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Education


School OKs Publishing Controversial Articles

Nov. 8, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Six months after the Kern School District stopped East Bakersfield High School students from publishing a serie...


Firm Watch


Changing of the Managing Partner

Nov. 8, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - Eric Grover, the former managing partner of Littler Mendelson's San Francisco office, has left the firm and h...


Firm Watch


State's Law-Firm Mergers Keep Pace

Nov. 8, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - Six law firms in California have merged in the first three quarters of this year, matching the total for the sta...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has given a Folsom State Prison inmate a second chance at suing his former appellate law...


Labor/Employment


LOS ANGELES - Members of an association of Los Angeles County prosecutors are accusing their leader of cozying up to the depu...


Judges and Judiciary


Briefly

Nov. 7, 2005
By Amelia Hansen

MORE JUDGE TRAINING -- Trial judges may be going back to school. The Judicial Council of California has approved a model for m...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Nov. 7, 2005
By Staff Writer

On The Move - Ropes & Gray has promoted firmwide seven associates to partner, including Gregory C. Davis in the firm's San...


Employment Column - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - This article shall explore some of the issues associated with defense mental exami...


Government


Governor Draws Funds From Afar

Nov. 5, 2005
By Cheryl Miller

SACRAMENTO - Phillip Wasserman wanted to support a Republican star. Ron Book was helping out a friend's in-law. And the partne...


Judges and Judiciary


Lawyers' Union May Swap Pensions for Raises

Nov. 5, 2005
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A tiny union that represents state lawyers and administrative law judges has ripped a seam in the tightly woven u...


Labor/Employment


Mediator Uses Story-Telling to Ease Tension

Nov. 5, 2005
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Mediator Stefan M. Mason has a knack for telling the right story at exactly the right time to ease tension in a ...


Government


'City of Churches' Will Vote to Restore Cross to Seal

Nov. 5, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

REDLANDS - When the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to sue Redlands last year, officials in the town southeast of Sa...


Personal Injury & Torts


LOS ANGELES - A family has won a record $22.6 million settlement in a construction defect case that alleged toxic mold in the...


Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - In more than a third of new births in the United States, the mother of the child is a sing...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - One of the most persistent and contentious issues that the U.S. Supreme Court repeat...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - In her 20 years as deputy district attorney, Laura F. Priver focused her energy on arguing cases. After only 10 ...


Government


Immunizing the Immunizers

Nov. 4, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Lost amid news of President Bush's $7.1 billion proposal to develop and stockpile anti-flu drugs and medicatio...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Andrea Luquetta says the University of California Regents pulled a bait and switch: they hiked her UCLA Law Scho...


Government


Fourm Column - By Edward H. Telfeyan - In the summer of 1973, as the nation was about to become aware of a presidential scanda...


Law Practice


Disciplinary Actions

Nov. 4, 2005
By Jim Adamekn

DISBARMENTS Gordon, Robert Lewis, El Cajon RESIGNATIONS Sheehan, Kenneth R., Las Vegas, Nev. Vitale, Angelo M., Sacramento SUS...


State Bar & Bar Associations


LOS ANGELES - For the first time in more than a decade, the National Bar Association is holding one of its annual gatherings ...


Criminal


L.A. Judge's Winning Ways: Humility, Humor

Nov. 3, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Despite his 35 years of experience in the criminal justice system, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norm J. Shap...


Media


Forum Column - by Clay Calvert - Fans of the iconic 1990s television situation comedy "Seinfeld" may recall a particular episo...


Constitutional Law


Roe v. Wade Should Not Be a Litmus Test

Nov. 3, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - Let me begin by stating that I am a Republican and a strong supporter of President Bush. That being sai...


International


Focus Column - By Saralyn M. Ang-Olson - When manufacturers of a toxic pesticide, dibromochloropropane - known as DBCP - attem...


Judges and Judiciary


Letter to the Editor - In the days leading up to Judge [Samuel] Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, the press was reporti...


Corporate


McKesson, Merrill Lynch Settle Lawsuit

Nov. 3, 2005
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - McKesson Corp. has reached a settlement with two Merrill Lynch funds in a case that alleged the embattled comp...


Criminal


Kids Sue Stepmom Over Dad's Death

Nov. 3, 2005
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - The children of a well-known building contractor who was beaten to death at his San Francisco business in 2003...


Government


Letter From Feinstein Opposes 9th Circuit Split

Nov. 3, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., urged a leading California congressman on Wednesday to prevent legislation that ...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - More than a month after three Los Angeles law firms hiked first-year associate salaries to $135,000, other fir...