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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...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By Randy Broberg and Cheryl Withycombe - It's not possible for a single restaurant to have exclusive rights to ...


Firm Watch


RIVERSIDE - Kenneth B. Stream has joined Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden in the firm's Riverside office as a partner. Gresh...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - The general counsel of a health care business has joined a Los Angeles-based firm that focuses on business and ...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins can't be expected to make decisions as quickly as its smaller brethren. The firm has over ...


Criminal


Former Chief of Credit Lyonnais Pleads Guilty

Jan. 24, 2006
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - In his first appearance in the United States since being indicted in 2003, a remorseless former chief of Credit...


Judges and Judiciary


Jurors Convict Man of Trying To Kill Counsel

Jan. 24, 2006
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court jury returned a guilty verdict Friday against a Thousand Oaks man who was videotaped shooting ...


Firm Watch


Business Lawyer Returns to Hinshaw

Jan. 24, 2006
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - For Christopher Borders, joining Hinshaw & Culberston was a homecoming of sorts. Borders started his law ...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay $1 million in legal fees to relatives of the late Not...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - High-profile defense attorney Daniel Horowitz was dismissed from the Susan Polk murder case Friday because of ...


Administrative/Regulatory


RIVERSIDE - A federal judge has blocked a "suicide-by-cop" defense in the wrongful death lawsuit against a top Los Angeles pro...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Crime victims are too often treated as "Victorian children" who should be seen and not heard, the 9th U.S. Circu...


Appellate Practice


First Amendment Trumps Privacy in Divorces

Jan. 24, 2006
By Anat Rubinn

LOS ANGELES - The right to privacy in divorce proceedings does not always trump the First Amendment right to public access to ...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - When New York-based Nixon Peabody needed a lawyer to represent the firm's clients in equipment leasing transa...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 23, 2006
By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES - Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold has announced that the firm has elected Curtis Parvin as the new managing p...