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Firm Watch


O'Melveny's Building Influenced Skyline

Nov. 30, 2005
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Dick Volpert won't argue about it: He took a business risk that put O'Melveny & Myers' capital and reputatio...


Family


Letter to the Editor - Thanks for the excellent series "A Woman's Work" (Nov. 28 Daily Journal). I worked my way through schoo...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - Dear Jose Padilla: This Thanksgiving, I'm sure you have a lot to be thankful for. After a...


Focus Column - By David M. Grey - The party that challenges an "individualized educational program" - a program created by a p...


Public Interest


Forum Cloumn - By Ruth Silver Taube - Access to justice for the poor continues to be a critical problem in this country. There...


Family


Congressman Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Resigns

Nov. 30, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham resigned Monday from the House of Representatives shortly after pleading guilty in...


Judges and Judiciary


Theif's 'Shaming Sentence' Stands

Nov. 30, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether a Scarlet Letter-style punishment imposed by a San Fra...


Law Practice


Studio Attorney Drops Law for Parenting Role

Nov. 30, 2005
By Anne Marie Ruff

LOS ANGELES - I could be a mother or a lawyer but not at the same time. And not with my baby at my breast. I found that when I...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I found there was almost no escape from Stanley "Tookie" Williams. No matter what...


SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County prosecutor is hoping to persuade a jury to convict a state drug agent of voluntary manslaught...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - In 35 years as a prosecutor and a bench officer, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James A. Bascue has ear...


Immigration


Briefly

Nov. 29, 2005
By Robert Selna

IMMIGRATION APPEAL SUCCEEDS - A Chinese citizen got a second chance Monday at asylum in the United States when a federal appea...


Administrative/Regulatory


A Woman's Work: Criminal Defender - And Mother

Nov. 29, 2005
By Anne Marie Ruff

LOS ANGELES - Janet Levine was born and raised in Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA in 1977 and earned her law degree from ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 28

Nov. 29, 2005
By Jack Briggs

MULTIFAMILY SANTA CLARA - Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of Homestead Manor for $7.1 million. Jacob Levy of Marcus...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Edward J. Loya, Jr. - Whatever Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's overall jurisprudence may be, his Fourth...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Letter to the Editor - World AIDS Awareness Day, being observed on Dec. 1, comes with disturbing news - according to the Unite...


Litigation


Focus Column - By David S. Olson - Recent appellate court decisions have made clear that the "mandatory relief" provision of C...


Firm Watch


China-Bound Business Junkets

Nov. 29, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - As China boasts the world's fastest-growing economy, lawyers and other business leaders are quick to hop aboa...


Firm Watch


Attorney, Mom-in-Law Hang Shingle

Nov. 29, 2005
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - Gregory W. Jessner has been the target of some good-natured ribbing from friends and colleagues ever since anno...


Firm Watch


Holland & Knight to Close Nine U.S. Offices

Nov. 29, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - Holland & Knight, one of the nation's 15 largest law firms, plans to close or consolidate nine of its office...


LOS ANGELES - A mother stormed into the principal's office, pulling her pretty 13-year-old, pony-tailed daughter behind her. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Affable Murrieta Judge Gives Lawyers Leeway

Nov. 29, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

MURRIETA - It's a problem that many judges accept as a given: At some point, lawyers are going to give them shallow excuses or...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Forum Column - By Sean B. Hecht - With little fanfare, Congress is poised to sell off some of our most precious public lands. ...


Law Practice


Editor's Note

Nov. 28, 2005
By MANAGING EDITOR LAW WEEK

Editor's Note: The legal community, as well as the media, has been buzzing lately with discussion and debate over how women ca...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Nov. 28, 2005
By Staff Reports

On the Move - Scott A. Harshman has joined the Orange County office of Greenberg Traurig as of-counsel in the firm's trusts an...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 25

Nov. 26, 2005
By Jack Briggs

HOSPITALITY SAN DIEGO - Hotel real estate investment trust Boykin Lodging Co. and Outrigger Lodging Services sold the Hampton...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - At this time it looks as if the mother of all confirmation hearings may not take place. ...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By Perry J. Viscounty - The once-active home page of Internet file-sharing site Grokster has been replaced by a...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Patrick Cathcart - A recent newspaper editorial touting the supposed virtues of splitting up the 9th U.S. Ci...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Brian L. Johnsrud - As a result of increased government contracting, a growing number of California com...