Column - By Garry Abrams - Even corpses can talk too much, as far as some government officials are concerned. Their motto is: ...
MULTIFAMILY SAN LUIS OBISPO - FirstWorthing sold two student housing complexes near California State Polytechnic University, ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
U.S. Must Provide Quality Medical Care for Everyone, Not Just Wealthy
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The soaring price of prescription drugs has led to one of the costliest political campaign...
Forum Column - By John Burris - As the horrors of Katrina and its aftermath unfolded, I faced the stark reality that my son, J...
Focus Column - Employment Law - Rod M. Fliegel and Nancy N. Delogu - Must a California employer hire an applicant who tests po...
Forum Column - By Karen Miller - I've been writing this article in fits and starts over the past year, each time with a slight...
Real Estate/Development
Draft Policy by Title Industry Provides Additional Coverage
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Focus Column - Real Property - By Michael J. Petersen and James R. Sechrist - When humor columnist Dave Barry first learned th...
WASHINGTON - The American Bar Association's February midyear meeting is still scheduled to take place in New Orleans, despite ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Brian Keating, a former partner with San Francisco's Stallman & Pollock, joined intellectual property powe...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge froze rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight's assets in connection with divorce proceedings involv...
SAN JOSE - Supporters of an unsuccessful campaign to recall San Benito County District Attorney John Sarsfield do not plan to...
LOS ANGELES - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Pamela L. Johnston has joined the Los Angeles office of Foley & Lardner as a ...
WASHINGTON - As the fallout from Hurricane Katrina continues to envelop Washington, yet another dispute has broken out - this ...
SAN FRANCISCO - For Arne Wagner, a former director of litigation for Bank of America and partner at Morrison & Forester, ...
LOS ANGELES - Noted litigator James W. Mercer, who helped recover $865 million for Orange County in its 1994 bankruptcy suits...
LOS ANGELES - Pamela A. Davis likes to draw parallels between riding horses and running a courtroom. Both require leadership, ...
Intellectual Property
'Submarine Patents' Sunk By Federal Appeals Panel
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Don't wait too long to assert your patents or you could lose the rights to those inventions, a federal appella...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named four new judges to San Francisco Bay Area posts Friday, bringing the number ...
Marcus A. Torrano has joined Fulbright & Jaworski as a partner. Torrano will head the labor and employment group in Los An...
State Bar President John K. Van de Kamp and state Chief Justice Ronald M. George presented nine awards for pro bono and public...
MULTIFAMILY LIVERMORE - George Smith Partners Inc. arranged $3.2 million in joint-venture equity for undisclosed investors to...
WASHINGTON - Although the federal government has a major role to play in responding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ka...
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman - In Terry v. Conlan , 2005 DJDAR 9982 (Aug. 16, 2005), the 6th District Cou...
Labor/Employment
Employers Shouldn't Have to Pay for Class Certification Investigations
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Employment Column - By Dana Cephas - Ten years ago, litigating a class action usually required an experienced group of attorne...
Forum Column - By Simone - A crisis is affecting our youth, and all avenues of state government and the legal system, despite ...
LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place in October for Los Angeles-based legal journalist Gail Diane Cox. Cox, who w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Leonard McSherry served 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now, a federal appeals court has gr...
LOS ANGELES - More than 1,700 plaintiffs' and defense attorneys are expected to descend on Las Vegas this week for four days o...
LOS ANGELES - ix masters of trial law are set to deliver closing arguments from notable past cases during the 23rd annual Con...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral Loves His Evaluative Employment Work
By Lorelei Laird
LOS ANGELES - When friend and former opposing counsel Janet M. Koehn suggested to Lloyd C. Loomis that he try his hand at empl...