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Government


Court's Self-Help Clinics at Risk in Budget Deal

Aug. 23, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - California lawmakers brokered a budget deal on Tuesday, ending a 51-day impasse that disrupted payments to a numb...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Mark Schlosberg and Nicole Ozer - Americans anxious for digital surveillance on every corner should look at...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Lightening Students’ Load

Aug. 23, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - As back-to-school season begins, parents should be aware of the legal recourses available ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Stalking Profits

Aug. 23, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Howard N. Madris - It turns out that one of the best ways to make money at a bankruptcy auction is by losing...


LOS ANGELES - Inmates flashing gang signs. Defendants charging at witnesses and attorneys in courtrooms. A man shooting a prob...


Government


Republican Lawmakers Take on Prison Panel

Aug. 23, 2007
By David Houstonn

Steven Kaufhold, a civil litigator with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, is representing Assembly Republicans in their effo...


Government


Brown Strikes Deal With San Bernardino

Aug. 23, 2007
By Peter Matuszakn

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a deal with San Bernardino County Tuesday that could serve as a model for...


Judicial Profile


He's Been There

Aug. 23, 2007
By David Houstonn

A long career as a lawyer gives Sacramento Judge Alan G. Perkins insight on the perspective from the other side of the bench. ...


Judges and Judiciary


In Chambers

Aug. 22, 2007
By Pat Alston

Kathleen E. O'Leary, associate justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, will receive the 2007 Benjamin Aranda...


Law Practice


Plaintiffs' Attorneys Are on Lookout for Lead

Aug. 22, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

After recalling more than one million Chinese-made toys sold in the United States, toy maker giant Mattel faces a class action...


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


A federal appeals court Monday handed Southern California air regulators a victory in their efforts to clean up large fleets o...


Criminal


High Court Limits 'Revival Period'

Aug. 22, 2007
By Laura Ernden

In the wake of the clergy abuse scandal, the legislature created a one-year window for adult victims to sue for childhood sexu...


Firm Watch


Patent Lawyer Will Head Milbank's IP Practice

Aug. 22, 2007
By Maya Meinert

LOS ANGELES - Patent litigator Mark Scarsi has joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to establish and lead the firm's Wes...


Transactions


Los Angeles Notches the Most Deals

Aug. 22, 2007
By Jason Songn

Deals Column - By Jason Song - Andrew Apfelberg was sure his acquisition was falling apart. He had been negotiating for months...


Government


U.S. Agent Overcomes Her Fear of Testifying

Aug. 22, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - A government special agent conquered her fear of answering questions from the witness stand and testified on Mon...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department reopened the public comment period for proposed regulation changes that would give the at...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - California cities have been moving quickly to install video-surveillance cameras on public streets and plazas wi...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Hammering Settlements

Aug. 22, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By James R. Felton - A provision that used to penalize parties who defaulted on settlement payments is now bein...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Disclosure Pitfalls

Aug. 22, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Alexander S. Polsky - Parties at arbitration who want to hang on to their awards must pay careful attention ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Two months after he was last blasted for not putting enough minorities on the bench, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegge...


Technology & Science


Ira Rothken has asked a federal judge to block an order that his client, the search engine TorrentSpy, to start logging inform...


Litigation


Court Reforms Punitives Rule In Patent Cases

Aug. 22, 2007
By Peter Matuszakn

In a substantial victory for patent defendants, a federal appeals court has thrown out a long-standing rule for proving willfu...


Judicial Profile


They told Orange County Commissioner Jim Waltz he was a mistake. He was not cut out for law school, they said. That was 31 ye...


Litigation


Disciplinary Actions

Aug. 21, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Disbarments, Probations and Public Reprovals


Judges and Judiciary


System Support

Aug. 21, 2007
By Pat Alston

With the help of her extended family, Los Angeles County Commissioner Lia Martin found her path to the bench. ...


Law Practice


Federal law pre-empts portions of a lawsuit intended to force changes in the operations of privately owned dams on the Klamath...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - When federal prosecutors unveiled their sweeping indictment of 40 Aryan Brotherhood members and associates in 2002...


Agriculture


U.S. Returns Sterility Plaintiff To Nicaragua

Aug. 21, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - A Nicaraguan man who was scheduled to testify Friday in a product-liability case against Dole Food Co. and Dow C...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Tim Hay - SAN FRANCISCO - Last week, the in-boxes of pretty much anyone connected to the legal industry be...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By J.R. Brenman - The excessive focus on stardom that accompanies judicial proceedings for celebrities like Ann...