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Law Practice


Disciplinary Action

Oct. 31, 2005
By Jim Adamekn

Disciplinary Actions - SUSPENSIONS Moorehead, Denise Davis , San Leandro O'Neill III, William , Auburn Price, Roger Daniel , V...


Insurance


Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - If an insurance carrier disputes the reasonableness of attorney fees, and attempts to overc...


Family


Victims Don't Need to Forgive to Heal

Oct. 31, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - As one who has taught Jewish law and studied Chrisitanity, I felt compelled to comment on Breea Willing...


Firm Watch


IP Lawyer Leaves Feds for Crowell

Oct. 31, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - International law and intellectual property attorney Brian Peck has joined Crowell & Moring's international ...


Firm Watch


Procopio Lures Management Lawyer

Oct. 31, 2005
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch announced that David B. Geerdes has joined the firm as of-counsel in its ...


Firm Watch


Hancock Veteran Crosses to Steefel

Oct. 31, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - In its first defection since announcing plans to merge with Duane Morris on Oct. 11, San Francisco's Hancock, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Schwarzenegger Appoints 10 to Courts in State

Oct. 31, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles a Superior Court judge with ...


Litigation


Panel Tosses Case for Prosecutor's 'Group Bias'

Oct. 31, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A Court of Appeal on Friday reversed a voluntary manslaughter conviction because a Fresno prosecutor failed to e...


Administrative/Regulatory


Backlog of DNA Samples Slows Data Analysis

Oct. 31, 2005
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Ten months after Proposition 69 took effect, the rate of increase in cold hits, matching up new DNA samples with...


Firm Watch


Stoel Rives Partner Moves to Thelen

Oct. 31, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - Dirk Mueller, formerly a real estate transactions partner with Portland-based Stoel Rives, has joined Thelen, ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys say that the list of "famous last words" should certainly include "Oh, I'll just wing it before Judge ...


Constitutional Law


SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. park police officer conducted an illegal search and seizure by knocking on the window of a man's car on...


Criminal


Libby Case Hinges on Honesty of Reporters

Oct. 31, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - The case against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, arising from his role in allegedly leaking the identity of a CIA offic...


Appellate Practice


It's Still O'Connor's High Court

Oct. 28, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - With Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor could have a more substant...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Karen L. (Fine) Gabler - Every year, millions of teen-agers younger than 18 are employed by businesses ...


Law Practice


Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Pricing lawsuits and racehorses is hard. Racehorses are riskier, but lawsuits are more...


Criminal


Focus Column - By Alan M. Cohen - Almost 10 years after being enacted, California's Sexually Violent Predator Act remains a co...


Law Practice


Panel Tells Lawyer to Repay Garnished Wages

Oct. 28, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - The state appellate court on Thursday ordered a Glendora attorney at the center of a bitter eight-year-old partn...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-Judge Gets Four Years for Bilking Clients

Oct. 28, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles Superior Court judge was sentenced to four years in state prison for bilking his elderly cl...


Bankruptcy


Attorney Faces Asset-Concealment Charges

Oct. 28, 2005
By John Hanusz

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted a Glendale attorney on charges he helped conceal corporate assets i...


Litigation


SAN DIEGO - The top executive of a major Southern California utility holding company testified Thursday that California and th...


Judges and Judiciary


Conservatives Rejoice at Nominee's Withdrawal

Oct. 28, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - Having played a major role in forcing the White House to withdraw Harriet E. Miers' nomination to the Supreme Cou...


LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have sought permission from superiors in Washington, D.C., to bring racketeer...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - Roche Holding suspended shipments of its anti-viral drug Tamiflu to the United States and Canada on Thursday t...


Litigation


Magistrate Judge Earns Respect

Oct. 27, 2005
By Don Ray

BAKERSFIELD - The picture above U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa A. Goldner's desk shows a strong oak tree enveloped in what appe...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Maragaret Crosby - The California Constitution protects freedom of speech, guarantees religious liberty, out...


Corporate


Focus Column - By Craig Pinedo - Section 2019.210 of the Code of Civil Procedure requires a party alleging misappropriation of...


Judges and Judiciary


Panel Shoots Down Denial of Motions Close to Trial

Oct. 27, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A three-year-old practice by Compton judges of denying all motions filed less than 30 days before trial was not ...


Public Interest


SAN FRANCISCO - As the recruiting season winds down, students at top law schools and representatives from leading law firms ar...


Insurance


Panel Peppers HMO in Lawyers' Suit

Oct. 27, 2005
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The big California HMO seeking to cancel insurance for a group of San Francisco lawyers again faced tough ques...