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Focus (Forum & Focus)


Is Work the New Blow?

Jun. 25, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A good number of lawyers are addicted to law and motion, writes Nora Quinn. - Forum Column ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Rejects Border Fence Challenge

Jun. 25, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday sidestepped a fight over the border fence between the United States and Mexico, rejecting an app...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Sometimes you need to try more than one approach to simplifying material you present to a jury, writes G. Chritopher Ritter. -...


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


Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, currently the target of a judicial misconduct investigation, recused himself Monday from a miscondu...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Insureds doing business throughout the world should be aware of the unique risks presented by the newest weapon in the activis...


U.S. Supreme Court


Pregnancy Leave Ruling Merits Review

Jun. 25, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a California case to decide whether AT&T Corp. violated federal civil right...


U.S. Supreme Court


Grants and Opinions

Jun. 25, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

The U.S. Supreme Court added five other new cases to its docket Monday, on the following issues: ...


Discipline


Ex-DOJ Attorney Says Agency Ruined His Career

Jun. 25, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

Ryan H. Rainey once was a star federal prosecutor who handled child abuse cases and investigated civil rights violations withi...


U.S. Supreme Court


S.F. Must Pay $1.1 Million in Attorney Fees

Jun. 25, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

A conservative public interest law firm in Sacramento is getting a million dollars richer at the expense of the city of San Fr...


Law Practice


Tech Pioneer Admits Lying About Options

Jun. 25, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Federal prosecutors announced a surprising deal Monday in which Henry Samueli, the billionaire Broadcom co-founder, admitted t...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 24, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Arnold & Porter has nabbed Beth Parker as a partner in its San Francisco office. Parker, who was previously a partner at B...


Large Firms


Bingham McCutchen is tempering a perpetual problem for its clients - escalating legal fees - by rejiggering an old solution: h...


Appellate Practice


Proceedings in the so-called "Bratz vs. Barbie" trial looked more like a CSI episode than a fight between two dolls Friday. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Sinking Readership

Jun. 24, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

News organizations must be prepared to assert their editorial independence, and defend it, even at the cost of alienating a se...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Flawed System Is What Deserves Dumping

Jun. 24, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Patient dumping is a dangerous and disgraceful but predictable accompaniment to the "market-driven" health care system in the ...


Appellate Practice


Dancers Sue Owners for Taking Their Tips

Jun. 24, 2008
By Noah Barronn

A group of strippers has filed suit against 19 of Los Angeles' largest gentlemen's clubs for what their lawyer is calling the ...


Climate change is spawning new rules and regulations, as well as the inevitable threat of litigation - and it is carving out n...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Laying Off Logic

Jun. 24, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A recent 9th Circuit decision has potentially made laying off public employees a daunting task, write Richard C. Bolanos and C...


Litigation


Medi-Cal Cuts Face First Legal Test

Jun. 24, 2008
By Evan George

Looming state budget cuts that could dissuade doctors and pharmacists from treating the poor and elderly will face their first...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Nearly everybody in the Southern California mediation community knows the face of mediator Geoff Sharp but not too many have m...


Environmental


Is it reasonable to keep a front lawn in arid Los Angeles lush and green? ...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Kozinski Lawyers Up as Probe Heats Up

Jun. 24, 2008
By John Roemer

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has hired prominent criminal defense lawyer Mark C. Holscher, the Daily Journal has learned. ...


Judicial Profile


Esteem Player

Jun. 24, 2008
By Evan George

Kevin Enright reveres the law profession and gives it his all as a San Diego County Superior Court judge. He expects lawyers a...


Judicial Profile


Plexiglas frames an Air Force One flight jacket in Orange County Superior Court Judge James E. Rogan's chambers. ...


Judicial Profile


Techno Judge

Jun. 22, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Bankruptcy Judge Ernest Robles is prepared to hold court wherever he happens to be, using cameras, phones and the Internet to ...


Government


DOJ Taking Mortgage Fraud to Task

Jun. 21, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Justice Department announced several major developments in its battle on mortgage fraud Thursday, including the forma...


Insites


LAND USE

Jun. 21, 2008
By Carla Pinedan

SAN DIEGO - With a unanimous vote, the Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners recently approved the adoption of a trans...


U.S. Supreme Court


In a victory for workers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer or insurance company that administrates an em...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


As several recent cases demonstrate, although the subject matter cases involving lews acts can be quite inflammatory, courts g...


Verdicts


Business lawyer Richard Blasco took his construction law firm, formerly called Hunt, Ortmann, Blasco, Palffy & Rossell, to...