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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...


Law Practice


SAN DIEGO - A nearly two-decade career litigating cases and handling business disputes has well prepared Steven H. Kruis, 50, ...


Law Practice


Courts Are Going to the Dogs ... and Cats

Nov. 26, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - Her human parents had been going at it like cats and dogs. But it was Gigi, a pointer-greyhound mix, who was in ...


Litigation


Debate Plays Out in Divorce Case

Nov. 26, 2005
By Eron Yehuda

LOS ANGELES - A famous film director's divorce suit underscores the muddled state of the law for identifying professional good...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - State appellate courts chastised two lawyers this week for unscrupulous litigation tactics. Los Angeles civil at...


Judges and Judiciary


Panel Will Choose New Judges To Hear Hall's Disciplinary Case

Nov. 26, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

VENTURA - The state Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday that it will choose three new special masters to he...


Immigration


Asylum Seekers Resort to Global Torture Protection

Nov. 26, 2005
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - For most of his 39 years, Nahum Neme rarely has felt lucky. He realized he was gay at age 10. A year later, clas...


Judges and Judiciary


In Chambers

Nov. 25, 2005
By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Howard J. Schwab is hanging up his robe after nearly 22 years on the ben...


Government Contracts


Are All Advocates Lobbyists?

Nov. 24, 2005
By Erin Park

LOS ANGELES - On his first day in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fulfilled a campaign promise by banning lobby...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 23

Nov. 24, 2005
By Jack Briggs

RETAIL SANTA ROSA - Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. acquired 50 percent interest in the 827,000-square-foot Codd...


Entertainment & Sports


Focus Column - By Dennis M. P. Ehling and Ashley J. Camron - After Eddy Curry missed the final month of the 2004-2005 season, ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - 'Tis the season to debate the proselytizing effect of Christmas and the harm it alle...


Education


Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - Proclaimed boldly in large letters on a half-wall inside of Larry Claxton Flynt's clean, well...