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Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

How Close Can You Get to Your Client?

Jul. 8, 2010
By Wendy L. Patrick

Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office advises those lawyers who do not see a problem mixing business and p...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Victory for Equality

Jul. 8, 2010
By Erwin Chemerinsky

Money for student organizations at a public university is provided by the state or by the students. Such funds should not be u...


Health Care & Hospital Law

Too Much Government in Health Care

Jul. 3, 2010
By James P. Gray

Subjecting the U.S. health care system to the free market would drive down costs, says James Gray of ADR Services. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

A Rose by AnyOther Name

Jul. 3, 2010
By A. Marco Turk

While mediation has evolved greatly over the years, the goal has remained the same - helping parties settle without resorting ...


Law Office Management

The Will of the People

Jul. 2, 2010
By William Domnarski


Immigration, Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal, Books

Maximizing the People's Right to Choose

Jul. 1, 2010
By James P. Gray

James Gray proposes specific changes to our systems of criminal justice, health care, education and immigration, the source of...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Order in the Courtroom!

Jun. 30, 2010
By Wendy L. Patrick

Problematic lawyers are often well known to the bench and bar. Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office discu...


U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jan Frankel Schau of ADR Services Inc learned the hard way that mediators may be compelled to testify in federal court actions...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A Sad Spectacle

Jun. 26, 2010
By Timothy D. Reuben

It's tragic and ridiculous that Pierce O'Donnell should go to jail or lose his law license over a small contribution to a fail...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The Ninth Circuit Issues Major Superfund Decision

Jun. 25, 2010
By Richard M. Frank

The 9th Circuit, for the first time, weighs in on a major issue of CERCLA law that has divided federal courts around the nation.


Law Practice

Finding and Returning to Ground

Jun. 25, 2010
By Timothy A. Tosta

After opening a law firm as a newly admitted attorney, Timothy Tosta of Luce Forward learned some lessons about dealing with c...


Law Practice, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court

Attorney Speaks Out Against Former Client's Project

Jun. 24, 2010
By Diane L. Karpman

The state Supreme Court is set to review a case that seems to favor an attorney's personal freedom of speech over ethical cons...


Civil Litigation, Insurance

Mediators: To Be or Not to Be Insured

Jun. 19, 2010
By A. Marco Turk

Errors and omissions coverage is a real necessity for the careful neutral. ...


Fatherhood:Inside and Out

Jun. 18, 2010
By Joseph H. Cooper

While teaching in the community college outreach program for prison inmates, Joseph Cooper of Quinnipiac University met the mo...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

The Art of Gracious Disagreement

Jun. 17, 2010
By Wendy L. Patrick

Effective advocacy should include the critical component of civility, writes Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney'...


Administrative/Regulatory

Net Neutrality: Opposing Sides Divided Over Meaning, Impact

Jun. 16, 2010
By John F. Stephens, Kanika D. Corley

John Stephens and Kanika Corley of Sedgwick Detert explore the issue of net neutrality and discuss arguments for and against I...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Silencing Miranda

Jun. 16, 2010
By Erwin Chemerinsky

In Berguis v. Thompkins, the Supreme Court has taken a major step to lessening the Constitution's protection against se...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

For those advocating on behalf of the individual against the might of the government, there is now another hurdle to overcome....


Intellectual Property

Examining the duty to disclose all information "material" to the Patent Office for their decision regarding whether to issue a...


Appellate Practice

Not All Costs Are Created Equal

Jun. 10, 2010
By James C. Martin, David J. de Jesus

Obtaining an appellate bond or depositing cash to stay execution of judgment isn't as simple as it sounds, write James Martin ...


Kent Wisner examines the Obama administration's agenda to reform U.S. tax laws that apply to international business. ...


Securities

California Securities Litigation Recap

Jun. 8, 2010
By Jay B. Kasner, Peter B. Morrison

Jay Kasner and Peter Morrison of Skadden provide an overview of securities litigation cases decided by courts in the 9th Circu...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

Supreme Court SLAPPS for Lawyers

Jun. 5, 2010
By Timothy D. Reuben

The anti-SLAPP statute has become a huge factor in litigation over the past 15 years and its applicability continues to be deb...


Since the underlying concept behind mediation is the voluntary nature of the process, how does one enforce the settlement agre...


Building the Patent Prosecution Highway

Jun. 5, 2010
By Jennifer R. Bush

Jennifer Bush of Fenwick & West says a pilot program for patent prosecution has expanded into a full-fledged system of pat...


Judges and Judiciary

Rights Have Limits

Jun. 2, 2010
By Arthur Gilbert

A lawyer's right to run against a judge is not the equivalent of an entitlement to do so. ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Letters

Letters To The Editor

May 21, 2010
By Hirbod Rashidi


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Marco Turk asks whether the confidential sanctity of settlement negotiations includes settlement "tactics."


Litigation & Arbitration, Contracts, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Arbitration: Altering the Legal Landscape

May 20, 2010
By Lawrence Waddington

Judge Lawrence Waddington (Ret.) concludes his discussion on arbitration's legislative and legal developments as an alternativ...


Law Practice

The Dangers Attorneys Face

May 20, 2010
By Timothy D. Reuben

Despite best efforts, sometimes the courts just get it wrong.