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Healthcare/Hospital Law


Jury Awards $1.7 Million in Malpractice Case

Jul. 1, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has awarded $1.7 million to a woman who sued her medical malpractice lawyers for lega...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Closes With Action on 9th Circuit Cases

Jul. 1, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a federal appeals court went too far in ruling that a California murder...


Law Practice


Afghan Attorney General to Meet L.A. Lawyers

Jul. 1, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

Afghanistan's attorney general will be here today to talk with area lawyers about establishing the rule of law in his homeland...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


In appropriate cases, parties should weigh the cost of the full range of private dispute-resolution mechanisms against the los...


Communications


Suit Against Cable Industry Moves Forward

Jul. 1, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

A class action that could fundamentally change the cable industry passed its first major hurdle last week when a federal judge...


Criminal


Rabbi's Assistant Pleads in Tax Fraud Scheme

Jul. 1, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

The personal assistant to the leader of a Brooklyn-based Hasidic sect agreed Friday to plead guilty to taking part in a multim...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Stranger in a Strange Land

Jul. 1, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Most attorneys long to get a glimpse of how it feels to be on the other side of the jury box, a fly on the wall during deliber...


Firm Watch


Morgan Lewis Attorney Leads Pride Parade

Jul. 1, 2008
By Jill Redhage

Industry Watch - L. Julius Turman, a labor and employment attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in San Francisco, served as ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Attorney Accused of Medical Fraud

Jul. 1, 2008
By Peter Matuszakn

An Orange County lawyer accused of taking part in the most expensive medical fraud in the nation's history was arraigned on Fr...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Grand Undertaking

Jul. 1, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Having a working knowledge of criminal grand jury proceedings is essential to effective practice and administration of justice...


Government


Judges to Hold Trial on Prison Overcrowding

Jul. 1, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

After the parties in the litigation over California's crowded prisons failed to reach a proposed settlement Friday, the three-...


Judges and Judiciary


When a health insurer refused to pay for the only treatment doctors said could save his life, Superior Court Judge David Mintz...


Discipline


A La Mesa attorney's attempt to resign quietly in the midst of a scandal has officials at the State Bar saying, "Not so fast."...


Constitutional Law


Showdown in San Francisco Over Gun Ban

Jul. 1, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling striking down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban, gun rights advocates, as expe...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Disciplinary Actions

Jun. 30, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

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


Judges and Judiciary


In Chambers

Jun. 30, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

Superior Court Judge Coleman A. Swart has announced his retirement after 25 years on the bench.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 30, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

In a move in line with its plans for expansion in Silicon Valley, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal announced the addition of ...


Judges and Judiciary


Commissioner Faces Familiar Territory

Jun. 30, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

Jacqueline Honovich Lewis' first week as a Superior Court commissioner went much like her last week as a referee.


Focus (Forum & Focus)


MCLE Self-Test

Jun. 30, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli


Judicial Profile


Bright and Early

Jun. 30, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

Commissioner Cheryl L. Leininger learned hard work on the Iowa farm where she grew up. In her case-heavy Orange County court, ...


Judicial Profile


Calm Throughout the Storm

Jun. 29, 2008
By Pat Alston

A lifelong fisherman, Judge Patrick T. Madden says the ocean relaxes him. Lawyers say he has a similarly soothing, steady pres...


Law Practice


Justices Reject D.C.'s Handgun Ban

Jun. 28, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

The plaintiff in the gun case, Dick Heller, left, along with one of his attorneys, Clark Niely, leave the U.S. Supreme Court a...


Corporate Counsel


Corporate Counsel Q&A ...


Discipline


The state judicial watchdog commission on Thursday ordered Orange County Superior Court Judge Kelley A. MacEachern removed fro...


Verdicts


For Mediator, People-Reading Skill Aids Deals

Jun. 28, 2008
By Maya Meinert

Scott J. Dickinson refers to mediation as "my gift, my calling, my mandate." ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Prep Rally

Jun. 28, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

If the purpose of law school is to prepare students to become lawyers, shouldn't law schools also prepare them to pass the tes...


Law Practice


'Free Market View' Favored in IP Cases, Judge Says

Jun. 28, 2008
By Craig Andersonn

The U.S. Supreme Court is favoring free market philosophy over patent holders' rights, a federal judge said Thursday before a ...


Criminal


Israeli Banker to Plead in Tax Fraud

Jun. 28, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

An Israeli banker will plead guilty today to charges related to an alleged tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy involving...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Motion Quickness

Jun. 28, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

California’s Code of Civil Procedure contains a partial exception to the general rule that can allow parties — and not necessa...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Employee Privacy is No LOL Matter

Jun. 28, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Despite the hype, the impact of a recent 9th Circuit decision on text messages is minimal for any employer that carefully draf...