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AWARDS

Feb. 14, 2007
By Aubrey Poolen

SACRAMENTO - Flex Your Power, California's energy efficiency marketing and outreach campaign, is calling for entries to its fi...


Government


Suits Fail to Stall Research on Stem Cells

Feb. 14, 2007
By Anne Marie Ruff

USC biologist Martin Pera is waiting on a research grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Anti-abortion...


Technology & Science


SAN JOSE - The former general counsel of McAfee Inc. is expected to be charged with mail fraud this month in what would be the...


Probate


FORUM COLUMN - You can't take your money with you, but you can take steps to make sure your kids don't burn through their inh...


Insurance


Questions of Coverage

Feb. 14, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Kirk A. Pasich - The appellate courts have been busy with insurance coverage issues. An expert has a look at...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Law firm partners are always talking about the thrill of growing an office. ...


Litigation


Valley Guy Moves and Shakes His Way Into L.A.

Feb. 14, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

LOS ANGELES - Five years ago, attorney David Fleming helped in an unsuccessful bid to divorce the San Fernando Valley from the...


Real Estate/Development


Mall Makeover Aims for Connection

Feb. 14, 2007
By Max Follmer

LOS ANGELES - The Beverly Connection, a low-slung shopping arcade on La Cienega Boulevard, has long been the ugly stepsister o...


Environmental


Bald Eagle Clings to List of Endangered

Feb. 14, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN FRANCISCO - No one should have thought that taking an iconic creature like the bald eagle off the nation's endangered spec...


Transactions


Blocking Shareholders to Save a Deal

Feb. 14, 2007
By Jason Songn

DEALS COLUMN - By Jason Song - As shareholders are becoming more vocal, and litigious, to squeeze the maximum amount of return...


Judicial Profile


Stepping Up

Feb. 14, 2007
By Tim Hay

SAN FRANCISCO - California's newest appellate justice just finished a decade presiding over a hectic calendar in Alameda Count...


Litigation


Letters to the Editor

Feb. 13, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Interim Indeterminate Sentencing Is Risky


Employee Benefits


SAN FRANCISCO - First-year associates at San Francisco's Keker & Van Nest can expect heftier pay checks. ...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - As a young law-school graduate and wet-behind-the-ears sports agent, Mark Bloom was in a jam. ...


Judicial Profile


Going the ExtraMile

Feb. 13, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - It has been a year since U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian swapped a position as special counsel in the...


Government


Seeing defendants sent to prison for life under the state’s three-strikes law after committing petty crimes, criminal-defense ...


SACRAMENTO - California's judges and lawyers often point out the increasing numbers of self-represented litigants that stream ...


Entertainment & Sports


Entertainment Partners Move to Fox Spillane

Feb. 13, 2007
By Andrew Harmon

LOS ANGELES - Two seasoned media and entertainment partners in Leopold, Petrich & Smith have set their sights on another f...


Personal Injury & Torts


Pro Bono Panel Problems Discourage Settlement

Feb. 13, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Debra B. Self - What do you get for your three free hours of mediation? Not much when no one takes it seriou...


Judges and Judiciary


Settle Up

Feb. 13, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Nora Quinn - Settlement. The word is pure ambrosia for most litigators, so why are so many clients unhappy? ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


SAN FRANCISCO - Facing mounting opposition from judicial and disciplinary groups, the American Bar Association has reworded pr...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Most young attorneys only dream of the inside of a courtroom. At the outset of his legal career, Phillip A. Bake...


Corporate


Federal Judge Tosses Patent on Medication

Feb. 13, 2007
By David Houstonn

A federal judge has invalidated the patent on a $3 billion drug, concluding that French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis "i...


Large Firms


On the Move

Feb. 12, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

Bremer Whyte named Jeremy Johnson partner in its Newport Beach office. Johnson focuses his practice on business and real estat...


Judicial Profile


Deft in the Clutch

Feb. 12, 2007
By Rebecca Beyer

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. White Deck is known as a master of efficiency in overcoming impasses in c...


Criminal


22 Years Later, Conviction Reversed

Feb. 10, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

Determining that a key witness lied to police 22 years ago, a judge on Thursday reversed the murder conviction of a 40-year-ol...


Judicial Profile


Retired Judge a Quick Study on Neutral Circuit

Feb. 10, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Not many 69-year-olds run five miles a day, but on most days, retired Judge David Perez traverses the hills near...


Law Practice


Baker & Hostetler Seeks Growth

Feb. 10, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

Two years ago, Baker & Hostetler announced plans to grow the firm's downtown Los Angeles office. Now, it looks like those ...


Labor/Employment


Not So Independent

Feb. 10, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By John A. Vogt - Your client's workers may look and act like independent contractors, but a recent case s...


Education


True Education Reform Remains Left Behind

Feb. 10, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Areva D. Martin - An education lawyer is not impressed with legislation designed to improve school performan...