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Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court criticized Ventura police for conducting a "classic fishing expedition" by searching a...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Scott Douglas never finds his work as a mediator boring. Every day brings an interesting problem to solve, he sa...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN DIEGO - Jay M. Bloom was an experienced appellate attorney in 1986 when he went to the U.S. Supreme Court to argue a deat...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - Health and environmental activists, as well as state Attorney General Bill Lockyer and officials of other sta...


Entertainment & Sports


SAN FRANCISCO - If the Bay Area's sports doping scandal had been about amphetamines instead of steroids, the personal trainer ...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' payments to outside lawyers have almost doubled in the past six years, and the city attorney has be...


Litigation


These Boots Are Made for Legal Gunslinger

Jan. 28, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - A pair of cowboy boots is probably a good idea for a man who enjoys dancing in the snake pit of litigation. But...


Law Practice


Disciplinary Actions

Jan. 27, 2006
By Staff Writer

SUSPENSIONS Agravante, Juvenal Federico , Long Beach Bajgrowicz, James Joseph , Santa Rosa Evans, John W. , Walnut Creek Green...


Administrative/Regulatory


Briefly

Jan. 27, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

NO GO FLYING INCOGNITO - If John Gilmore wants to get on a commercial airliner, he'll have to show identification or be search...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 26

Jan. 27, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

LAKEWOOD - Advance Real Estate purchased the Lakewood Manor Apartments, a 661-unit residential community adjacent to the Lakew...


International


China Is Less-Formidable IP Zone

Jan. 27, 2006
By Kevin Livingston

SAN FRANCISCO - When Michael Dell's image began appearing on boxes of men's underwear in Beijing, Henry Garrana, Dell Inc.'s v...


Focus Column - By Steven B. Katz - On Jan. 9, the 1st District Court of Appeal held in In re: Microsoft I-V Cases , 2006 DJDAR...


Environmental


Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided to review three environmental cases, the first...


Criminal


SACRAMENTO - The State Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday appointed former state Attorney General John Van de Kamp to head a ...


Public Interest


LOS ANGELES - In 2001, when Bet Tzedek had to move its annual dinner to a ballroom still under construction, President James N...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Skadden Team Aids Disney's Purchase of Pixar

Jan. 27, 2006
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Brian McCarthy, who represented the Walt Disney Co. in its $7.4 billion acquisition of Pix...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Noted Los Angeles trial lawyer Jerry Ringler is forming a new firm, Ringler Kearney Alvarez. Ringler is current...


Environmental


CALFED Case To Get Review At High Court

Jan. 27, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Wednesday to review the environmental impact of a 30-year prog...


Judges and Judiciary


Bush Taps Former State Bar Leader for Bench

Jan. 27, 2006
By Don De Benedictis

SANTA ANA - Prominent Orange County lawyer and former State Bar President Andrew J. Guilford was nominated by President Bush ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - It's not clear when the United States became a reeking republic of political poopy diaper sniffers. But future h...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco appellate court has upheld most of a $30 million malpractice award against prominent intellect...


Judges and Judiciary


Compassionate Player Heeds Rule of Law First

Jan. 27, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - When two seriously ill women asked permission in San Francisco federal court to smoke and grow marijuana witho...


Corporate


SAN JOSE - Last week, Google Inc. won praise from civil libertarians for resisting a federal government subpoena that demande...


Judges and Judiciary


Alito Confirmation Looms, but Who Cares, Really?

Jan. 27, 2006
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - The Senate debate over Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court is set to drone on for days....


Administrative/Regulatory


Breifly

Jan. 27, 2006
By Claude Walbert

COURT THEFT - Sheriff's investigators are seeking a trusted court employee after workers at the San Diego Superior Court in E...


Law Practice


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 26, 2006
By Contributing Writer

Comment - By Eumi Choi - There have been many things that have shaped me as a lawyer - my upbringing and schooling, certain jo...


Law Practice


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 26, 2006
By Contributing Writer

Comment - By Hina Ahmad - In college you knew exactly what you wanted; you studied hard, aced the LSAT and were admitted to th...


Law Practice


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 26, 2006
By Contributing Writer

Comment - By Laura L. Geist and Sara M. Thorpe - There are two things people want more than sex and money: recognition and pra...


Law Practice


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 26, 2006
By Contributing Writer

Comment - By Becca J. Wahlquist - I recently had a very good day at work. In the morning, I learned that a major brief I had w...


Law Practice


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 26, 2006
By Contributing Writer

Comment - By Peter M. Gilhuly - While the practice of law has developed in various ways over hundreds of years, it is fair to ...