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Focus (Forum & Focus)


Diversity's Virtues

Sep. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Joshua Briones and David Grenardo - A lack of diversity in a law firm used to only be a token of political i...


Law Practice


Jurist Revered for Warmth, Insight

Sep. 8, 2007
By Susan Mcraen

The death of Paul Boland, a longtime judge on the state trial and appellate courts and a pioneer in legal education and streng...


Law Practice


Two Derivative Backdating Cases at Crossroads

Sep. 8, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN JOSE - Lawsuits against company officers accused of backdating stock-option grants have moved slowly in the year and a hal...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Democratic lawmakers, who say they are still unhappy that the governor is not putting enough women and minorities...


RIVERSIDE - Saying the government is trying to "evade" an injunction requiring the removal of a controversial metal cross in t...


Litigation


Court Interpreters Strike in L.A.

Sep. 7, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Hundreds of court interpreters in Los Angeles and two smaller counties went on strike Wednesday after months of trying to nego...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - For Los Angeles plaintiffs' attorneys headed to Vegas this weekend, the lucky number is 25. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Gabby Justice

Sep. 7, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee - Do you know a judge who fits one of the six styles of listening? ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Unnecessary Roughness

Sep. 7, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Anthony Label and Cynthia McGuinn - The assumption that liability for negligence in athletic injuries usual...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Nossaman Adds Health Care Lawyers

Sep. 7, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott announced Wednesday that its Sacramento office has snatched a five-lawyer h...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Richard M. Coleman - The "Musings of a Discovery Referee" series continues with a look at some of the common...


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


Law Firms Try to Erase Old Claims

Sep. 7, 2007
By Laura Ernden

SAN FRANCISCO - In an age when attorneys switch law firms as often as they trade in cars, how long a firm is on the hook for a...


Corporate


NetApp Claims Sun Infringed Patents

Sep. 7, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN FRANCISCO - Data storage company Network Appliance sued Sun Microsystems Wednesday, claiming Sun infringed its patented te...


Government


Prosecutor Forced Into Retirement

Sep. 7, 2007
By Martin Bergn

LOS ANGELES - The slow-moving federal corruption investigation of a Los Angeles-area Republican congressman is about to hit an...


Government


WASHINGTON - A potential obstacle to a bill that would ban the Justice Department from forcing corporate counsel to waive atto...


Government


Officials, Experts Push Governor's Water Fixes

Sep. 6, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

SACRAMENTO - State officials and water experts Wednesday predicted big impacts from a federal judge's ruling that could cut pu...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - The Merck Vioxx litigation in Los Angeles has gotten a lot of attention in the last year. But L.A. doesn't hav...


Agriculture


LOS ANGELES - A man who claims a pesticide caused him to be sterile told a psychiatrist he fathered a child and was the subjec...


Law Practice


Task Forces Will Explore Impartiality

Sep. 6, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

SAN FRANCISCO - A new commission will study ways to safeguard the independence of California's judiciary in the wake of increa...


Law Practice


Governor Taps Gang Task Force Head

Sep. 6, 2007
By David Houstonn

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday tapped former U.S. Attorney Paul Seave to head a statewide anti-gang program aimed at cu...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Letter to the Editor - David C. Velasquez - Regarding the Daily Journal's Aug. 30, 2007, story, "Judicial Branch to Install Ow...


Law Practice


Conference Targets Security of Witnesses

Sep. 6, 2007
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Witness intimidation and relocation are on the agenda of a three-day meeting for prosecution investigators hos...


Environmental


USC, Developer Sue Builder Over Student Housing

Sep. 6, 2007
By Peter Matuszakn

LOS ANGELES - A development company and USC on Tuesday sued a builder for using harassment and legal stalling tactics to delay...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Vexing Venues

Sep. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Chung Allred - A new ruling from the California Court of Appeal signals a shif...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Affirmative Inaction

Sep. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Richard Sander, Jane Yakowitz and William Henderson - Why has the State Bar of California impeded the effort...


Media


LOS ANGELES - When the major studios and Writer's Guild of America, West come back to the negotiations over their collective b...


Environmental


Court Lets Mexican Trucking Rev Up in U.S.

Sep. 6, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

An appellate-court ruling will allow Mexican trucks to start using American highways, but legal issues will be tried next year...


Law Practice


Google Fight Too Costly for Decor Firm

Sep. 6, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN JOSE - For the past four years, companies upset with Google Inc. over its practice of selling trademarks for use in keywor...


Judicial Profile


Going With the Flow

Sep. 6, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Santa Cruz Traffic Commissioner Kim E. Baskett takes whatever her busy court throws at her, and still makes time for an occa...


Judicial Profile


Aiming for the Horizon

Sep. 5, 2007
By John Roemer

Lauren Thomasson set her sights beyond the racism, and her hardscrabble upbringing, working her way west and onto the bench i...