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Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Kate Howard, chief lobbyist for the Administrative Office of the Courts, is leaving her post by early October....


Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - LOS ANGELES - What does former "Magnum P.I." star Tom Selleck do when he realizes that the ...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - LOS ANGELES - In a move that marks a concerted effort to expand its West Coast presence, Wash...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Jason Song - DLA Piper added two partners to its Silicon Valley office as the firm continues to upgrade it...


Firm Watch


The Art of Embracing East and West

Aug. 21, 2007
By Anat Rubinn

Industry Watch - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - The two white cranes in the foreground of Angela M. Lai's painting are Chin...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Bankruptcy filings dropped 76 percent within the 9th Circuit and 70 percent nationally in 2006 compared to the p...


Judges and Judiciary


DA Association Taps New Leader

Aug. 21, 2007
By David Houstonn

For the first time, California's district attorneys association has chosen a nondistrict attorney as its chief executive offic...


Corporate


AT&T Employees Win Discrimination Ruling

Aug. 21, 2007
By Laura Ernden

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of women whose retirement benefits were cut because they took pregnan...


Law Practice


Gay Marriage vs. Domestic Partnership

Aug. 21, 2007
By Laura Ernden

SAN FRANCISCO - Is domestic partnership enough? That's one of the central questions in the gay-marriage debate heating up at t...


Corporate


SEC Charges Add Twist to Brocade Case

Aug. 21, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Michael Byrd, the former chief financial officer at Brocade Communications Systems Inc., was charged with civil fra...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Aug. 20, 2007
By Maya Meinert

On The Move


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Legislative Secrets

Aug. 20, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The California Legislature's decision to take over a construction project without proper...


Judicial Profile


Dispensing Treatment

Aug. 18, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

Longtime Los Angeles prosecutor Cynthia A. Zuzga now works to keep drug offenders out of jail as comissioner in a Propositio...


Law Practice


New USC Law Dean Robert Rasmussen, who wrote one of the most widely cited papers in bankruptcy law, was also a celebrated prof...


Law Practice


Seven years ago, parole and immigration agents arrested a man who had violated his parole by re-entering the United States and...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Tortured Rationale

Aug. 18, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Michael Posner - The only way for Congress to restore the country's long tradition of humanity in wartime is...


Agriculture


Psychiatrist Cites Causes of Sterility

Aug. 18, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - Some of the Nicaraguan men who claim their low sperm counts were caused by exposure to a pesticide had problems ...


SAN FRANCISCO - The American Diabetes Association, with help from international litigation heavyweights at Reed Smith, has rea...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Covering Officers

Aug. 18, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Donald R. Erlandson and David W. Steuber - Insurance companies are attempting a sleight of hand that would k...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


"Me Too" Evidence

Aug. 18, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Empolyment Column - By Leonid M. Zilberman - The docket for the Supreme Court's upcoming term will include consideration of wh...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Max Factor III - Looking for a surefire way to lose money and feel good about it? Get angry during a negotia...


Arbitrator Profile


In Complex Cases, He Sees a Puzzle to Be Solved

Aug. 18, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

San Diego mediator Howard Wiener tackles complex litigation matters with a low-key but relentless approach. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Death-Penalty Investigator Gets Five Years

Aug. 18, 2007
By Laura Ernden

Just before she was led away in handcuffs Thursday to serve a five-year prison sentence, former death-penalty defense investig...


Discipline


Lawyer May Get Zapped for His Taser Exhibit

Aug. 18, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Prosecutors are considering charging a defense lawyer and his hired consultant with illegal human experimentation after the co...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - The federal judiciary is facing some opposition in Congress to its demands for a salary increase that would lift ...


Technology & Science


In an industry that traditionally drags its feet in embracing new technology, legal professionals and law firms are finding in...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - The Department of Homeland Security is looking into the death of a 23-year immigrant with AIDS while in immigrat...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Trigger Finger

Aug. 17, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson and Lindsay A. Meurs - Even if Phil Spector didn't fire the gun that killed Lana Clarkson...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Creating Rights

Aug. 17, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - Do you have a constitutional right to keep yourself alive? The U.S. Court of Appeals for...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Digital Revolution

Aug. 17, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Technology Column - By Tom Baldwin - Growing law firms have evolving needs for technology. Increasing demands from clients, co...