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Law Practice


The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday named a veteran attorney with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to be its new g...


Corporate Counsel


Scott Benjamin has 22 years' experience as an in-house lawyer. But flying solo as the one-man legal department for No Fear Inc...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Kin Care Conundrum

May 31, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A recent appellate court decision breathes new life into employers' absence control policies, writes D. Gregory Valenza. - Emp...


Law Practice


As a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and former deputy district attorney, Burton S. Katz is fully familiar wit...


Judges and Judiciary


Two S.F. Judge Campaigns Pass $100,000 Mark

May 31, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

With California's primary election just days away, two candidates running for San Francisco County Superior Court have raised ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


An upcoming trial in San Francisco will allow many Nigerian villagers to finally face Chevron in court, write Dan Stormer and ...


A judge has fined a distributor $10 million for selling a state agency soft-sided children's lunchboxes made with unsafe level...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidate in 'Dangerous Race' Stays Tight-Lipped

May 31, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

A yearbook-quality photo of a smiling candidate donning horn-rimmed glasses and a crisp navy blazer greets visitors to Superio...


Government


A coalition of civil rights attorneys filed a federal class action lawsuit Thursday against Los Angeles County authorities in ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediator Qualifications Get Airing

May 31, 2008
By Greg Katzn

The Judicial Council will hold two public forums in Southern California on Monday and Wednesday to discuss its draft proposal ...


Appellate Practice


MGA Manager Queried About Doll's Designer

May 31, 2008
By Jason W. Armstrong

A Mattel attorney Thursday grilled a manager at competitor MGA Entertainment, who Mattel claims helped a former designer pitch...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Women and Children First

May 31, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The California Supreme Court has repeatedly made groundbreaking decisions that protect our state's children in new ways, and t...


Litigation


Attorneys for veterans suing the Department of Veterans Affairs accused the federal government Thursday of withholding a cruci...


Firm Watch


McDermott Gains Finance Group from DLA Piper

May 31, 2008
By Rebecca U. Cho

Web Exclusive - McDermott, Will & Emery has lured a four-attorney finance group from DLA Piper's Los Angeles office, inclu...


Government


Senate OKs Plan to Repair Courthouses

May 31, 2008
By Linda Rapattoni

The Senate approved a $5 billion proposal Thursday to replace or renovate up to 40 courthouses that are no longer considered s...


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 30, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

Two more partners from Perkins Coie, Peter Dehlinger and Judy M. Mohr, have jumped ship to King & Spalding.


California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court is poised to issue its second gay-friendly ruling of the year. ...


Litigation


Working to boost their claim that a rival toy company stole its idea for a popular doll, lawyers for Mattel on Wednesday showe...


Law Practice


After remarkable growth in its Bay Area intellectual property practice, Howrey said this week that the firm is turning its att...


Government


L.A. Council OKs New May Day Legal Strategy

May 30, 2008
By Peter Matuszakn

The City Council approved a new funding package Wednesday to handle the defense of lawsuits arising from last year's May Day m...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Relationship Trouble

May 30, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

recent state high court ruling should provide some comfort to technology licensing professionals that under California law the...


Law Practice


Six attorneys in Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's California offices will leave the firm as part of firmwide layoffs that h...


Public Interest


New Focus Helps Center Raise Funds

May 30, 2008
By Anat Rubinn

The Inner City Law Center has more than doubled the amount of money the organization raised last year through its annual fundr...


Law Practice


The lead defense attorney for Pfizer Inc. in the company's product liability litigation over the painkillers Bextra and Celebr...


Litigation


TV Workers' Wage Case Moves Forward

May 30, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

Web Exclusive - Two wage and hour class actions against television studios and reality show production companies can continue,...


Law Practice


Budget Deficit Puts Hold on New Judges

May 30, 2008
By Linda Rapattoni

California courts will have to wait at least until next year for 50 new judges to ease crowded dockets around the state. ...


Constitutional Law


Chapman Lures Top Legal Scholar

May 30, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

Well-known legal ethics and constitutional law expert Ronald D. Rotunda will join the law school faculty at Chapman University...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Protection or Punishment?

May 29, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The court was right in deeming the pandering of child pornography to be outside the First Amendment's grasp, writes Taylor And...


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 29, 2008
By Susan Mcraen

The San Diego County Bar Foundation has inducted six attorneys to the Distinguished Lawyers Memorial.


Litigation


Arbitration already has its own small-screen star in Judge Judy, the feisty former judge who arbitrates small claims cases to ...