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Firm Watch


Litigation Veteran Swaps Firms

Sep. 4, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

Litigation partner John W. Fowler left Bingham McCutchen to join Bergeson Eliopoulos, a litigation boutique in San Jose, the f...


Firm Watch


Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstrief is leaving its Santa Monica headquarters for Westwood Village. The firm has inked...


Litigation


Attorney Cary Hall is no stranger to work with the Center for Law in the Public Interest. In high school, he worked as assista...


Litigation


Fair and Square?

Sep. 4, 2002
By Columnist

Column by James J. Farrell and Anthony N. Luti - The number of class actions has grown tremendously over the last decade. Betw...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Laughing It Off

Sep. 4, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Is there a role for humor in mediation? - To answer this question, we turned to ...


Firm Watch


Dechert has expanded into Germany with the opening of a Frankfurt office in early August. Corporate lawyer Gerhard Kaiser has ...


Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro is almost finished with the moving vans and the shuffle of relocating to new offices. Th...


Firm Watch


Keeping track of the movement of 80 attorneys is not an easy thing to do, but with intellectual property boutique Lyon & L...


Litigation


Jury Awards Woman's Heirs $1.25 Million

Sep. 4, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Matthew McNicholas beat the odds in Norwalk. The 30-year-old up-and-coming attorney won a $1.25 million jury award in a tradit...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Love They Neighbor?

Sep. 4, 2002
By John Ryan

Wearing a dark suit, long dark coat and hat, Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin sweats in the hot summer sun. "Well, this is it," Rubin ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Lawmakers Scramble to Approve Bills

Sep. 4, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - In a final rush to pass hundreds of bills by Saturday's deadline, the Legislature sent measures to the governor t...


Large Firms


Orrick Corporate Leader Jumps to Manatt

Sep. 4, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - Following last week's announcement that as many as 30 Lyon & Lyon lawyers are joining the firm, San Francisc...


Discipline


Death Penalty Dismays Prosecutors

Sep. 4, 2002
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Sitting in church one Sunday, Sandra L. Buttitta, Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, was fretting over...


Government


Forget Wireless; Wired Would be Fine

Sep. 4, 2002
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - If Linda Klee, the top administrator in the San Francisco district attorney's office, wants to calculate her d...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Seized Her Opportunities

Sep. 4, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - Emily Vasquez is a humble, gracious, quiet woman with an audacious streak that would astonish anyone who is not i...


Appellate Practice


Column by Garry Abrams - If you want to commit burglary and maybe get away with it, try breaking into a government building on...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Ann M. Pease, special counsel to Cooley Godward's intellectual property litigation group, has jumped ship and ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - An angry judge's broadside from the bench has drawn attention to California Rule of Court 980, which governs the...


Constitutional Law


Pledge to Kids

Sep. 4, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Margaret Crosby - In striking down the McCarthy-era law that rewrote the Pledge of Allegiance to insert the ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


ADR Firm Unhappy With Bills

Sep. 4, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A package of bills aimed at making private alternative dispute resolution services more fair for consumers appear...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Focus Column - By Alec H. Boyd - California law may prohibit a firm from accepting or continuing employment adverse to parties...


Litigation


Forum Colum - By Julia Alanen - In Los Angeles County, an indigent non-English-speaker is unlikely to achieve a meaningful day...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Justice Gets Rehnquist Award

Sep. 4, 2002
By Philip Carrizosa

SAN FRANCISCO - California Chief Justice Ronald M. George has been named recipient of the 2002 William H. Rehnquist Award for ...


Judges and Judiciary


Division 8 Pioneer Likes Writing

Aug. 31, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Appellate court Justice Laurence D. Rubin carries a picture of 1940s actress Frances Farmer in his wallet to rem...


Large Firms


Orrick Nabs Lyon Lawyers for Irvine Shop

Aug. 31, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe closed a deal that opens the doors on its first Orange County...


Large Firms


Gray Cary Associates Receive Pink Slips

Aug. 31, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - The sluggish economy continues to take its toll on associates and legal employees as Gray Cary Ware & Frei...


Environmental


Court Lets Residents Buy the Public a Beach

Aug. 31, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Three politically powerful Malibu residents can buy the public a $1 million beach instead of letting them peek a...


Judges and Judiciary


Interpreters Divided on Legislation

Aug. 31, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A hotly debated bill that would require all but a few court interpreters to become court employees with collectiv...


Judges and Judiciary


Bill to Hike Court Fees Revived

Aug. 31, 2002
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - The Judicial Council has revived a bill that would increase civil filing fees and surcharges on criminal penaltie...


Litigation


High Court Strengthens Anti-SLAPP Protections

Aug. 31, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - If someone is suing just to get you to shut up, you can get the suit dismissed without having to prove the lit...