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Environmental


EPA Flops With Legal Flip

Feb. 2, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Jason C. Rylander and Michael P. Senatore - The Supreme Court should reverse the EPA's recent position that ...


Securities


Feds File New Deal in Milberg Case

Feb. 2, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a new plea agreement Wednesday with Steven G. Cooperman, a convicted fe...


Civil Rights


SAN FRANCISCO - The question of who is responsible for the violent deaths of protesters and villagers living near Nigerian oil...


Government


Group Sues U.S. Over Soldiers' Blogs

Feb. 2, 2007
By Andrew Harmonn

An Internet watchdog group has sued the Defense Department after government officials ignored the group's requests for informa...


Judicial Profile


Temper Tamer

Feb. 2, 2007
By Dennis Opatrny

FAIRFIELD - In the sometimes incendiary world of family law court, where Michael Mattice presides over a calendar of divorce, ...


Government


Putting Teeth Into State Prison Oversight

Feb. 1, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

Two years after a federal judge threatened to take control of California's prisons, a team of attorneys assigned to improve th...


Top 40 Under 40


20 under 40

Feb. 1, 2007
By Riley Guerin

Watch out veteran lawyers -- California's top young lawyers are playing key roles in mega-mergers, high-stakes litigation and ...


Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - National powerhouse firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius successfully has fended off conflict-of-interest charges ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Openly Gay Man Will Lead Bar Group

Feb. 1, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

SAN FRANCISCO - Daniel W. Burkhardt has been named the new executive director of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is t...


Litigation


Fabric-Design Firm Sues Forever 21

Feb. 1, 2007
By Max Follmer

LOS ANGELES - Women's-clothing retailer Forever 21 was hit with a copyright-infringement suit Tuesday by a Fashion District fa...


Intellectual Property


Underdogs Make Their Marks

Feb. 1, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Alan I. Cyrlin - The 9th Circuit's 2006 trademark decisions show that the little guy still may have a chance...


Criminal


Open Sentence

Feb. 1, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Michael C. McMahon - A Ventura public defender suggests some legislative fixes to California's sentencing sy...


Entertainment & Sports


Korduner Ready for Closeup as GC of DGA

Feb. 1, 2007
By Rebecca Beyer

LOS ANGELES - After two stints as associate general counsel at the Directors Guild of America, David Korduner was promoted Tue...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


SAN FRANCISCO - Talk about thinking globally and acting locally. ...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - One of the longest-running and most controversial immigration cases in U.S. history came a step closer to ending...


Government


Top Lobbyist Loses Contract With Lawyers

Feb. 1, 2007
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Donald C. Green, one of the state's most experienced lobbyists, has lost his contract with the politically powerf...



Discipline Report - February 2007

Feb. 1, 2007
By Megan Kinneyn


Top 40 Under 40


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 31, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

Watch out veteran lawyers -- California's top young lawyers are playing key roles in mega-mergers, high-stakes litigation and ...


Judicial Profile


Up From the 'Hood

Jan. 31, 2007
By Pat Alston

INGLEWOOD - Don't mess with Lori Jones. The Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner will give you plenty of time to pay...


Insites


PACESETTER

Jan. 31, 2007
By Aubrey Poolen

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Business Council is calling for entries to its 37th Los Angeles Architectural Awards. ...


Government


Tension Rises Between DA, Riverside Courts

Jan. 31, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Riverside County's new district attorney Rod Pacheco has come under fire from judges who say his plea-bargaining crackdown is ...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court toppled California's 30-year-old criminal-sentencing system. Will that decis...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Southeast Bar Association Installs Officers

Jan. 31, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

LOS ANGELES - The Southeast Bar Association installed criminal defense attorney David D. Ribeiro as its 76th president at the ...


Employee Benefits


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco supervisor today will seek a grace period that will keep the city's generous new sick leave po...


Criminal


Lerach Associate Leaves Jail, No Cooperation

Jan. 31, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - In a blow to federal prosecutors' criminal investigation of star lawyer William S. Lerach, John Torkelsen has de...


Family


Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Jan. 31, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - Ending a marriage isn't easy when family, kids and se...


Criminal


Arguments Will Start in Case on Retardation

Jan. 31, 2007
By Itir Yakarn

SAN FRANCISCO - California trial judges and appellate courts continue to grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's 2002 ruling bar...


Transactions


IronPort Prefers Cisco's Price to IPO

Jan. 31, 2007
By Jason Songn

COLUMN - By Jason Song - The technology industry's maturation mirrors human development, at least in the in M&A world. ...


Government


SACRAMENTO - Jerry Brown was a celebrity governor in the 1970s, boyfriend to pop singer Linda Ronstadt and a conspicuous targe...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - Adam H. Braun was a relative latecomer when he took over the federal criminal prosecution of Ralphs Grocery Corp...