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Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Judicial Council has approved new complaint procedures for parties unhappy with their court-connected mediators. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Technical Difficulties

Nov. 1, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Peer-to-peer technology has hit a sour note with the entertainment industry in recent years, resulting in dozens of bitter leg...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Thanks to the outdated Electoral College, our country uses an undemocratic system to elect a democratic president, writes Mark...


Law Practice


Clean Truck Plan Faces Legal Fight

Nov. 1, 2008
By Fiona Smith

The Federal Maritime Commission could ask a federal court as early as today to block the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach ...


Law Practice


Chamber Weighs Options if Democrats Rule

Nov. 1, 2008
By Robert Iafolla

Business lobbyists wrestling with the prospect of firm Democratic control of the federal government received advice about purs...


Law Practice


Federal Circuit Issues Narrow Patent Ruling

Nov. 1, 2008
By Craig Andersonn

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit signalled Thursday it is going back to basics when determining whether inven...


Judicial Profile


The Gentleman Jurist

Nov. 1, 2008
By Pat Alstonn

In emotion-packed child support court, even-tempered Commissioner Randall W. Magnuson keeps the peace. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Letters to the Editor

Oct. 31, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Why would traditional marriage be threatened by two people who love each other?


Verdicts


Making History

Oct. 31, 2008
By Jill Redhage

At 84, former Superior Court Judge Isabella Horton Grant is still going strong as a mediator.


Firm Watch


On The Move

Oct. 31, 2008
By Amanda Becker

Hanson Bridgett has added four attorneys to its health care and real estate groups in Sacramento.


Law Practice


MoFo Lawyer Gets Big Patent Win for Pioneer

Oct. 31, 2008
By David Houstonn

"This is one of the strongest patent cases I've ever had," Morrison & Foerster partner Harold McElhinny of San Francisco s...


Judicial Profile


Secrets of Discovery

Oct. 31, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Cerebral and unassuming, Alicia G. Rosenberg knows how to keep lawyers on point. ...


Law Practice


A Nigerian man's three widows and two of his sons covered their faces and sobbed in court Wednesday as an attorney showed juro...


Judges and Judiciary


The race for Seat 82 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court has been fraught with questions of emotion and control. Thomas R...


Law Practice


Thelen Lawyers Look for a Landing

Oct. 31, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

In the wake of management's recommendation to dissolve the firm, Thelen's approximately 400 attorneys are scrambling to find n...


Law Practice


After many of their U.S. colleagues have landed at new firms, Heller Ehrman attorneys in London are finally finding new homes....


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Putting Designs to the Test

Oct. 31, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The Federal Circuit recently upheld an important test as the standard for determining whether a design patent has been infring...


The LAPD can claim credit for the things it has done to address racial bias, but with the stark disparities shown by the ACLU ...


Discipline


A state appeals court on Wednesday overturned a $1.5 million jury verdict against City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo for firing a ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Where the LAPD sees crime reduction in neighborhoods with a significant police presence, the ACLU misses the forest for the tr...


A federal prosecutor Wednesday morning drew a sharp contrast between Orange County's public Sheriff Mike Carona and the "secre...


Litigation


Jury Awards Energy Firm $48.5 Million

Oct. 31, 2008
By Noah Barronn

A federal jury has awarded San Diego's Sempra Energy $48.5 million, agreeing with claims that an insurance adviser negligently...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Oct. 30, 2008
By Amanda Becker

Reed Smith nabs a former Morrison & Foerster partner for its Silicon Valley-based corporate practice group.


Law Practice


Chevron Says Military Needed to Protect Workers

Oct. 30, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

In a landmark human rights abuse trial that began Tuesday with opening statements in San Francisco federal court, Robert A. Mi...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


You Can't Spell Litigation Without AIG

Oct. 30, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

While there have been large bankruptcies in the past, few have involved companies of the size or scope of AIG, and even fewer ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Restructuring our system so that financial institutions cannot pick their regulator is a plan that is sorely needed, writes La...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


The War Next Door

Oct. 30, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Mexico is undergoing a fundamental legal and political crisis, a fact that should be cause for close attention in our local le...


Law Practice


Google Inc.'s settlement with trade organizations representing authors and publishers opens the way for the Mountain View-base...


Law Practice


Thelen Must Decide on Dissolution

Oct. 30, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

The management of Thelen recommended to its partners on Tuesday that the firm close its doors effective Dec. 1, marking the se...


Law Practice


Carona Trial Will Put Spotlight on Ethics

Oct. 30, 2008
By Martin Bergn

As the corruption trial of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and his alleged mistress begins today, federal prosecutors...