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Education


So You Want to Practice Law in the Golden State

May 25, 2005
By Contributing Writer

If you are an attorney admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction outside California, you are what the Committee of Bar Examin...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Firm Undertakes Defense of Personal Injury Action

May 25, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Two Performance Questions and Answers The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal task...


Constitutional Law


WASHINGTON - With partisan passions sky-high over judicial nominations and speculation rampant about high-court retirements, t...


Criminal


SAN LUIS OBISPO - Sheila McCann knew it was time to give up her legal career when she burst into tears after a client was sen...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Tuesday May 24

May 25, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - TC Rich LLC purchased a 36,750-square-foot industrial building at 132 W. 132nd St. from Eun Hee Lee ...


Education


Did Counsel Violate Her Professional Responsibility?

May 25, 2005
By Contributing Writer

QUESTION 4 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Ann represents Officer Patty in an employment discrimination case against City Police ...


Forum Column - By John Burris - When the verdicts in the Oakland "Riders" criminal police corruption trial were announced, I h...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Three San Francisco-area law schools took top honors in the 2005 Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition. Hastings...


Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Last month at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, UC Irvine profess...


Immigration


Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - Immigration issues continue to generate new approaches to dealing with what appears to b...


Education


40 Percent of 4,250 Test-Takers Pass

May 25, 2005
By Liz Valsamis

2005 Bar Exam Feature - LOS ANGELES - Bryan Thistle and Patty DeGaetano both found out at 6:01 p.m. Friday that their decision...


Government


Cooley Seeks OK for More Terms

May 25, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley and Assessor Rick Auerbach have asked the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...


Public Interest


Greenwood Appointed Santa Clara's New P.D.

May 25, 2005
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The second time was the charm for Mary Greenwood, a veteran administrator in the Santa Clara County public defende...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Justices Repudiate 'Takings' Test

May 25, 2005
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - In a significant victory for federal, state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a p...


Appellate Practice


Judges Can Instruct Grand Jurors on Nullifying

May 25, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A sharply divided federal appellate-court panel ruled Monday that judges are on safe constitutional ground when t...


Firm Watch


Who Needs College to Pass Bar?

May 25, 2005
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Since accessing his Bar Exam results Friday evening, 35-year-old paralegal and ex-Marine Michael Ehline has bee...


Constitutional Law


Lawyer Who Beat Child Porn Law Denied Fees

May 25, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A leading First Amendment attorney who successfully challenged a federal child pornography law should not rec...


Personal Injury & Torts


Baby's First $8 Million

May 25, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Skyway Airlines finalized an $8 million settlement Monday with a 40-year-old Los Angeles woman who fell down a ...


Corporate


Communities Take on Fake-Lawyer Problem

May 25, 2005
By Adrianna Khoo

LOS ANGELES - Jordis Moore and her co-workers at the Bank of America in Los Angeles always wondered what wild tales would come...


Column - By Garry Abrams - The current Los Angeles federal-court trial of Hillary Rodham Clinton's former senatorial campaign ...


Firm Watch


David Bradford spent 20 years as an in-house counsel and an entrepreneur in the software industry. But he says it was his last...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Monday May 23

May 24, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL MONTEBELLO - OMP Industrial LLC purchased a 112,000-square-foot industrial building at 7171 Telegraph Road from th...


Law Practice


Fee Fight Looks to Be 'Outta Here'

May 24, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The guy who claimed he caught and was then robbed of Barry Bonds' record-setting home run ball in 2001 is stil...


Transactions


Attorney Leads New Credit-Abuse Education Program

May 24, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

To earn a driver's license, teenagers must pass a series of tests to show they know what they're doing on the road. Receiving ...


Litigation


'West Wing' Star Stiffed Agency, Lawsuit Alleges

May 24, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

A talent agency claiming to represent Richard Schiff, who portrays high-strung White House staffer Toby Ziegler on "The West W...


Law Practice


16th Annual Justa Taste Raises $200,000

May 24, 2005
By Tina Spee

On May 5, actress Geena Davis warmed up guests of the California Women's Law Center with an intelligently funny speech at "Jus...


Litigation


Jury Awards Medical Optics $94.8 Million

May 24, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

A Delaware jury awarded Orange County eye care manufacturer Advanced Medical Optics $94.8 million in its patent infringement l...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Health club chain 24-Hour Fitness has been snapped up by a New York investment firm for $1.6 billion. Palo Alto-based Wilson S...


Public Interest


As the audience watched the Holocaust documentary flicker on the screen, their emotions ratcheted like pistons. File footage o...


Litigation


Daniel Judgeson made it easy for investigators the day he was interrogated for stabbing to death a 67-year-old woman with a ca...