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Corporate


Column - By Garry Abrams - The children's story about the emperor who had no clothes is a close parallel to the Enron scandal....


Judges and Judiciary


'Hurry Up and Wait' Marks Battle Over Roberts

Aug. 5, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - When political activists have spent years preparing for a controversial Supreme Court nomination, what do they do...


LOS ANGELES - Attorney David Weinstein doesn't believe in highfalutin speech when making his case in court. "Before I went to ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


LOS ANGELES - Entertainment-industry investor Crescent Film Holdings has agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in the companies...


Litigation


SACRAMENTO - When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called a special election, he likened California's need for an unscheduled vote o...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 3

Aug. 4, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

INDUSTRIAL FULLERTON - CT Realty Corp. sold an industrial building, located at 800 S. Raymond Ave., to Gholam Hossein Sadaghia...


Corporate


U.S. Energy Bill Barely Helps State

Aug. 4, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - For California, the huge energy bill passed by Congress late last week may be most readily defined by what it ...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Rodney Richard Jones - I can still remember the relative freshness of the holding in Miranda v. Arizona , 38...


Forum Column - By Matthew Dowd - With 6 million Mexicans living illegally in the United States, some Americans, particularly t...


Appellate Practice


Focus Column - Appellate Law By Laura W. Brill, Katharine J. Galston, Ted M. Sichelman and Jonathan P. Steinsapir - In June, f...


Law Practice


Buchalter Counsel Was Mentor to Generation

Aug. 4, 2005
By Victoria Fine

LOS ANGELES - Clifford J. Meyer, a mentor to a generation of attorneys at Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, has died. Me...


Corporate


LOS ANGELES - Law professor Warren Grimes believes Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts could be a catalyst for the high cou...


Family


SAN FRANCISCO - Although gay advocates lauded Monday's state Supreme Court ruling that businesses must treat registered same-...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Everett Fields thought about following his grandfather, W. C. Fields, into show business - for a few minutes. H...


Litigation


SAN DIEGO - Vietnamese Buddhist monks who claimed that their neighbors' religious hostility led to the shutdown of their servi...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split stridently along its ideological fault line Tuesday over federal l...


Corporate


Deals

Aug. 3, 2005
By Jennifer Hammn

Paris-based media and entertainment industry partner Thomson has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based PRN Corp., an operator ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Who Owns Pictures of the Past?

Aug. 3, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - A nasty, only-in-Berkeley spat over the use of two historic photos in a hardware store window display has evo...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 2

Aug. 3, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

MULTIFAMILY MOORPARK - Following a $2 million renovation, the 370-unit Fountains at Moorpark have traded hands for $65.6 mill...


Focus Column - Securities Law - By William F. Sullivan, Jay C. Gandhi and Edward Han - On Feb. 2, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...


Administrative/Regulatory


Letter to the Editor - The letter to the editor "Law Protects Women But Victimizes Many Men" (July 13 Daily Journal) contains ...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - If Judge John G. Roberts is confirmed for a seat on the Supreme Court, will he join t...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Christopher M. Mason and Stephen E. Paffrath - At the end of June, the California Supreme Court issued its d...


Administrative/Regulatory


LOS ANGELES - Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown has retained his financial edge in what remains a three-man race for attorney general...


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...