THE NEW LAWYER - Performance Test B QUESTION City of Madison, Columbia Office of the City Attorney Memorandum To: Applicant Fr...
Education
Clips Incorporated From Their Favorites Help Their Students Learn
By Kenneth Davis
THE NEW LAWYER - UCLA law professors Paul B. Bergman and Michael R. Asimow believe movies are more than escapist entertainment...
THE NEW LAWYER - COMING FULL CIRCLE - By Paul Pfau - The north face of storied Mount Everest as seen from the base camp of the...
THE NEW LAWYER - The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal tasks. The answers were w...
SACRAMENTO - An interfaith advocacy group said Monday it would appeal a federal judge's decision to permanently bar students ...
LOS ANGELES - Etiquette guru Sue Fox cringes when she thinks about some of the faux pas she's seen attorneys commit during so...
LOS ANGELES - Call your best friend once a week. Tell your wife you love her once a day. Go to the Saturday morning Little Le...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Monday threw into question a 10-year prison sentence given to a Polish woman convic...
LOS ANGELES - There was a time when the word "blackberry" meant only one of the many flavors of Knott's Berry Farm pancake sy...
THE NEW LAWYER - The months of fear ended for Justine M. Phillips at 6:09 p.m., Friday. After three years of law school, hundr...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and two California plaintiffs' firms planned Monday to file a class action ...
LOS ANGELES - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday found that an expert's trial testimony can be challenged on appe...
Entertainment & Sports
Behind Every Successful Athlete Is an Attorney or Agent
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Tired of getting busted by senior partners while surfing ESPN.com? Bored stiff slogging through the monotony of...
SAN FRANCISCO - First District Court of Appeal Justice Carol A. Corrigan first donned a black robe in 1987, but she hasn't for...
MULTIFAMILY LOS ANGELES - Beverly Hills-based Combined Properties Inc. purchased the 65,500-square-foot Brentwood Place, a "v...
Focus Column - By Marshal A. Oldman - In McIndoe v. Olivos (August 31, 2005), the 4th District Court of Appeal determined that...
Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse...
LOS ANGELES - The push for law-firm growth appears to be slowing. As law firms finalize their 2006 budgets, some are planning ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Craig Manson, a former California judge who became a lightning rod for environmental critics of the Bush admi...
LOS ANGELES - Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat, a top litigation firm in San Diego, is changing its name. At the start of next y...
SANTA ANA - Finding a $1.9 million wrongful-death verdict was too low, an Orange County Superior Court judge has taken the un...
SAN FRANCISCO - First, he was scammed by a phony lawyer. And then Mexican immigrant Jose Juan Martinez Barroso was steered to ...
Judges and Judiciary
Disciplinary Inquiry Halted After Clerk Makes Accusations
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
VENTURA - The Commission on Judicial Performance has stayed disciplinary proceedings against Santa Barbara County Superior Co...
CALIFORNIA - DISBARMENTS Borrevik, Jason D. , Palo Alto RESIGNATIONS Covey, John A. , San Diego Hawes, William Ray , Millville...
CALIFORNIA - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has announced that Stephen Harris has been promoted to partner in the firm'...
CONGRESS DEBATES IDENTITY THEFT - A bill that would toughen federal laws on identity theft, co-sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feins...
INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - TODA Development purchased a 59,316-square-foot research-and-development building at 5285 Hellyer Ave. ...
LOS ANGELES - Michael D. Young usually takes an understated approach to mediation. "I can only think of one time I raised my v...
Focus Column - By Alan G. Saler and Leonard Levy - On Oct. 26, the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div. 4, issued its opinion in...
Labor/Employment
Interaction with Workers is Key to Lawful Handling of Disability Claims
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Employment Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - A longtime employee learned he had Hepatitis C. He continued working, but years...