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Law Practice


It's no 9 to 5

Apr. 26, 2005
By Stefanie Knapp

EXTRA Feature - Editors' note: Daily Journal EXTRA recently assembled a group of high-ranking in-house counsel who are women t...


Litigation


Staffers Share $24 Million Overtime-Pay Accord

Apr. 26, 2005
By Claude Walbert

LOS ANGELES - About 30,000 employees at an El Segundo technology company will share $24 million under an overtime-pay settlem...


Intellectual Property


Medtronic OKs $1.35 Billion Payout

Apr. 26, 2005
By Tim Willert

SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles surgeon who sued medical giant Medtronic Inc. over the use of his inventions and won has agreed to ...


Government


Schwarzenegger Picks General Counsel of VA

Apr. 26, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Robert David Wilson, a state deputy attorney general in Los Angeles and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appo...


Judges and Judiciary


Christian Telecast Criticizing Judges Concerns Attorneys

Apr. 26, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Christian telecast set for broadcast Sunday to criticize judges as out-of-control liberal activists has caused ...


Appellate Practice


Panel OKs Rule on Citing Unpublished Opinions

Apr. 26, 2005
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - An advisory committee on rules for the federal judiciary has again voted to recommend the federal courts allow l...


Government


LOS ANGELES - As chairman of the last three winning campaigns for Los Angeles mayor, attorney Bill Wardlaw cemented himself as...


Firm Watch


Diversity Advocate Goes to Foley

Apr. 26, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - For several years, Teveia Barnes worked exclusively with pro bono clients at her small law clinic in San Rafa...


Litigation


Palm Springs is home to a vibrant gay community. But, according to a recently filed suit, the city's Police Department is bias...


Firm Watch


Litigator Leaves His Own Firm to Join Liner

Apr. 23, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

LOS ANGELES - Litigator Michael Novicoff jumped from his own firm, Reuben & Novicoff, to Westwood's Liner Yankelevitz Sun...


Solo and Small Firms


Attorneys Bet on Boxing's Revival

Apr. 23, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - James J. Corbett, the great Irish-American boxer known as Gentleman Jim, was born in San Francisco and fought ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for April 22

Apr. 23, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL ANAHEIM - Phil Bollman purchased a 6,700-square-foot industrial building at 977 Enterprise Ave. from an undisclose...


Government


Whistle-Blower Air Marshal Sues

Apr. 23, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A Southland federal air marshal, grounded last year after criticizing an article in People magazine that he bel...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Lin M. Meyer - California law abhors forfeiture, and when it comes to employee wages, contract terms ca...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Fredrick Booke - In Moncharsh v. Heily & Blas , 3 Cal.4th 1 (1992), the...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the press from most forms of government...


International


Book Review - By Justice Richard M. Mosk - A few decades ago, there were few lawyers who specialized in arbitration - either d...


Firm Watch


Corporate Lawyer Leaves MoFo for Shartsis

Apr. 23, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster is a 1,000 lawyer firm with 19 offices worldwide and practices ranging from intellect...


Appellate Practice


Ralphs Will Face Third Bias Trial

Apr. 23, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - In a ruling that provides guidance for use of evidence during retrials, a state appeals court has determined that...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A firearm discovered during an illegal police search is allowable evidence, a sharply divided federal appeals p...


Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - Comparing your client to Charles Manson while trying to persuade a jury to spare his life is probably not a go...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland doesn't want you to know that Chief Assistant City Attorney Randolph W. Hall made $181,72...


Litigation


Smoker Loses

Apr. 23, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury decided Thursday that Philip Morris Inc. was not to blame for a 51-year-old former...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN DIEGO - The scuttlebutt about Justice Patricia D. Benke is that she was at the top of the shortlist for a seat on the sta...


Letters, Judges and Judiciary


Senators' Comments Don't Equate To An Attack

Apr. 22, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - Professor [Erwin] Chemerinsky, who I generally have a lot of respect for, has sunk to a new low by comp...


Government


Jew Claims Cellmates Were Racist

Apr. 22, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - California's prison system is already under pressure from the U.S. Supreme Court to end its long-standing prac...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for April 21

Apr. 22, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL EL SEGUNDO - Alliance Commercial Properties purchased the 206,000-square-foot El Segundo Research Center at 501 Con...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - As a world's great religion transitions into a new period of leadership, it is not a...


Forum Column - By Allan N. Littman - Unfortunately, breaches of fiduciary duty continue to be pervasive, and they can cause gr...


Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Almost all insurance policies contain notice requirements. And most people ...