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Focus (Forum & Focus)


Failing the First Amendment

Sep. 5, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Vague and broadly worded “civility codes,” to curb student speech are coming under the scrutiny of the courts, where their obv...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 4, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

Winston & Strawn adds a commercial litigator and media and entertainment attorney to its litigation group.


Judicial Profile


U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds tried to semiretire in 2003, but for the past year he has been busier than ever holding h...


Insites


TRANSPORTATION

Sep. 4, 2008
By Carla Pinedan

SACRAMENTO - Although the allocation of $190 million in Proposition 1B transportation funds depends on the passage of the 2008...


Law and politics often mix, but at Chris Dolan's San Francisco law firm, they are actually sharing an office. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


When Judges Get Cute

Sep. 4, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

While courts courts deal with groundbreaking legal arguments, important constitutional issues, disputes worth vast sums of mon...


Law Practice


Two More Heller Ehrman Partners Leave

Sep. 4, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Two more partners from San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman have jumped ship. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Minding Your Business

Sep. 4, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

As intellectual property assets continue to drive the value of industry across sectors, management of those assets is an incre...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


We cannot ever be a truly democratic nation, with laws genuinely authored by the People, so long as important groups affected ...


Criminal


Although ruling for the prosecution, a federal judge Tuesday implicitly blasted one of the assistant U.S. attorneys prosecutin...


Law Practice


Howrey’s office San Francisco office continues to strengthen its commercial litigation platform by hiring lateral partners. Th...


Law Practice


Answering the Siren Song of Politics

Sep. 4, 2008
By Amelia Hansenn

Michael T. Maletic, a Weil, Gotshal & Manges associate and Northern California co-chair of Lawyers for McCain, took vacati...


Law Practice


The settlement is the first in a series of class actions accusing the DGA and other guilds in the entertainment industry of ho...


Law Practice


Public Interest Lawyers Brace For Fee Fight

Sep. 4, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Imagine winning a nine-year legal battle against the state only to have your $1.2 million attorney fee award revoked by the Ca...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Sep. 3, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 3, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

A transactional trio from Duane Morris has joined Sheppard Mullin's corporate practice group.


Law Practice


Courthouse Bill Clears Legislature

Sep. 3, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

A bill to generate up to $5 billion for building and upgrading dozens of courthouses throughout the state has finally made it ...


Law Practice


A Thousand Oaks attorney will now be able to take his seat on the State Bar Board of Governors after questions were resolved a...


Corporate Counsel


In January, Nicole D. Harris will clock her seventh year as corporate counsel for Pacific Gas & Electric Company. ...


Law Practice


Who Will Be Next President's Top Lawyer?

Sep. 3, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Among those on the inside track for the attorney general job in an Obama administration is Eric Holder, left, a national co-ch...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Just as grief and mourning are associated with the abstract concept of the loss of a job or loved one, they are also associate...


State Bar & Bar Associations


When the Hispanic National Bar Association decided to return to Los Angeles for its annual convention after a 24-year hiatus, ...


Law Practice


Jurors Find Attorney Guilty In Wiretap Case

Sep. 3, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

A federal jury found attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony Pellicano guilty Friday of conspiracy and wiretappi...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Duty Bound

Sep. 3, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

When an attorney's zeal blurs the boundary between what the client wants and what ethical boundaries will allow, everyone invo...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Sitting Down on the Job

Sep. 2, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

When it comes to spelling out what exactly a home improvement store is supposed to do to accommodate day laborers, a new L.A. ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 2, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

Holland & Knight adds another lawyer to its labor and employment practice.


Transactions


Buchalter Creates Covered Bonds Practice Group

Sep. 2, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

With the credit crisis cramping liquidity in the financial markets, lawyers are banking on a debt instrument not widely famili...


Firm Watch


Top Deals

Sep. 2, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

August is historically a slow month for deals, but for a group of Fenwick & West attorneys in Mountain View the month was ...


Judicial Profile


Off the Road

Sep. 1, 2008
By Dhyana Levey

Adventurer Ronni B. MacLaren enjoys taking unusual routes, so it's not surprising that her ascent to the Alameda County Superi...


Litigation


Los Angeles mediator Michael D. Young got his 15 minutes of fame when he appeared on the E! Network's "True Hollywood Story" a...