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Government


Wiretapping Case Returns to U.S. District Court

Apr. 25, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

The government was back in federal court Wednesday in an effort to dismiss claims by plaintiffs who say they were illegally sp...


Law Practice


Littler's Latest Outpost Sets Up In Detroit

Apr. 25, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson is set to open an office in Detroit May 1. Motor City brings to 45 the number of o...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appeals court on Wednesday made it tougher for elder abuse victims to get punitive damages from church-owned nursing h...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


City Sticklers

Apr. 25, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Michael M. Mullins - Anyone seeking to enter into a municipal contract must determine how an enforceable con...


Riverside County's supervising criminal court judge dismissed two felony cases for lack of available judges to hear them this ...


Immigration


Immigrants Transferred After Riot

Apr. 25, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

Just one day after a riot broke out at a Lancaster detention center, federal officials began moving dozens of immigrants out t...


Criminal


Programmer Says He Thought Device Was Legal

Apr. 25, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

A computer programmer testified Wednesday that he did not know the wiretapping system he built was being used by private inves...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Show Yoo the Door

Apr. 25, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - John Yoo and the other Justice Department lawyers were an integral part of a criminal conspi...


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


Wage Law Loses To Affordable Housing Credits

Apr. 25, 2008
By Anat Rubinn

Affordable housing developers receiving state tax credits are not required to pay workers prevailing wages, a Court of Appeal ...


Appellate Practice


Egg Scandal Spawns New Lawsuits

Apr. 25, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Web Exclusive - By Laura Ernde - More than a decade after a scandal involving eggs stolen from a University of California, Irv...


Litigation


Web Exclusive - By Linda Rapattoni - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure into law Wednesday that enables the judiciary...


Corporate


Oakland Says Finance Firms Gouged City

Apr. 25, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

The city of Oakland on Wednesday filed a federal class action antitrust case against 37 financial firms, including Bank of Ame...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Fair Warning? Not If User Is 'Sophisticated'

Apr. 25, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Marilyn A. Moberg - The state Supreme Court's recognition of the "sophisitcated user defense" for manufactur...


Corporate


British Invasion Hits Silicon Valley Tech Event

Apr. 25, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

In the world of Web 2.0, Silicon Valley reigns supreme with Internet giants like ebay Inc. and Facebook Inc. revolutionizing t...


Litigation


Lawyer Charged With Embezzlement

Apr. 25, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

When Nedra and Fred Fox died six years ago, their son Brian Fox hired Hemet attorney Kevin Andrew Speir to handle proceeds of ...


Law Practice


Sixty percent of managing partners at U.S. and UK law firms anticipate a "rough road ahead" as they consider how the global ec...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Apr. 24, 2008
By Jredhage

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


Large Firms


Not Your Typical Managing Partner

Apr. 24, 2008
By Maya Meinert

O'Melveny & Myers' new managing partner Carla Christofferson is also co-owner of the Los Angeles Sparks. She's an ace bow ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court in recent years has strengthened a defendant's right to confront his accusers at trial, but the court's...


Litigation


Glenn Warner, 1924 - 2008, was instrumental in securing a successful outcome for his clients in a landmark asbestos case. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Beating Traffic

Apr. 24, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Evidence in criminal cases cannot be viewed in the abstract; it must be evaluated in li...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Robert A. Steinberg - The best way to evaluate your case is the vaunted "decision tree" - a systematic exami...


Criminal


Lawyers Detail Wiretapping System

Apr. 24, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

Three lawyers, including a pair from the law firm Greenberg Glusker, testified Tuesday about private investigator Anthony Pell...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The Inter-Pacific Bar Association, an international organization of 1,600 business and commercial attorneys who focus their pr...


Litigation


F. Douglas McDaniel, 1920-2008, was one of the last of the "pen and paper guys," one of his colleagues recalled. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Private Property

Apr. 24, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Joerg W. Knipprath - The Supreme Court should find that, like access to contraception and abortion, the pers...


Government


On Tuesday, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo balked at the proposed budget from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which calls for his ...


Litigation


A Los Angeles law firm filed claims against Internet search giant Google Inc. Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, hoping a j...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A criminal defense lawyer has surrendered his law license after the State Bar accused him of letting a client sit in jail for ...


Immigration


Mira Loma Riot

Apr. 24, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies used tear gas to quell a riot that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a Lancaster immigratio...