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Law Practice


Lawyer Sues Sect, Claims Sex Abuse

Oct. 26, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

VICTORVILLE - A Berkeley attorney is suing an Apple Valley sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses, claiming the church turned a blind...


Law Practice


In Another County, Fire Closes a Court

Oct. 26, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

SAN BERNARDINO - Choking smoke from mountain wildfires led officials to close downtown San Bernardino's trial and juvenile cou...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Focusing on the racial "achievement gap" in education virtually ensures a future of medi...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Treaty Triage

Oct. 26, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A forthcoming decision from the Supreme Court will settle the question of whether the pr...


Law Practice


Boosting Legal Assistance to Skid Row

Oct. 26, 2007
By Anat Rubinn

Advocates for the poor and homeless hope to boost legal assistance in Skid Row through an all-day educational program for lawy...


Technology & Science


SAN JOSE - During the past week and a half, Viacom Inc. and Google Inc. have made public announcements that legal observers sa...


Technology & Science


Shifting the Digital Media Landscape

Oct. 26, 2007
By Joe Mullinn

If any Internet companies weren’t thinking about how to better protect copyrights, they’re thinking about it now. A series of ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Road to Recovery

Oct. 26, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - As fires continue to rage throughout Southern California, this comprehensive overview of ho...


Large Firms


Irell Employs Novel Method to Defend Itself

Oct. 26, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

SANTA ANA - Southern California law firm Irell & Manella is caught in the crossfire between one of the world's richest men...


Rainmakers


Rainmakers

Oct. 25, 2007
By STEPHEN LARSON

How do top rainmakers turn adversity into opportunity? Do you have be overseas to develop and maintain business there? Get the...


LOS ANGELES - After five years of heavy pretrial litigation, the plaintiffs' lawyer in the JDSU securities class action made a...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - James Doroshow, a patent litigator formerly with Baker Hostetler who announced two weeks ago that he was joining...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Eminent Injustice

Oct. 25, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - A lawsuit by the city of Riverside that prevented a challenge to local eminent-domain p...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Freeing Development

Oct. 25, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - A new ruling from the California Court of Appeal is making it easier ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Gerald F. Uelmen - The governor's decision to reject a trio of bills intended to cut down on wrongful incarc...


Environmental


SAN DIEGO - San Diego County's trial courts will remain closed to the public until Monday, officials said, because sheriff's d...


If the Bush administration has its way, California officials soon will find themselves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to d...


Corporate


Class Action Takes on Cable 'Bundling'

Oct. 25, 2007
By Martin Bergn

A veteran antitrust attorney could transform the cable industry with a federal class action that strikes at the very way it do...


WASHINGTON - A Democratic congresswoman from Los Angeles was forced to make a politically embarrassing retraction Tuesday afte...


Judicial Profile


Career of Many Colors

Oct. 25, 2007
By Pat Alston

Gay Conroy today finds herself serving as a commissioner on the Ventura County bench with an abundance of professional and lif...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


MCLE Self-Study Test

Oct. 24, 2007
By Troy Senikn

The California Legislature responded to Cunningham v. California (2007) 127 S.Ct. 856, by providing that, when a "statu...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Brian Cabrera and Victor Schachter - A handful of simple principles can reap huge rewards in working relatio...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Benching Diversity

Oct. 24, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Fabian Nuñez - It's time for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to follow the Legislature's wishes and make more-div...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A top federal immigration official misled Congress when she testified that a Mexican immigrant who died of compl...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Justifying Sentencing

Oct. 24, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Alex Ricciardulli - The United States Supreme Court's ruling in Cunningham v. California changed comm...


Law Practice


San Diego County’s trial courts, district attorney's office and public defender’s office were expected to remain closed today ...


Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Deputy district attorneys in Los Angeles County have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to unionize for the...


Government


Immigration Facility Closes Abruptly

Oct. 24, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - In the wake of a series of scandals including the death of a Mexican man with AIDS, allegations of forced druggi...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to file suit in Washington, D.C., against the Environmental Protection Agen...


Litigation


The Rarely Answered Question: Why Recuse?

Oct. 24, 2007
By Brent Kendall

Federal judges, including justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, are under no obligation to publicly explain their decisions to r...