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Judges and Judiciary


By David M. Axelrad and Mary Christine Sungaila In "Will State Supreme Court Shift Balance of Power Between Judges and Ju...


Judges and Judiciary


I enjoy words, so I liked the story entitled "Fascinated by Language" by Anat Rubin (Daily Journal, August 15). ...


Litigation


Bishop Wants Plaintiffs' Names Made Public

Aug. 24, 2006
By Rebecca Beyer

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the Roman Catholic bishop of San Diego filed a motion Monday seeking to make public the names of 1...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Cooley Godward Will Join Hands With Kronish Lieb

Aug. 24, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - After years of speculation surrounding Cooley Godward's search for a merger partner, the firm has tied the kno...


Judges and Judiciary


Nobody's perfect, but sometimes judges' flaws go too far. Conceding that "an error-free trial exists more in imagination than...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Dennis J. Montali, the U.S. bankruptcy judge who presided over the reorganization of the Pacific Gas & Ele...


Intellectual Property


Judge to Wait to See FTC Remedy in Rambus Case

Aug. 24, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN JOSE - A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the last phase of a patent infringement complaint filed by Rambus Inc. against...


Constitutional Law


No Knock Doesn't Taint Evidence

Aug. 24, 2006
By John Roemer

A police officer failed to knock and announce himself before he walked into a Pittsburg home to arrest a juvenile drug dealer....


Judges and Judiciary


Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Pregerson defended himself Tuesday against allegations that he had a financial...


Corporate


Two recent deals in California show companies at opposite ends of the private equity pipeline, one entering with high hopes an...


Civil Rights


By Michael Oberst It is axiomatic in a country that values and protects the right of free speech and academic freedom that ...


Criminal


Study: Drug Courts Save State Millions

Aug. 24, 2006
By Tim Hay

SAN FRANCISCO - In its ongoing cost-benefit study of the state's drug courts, an advisory committee to the Judicial Council of...


Agriculture


SANTA ANA - An Orange County lawyer has filed an unusual antitrust lawsuit accusing a large Kern County farm of hiring illegal...


Judicial Profile


Meth and Murder

Aug. 24, 2006
By John Roemer

Presiding Judge Stephen O. Hedstrom, a former county prosecutor, often sees the dark side of Clearlake, a secluded rural commu...


Large Firms


Cox, Castle & Nicholson has bolstered its litigation practice with the addition of veteran commercial litigator Jonathan S...


Civil Rights


Letters to the Editor ...


Judges and Judiciary


ABA Tries to Bar Judges With Different Views

Aug. 23, 2006
By David Minkown

Forum Column: The American Bar Association is at it again. Recently, its Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimous...


Civil Rights


Bills Aim to Prevent Conviction of Innocents

Aug. 23, 2006
By David Minkown

Forum Column: Ruben Cantu was only 26 years old when he was executed by the state of Texas for a murder and robbery. A single ...


Tax


SAN FRANCISCO - Nicholas S. "Nick" Freud of San Francisco, a distinguished international tax lawyer who was a direct descenden...


Large Firms


Former Thelen Employee Brings Politics to Mix

Aug. 23, 2006
By Laura Ernden

SAN FRANCISCO - While Alix Rosenthal was working as a San Francisco elections commissioner in 2002, her managing partner at Th...


Personal Injury & Torts


A plaintiff whose repeated efforts to settle are turned down, and who then wins at trial, may get to collect some extra cash u...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Asbestos litigation in Southern California recently reached a turning point with the implementation of a $377 mi...


SAN FRANCISCO - Do drug addicts suffer from a chronic disease that should be treated, or are they exhibiting anti-social behav...


Immigration


A Mexican gay man who dressed as a woman should not have been denied political asylum in the United States just because he did...


Probate


Court Protects Elders' Funds From Friends

Aug. 23, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

Friends who provide medical care to elders must prove they did not engage in deceit or pressure tactics to win an inheritance,...


Judicial Profile


Turning Lives Around

Aug. 23, 2006
By Susan Mcraen

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gibson W. Lee relies on an arsenal of discipline, humor and respect to get youthful offenders...


Judicial Profile


Lucky in Law

Aug. 23, 2006
By Paria Kooklann

VENTURA - Mark Borrell completed the 129-mile "Death Ride" this summer. The grueling one-day ride, officially called the Tour...


Entertainment & Sports


Gibson's Attorney Shies From the Limelight

Aug. 22, 2006
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - There's no address marker or sign outside, and the building hides behind a layer of ivy. That's the way Blair Be...


Law Practice


MoFo's L.A. Office Gets New Managing Partner

Aug. 22, 2006
By Robert Iafolla

LOS ANGELES - Gregory B. Koltun has taken over as managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Los Angeles office after his p...


Large Firms


LOS ANGELES - Just a few months after becoming a partner at national powerhouse McGuireWoods, corporate taxation specialist Ma...