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Judges and Judiciary


Panel Tosses Conviction in Burglary at Jurist's

Aug. 3, 2005
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - The state Court of Appeal on Monday reversed the conviction of a man accused of burglarizing the home of Presi...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Kelly Crabb has represented major figures in the entertainment industry, played a significant role in three Olym...


Litigation


Ruling Denies Lien on Kids' Awards

Aug. 3, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Medi-Cal cannot recover its costs from a patient's survivors who win a wrongful-death award that does not cover ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Eight jurors who awarded Rampart scandal victim Javier F. Ovando $6.5 million in a malpractice case against his...


Law Practice


Lawyers Donate Full Workweek, Study Says

Aug. 3, 2005
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Two-thirds of lawyers give a full workweek of free legal aid per year, according to a new survey by the America...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's longtime plans to expand into China faltered when rainmaker Carmen Chan...


Administrative/Regulatory


New Mayor Aide

Aug. 3, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Howrey partner Maurice M. Suh on Monday was named deputy mayor for homeland security and public safety as Mayor...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Trade-Secrets Plea

Aug. 3, 2005
By Craiq Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - The former information technology director at a Silicon Valley company pleaded guilty Monday to one count of ...


SAN FRANCISCO - California's Unruh Civil Rights Act shields same-sex couples registered as domestic partners, the state Suprem...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Once the bright lights have dimmed and the tour buses have rolled to a stop, the battle of the bands, it seems, ...


Firm Watch


With Honors

Aug. 2, 2005
By Maggie Guerin

Michael Mallow, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, received in July the Presi...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 1

Aug. 2, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

RETAIL LOS ANGELES - NAI Capital negotiated a $2.34 million sale of a 6,795-square-foot strip center at the corner of South N...


Criminal


Attorney Serra Gets 10 Months in Prison

Aug. 2, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Sounding like a Greek chorus, the leading lights of the Bay Area's criminal defense bar pleaded with the judg...


Administrative/Regulatory


Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Michael Paul Thomas - Early this year, a judge accused a San Francisco law firm of "pla...


Firm Watch


Former Partner Returns to Gibson Dunn

Aug. 2, 2005
By Amy Spees

PALO ALTO - Shirley Buccieri, a former general counsel of Transamerica Corp., has rejoined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Palo...


Firm Watch


Shernoff Opens Two More Southland Offices

Aug. 2, 2005
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - William Shernoff's desk has yet to arrive, and art works lean against the walls of his office waiting to be hun...


Firm Watch


Benefits Expert Moves to Pillsbury

Aug. 2, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has tapped benefits expert Christine Richardson as a partner in the firm's Sa...


Law Practice


Jury Will Decide Actual Innocence

Aug. 2, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that a convicted criminal defendant granted a new trial and later acquitted has...


Law Practice


Jurist Says Protesters Will Get Compensation

Aug. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs' attorneys representing North Coa...


Litigation


Pepper-Spray Plaintiffs Lawyers to Get Fees

Aug. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs attorneys representing North Coas...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Rocky Delgadillo on Friday named two veteran attorneys with government experience to top posts in the Los Angel...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu, who was first out of the gate in the campaign t...


Litigation


Goldstein Lawsuit

Aug. 2, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss the county from a lawsuit filed by Thomas Lee Goldstein, whose mur...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - While the Los Angeles superior court recently finalized a deal giving interpreters their first-ever employee c...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued some legal tips for music makers: If you write an origin...


Government Contracts


Water Contracts In Question

Aug. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Contracts governing the distribution of a vast amount of Central Valley water were put under a legal cloud by...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 1, 2005
By Jennifer Hammn

Gerald Barron has joined Lozano Smith as senior litigation counsel in the firm's Monterey office. Barron was previously at Sho...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for July 29

Jul. 30, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

INDUSTRIAL OXNARD - Anticipating expansion, Olde Thompson leased a 43,072-square-foot industrial facility at 3501 Camino Del S...


Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - From the villages of Sudan to the factories, sweatshops and brothels of India and Southeas...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The argument raged hot and heavy among patrons at a popular coffeehouse over who was...