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Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - A telecommunications company pleaded guilty to two felonies Wednesday for defrauding the federal government o...


Litigation


Commercial Litigator Takes Over MoFo's Palo Alto Office

Dec. 10, 2004
By Contributing Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Ken Kuwayti, a commercial litigation attorney with an emphasis in intellectual property and securities matter...


Intellectual Property


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday took back a powerful weapon that a federal appeals court decision had given tradem...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Capital defense lawyers gathered in San Francisco Wednesday to compare notes as state appellate courts grappl...


Judges and Judiciary


Column - By Garry Abrams - A Costa Rica-based online sports book this week began taking bets on potential nominees to the U.S....


Criminal


Cooley Hires Anti-'Miranda' O.C. Prosecutor

Dec. 10, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Devallis Rutledge, a former high-ranking Orange County prosecutor who has argued that police officers should con...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Glenn Smith - The serious medical problems of Chief Justice William Rehnquist have focused attention on a po...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Forum Column - By Robert E. Rubin and Michael Rubinger - For 25 years, a little-known federal law has helped low-income commun...


Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Jordan S. Stanzler - Insurance policies that provide "defense within limits" present inheren...


Forum Column - By Richard C. Hsu and Edwin P. Ching - Recent news about pharmaceutical firm Merck included a report that the c...


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared ready to strike down a Tax Court rule that keeps secret from the p...


Criminal


Conflicting Prosecutions Trouble Court

Dec. 9, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN DIEGO - The California Supreme Court appeared deeply troubled Tuesday that a Los Angeles prosecutor managed to win two de...


Criminal


Weekday Wedding Fees Bring Woe

Dec. 9, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - It was four weddings and a professional funeral for the career of former San Mateo County Commissioner Clark L...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - The former mayor of Compton, serving a three-year sentence following his conviction on felony corruption charge...


Intellectual Property


Group Sues Company in DVD Licensing Dispute

Dec. 9, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A Mountain View company that makes a device allowing consumers to copy DVDs and store them permanently was sued Tu...


Transactions


Daily Deals -- Transactions for Dec. 8

Dec. 9, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL ANAHEIM - SSR Realty Advisors sold Anaheim Tech Center, a 245,503-square-foot industrial park located at 950 and 95...


Constitutional Law


Courts Mulls Limits on Wineries

Dec. 9, 2004
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of claims that state regulators in Michigan and New Y...


Labor/Employment


Workers' Lawyers Knock Proposed Comp Rules

Dec. 9, 2004
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Attorneys who represent injured workers released a study Tuesday that concludes the governor's proposed reforms ...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN FRANCISCO - Declaring it's time "to draw the line," the American Civil Liberties Union filed a constitutional challenge T...


Litigation


Ruling Puts Incumbent Back in Mayor's Chair

Dec. 9, 2004
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - State appellate justices moved incumbent Dick Murphy back into the mayor's chair Tuesday, lifting a court order th...


Criminal


Court Examines Retardation on Death Row

Dec. 9, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN DIEGO - Over strenuous objections from a state prosecutor, the California Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday to reopen t...


Administrative/Regulatory


SACRAMENTO - Two criminal defense lawyers prosecuted by the Yolo County District Attorney's office for disclosing witness inf...


Constitutional Law


Case Tests Limits of SLAPP Shield

Dec. 8, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Two corporate gadflies who helped define the limits of free speech on the Internet go before the California Suprem...


Appellate Practice


Media Reports May Trump Privacy Rights

Dec. 8, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court held Monday that public court records are fair game for television true-crime pro...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Trial Lawyer Finds His Own Stage

Dec. 8, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - With sincere apologies to Shakespeare, Antony I. Stuart often feels like all the courtroom's a stage and all the...


Transactions


Daily Deals -- Transactions for Dec. 7

Dec. 8, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL TUSTIN - Bixby Land Co. purchased a 122,801-square-foot industrial building located at 1201 Bell Ave. from Little ...


Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - The Associated Press reported the good news Nov. 29 that violent school crime decreased ...


Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Psychologists warn us that the holidays present an emotional red alert for many peopl...


Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Lauri Kritt Martin - It is a fact of our society that we have become mor...


Column - By Garry Abrams - The brilliant fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes should be called in to investigate the th...