Up and Coming
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Ida O. Abbott - Law firms committed to associates' professional development ensure that associates receive w...
On-Air Lawyering Creates Buzz Among Bar Members
By Jenna Bordelon
LOS ANGELES - One of Eric Dubin's biggest trials is being staged far away from any courtroom, and so far the jury is out. Dubi...
Chocolate Lawsuit Is a Sweet Deat for Plaintiff's Attorneys
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey B. Margulies - For the last 15 years, countless consumer products have come within the sights of bou...
Jury Will Decide Who Had Dominion of Home-Run Ball
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The ball that leapt from Barry Bonds' bat, landed briefly in Alex Popov's glove and emerged from Patrick Hayas...
Court Upholds Department's Discretion in Parks Contracts
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Two recent court decisions have upheld the broad discretion of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Park...
Prosecutors Says Oakland 'Riders' Picked On Black Youths
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Three police officers who called themselves the Riders used violence, coercion and trumped-up evidence to terrorize ...
Nearing the Edge? Time for a Break!
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - After practicing law for close to 10 years, I decided to switch to a job where I could ...
Judge Tosses Fraud Verdict in Simon Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - In a highly unusual decision, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday tossed out a $78 million jury fraud ve...
Victim's Mom Testifies He Wasn't Wielding Knife
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Taking the witness stand in a wheelchair, the 89-year-old mother of an El Monte man shot and killed by police te...
Donors to Controversial Causes Must Take Care to Avoid Identity Disclosure
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Louis E. Michelson and Boyd D. Hudson - Nonprofit organizations with controversial causes should learn how t...
Paper, It's History
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO -For nearly 20 years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been attempting to transform its 200-yea...
Archer Norris Hires Litigator
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - John Tyndall III, a trial lawyer with 30 years' experience in toxic-tort, First Amendment, libel and class act...
Probate Attorney Followed Track and Field
By Sandra Corrales
WEST COVINA - West Covina probate attorney Wendell Davis, a globetrotting track-and-field fan, has died. Davis died of a strok...
Chicago's Altheimer Is Now in S.F.
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Altheimer & Gray, a 360-lawyer business and litigation firm based in Chicago, has opened an office in San ...
Varied Legal Work Force Brings Many Benefits
By Columnist
Employment Column By Valerie A. Fontaine There are bottom-line benefits to developing a diverse legal profession. Given the c...
Chocolate Lawsuit Is a Sweet Deal for Plaintiff's Attorneys
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey B. Margulies - For the last 15 years, countless consumer products have come within the sights of bou...
Safer Syringes
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexan...
Up and Coming
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Ida O. Abbott - Law firms committed to associates' professional development ensure that associates receive w...
Varied Legal Work Force Brings Many Benefits
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - There are bottom-line benefits to developing a diverse legal profession. Given th...
Nearing the Edge? Time for a Break!
By Columnist
Ditca Column - By Donald E. Griffith - After practicing law for close to 10 years, I decided to switch to a job where I could ...
Safer Syringes
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexan...
Donors to Controversial Causes Must Take Care to Avoid Identity Disclosure
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Louis E. Michelson and Boyd D. Hudson - Nonprofit organizations with controversial causes should learn how t...
Problematic Presents
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Whenever a client favors his or her lawyer or a relative of the lawyer with a gift, i...
Exhibit of Explicit Drawing Not Sexual Harassment
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Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Just as beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, so harassment may be in the eye of...
Judge Delays Deliberations Three Days
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A judge presiding over the trial of David A. Westerfield on Wednesday suspended jury deliberations for three more ...
'Johnson' Makes Means-Plus-Function Claims for Patents More Attractive
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Focus Column - By David E. Heisey - A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has narrowed patent ...
Standing Tall
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Forum Column - By Omer S.J. Williams - Thacher Proffitt & Wood, the only large law firm that had its primary office in the...
Take Active Role in Deposition Defense Game
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Dicta Column - By Henry L. Hecht - The prevailing wisdom among litigators is that only deposition takers can win and only the ...
Exhibition of Explicit Drawing Not Sexual Harassment
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Just as beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, so harassment may be in the eye of...
Law, War: Teamwork of a Different Sort
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - For 17 days last spring, Capt. Jesse Miller commanded 154 American soldiers in one of Bravo Company's toughest...