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Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Gordon P. Erspamer - The federal government's long history of broken promises to America's men and women in ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Clarifying Rehearing

Aug. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Nathan R. Scott - What do the standard for rehearing appeals and the final episode of "The Sopranos" have in...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


New School

Aug. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - A cadre of billionaire philanthropists is attempting to salvage the education of Californi...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda Taps New Presiding Judge

Aug. 3, 2007
By Tim Hay

Alameda County Superior Court officials have announced that Judge Yolanda Northridge, who currently oversees the family courts...


Government


When Congress first took up a bipartisan patent reform bill earlier this year, little controversy surrounded a proposal to sto...


SAN FRANCISCO - The Securities and Exchange Commission continued its recent upsurge of backdating-related activity Wednesday, ...


Government


Oversight on Death Penalty to Shift to AG

Aug. 3, 2007
By Robert Iafolla

LOS ANGELES - At the same time Congress is investigating whether the Justice Department is too driven by politics, the Bush ad...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge said serious problems in the nation's detention centers convinced her to keep in place a decades...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Pacing Discrimination

Aug. 2, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By John B. Lough Jr. - The Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear has insulated employers fro...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Judicial Performance Takes Center Stage

Aug. 2, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Alan H. Friedenthal - The Pasadena Playhouse's production of "Can-Can" looks at the intersection of the cour...


Law Practice


Former Court Clerk Facing Felonies

Aug. 2, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A former court clerk has been charged with doctoring records to get traffic fines dismissed for her ex-husb...


Government


S.F. Prosecutor Wins Post in DAs' Group

Aug. 2, 2007
By Amelia Hansenn

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris was elected Tuesday as a vice president of the National District Attorneys As...


Government


San Diego Finalizes Sewage Project

Aug. 2, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

Web Exclusive - Government regulators and environmentalists wrapped up six years of litigation against San Diego on Tuesday, f...


Entertainment & Sports


Summit Lures Paramount's Chief Lawyer

Aug. 2, 2007
By Daniel Heimpeln

Film producer and distributor Summit Entertainment this week bolstered its corporate ranks with the hiring of David Friedman a...


Judges and Judiciary


Stars' Attorney Pioneered in Maritime Law

Aug. 2, 2007
By Daniel Heimpeln

LOS ANGELES - Kenneth E. Kulzick, a well-known entertainment attorney and pioneer in maritime law, died in late June. He had j...


Entertainment & Sports


Radio Show to Focus on Tort Reform

Aug. 2, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - A tort reform group is launching a new weekly radio show Saturday to give citizens a chance to vent their anger a...


Government


Board Reopens Settlement Process

Aug. 2, 2007
By Dan Schechnern

LOS ANGELES - Dissatisfied with county counsel's justification for keeping information on legal settlements secret, the Los An...


Litigation


Sterility Suit Focuses on Paternity

Aug. 2, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - A plaintiff who said that pesticide exposure on a Nicaraguan banana plantation left him sterile testified earlie...


Litigation


Family Can't Sue Over Corpse's Decay

Aug. 2, 2007
By Laura Ernden

Eugene Perryman's family was devastated when the 66-year-old retiree became the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting outside...


Litigation


Parishes Made 'Questionable' Fund Transfers

Aug. 2, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - A court-ordered audit of the Diocese of San Diego's finances found some local parishes "engaged in questionable"...


Litigation


A new rule allowing attorneys to make mini opening statements to potential jurors helps refine the jury selection process and ...


Judicial Profile


All in the Family

Aug. 1, 2007
By Max Follmer

Christopher Yeager never wanted to be a lawyer, let alone a judge, but his legal lineage proved impossible to resist. ...


An El Centro teenager caught in the crossfire of a gang shootout in his mobile home park can't sue his landlord for failing to...


Deals Column - By Jason Song - First wind, now the sun. Next the moon? Probably not, since nobody's figured out how to conver...


Corporate


Brocade Jury Gets Backdating Case

Aug. 1, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - Jury deliberations began Monday in the nation's first criminal backdating trial after the judge in the case re...


Government


McNulty Joins Baker & McKenzie

Aug. 1, 2007
By Maya Meinert

Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty will join Baker & McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office as a partner Sep...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - Even if you haven't solicited business at a family member's funeral, these legal-etiquette tip...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Bingham McCutchen's antitrust litigation department took another hit Monday when co-chair Alfred Pfeiffer Jr. an...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Individual Arbitration

Aug. 1, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Harry I. Johnson III - Those who claim that the ability to file a class action is a right an employee can't ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Supreme Renaissance

Aug. 1, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Kenneth W. Starr - The man who argued this term's now-legendary 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case looks at what the v...