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New Laws 2007

Mar. 14, 2007
By Aris Davoudiann

Review all the new laws of 2007 ...


Environmental


A ski resort's plan to make artificial snow out of recycled water violates the religious freedom of several Native American tr...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton announced Monday the opening of an office in Shanghai, China, marking the ...


Agriculture


Judge Forbids More Sales of Modified Seed

Mar. 14, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge, for what is believed to be the first time, on Monday blocked the sales of genetically enginee...


Litigation


Charting Course Toward Diversity

Mar. 13, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Sharon Majors-Lewis, the first minority and the first woman judicial appointments secretary in California, says she was disapp...


Litigation


Plaintiffs Not Stuck With Needles Judge

Mar. 13, 2007
By John Roemer

Two Santa Clara County residents who claim they were sickened by reused needles can boot an allegedly prejudiced judge from he...


Military Law


LOS ANGELES - Despite federal monitoring of Los Angeles County's three juvenile halls, critics say a recent fire that sent one...


Large Firms


Industry Watch - By Rebecca Beyer - On the first day, Thomas M. Moore and Ronald T. Labriola unveiled Moore Labriola, a Southe...


Criminal


Dual Protection

Mar. 13, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Focus Column - By Stuart P. Meyer - Criminal prosecutions of trade-secret thefts are on the rise and could help civil cases. ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Industry Watch - By Anne Marie Ruff - Three new health-care attorneys have joined Davis Wright Tremaine's Los Angeles office i...


Litigation


Brocade Defendant Wants Case Severed From CEO's

Mar. 13, 2007
By Craig Anderson

Web Exclusive - By Craig Anderson - One of the two defendants indicted for backdating stock options at Brocade Communications ...


Large Firms


Cooley Adds Partner to Its IP Leadership

Mar. 13, 2007
By Bobbi Murrayn

Industry Watch - By Bobbi Murray - Thomas J. Friel Jr., a partner at Cooley Godward Kronish, has been named head of the firm's...


Labor/Employment


Employment Lawyer Leaves Latham for Ogletree

Mar. 13, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

Industry Watch - By Emma Dewald - Marcus McDaniel is moving up in the world, while his rates are coming down. ...


Large Firms


Industry Watch - By Emma Dewald - Ten years ago, Stacy Taylor was a client of one of DLA Piper's predecessor firms, Gray Cary ...


Criminal


Court Reviews Innocence Claim on Death Row

Mar. 13, 2007
By Itir Yakarn

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court is taking a hard look at a death-row inmate's claim that he was framed for the 19...


Law Practice


L.A. Attorney for Lewinsky Moves On

Mar. 13, 2007
By Drew Combsn

LOS ANGELES - The attorney best known for representing presidential paramour Monica Lewinsky will depart the Los Angeles-based...


Employee Benefits


SANTA ANA - In a rare pre-emptive strike, attorneys for a national chain of boutiques have clobbered overtime suits by store m...


Large Firms


Industry Watch - By Jason Song - Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis had about 45 attorneys in its Los Angeles offi...


Law Practice


Geragos, Kabateck Tap Downtown L.A. Landmark

Mar. 12, 2007
By Max Follmer

Industry Watch - By Max Follmer - LOS ANGELES - Staking a financial claim in the renaissance of downtown Los Angeles, Mark J....


Law Practice


Industry Watch

Mar. 12, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

On the Move - By Alexa Hyland


Judicial Profile


In the Zone

Mar. 12, 2007
By Pat Alston

He may be new to the bench, but Los Angeles Judge Richard S. Kemalyan, wealthy in experience as a trial attorney, is anything ...


Litigation


Reliving the Zodiac Nightmare

Mar. 10, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Three decades later, Brian Hartnell is reliving his brush with death at the hands of the Zodiac killer. Hartnell, a Redlands l...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - A billionaire who made his fortune in real estate owes nothing to his older brother, a Superior Court jury found...


Law Practice


Making It Work

Mar. 10, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In the second of a two-part series about drafting effective arbitration clauses, an a...


Litigation


"'Reality Bites in a SLAPP"

Mar. 10, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Forum Column - By David Aronoff - A recent anti-SLAPP decision regarding a movie about Generation Xers got it all wrong, write...


Judges and Judiciary


Web Exclusive - The controversial removal of the popular judge who runs San Francisco's complex litigation calendar is getting...


Corporate


After a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Diego has found that two former Gateway Computers executives hid key informati...


Technology & Science


Google Deflects Infringement Suit

Mar. 10, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Massachusetts federal judge has tossed out a Virginia company's lawsuit claiming software used by Google Inc. tha...


Criminal


A Riverside County judge was wrong to allow TV coverage of a court hearing to decide whether a three-time rapist should remain...


Labor/Employment


No Proselytizing on the Job

Mar. 10, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Employment Column - By Donald C. Potter - What is an employer supposed to do when a worker tries to run a ministry at the offi...