robert Iafolla - The former head of the Santa Ana U.S. attorney's office will join Snell & Wilmer as a...


Firm Watch


Attorney Won Over by Pircher Nichols

Nov. 6, 2007
By Maya Meinert

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Environmental lawyer Fernando Villa has jumped from Greenberg Traurig's Los Angeles office ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Olivier F. Theard and Erica C. Smith - Studies show that black men are woefully underrepresented in the lega...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Bankrupting Democracy

Nov. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Frederick K. Lowell - California's recent move toward more-restrictive campaign finance laws promises to mak...


Firm Watch


Seyfarth Bolsters Labor Group for Class Actions

Nov. 6, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - In a bid to answer the continuing rise in wage-and-hour class actions in California, Chic...


Litigation


The Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling Friday finding the University of California in breach of contrac...


Corporate


Big Oil was the big winner last week when the California Supreme Court abruptly dismissed one of the oldest cases on its docke...


Government


Supreme Court May Hear Case on Gun Control

Nov. 6, 2007
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - As constitutional debates go, few stir more passions than this one: Does the Second Amendment give private indivi...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Nov. 5, 2007
By Devan Mcclainen

On the Move


Judicial Profile


No Snap Judgments

Nov. 5, 2007
By Robertiafolla

Attorneys who have appeared before Judge Julia Craig Kelety say she never rushes to weigh in on complicated issues, and disp...


Judicial Profile


Picking Up the Pace

Nov. 4, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

After making the difficult transition to being a judge with a jam-packed daily calendar, William J. Monahan has done his hom...


Law Practice


Settlements More of an Option

Nov. 3, 2007
By Craig Anderson

The trickle of settlements in backdating class-action and derivative complaints is expected to become a steady stream in the c...


The California Supreme Court on Thursday ended a four-year battle to bring a sexual-abuse lawsuit against the Los Angeles Poli...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Avoiding Litigation

Nov. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Reaching a settlement before wage-and-hour litigation may prove to be even more be...


Litigation


Web Exclusive - In a rare dismissal, the California Supreme Court announced that it must drop an appeal in a toxic-tort case b...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Contested Coast

Nov. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The California Coastal Commission, one of the state's most powerful and independent agen...