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Technology & Science


Law Firms, In-House Counsel Meet Online

Aug. 17, 2007
By Peter Matuszakn

LOS ANGELES - An online movement to create a digital co-op for corporate counsel and law firms is gaining traction, despite as...


Agriculture


Psychiatrist Explains Toll of Sterility

Aug. 17, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - The machismo culture in Nicaragua makes dealing with sterility an emotional and mental challenge for men, a Nica...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Richard M. Coleman - The "Musings of a Discovery Referee" series continues with a look at details that elude...


Litigation


Journalists Sue HP for Invading Privacy

Aug. 17, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN JOSE - Unable to reach a financial settlement with Hewlett-Packard over the company's efforts to spy on them, four journal...


Judges and Judiciary


With Frontman's Exit, How Will Firm Play On?

Aug. 17, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

When William S. Lerach retires, he will take with him the pugnacious and tenacious public face that has personified securities...


Litigation


One federal judge has already ordered Qualcomm to pay millions in legal fees for its legal team's misconduct and "aggravated l...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Accused of Claiming False Expenses

Aug. 17, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

The state's judicial watchdog Wednesday charged Orange County Superior Court Judge Kelly A. MacEachern with misconduct for see...


Litigation


The gloves have come off in a court battle over the allegedly unauthorized distribution of a trove of rock 'n' roll artifacts....


Law Practice


SACRAMENTO - Lawyers often find it hard to attract much sympathy, but the agency that administers the California courts says d...


LOS ANGELES - Inconsistencies continue to surface in the testimony of Nicaraguan men who claim their sterility was caused by a...


Law Practice


Web Exclusive - Trial lawyers took a retaliatory slug Tuesday at corporations and tort reformers by filing three ballot initia...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Rising crime rates in urban areas owe some of the violence to black populations fear...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


All Dressed Up

Aug. 16, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Dylan Ruga - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is making it harder than ever to protect intellectual pro...


Litigation


SAN JOSE - The first backdating criminal case to go to trial may be about to enter a new, trail-blazing phase: the sentencing....


Government


Panel Will Hear Challenges to Wiretapping

Aug. 16, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers across the nation are urging a federal appeals court not to kill two lawsuits challenging the governme...


Entertainment & Sports


Baseball slugger Barry Bonds is tired of people talking trash about him. So he's hired two prominent attorneys to protect his ...


Law Practice


ABA Says Judges Should Decide What Is 'Secret'

Aug. 15, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

SAN FRANCISCO - The American Bar Association voted unanimously Monday to recommend that judges have more power to decide what ...


Judicial Profile


Man of the Robe

Aug. 15, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Lawyers agree that Dale Wells' work as a pastor has made him an understanding court commissioner in Indio. ...


Law Practice


Irvine Co. chairman Donald Bren is giving $20 million to UCI's nascent law school, which will be named in his honor, the schoo...


Based on a list of Stephen Breyer's high-school accomplishments, he was more nerd than prom king. A member of the Lowell Fore...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Michael M. Rosen - What's the only thing that binds Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Barack Obam...


Transactions


Deals Column - By Jason Song - When Paul Allen agreed to sell 10 million of his shares in DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. last w...


Law Practice


Message to prosecutors: Don't be late filing paperwork for keeping dangerous offenders in the state mental hospital. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Beyond Civility Codes

Aug. 15, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Dan Lawton - What's the best way to reintroduce lawyers to ethical behavior? How about starting by destroyin...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Safety Concerns on Campus

Aug. 15, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - From Virginia Tech to a Michigan university where a murder went unreported for two months, ...


Law Practice


ABA President Unfurls Global Vision for Justice

Aug. 15, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

William H. Neukom is the new president of the American Bar Association. The former general counsel of Microsoft Corp. says he ...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Qualcomm's general counsel, Lou Lupin, resigned Monday, one week after the San Diego-based cell-phone chip maker...


Law Practice


Age-Based Retirement Condemned

Aug. 15, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to practicing law, senior partners should be judged on their ability, not their age - at least i...


Immigration


A San Diego immigration judge's asylum denial to an Iraqi Christian couple was "arbitrary and irrational," a divided federal a...


Judicial Profile


The Thinker

Aug. 15, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

A self-described 'ponderer,' Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila B. Fell says she doesn't mind taking her time making ...