Firm Watch
Washington, D.C.'s Shaw Pittman Elects a New Managing Partner
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.'s Shaw Pittman has elected Stephen B. Huttler to take over the managing partner position left open when Paul...
Kirkland & Ellis has added a pair of experienced capital markets partners to its New York office. Jonathan F. Pedersen an...
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Bruce Givner - There are many ways to reduce, defer and, in a few cases, even eliminate taxes. Est...
Government
City Attorney Draws Praise for His Professional Polish, Politics
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo has brought a professional polish to an office where, to hear him tell it, l...
By Toni Vranjes A number of American industry titans collapsed in financial ruin last year, producing a record 12 months in c...
Forum Column - By James Acret - In the session that concluded last September, the Legislature showed a striking enthusiasm for...
LOS ANGELES - Albert H. Girardi, the patriarch of the family that produced the successful Los Angeles legal team of Tom and J...
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury's decision to sentence a cop killer to death despite arguments by his lawyer that he is retarded...
Intellectual Property
Coalition of Music and Internet Groups Aims to Break Ground
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Cydney A. Tune and Michelle T. Rutledge - On Jan. 14, the Recording Industry Associa...
By Toni Vranjes Bankruptcy attorneys are busy practicing their ABCs. An out-of-court process known as assignment for the bene...
SAN RAFAEL - After more than two years of turmoil, prosecutor Floyd Andrews' life has returned legally to exactly where he wa...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has approved a three-year, $107 million agreement that could clear the way for the retirement...
Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg SAN FRANCISCO - It's a safe bet that when an appellate court reaches a conclusion "relu...
SANTA ANA - As suburban sprawl continues to swallow vast swaths of California, resulting in ever-greater consumption of water...
LOS ANGELES - A single ethnic slur, combined with other abusive treatment, is enough to prove a hostile work environment unde...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Says He Was Wrong to Try to Fix His Son's Tickets
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser has learned a lesson in how not handle his son's parking ti...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
9th Circuit Steps Into Key Arbitration Case
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Requiring newly hired workers to agree to arbitrate civil rights claims is widespread "do-it-yourself tort re...
Reed Smith Crosby Heafey hopes to build on an existing group of attorneys and clients in its Northern California offices and s...
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - Lawyers thinking of making a career move or interested in deepening their knowledge o...
Administrative/Regulatory
Panel Orders $175,000 Penalty for Hate Crime
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The state Fair Employment and Housing Commission has ordered Buford Furrow Jr., the shooter in the Jewish Commu...
Civil Rights
Rights Group Files Race Suit Against L.A. Real Estate Baron
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A housing rights group is suing real estate baron Donald Sterling for allegedly booting out Hispanic and Africa...
SAN FRANCISCO - After only seven months at the helm of the California Judges Association, executive director Keenan G. Casady...
Forum Column - By Bobby Eberle - As the sand in the hourglass quickly runs out on Saddam Hussein, there has been a growing cal...
LOS ANGELES - An appeals court has ordered a federal judge removed from a case after he dismissed many of the claims brought ...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has added three partners to its entertainment practice, wo...
RIVERSIDE - A former Little League baseball player who suffered a fractured skull when a batted ball hit him in the head stru...
SACRAMENTO - California's district attorneys are distraught at the prospect of losing millions of dollars and possibly having...
Intellectual Property
'Mattel' Adds to Confusion on First Amendment Defense Issue
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Mark S. Lee - In Mattel v. MCA Records , 296 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2002), a pane...
SAN FRANCISCO - As lawyers from the failed Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison scramble to find new homes before the firm closes ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that property maps as old as the Civil War are not le...