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Large Firms


Cochran Firm Clashes Over Legacy

Mar. 3, 2006
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - Almost a year after the death of its founder and namesake, Johnnie Cochran, the Cochran Firm appears to be at a ...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - If anybody can claim the system failed them, it's Gregory Gayton. An Orange County appellate court has issued a ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for March 1

Mar. 2, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

ORANGE - Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc. renewed and expanded its lease for a total of 90,776 square feet of sp...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Battling Alcoholism Together

Mar. 2, 2006
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - It's not often that a man convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter scores a job with full benefits at the la...


Entertainment & Sports


Forum Column - By Crissy Sohl - The California Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 14 in the sexual harassment case of Amaani L...


Entertainment & Sports


Forum Column - By Michael Bhargava - From Warner Bros.' perspective, Lyle v. Warner Bros. presents the classic situation of ba...


Law Practice


Focus Column - By Martha K. Gooding - The Federal Rules are playing catch-up on electronic discovery. After more than five yea...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Was Pioneering Gay Prosecutor

Mar. 2, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Robert J. Sandoval, one of the first openly gay prosecutors in Los Angeles, died Tuesday of...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Shell Oil and Texaco did not violate antitrust law when they formed a ...


Corporate


Google Loses Copyright Suit but Wins Protection

Mar. 2, 2006
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Los Angeles federal judge's ruling last week that Google Inc. probably infringed an adult Web site's copyrights ...


Constitutional Law


Out-of-State Junk Faxes Get Court OK

Mar. 2, 2006
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - California consumers will have to endure so-called junk faxes sent from out of state under a ruling by a federal...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A three-year patent litigation dispute between two medical diagnostic companies has ended with the plaintiff agr...


Constitutional Law


Ruling Clears Up Confusion Over Unruh

Mar. 2, 2006
By Leslie Simmons

State laws protecting employees from discrimination, intimidation and threats to their civil rights in the workplace are not p...


Judges and Judiciary


George Will Seek More Funds

Mar. 2, 2006
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - California Chief Justice Ronald George was expected to renew his plea Tuesday for more judges, better retirement...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-DA Encourages Use Of Technological Aids

Mar. 2, 2006
By Sarah Garveyn

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott T. Millington uses technology to engage prospective jurors in the ...


Environmental


Groups Sue to Block Water Plan, Sprawl

Mar. 2, 2006
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists have gone to court again to block a water agency's plans that critics believe would help fue...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - It's a case with all the intrigue and drama worthy of an Academy Award: a sting operation to capture a party-cra...


Criminal


Staffer Held in Court Theft

Mar. 2, 2006
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - An employee at the El Cajon branch of San Diego's Superior Court who prosecutors believe stole cash to support a g...


Corporate


Brown, Delgadillo Spar Over Wal-Mart

Mar. 2, 2006
By Erin Park

LOS ANGELES - Any number of issues could have hit the table - energy regulation, prescription drug prices, Three-Strikes refo...


Corporate


Deals

Mar. 1, 2006
By Geneva Whitmarsh

Marvell Buys Avago Unit - Marvell Technology Grup is buying the printer-chip unit of Avago Technologies for $240 million in ca...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 28

Mar. 1, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

RANCHO PALOS VERDES - A private individual purchased the Ocean Crest, a 90-unit apartment building at 6507 Ocean View Drive, f...


Appellate Practice


Now Showing, Still Behind Bars

Mar. 1, 2006
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Mario Rocha sits in state prison awaiting the outcome of his latest bid for freedom. It has been 10 years since ...


Law Practice


Disciplinary Action

Mar. 1, 2006
By Staff Writer

SUSPENSIONS Barone Jr., Leo Gerald , Willits Brubaker, Gregory A. , San Francisco Grady, Scott LaForce , Sherman Oaks PROBATI...


Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Wiretaps are in the news today. There seems to be plenty of spying to go around. Yet fe...


Product Liability


Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - Tens of millions of Americans may have been unknowingly exposed to serious side effects of...


Criminal


Informant's Drug Sentence Is Reversed

Mar. 1, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

SAN FRANCISCO - Sometimes there is a good excuse for selling illegal drugs, such as: "I'm working for the Drug Enforcement Adm...


Judges and Judiciary


Panel Charges Riverside Judge

Mar. 1, 2006
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - The state judicial watchdog agency Monday charged a Riverside judge with trying to use his influence as a bench of...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - When downtown Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges announced in September an increase in...


Litigation


Lawsuit Against FBI Agent Advances

Mar. 1, 2006
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for an Encinitas resident to sue a San Diego FBI agent for wron...


Government


Personnel Records Create Quandary

Mar. 1, 2006
By Bobbi Murrayn

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to police officers, a legal haze surrounds a seemingly simple question: What constitutes a person...