Justice Legislation Advances International Trademark Law
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - News of the passage Thursday of the Justice Department Reauthorization Act had the trademark community cheerin...
Job Seekers Should Use Time Wisely to Enhance Their Skills
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Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - With the slumping stock market and job layoffs, it is no wonder that job seekers are ...
Taking Care
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Dicta Column - By Richard J. Simmons - On Sept. 23, Gov. Gray Davis signed SB1661 authorizing paid family leave for Califor...
Job Seekers Should Use Time Wisely to Enhance Their Skills
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Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - With the slumping stock market and job layoffs, it is no wonder that job seekers are ...
In Voir Dire, Don't Showcase Affinity for Juror
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Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Voir dire can present many challenges. For instance, what do you do when, either right a...
Coastal Control
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Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - For nearly its entire existence, the California Coastal Commission has been at war with ...
State Bar Should Support Publishing Court Decisions
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Forum Column - By Mike Schmier - The California State Bar should follow the American Bar Association lead and work to eliminat...
Attorney Seeks Billions Against Philip Morris
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - An attorney Wednesday asked Los Angeles jurors to return a record $6.7 to $20 billion punitive damage award agai...
Family Law Judge Had Caring Temperament
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Services are planned for Oct. 17 for retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Myron S. Brown. Brown died Monday ...
Jury Scofflaws Study Is Alarmist, Judicial Council Says
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A study released Wednesday by the American Tort Reform Association charges that too many Californians are dodg...
Ex-Trustee Files Appeal Of Sacking
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Linda Ekstrom Stanley, until recently the federal government's chief bankruptcy watchdog in San Francisco, sai...
Strange Bedfellows
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers who dread and deplore the massive bankruptcy overhaul bill currently before Congress can thank anti-ab...
Panel Tosses Man's Robbery Convictions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court Wednesday threw out a San Diego man's robbery convictions because jurors were improperly ...
Movie Lawyer Spanks His Way to Romance
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Dicta Column - Movie Review - By Stephen Zager - Lawyers are often portrayed in motion pictures as being incapable of true emo...
Moving Matters in Custody
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Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Michael Maroko - In 1996, the state Supreme Court in In Re Marriage of Burgess , 13...
Former City Attorney on the Bench
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Long before he was a lawyer, Ren Auguste Chouteau kept the company of judges. A fourth-generation San Francisc...
Settlement Talks in Earth First Bomb Case At a Standstill
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Earth First post-trial settlement talks went nowhere this week as opposing counsel disputed a $4.4 million fed...
Unpublished Case Sheds Light on Liability for Assault
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Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - Unpublished appellate opinions generally may not be relied on for precedent or even c...
Keep Emotions in Check
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Dicta Column - By Alexander S. Polsky - What should a lawyer do on discovering that the terrific case just taken on is a dog a...
County Can't Locate 444 Kids in System
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - The largest foster care system in the nation has racked up another embarrassing statistic: It has lost 444 of th...
Judge Awards Senior $1 Million for MTA Injury
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has awarded $1.36 million to a 97-year-old Los Angeles woman severely injured when a Red Lin...
Bart Simpson: Now Appearing in Country's Corporate Scandals
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - The country's corporate scandals are beginning to resemble an episode of "The Simpsons" in which Bart...
High Court Steps Into Blake Murder Case
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking up an appeal from a Hollywood actor jailed on murder charges, the California Supreme Court ordered Los ...
Anti-Abortionists Hope To Kill Bankruptcy Bill
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers who dread and deplore the massive bankruptcy overhaul bill currently before Congress can thank anti-ab...
Federal Circuit Has Jurisdiction In a Number of Different Areas
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Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Laura M. Grisolano and Catherine Valerio - Barrad Twenty years ago this week, the U.S. Court...
Movie Lawyer Spanks His Way to Romance
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Dicta Column - Movie Review - By Stephen Zager - Lawyers are often portrayed in motion pictures as being incapable of true emo...
Keep Emotions in Check
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Dicta Column - By Alexander S. Polsky - What should a lawyer do on discovering that the terrific case just taken on is a dog a...
Federal Circuit Has Jurisdiction In a Number of Different Areas
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Focus Column - By Laura M. Grisolano and Catherine Valerio Barrad - Twenty years ago this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
Moving Matters in Custody
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Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Michael Maroko - In 1996, the state Supreme Court in In Re Marriage of Burgess , 13...
Brobeck's Technology Chair Defects
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Continuing the defection of partners throughout its 11 offices, San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harri...