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SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court ruling this week restricting the U.S. Navy's use of sonar during training exercises off Southe...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Bingham McCutchen's public policy consulting outfit is setting up shop in Sacramento in order to service clien...


Corporate


S.F. Attorney's Pet Food Action Uses China Law

Aug. 10, 2007
By Donna Dominon

SAN FRANCISCO - In a first of its kind lawsuit brought under Chinese law, a San Francisco lawyer filed a local class action We...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Drive-By Discrimination

Aug. 10, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Steven B. Katz and Andrew Miller - A case out of the California Supreme Court is breaking new ground in def...


Government


Interim U.S. Attorney Taps New Chief

Aug. 10, 2007
By Martin Bergn

He's still just a temp, but interim San Francisco U.S. Attorney Scott N. Schools is moving ahead with the permanent appointmen...


Intellectual Property


When San Francisco last hosted the ABA conference four years ago, the biggest debate in intellectual property law was the curi...


Corporate


Lawyer for Broadcom CEO Faces Charges

Aug. 10, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Santa Ana on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against an attorney to former Broadcom ...


Judges and Judiciary


A lawsuit filed by a prosecutor who claims his career was sidetracked by District Attorney Steve Cooley as part of a political...


Judicial Profile


Unfailing Courtesy

Aug. 9, 2007
By Pat Alston

Cordiality rules Orange County Judge Mary Fingal Schulte's courtroom, but the unprepared lawyer can run the risk of falling ...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Dole Food Company continued to use a pesticide on its Nicaraguan banana plantations even after reports surfaced ...


Education


Secretaries Group Offers Scholarships

Aug. 9, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Legal Secretaries Association is offering three $1,000 scholarships for students pursuing careers ...


Litigation


Jury-Rigging a Risk in Official's Trial

Aug. 9, 2007
By Peter Blumberg

Ed Jew's career as a San Francisco politician may not be long for this world. But the rookie official still has a fighting ch...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Irv Hepner - Do your skills, temperament and values make you better-suited to a law firm or a corporate lega...


Judges and Judiciary


Litigator Represented Actor Errol Flynn

Aug. 9, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

LOS ANGELES - Harry L. Gershon, a prominent business litigator who was a name partner with the Los Angeles firm Richards Watso...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Lawyer's 10 Commandments

Aug. 9, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Robert K. Sall - Check out a simple list that lawyers who want to be able to look at themselves in the mirro...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Paralegal Puzzle

Aug. 9, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Stacey Hunt and Michael R. Jencks - What don't you know about your paralegals that could end up costing you ...


Law Practice


No Dismissal on Kickback Charges

Aug. 9, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Defense attorneys representing the four remaining defendants in the criminal kickback case against Milberg Weiss...


Law Practice


A federal judge in San Diego is holding Qualcomm and its attorneys responsible for misconduct and "aggravated litigation abuse...


Law Practice


Thousands Expected as ABA Meeting Kicks Off

Aug. 9, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

By the time the ABA conference wraps up Tuesday in San Francisco, attendees will have sat in on 1,600 programs, continuing-edu...


Law Practice


Jury Convicts Brocade Chief For Backdating

Aug. 9, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors won what legal observers said was an enormous victory Tuesday when a jury convicted former...


Family


Justices Call for Divorce Court Overhaul

Aug. 8, 2007
By Donna Dominon

In some California counties, the process of getting a divorce is so expensive and so unfair to the parties involved that Chief...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Court interpreters who work in the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County Superior Courts have au...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Multiplying Fees

Aug. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By John P. Darcey - Lawyers who want to be paid for the full value of their contributions to a case should lear...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Providing free mediation in Los Angeles County is an affront to justice and a real thr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


July's Top Deals

Aug. 8, 2007
By Jason Songn

Here is a list of the top 10 deals from July involving California attorneys or companies, according to industry sources and F...


Intellectual Property


WEB EXCLUSIVE - A San Diego federal judge tossed out a jury's $1.5 billion award against Microsoft Corp., ruling Monday that t...


Transactions


Mousetrap Captures Penguins

Aug. 8, 2007
By Jason Songn

The mouse has made friends with the penguin. At least in cyberspace. Walt Disney Co. agreed to acquire Club Penguin, a fast-gr...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


'Brown' Down but Not Out

Aug. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Maya Harris - One Berkeley school is demonstrating that this year's Supreme Court decision hasn't ended raci...


Judges and Judiciary


Riverside County's district attorney was wrong to accuse a judge of bias against him and should not have barred the judge from...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge says he feels like "a pawn" in an international scheme against Chevron Corp., following revela...