LOS ANGELES - On his first day in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fulfilled a campaign promise by banning lobby...
RETAIL SANTA ROSA - Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. acquired 50 percent interest in the 827,000-square-foot Codd...
Entertainment & Sports
NBA Dust-Up Over DNA Tests Pits Rights of Player vs. Team
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Focus Column - By Dennis M. P. Ehling and Ashley J. Camron - After Eddy Curry missed the final month of the 2004-2005 season, ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Thanksgiving: An Endorsement Of Religion Lost on Separationists
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Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - 'Tis the season to debate the proselytizing effect of Christmas and the harm it alle...
Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - Proclaimed boldly in large letters on a half-wall inside of Larry Claxton Flynt's clean, well...
LOS ANGELES - It's a $3.5 billion worldwide industry that has left attorneys scratching their heads. Ring tones may account fo...
Mergers & Acquisitions
SunPower's Solar Cell Fuels Public Offering's Price Rise
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - "This is the future, ladies and gentlemen," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on a recent trade mission to C...
Judges and Judiciary
Gag Order in Murder Trial Remains in Place, to Allred's Dismay
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Gloria Allred's press comments will be restricted in her dual role of witness attorney and TV commentator in t...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cisco Will Buy Set-Top Box Maker for $7 Billion
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - Cisco Systems Inc. announced it would buy cable television set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta Inc. for $6.9 b...
LOS ANGELES - One public agency cannot meet with lawyers for another public agency in closed session, a state appellate court...
LOS ANGELES - In a slap at Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles City Council refused Tuesday - at least temporarily - ...
Law Practice
Libby Hires S.F. Attorney for Expertise on Classified Material
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - The indictment of the vice president's chief of staff may be the ultimate "Inside the Beltway" case, but defenda...
Corporate
Judge OKs Oracle Settlement, But Orders Firm to Unseal Files
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, found himself $22 million poorer than he had once hoped as a re...
Judges and Judiciary
Strong Reputation as Most Conservative Precedes Jurist
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - To her supporters, and even some critics of her rulings, Justice Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian is a very intelligent...
Public Interest
United Way Halts Forms for Counterterrorism Compliance
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - The United Way of America has responded to criticism from more than 20 San Francisco Bay Area legal advocacy o...
CHURCH APPEAL - A state Court of Appeal Tuesday gave Cardinal Roger Mahony a weeklong reprieve from having to give prosecutors...
RETAIL TEMECULA - Burnham Real Estate/ONCOR International brokered five leases totaling $32.31 million at the under-constructi...
SAN DIEGO - Television audiences around the world saw Kerry Wells hammer Betty Broderick on the witness stand in 1991 before a...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Developer, Buyer and Security Service Duke It Out
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THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 2 - REAL PROPERTY Developer acquired a large tract of undeveloped land, subdivided the tract into 10...
THE NEW LAWYER - Chris D'Sa, a former geologist from Bombay and a recent State Bar admittee, hopes to build a successful envir...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 6 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY - Lou is a lawyer. While he was having lunch with a friend, Frank, h...
THE NEW LAWYER - Contribution - By Jeff A. Fleming You're in law school. You want to make the grade. How do you do it? Put sim...
Judges and Judiciary
Responsibility Is Nothing Without Consequences
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Letter to the Editor - I have not read the Commission on Judicial Performance's decision concerning Judge [Kevin] Ross. Nor do...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 3 - CORPORATIONS/PROFESSIONAL RESPSONSIBILITY - Alice is a director and Bob is a director and the pr...
THE NEW LAWYER - What does it take to seek fame and fortune in the ever-growing world of reality TV? Being a lawyer helps. In ...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 1 COMMUNITY PROPERTY In 1998, Henry and Wilma, residents of California, married. Henry had purchased...
D.A. Scare - Authorities closed off a portion of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office Monday after a worker opene...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 5 - REMEDIES - Stan and Barb entered into a valid written contract whereby (1) Stan agreed to convey...
THE NEW LAWYER - Contribution - By Scott H. Miller - Early in my practice as a commercial real estate lawyer, I stumbled into ...
Education
Pocket Guide's 12 Tips Help Junior Associates Keep Jobs
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THE NEW LAWYER - The Pocket Guide to Life as a Junior Associate By Jeffrey A. Sklar To all junior associates, this column is f...