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Firm Watch


Four More Partners Leave Thelen Reid in L.A.

Jan. 30, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

LOS ANGELES - Four more partners are departing Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner's downtown Los Angeles office for desti...


Judges and Judiciary


Meeting Focuses on L.A. Court Fees

Jan. 30, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

SAN FRANCISCO - The new chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee met with state-court administrators recently to discuss p...


Government


Caskets at Airport Bring Home Reality of War

Jan. 30, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Eliot G. Disner - The Iraq war was just an abstraction to a Los Angeles trial lawyer until he saw flag-stenc...


International


Learning From Palestinian Law

Jan. 30, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Robert D. Terris - A policeman shoots someone in an angry crowd. Lawsuits galore, right? Not in Gaza, where ...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's San Francisco employment capabilities were missing an integral part befo...


Discipline


Judge Leans Toward Opening Sealed Complaint

Jan. 30, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge has sided with several media organizations that wanted access to a lawsuit and exhibits ...


Litigation


Once More Into the Brief

Jan. 30, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - Think your literary brief-writing style is convincing to judges? Probably not, says a...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Megafirm DLA Piper announced today the launch of a plan designed to make the 3,200-lawyer business a more envi...


Firm Watch


Newborn Firm K&L Gates Adopts Litigator

Jan. 30, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

LOS ANGELES - The brand-new entity K&L Gates picked up a brand-new partner for its Los Angeles office, when Fred D. Heathe...


Firm Watch


Forced to Retire, Lawyer Starts Over

Jan. 30, 2007
By Haynes

SAN FRANCISCO - A mandatory retirement policy forced Lawrence W. Keeshan out of his job at PriceWaterhouse Coopers Internation...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


SAN FRANCISCO - A woman who wears a "permanently surprised" expression after five plastic surgeries is not defaming her doctor...


Immigration


Attorney Finds Her Armenian Heritage in America

Jan. 30, 2007
By Annemarie Ruffn

Editor's Note: The United States is a nation of immigrants. More than one in four California residents came here from foreign ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Criminal-defense attorneys are crying foul as prosecutors in Los Angeles adjust their tactics to comply with las...


Criminal


Prosecutors Target Drugs on Skid Row

Jan. 30, 2007
By Anat Rubinn

LOS ANGELES - Since launching their "safer cities" initiative in early August, Los Angeles police have made 4,800 arrests on S...


Judicial Profile


Practice, Practice

Jan. 30, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

SANTA ANA - As a lawyer, Charles Margines spent 18 years defending criminal cases, both as a public defender and as a sole pra...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 29, 2007
By Amanda Beckern

Trial Lawyers Group Names New President


Judicial Profile


Dignity - With a Dose of Humor

Jan. 28, 2007
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - With his British-Jamaican accent and a preference for bow ties, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Spurgeon E. Smi...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Neutral Follows Science to Heart of Mediation

Jan. 27, 2007
By Anne Marie Ruff

Sometimes, Lynn Bassis finds too many amygdalas in the mediation room. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Admissions Essays Get Second Look

Jan. 27, 2007
By Anna Oberthurn

The high standards of law school admissions have led some would-be students to seek professional editing help with the persona...


Judicial Profile


The Robes Fit

Jan. 27, 2007
By Linda Rapattoni

FRESNO - David Gottlieb has been on the bench for less than two years, but he already has cleared a backlog of preliminary hea...


Insurance


Think Before Suing

Jan. 27, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Barry Zalma - Before your clients get excited about bad-faith claims, you should make sure they did not give...


Appellate Practice


Appointments Panel OKs 1st District Justice

Jan. 27, 2007
By Donna Dominon

SAN FRANCISCO - Henry E. Needham was unanimously confirmed Thursday as a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Three federal judicial nominees from California moved a step closer Thursday to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. ...


Criminal


Panel Considers Suit Against Iran

Jan. 27, 2007
By Martin Bergn

On Oct. 23, 1990, an Iranian-born academic and political dissident was gunned down outside his Paris apartment. ...


Discipline


DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

Jan. 27, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Disbarments, Resignations and Suspensions ...


Judges and Judiciary


DUI-Murder Standards Are Not Driven by Reason

Jan. 27, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Philip A. Rafferty - No one disagrees that drunken driving is wrong, but California's jury instructions make...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Roughly a decade ago, McGeorge School of Law professor J. Clark Kelso heard stories of attorneys with judicial...


Personal Injury & Torts


Tort Group Seeks State Bar Probe of Brayton

Jan. 27, 2007
By Donna Dominon

SAN FRANCISCO - A tort-reform organization Thursday asked the California State Bar to investigate a Novato law firm and one of...


State Bar & Bar Associations


SAN FRANCISCO - An apology isn't good enough for the Bar Association of San Francisco. ...


Litigation


Ruling Benefits Discovery in Class Actions

Jan. 27, 2007
By Itir Yakarn

The California Supreme Court made class-action lawyers' lives easier Thursday by allowing broader access to information about ...