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Law Practice


'Secular Saint' Led BASF Volunteers for 24 Years

Mar. 1, 2006
By Kevin Livingston

SAN FRANCISCO - Tanya Neiman, who for almost 25 years pioneered pro bono work in the Bay Area and around the nation and invent...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Somewhere along the line, Andrew Li, a technical support adviser at Latham & Watkins, made a key realizatio...


Coming Events


LOS ANGELES - Effective ways of presenting evidence unearthed through electronic discovery will be among the topics discussed...


Judges and Judiciary


Organization Man Moves His Cases

Mar. 1, 2006
By Don De Benedictis

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Didier keeps note cards on every case he has tried during his 16-plus...


Law Practice


The Brave New World Of Electronic Records

Mar. 1, 2006
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - Over the next two years, total revenues for the electronic discovery and electronic data management industry ar...


Administrative/Regulatory


LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood illegal wiretap scandal centering on celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano has spawned a new and...


Judges and Judiciary


Divorces From Private Judges Raise Issues

Mar. 1, 2006
By Bobbi Murrayn

LOS ANGELES - According to the old saw, money can't buy love - but it can purchase a private judge to preside over a divorce i...


Firm Watch


White & Case to Close S.F. Office

Mar. 1, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - White & Case plans to shutter its San Francisco office to focus on its technology and patent litigation pr...


Litigation


Cisco Saves Money by Doing Its Own E-Discovery

Mar. 1, 2006
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - A recent study of litigation trends by Fulbright & Jaworski found that electronic discovery is the No. 1 lit...


Litigation


Tribe Is a Win Away From Bonanza

Feb. 28, 2006
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - With the blessing of the state, some California Indian tribes have built gambling palaces whose profits handsom...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 27

Feb. 28, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

SAN FRANCISCO - Ashford Hospitality Trust purchased the 338-room Pan Pacific San Francisco Hotel from W2001 Pac Realty LLC, a ...


Forum Column - By Stephanie Beckstrom - In an affluent location such as Stanford, there are a thousand lessons for future lawy...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By John T. McNelis - Ten years after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office adopted its 1996 guidelines for exami...


Public Interest


Forum Column - By Margaret Stevenson - In my work as a lawyer, I repeatedly am witness to some of what makes this country grea...


Entertainment & Sports


Letter to the Editor - Regarding Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Productions, S125171, the case in which a television-show ...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - The Orange County office of Bingham McCutchen just got a little more crowded. In recent weeks, the firm's five ...


Firm Watch


Public Defender to Become Private Defender

Feb. 28, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Martn Sabelli says that right now, 100 percent of his attention is focuse...


Labor/Employment


Jury Awards Former Officer $2M

Feb. 28, 2006
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - A jury has awarded a former Oakland police officer nearly $2 million in damages concluding the police departme...


Immigration


Skating to Silver -- And Citizenship

Feb. 28, 2006
By Tamadhur Al Aqeel

LOS ANGELES - Three months ago, Olympic silver medalist Tanith Belbin didn't know whether she would qualify for the U.S. Olymp...


Firm Watch


Public Policy Firm Lauches Litigation Practice

Feb. 28, 2006
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Gregory G. Gorman and Johnny Darnell Griggs have joined Los Angeles-based Strategic Counsel to launch a litigat...


Public Interest


$1 Million Lawyer Fee to Be Reconsidered

Feb. 28, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys representing white men in reverse discrimination lawsuits need to work hard for their money. It took...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Plaintiff Wins Fees for Asbestos Hospital Suit

Feb. 28, 2006
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A San Francisco hospital already in hot water for exposing visitors and employees to asbestos will have to pay a...


Criminal


S.F. Panel Won't Indict Murder Suspect From Ohio

Feb. 28, 2006
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced Friday that a criminal grand jury has refused to indict...


Government


WASHINGTON - Election law will take center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court this week as the justices consider two issues of pr...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - When detective-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano emphatically announced his not-guilty plea to charges he ran a ra...


Law Practice


Zen Informs Attorney's Approach to Law Practice

Feb. 28, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

WORK OF FAITH - Julia Ten Eyck's path to becoming a Buddhist has been long and winding - much like her career as an attorney. ...


Constitutional Law


Briefly

Feb. 27, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

FREEDOM TO RANT - "Got AIDS Yet?" So reads a T-shirt an evangelical Christian preacher wears to events celebrating tolerance o...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Feb. 27, 2006
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced Joseph M. Malkin will assume the newly created role of managing par...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 24

Feb. 25, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

RIVERSIDE - Government Properties Trust purchased three two-story office buildings totaling 117,168 square feet, part of the H...


Law Practice


Mentors Aid Youth Before Release

Feb. 25, 2006
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - The last time Carlos got out of youth prison he vowed he was not going back. He had been in and out of lockups s...