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Administrative/Regulatory


Momentum Seen in Oregon Ruling

Jan. 26, 2006
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmation of Oregon's assisted suicide law, advocates are renewing their dri...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - By Rod M. Fliegel - Last Friday, California's 4th District Court of Appeal weighed in on the ongoing high-profi...


Forum Column - By David Coleman - Monterey County prosecutors filed a felony criminal complaint against Carmelita Viray in Peo...


Government


City Attorney Picks a New Campaign Team

Jan. 26, 2006
By Erin Park

LOS ANGELES - More than a month after two key figures quit his campaign for state attorney general, Los Angeles City Attorney ...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Leonard Green, Southern California's largest private equity firm, will pay $1.3 billion in cash and assumed deb...


Criminal


Ex-Priest Pleads No Contest in Abuse Case

Jan. 26, 2006
By Sandra Hernandezn

A former priest, who had been charged with sexually abusing a boy in Los Angeles, pleaded no contest Tuesday to a lesser char...


Firm Watch


Pillsbury Extends Voluntary Buyout Period

Jan. 26, 2006
By Kevin Livingston

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has extended its deadline one week for staff employees to accept voluntary buy...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - A monster bout is shaping up this year for the pharmaceutical firm Merck and its pain-killing drug, Vioxx. And ...


Appellate Practice


Tenant Buyout Provision Appears Safe, For Now

Jan. 26, 2006
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court seemed ready Tuesday afternoon to uphold a San Francisco tenant protection law that re...


Criminal


Feds May Try to Salvage Narcotics Case

Jan. 26, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors are considering seeking an indictment of a convicted drug dealer for the same major narcotic...


Entertainment & Sports


Briefly

Jan. 25, 2006
By Claude Walbert

PLAYED OUT - The theatrical production was called "Boomers" because it was about people between 40 and 59 years old. Those fal...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deals

Jan. 25, 2006
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Qualcomm Completes Flarion Technology Buy Qualcomm Inc. , a supplier of wireless chips and technology licenses, ...


Law Practice


Judge Unger a Catchy Handle in Solano County

Jan. 25, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - Chances are, Cynda Riggins Unger is the only judge in the state to have a rock group named after her. It start...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Radha A. Pathak - In Evans v. Chavis , 2006 U.S. LEXIS 757 (Jan. 10), the U.S. Supreme Court crafted a rule ...


Corporate


Focus Column - By Randolph C. Visser and Kavita P. Lesser - As any corporation, insurer, or taxpayer is patently aware of by n...


Criminal


Trial Begins in Abuse Case Against Retired Priest

Jan. 25, 2006
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - A 40-year-old man testified Monday that a former Catholic priest repeatedly sexually molested him while he live...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Elections Rules Left Invalid

Jan. 25, 2006
By Brent Kendall

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to get involved in a closely watched judicial elections case from Min...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - As the face of corporate America becomes increasingly diverse and gender balanced, the smart money at law firms...


Corporate


Legal Affairs Closes Down Print Edition

Jan. 25, 2006
By Anat Rubinn

LOS ANGELES - Despite a larger than expected readership and much critical acclaim, Legal Affairs magazine will suspend its pr...


Administrative/Regulatory


LOS ANGELES - Guerdon Stuckey knew the difficulties he faced. Animal rights activists had painted "murderer" on his predecesso...


Judges and Judiciary


SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Claudia Silbar doesn't have much use for onerous family law orders. Often, the...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Here's an obvious, easy, indubitably popular idea for the Los Angeles Police Department: Call the cast at "CSI" ...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - The maker of the popular BlackBerry e-mail device suffered another legal setback Monday when the U.S. Supreme ...


International


Briefly

Jan. 24, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

CREDIBILITY GAP - When foreigners apply for political asylum in the United States, it's not unusual for courts to find they've...


Litigation


Google in New Copyright Territory

Jan. 24, 2006
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Google Inc.'s plan to create a digital library so books can be searched online has set the stage for a major legal...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 23

Jan. 24, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

REDWOOD CITY - ARCS Commercial Mortgage Co. provided $123.4 million in financing to Prometheus Real Estate Group Inc. for four...


Law Practice


Going Straight Into Compton

Jan. 24, 2006
By Anat Rubinn

LOS ANGELES - When Eleanor J. Hunter was 9, her family left Toronto for the warmer climate of Torrance. Finances were tight as...


Forum Column - By Nicole A. Ozer - The recent revelation that the federal government has been listening in on our phone calls ...


Native Americans


Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy and wire fraud, is not typ...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice Chin to Miss Court Due To Brain Injury

Jan. 24, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - Because of a medical condition, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin will be not be present for the s...