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Criminal


Court Faults Lawyer in Capital Reversal

Jul. 28, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Unanimously reversing a 1987 death sentence Monday, the California Supreme Court criticized a defense lawyer f...


Constitutional Law


Will Bryant Transcripts Be Public?

Jul. 27, 2004
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Although alarmed by what they see as a direct assault on a fundamental right of a free press, media lawyers anti...


Litigation


Lawyers have elevated arguing about the meaning of words to a fine art. But for those who want to cut to the core of a legal t...


Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe was so bullish on Chinese deal making that it hired 25 corporate lawyers from Hong Kong'...


Public Interest


American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney Martha Matthews left her post earlier this month to take over as director of USC...


Transactions


Human resources outsourcing and consulting firm Hewitt Associates Inc. has agreed to merge with Irvine-based Exult Inc. for $6...


Criminal


Panel Puts Reporting Duty on Prosecutors

Jul. 27, 2004
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - If the federal government requires judges to report to the U.S. Sentencing Commission whenever one of their pr...


Government


Quick Fix?

Jul. 27, 2004
By Amy Spees

SB899, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's answer to boosting the economy, aims to cut workers' compensation insurance costs for the ...


Government


The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System Board recently won the dismissal of a U.S. District Court case that challenged l...


Firm Watch


Todd Rumberger, managing partner of Greenberg Traurig's East Palo Alto office, sees new partner Wayne Jones as the key piece o...


Entertainment & Sports


Column - Adviser - By Joel M. Grossman - While every mediation has its own twists and turns, entertainment disputes present th...


Mergers & Acquisitions


In its first-ever acquisition, Stedim S.A., a designer and manufacturer of single-use, sterile-plastic-bag systems, purchased ...


Banking


Wells Fargo Unit Scammed Loan Prospects, Suit Says

Jul. 27, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

"Jane Doe" thought she did everything right before she bought her first house. She scrimped and saved, paid off most of her cr...


Agriculture


During summer and autumn in the San Joaquin Valley, nut harvesting causes dust clouds to rise. The health risks are usually li...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Bob Evans Farms Inc. has acquired SWH Corp., which owns the Mimi's Caf restaurant chain, for $182 million. Bob Evans offered t...


Firm Watch


On Aug. 3, the head of the criminal division at the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., will follow two former high-ra...


Public Interest


Hot Ticket

Jul. 27, 2004
By Tina Spee

Charitable legal organization Bet Tzedek's annual Justice Ball has made Hollywood's to-do list, evidenced July 10 by something...


Firm Watch


San Jose Firm Welcomes Its Three Newest Attorneys

Jul. 27, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Partner Barry Katzman has left the Palo Alto office of Pillsbury Winthrop for San Jose's Hopkins & Carley. Katzman, 49, jo...


Forum Column - By Gerald F. Uelman - In a shallow act of political expediency, on July 19, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed S...


Forum Column - By Jonathan A. Loeb and Hartwell V. Harris - Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court in Blakely v. Washington...


Military Law


Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - On Wednesday, the Bush administration announced that it is planning to extend the mobiliza...


Appellate Practice


Focus Column - Litigation - By Alex Ricciardulli - To err is human; to forgive, divine. To fail repeatedly on probation, only ...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Names 2 Elected Judges to Vacancies

Jul. 27, 2004
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed his first two judges to the bench, and one of them is a public defender....


Large Firms


Don't Call Them Brobeck

Jul. 27, 2004
By Erik Cummins

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Erik Cummins - You can't tell the story of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in California without ...


Criminal


Jury Says Released Felon Killed Barber

Jul. 27, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Jerrell Patrick, who was at the heart of a judicial election controversy over the release of 31 suspected felons...


Personal Injury & Torts


Man Alleges Age Bias at Google

Jul. 27, 2004
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley darling Google Inc., famous for its anti-corporate mantra "do no evil," is being accused by a f...


Discipline


Doctor's Excuse Doesn't Delay Discipline

Jul. 27, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A generic excuse from a doctor isn't enough to stall an embattled Yuba County judge's date with his disciplina...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop has lost another longtime partner, Paul Griffin, a 26-year veteran of the San Francisco fir...


Constitutional Law


Court OKs Pastor's Sex Harassment Suit

Jul. 27, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has revived the sexual harassment claims of a Presbyterian minister, saying that the F...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Dealing what could be a major blow to some of the first sexual abuse claims litigated against the Catholic Chu...