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Education


DUI Case Involves Novel Use of Forfeiture Statute

Nov. 23, 2005
By Contributing Writer

THE NEW LAWYER - Performance Test B QUESTION City of Madison, Columbia Office of the City Attorney Memorandum To: Applicant Fr...


THE NEW LAWYER - UCLA law professors Paul B. Bergman and Michael R. Asimow believe movies are more than escapist entertainment...


Education


Striving to Climb Your Own Personal Mount Everest

Nov. 23, 2005
By Contributing Writer

THE NEW LAWYER - COMING FULL CIRCLE - By Paul Pfau - The north face of storied Mount Everest as seen from the base camp of the...


Education


Homeowners Group Must Waive Age Restriction

Nov. 23, 2005
By Contributing Writer

THE NEW LAWYER - The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal tasks. The answers were w...


Education


SACRAMENTO - An interfaith advocacy group said Monday it would appeal a federal judge's decision to permanently bar students ...


Education


LOS ANGELES - Etiquette guru Sue Fox cringes when she thinks about some of the faux pas she's seen attorneys commit during so...


Law Practice


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...


Criminal


Panel Sends Impersonator Case Back to Judge

Nov. 23, 2005
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Monday threw into question a 10-year prison sentence given to a Polish woman convic...


Law Practice


Positively Mobile: BlackBerry Liberates Lawyers

Nov. 23, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - There was a time when the word "blackberry" meant only one of the many flavors of Knott's Berry Farm pancake sy...


Education


Nearly 49 Percent Score Big on Bar Exam

Nov. 23, 2005
By Peter Zuckerman

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...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and two California plaintiffs' firms planned Monday to file a class action ...


Criminal


Challenge to Expert Testimony Wins on Appeal

Nov. 23, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday found that an expert's trial testimony can be challenged on appe...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Tired of getting busted by senior partners while surfing ESPN.com? Bored stiff slogging through the monotony of...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - First District Court of Appeal Justice Carol A. Corrigan first donned a black robe in 1987, but she hasn't for...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 18

Nov. 22, 2005
By Jack Briggs

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...


Criminal


Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - The push for law-firm growth appears to be slowing. As law firms finalize their 2006 budgets, some are planning ...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-Judge Will Leave Feds to Teach at McGeorge

Nov. 22, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Craig Manson, a former California judge who became a lightning rod for environmental critics of the Bush admi...


Firm Watch


What's in a Name? A Lot, for Post Kirby

Nov. 22, 2005
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat, a top litigation firm in San Diego, is changing its name. At the start of next y...


Litigation


Judge Orders New Trial Because of Low Verdict

Nov. 22, 2005
By Don De Benedictis

SANTA ANA - Finding a $1.9 million wrongful-death verdict was too low, an Orange County Superior Court judge has taken the un...


Immigration


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

Nov. 22, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

VENTURA - The Commission on Judicial Performance has stayed disciplinary proceedings against Santa Barbara County Superior Co...


Discipline


Disciplinary Action

Nov. 21, 2005
By Staff Reports

CALIFORNIA - DISBARMENTS Borrevik, Jason D. , Palo Alto RESIGNATIONS Covey, John A. , San Diego Hawes, William Ray , Millville...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Nov. 21, 2005
By Staff Reports

CALIFORNIA - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has announced that Stephen Harris has been promoted to partner in the firm'...


Judges and Judiciary


Congress Debates Identity Theft

Nov. 19, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

CONGRESS DEBATES IDENTITY THEFT - A bill that would toughen federal laws on identity theft, co-sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feins...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Nov. 18

Nov. 19, 2005
By Jack Briggs

INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - TODA Development purchased a 59,316-square-foot research-and-development building at 5285 Hellyer Ave. ...


Arbitrator Profile


Understated Mediator Succeeds Under Fire

Nov. 19, 2005
By Anne Marie Ruff

LOS ANGELES - Michael D. Young usually takes an understated approach to mediation. "I can only think of one time I raised my v...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Disclosure Lapses Can Undo Arbitration

Nov. 19, 2005
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Alan G. Saler and Leonard Levy - On Oct. 26, the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div. 4, issued its opinion in...


Employment Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - A longtime employee learned he had Hepatitis C. He continued working, but years...