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Law Practice


It's a World of Risk for Medical 'Tourists'

Dec. 19, 2008
By Evan George

Researchers say 750,000 patients traveled internationally for medical treatment last year, despite the fact that courts in pop...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Some of the important lessons from the savings and loan crisis, and even from Watergate, can guide today's plaintiffs' lawyers...



Forum (Forum & Focus)


Have a Very Merry Lawsuit

Dec. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Just in time for the holidays: lawsuits against Christmas festivals and shopper-on-shopper violence, writes John G. Browning. ...


Law Practice


Prosecutor's Statements on Trial

Dec. 19, 2008
By Martin Bergn

Columnist Martin Berg wonders if a high-profile veteran sex crimes prosecutor committed a harmless slip of the tongue in closi...



Law Practice


A two-year-old copyright infringement complaint featuring some of the world's most famous musicians, two big-name law firms, l...


Litigation


Ex-Broadcom Execs Lose Bid For Dismissal

Dec. 19, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

A federal judge has rejected 17 pretrial defense motions in the Broadcom stock options backdating case, putting the trial of t...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 18, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Baker & McKenzie has added a former Heller Ehrman lawyer to its Washington D.C. office.


Litigation


In March, E. Aurora Hughes was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. The disease stopped Hughes from practicing law. But she's ...



Law Practice


With Latham & Watkins' announcement that the firm will be freezing associate salaries at 2008 levels for the coming year, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Maurice R. Hogan Jr., 1924-2008

Dec. 18, 2008
By Sara Randazzon

Maurice R. Hogan Jr., a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge and JAMS mediator, has died after a long battle with Parkinso...



Law Practice


O'Melveny, Weil Gotshal Advise in Game Deal

Dec. 18, 2008
By Noah Barronn

After a drawn-out negotiation guided by lawyers from O'Melveny & Myers and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, French-owned video ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Attorneys looking to cut costs in a down market should take a cue from successful plaintiffs' lawyers, write Micah R. Jacobs a...



Judges and Judiciary


Alameda Judge Chided for Biased Comments

Dec. 18, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

The Commission on Judicial Performance Tueday publicly admonished Alameda judge Christine Moruza, citing numerous cases in whi...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A sharply divided 9th Circuit sent a human rights lawsuit back to an L.A. federal judge for her to consider whether the Papu...



Healthcare/Hospital Law


Children on Medi-Cal Face Tougher Rules

Dec. 18, 2008
By Evan George

Starting Jan. 1, children covered by Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid, will have to submit paperwork every six months...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


The Good Fight

Dec. 18, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Despite all those jokes depicting lawyers as aggressive bloodsuckers, sometimes it's in the client's best interests for attorn...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Viva La Lawsuit

Dec. 18, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Coldplay will have to face the music for their mega-hit "Viva La Vida" when they meet guitar legend Joe Satriani in court over...


Judicial Profile


Putting Down Roots

Dec. 18, 2008
By Pat Alstonn

Edlene McKenzie, the globe-trotting daughter of an Air Force officer, settles in as a family law commissioner on San Diego C...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 17, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Winston & Strawn has named three attorneys to partnership in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.


U.S. Supreme Court


Hundreds of convicted prisoners in California could have the chance to seek new sentences after the U.S. Supreme Court decline...



Sean Farrell, a transactional lawyer and litigator with Manly & Stewart in Newport Beach, is also an adventurer. He says t...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court Ruling Bucks Pre-emption Trend

Dec. 17, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

In its first major decision of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal law does not prevent plaintiffs from...



California Supreme Court


The Sierra Club’s current leadership scored a victory Monday when the California Supreme Court ended a long-running power stru...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Sexual violence is pervasive throughout U.S. prisons — and no one is harder hit than inmates who identify as LGBT, writes Lovi...



Judicial Profile


Staying In the Game

Dec. 17, 2008
By Amanda Becker

Ricardo A. Torres, who overhauled the Los Angeles courts' administrative system, is nearly two decades later hearing long-...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Domestic Tranquility

Dec. 17, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

In light of Proposition 8, employers should re-examine domestic partner benefit policies now that such partnerships are the on...



Law Practice


Ex-Celebrity Snoop Gets 15 Years in Prison

Dec. 17, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

Disgraced former private investigator to the stars Anthony Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday for ru...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 16, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Cooper, White & Cooper promoted Vijay K. Toke to partner in its San Francisco office.



Judicial Profile


If courtroom theatrics and chest-thumping arrogance are what you look for in a judge, 4th District Court of Appeal Associate J...


Law Practice


In motions, MGA lawyers said U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson's rulings raise "serious" and "novel" legal questions that ...