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Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge delivered a scathing reprimand Thursday to a homicide prosecutor who discussed a case w...


Labor/Employment


Retaliation Defense

Dec. 8, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By E. George Joseph - Retaliation claims are becoming prevalent and the reason is simple. Proving a claim ...


Labor/Employment


What Employees Want in Their Christmas Stockings

Dec. 8, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Dan Stormer and Anne Richardson - As we plan for the busy holiday season ahead, it is easy to forget that no...


Commercial Law


Doubting the Obvious

Dec. 8, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By S. Christian Platt, Aslan Baghdadi and Jeremy Livianu - On Nov. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments i...


Corporate


Law Firms Take AIM at IPOs Listing Overseas

Dec. 8, 2006
By Rick Kennedyn

LOS ANGELES - In 2000, nine of every 10 dollars raised in initial public offerings by foreign companies were raised in the Uni...


Discipline


Judge Likely to Order MoFo to Share Notes

Dec. 8, 2006
By Craig Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - A law firm that investigated possible options backdating violations for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. wa...


Discipline


SAN JOSE - Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed Thursday to pay a $14.5 million fine and implement internal reforms to resolve civil cla...


Verdicts


Cutting Workers' Compensation Death Benefits

Dec. 8, 2006
By Anne Marie Ruff

LOS ANGELES - Bantita Rackchamroon was 21-years-old when a roller coaster called Scream cut her life short during a test run i...


Large Firms


All-Star Career Transcends Billables

Dec. 8, 2006
By Haynes

SAN FRANCISCO - How do you, at 31, become the youngest person in your firm's 48-year history to make equity partner?


Criminal


Attorney Gets Prison in Bankruptcy Scheme

Dec. 8, 2006
By Carri Karuhnn

LOS ANGELES - A Glendale attorney was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for scheming to conceal assets during the bankrupt...


Environmental


Where Environmental, Labor Concerns Converge

Dec. 7, 2006
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN FRANCISCO - South San Francisco attorney Richard Drury's career has spanned two interests that have not historically been ...


Immigration


Claims by Illegal Immigrants

Dec. 7, 2006
By David Minkown

FOCUS COLUMN - By Krista M. Cabrera and Lois M. Kosch - An employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant whom it later lays off.


Judges and Judiciary


Elected Judges Among Eight Appointees

Dec. 7, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed eight new judges, four Democrats and four Republicans, to the bench Wednesday.


Government


U.S. Attorney's Office Collects $1.6 Billion

Dec. 7, 2006
By Carri Karuhnn

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles raked in $1.6 billion from criminal and civil cases for its recently e...


Civil Rights


After a bitter fee dispute six years ago, notable South Bay criminal defense attorney James McNair Thompson quit representing ...


Judges and Judiciary


SACRAMENTO - Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata is expected to name newly elected Sen. Ellen Corbett chairwoman of the Judici...


Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Islands Restaurants dodged a major bullet when its attorneys helped the chain block a wage-and-hour class action...


LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing arguments in what may be the most important sex-based pay discrimination case...


Civil Rights


Civil rights advocates won a victory Wednesday when a state appellate court upheld a 2001 state law that lets minority voters ...


Judges and Judiciary


Court May OK Cell Phone Wiretaps

Dec. 7, 2006
By Martin Bergn

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that a judge had sufficient reason to issue a warrant to allow p...


Environmental


One of the largest gravel mining operations in California must undergo new public and government scrutiny as a result of a sta...


Law Practice


Mishawn L. Nolan, a 34-year-old business and transactions lawyer at Encino-based Greenberg & Bass, went from being a law s...


Government


AG Opposes Change to Ethics Rule

Dec. 7, 2006
By Amy Yarbroughn

Weeks away from leaving office, Attorney General Bill Lockyer is battling a proposed change to an ethics rule for California's...


Litigation


FORUM COLUMN - By Michael A.S. Newman - In the middle ages, before standing armies became common, European sovereigns often hi...


Labor/Employment


Religion at Work a Slippery Issue

Dec. 7, 2006
By Annemarie Ruffn

LOS ANGELES - Daniel Berry, a Department of Social Services employee in Tehama County, believed his evangelical faith compelle...


Technology & Science


SAN FRANCISCO - Who needs lawyers when you have computers?


Judicial Profile


Reveling in Spontaneity

Dec. 7, 2006
By Amy Yarbroughn

SAN FRANCISCO - Fresh out of law school, Thomas J. Mellon Jr. spent a year with Volunteers In Service to America, helping low-...


LOS ANGELES - As China's economy erupted at the dawn of the new millennium, Jianping "Tony" Qu figured out a way to bring a $6...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Solving Education Disputes

Dec. 6, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Steven E. Lake - Since 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has required that "all children...


Civil Rights


Anti-Defamation League Will Honor Lawyer

Dec. 6, 2006
By Alexa Hylandn

LOS ANGELES - Saturday night, the Anti-Defamation League will honor litigator E. Randol Schoenberg at its annual fundraising d...