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Firm Watch


Former O'Neill Lysaght Partners Reunite

Oct. 9, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - When premier litigation firm O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun, also known as "the Brians," shoo...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - In a bid to strengthen its West Coast ties to the life sciences industry, Bingham McCutch...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Tapping Reserves

Oct. 9, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - Individuals with insurance policies should be aware of how "reserves" and "reinsurance" can...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Equalizing Education

Oct. 9, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Cynthia Valenzuela - As one Arizona school district looks poised to implement the Supreme Court's recent sch...


Forum Column - By Michael Bien and Gay Grunfeld - A ruling from a U.S. District Court in Sacramento is mandating that the stat...


Firm Watch


Manatt Expands Patent Litigation Presence

Oct. 9, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Veteran patent litigator James Doroshow became the second partner in the last month lured...


Firm Watch


Pro Bono's Newest Weapon

Oct. 9, 2007
By Maya Meinert

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Bet Tzedek, the free legal services organization whose name means "House of Justice" in Heb...


Criminal


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has agreed to pay $6.68 million to four women who said teachers sexually abused them whil...


Law Practice


After two years of unsuccessful lobbying for a euthanasia law in California, a group called Compassion & Choices has decid...


Government


Protecting the Future of Marilyn’s Past

Oct. 9, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - The California Legislature wants to treat Marilyn Monroe like a piece of property. ...


Judicial Profile


The Whole Package

Oct. 9, 2007
By Pat Alston

Praised by colleagues as bright, articulate and fair, Judge Lori A. Fournier overcame courtroom shyness by focusing on the pri...


Law Practice


Disciplinary Actions

Oct. 8, 2007
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


Industry Watch

Oct. 8, 2007
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

On the Move


Judicial Profile


A Snowballing Career

Oct. 7, 2007
By Pat Alston

When summer months put a damper on her ski patrol job, Judge Judith Meyer turned to law school. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Proving Disability Claims

Oct. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Employment Column - By Robin Wofford and Leonid Zilberman -The California Supreme Court has lightened the load on employers by...


Corporate


Qualcomm Lawyers Defend Actions

Oct. 6, 2007
By Martin Bergn

When a federal judge in San Diego sanctioned Qualcomm for gross misconduct in a patent-infringement dispute against rival Broa...


Verdicts


VENTURA - Retired Ventura County Superior Court Judge Joe D. Hadden doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon. The 74-year old, ...


Firm Watch


Los Angeles litigation and transactional specialists Dreier Stein & Kahan announced a merger with business litigation and ...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Three weeks before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the United Nations to tout California's ambitious plan to...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


House Hearing Reviews Deaths in Detention

Oct. 6, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - Two California lawmakers said Thursday they would consider forcing the Department of Homeland Security to adopt ...


Law Practice


Legal Clinic Answers Call to Service

Oct. 5, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

A Legal Aid Society program is helping Marines in need of free legal advice at the Twentynine Palms base in San Bernardino Cou...


U.S. Supreme Court


An Orange County law firm sued the California Supreme Court and an appellate division Thursday, contending rules barring lawye...


Government


The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ignore the advice of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and will not appeal a court ruli...


Verdicts


LOS ANGELES - Flames engulfed a film and television production building five years ago after a Los Angeles Department of Water...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By David B. Muhlhausen - Though critics charge that voter identification laws disenfranchise blacks and Hispani...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Troubled Tribunals

Oct. 5, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By John A. Hall - A UN tribunal charged with bringing justice to the perpetrators of genocide in Cambodia is lo...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Refining Repossession

Oct. 5, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Joshua Gratch - One family's Court of Appeal fight to win back its repossessed car has led to a wholesale ch...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - A former San Francisco lawyer and financial tycoon who helped bring Pamela Anderson's sex tape to the public has b...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Changing Job Laws

Oct. 4, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Susan Eandi, Ute Krudewagen and Jonathan Isaacs - New legal standards for employees in China will dramatical...


Corporate


A federal judge ruled the lawyers who represented Qualcomm cannot use information protected by attorney-client obligations to ...