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Judges and Judiciary
Judge Transfers Two Cases, Raising Hopes for the Defense
By David Houstonn
SAN JOSE - Two rulings by federal District Judge John Ward of the Eastern District of Texas this month raise the question of w...
Law Practice
Jay Wheeler (1947-2008): Attorney Was Known for Winning Verdicts, Mentoring Talent
By Pat Broderick
SAN DIEGO - Trial attorney Jay Wheeler loved a good joke, hated dishonesty and would push his young litigators to center stage...
LOS ANGELES - The protracted battle between two contentious figures in Los Angeles' federal bar continues, with a beleaguered ...
Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White - When settlement negotiations grind to a halt, plenty of techniques are av...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Atlanta-based labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins is opening in San Francisco to handle an upsurge ...
Focus Column - By Paul V. Carelli IV - An amendment to the Tort Reform Act has implications for anyone considering filing a se...
Letter to the Editor - The rules governing punitive-damages awards should be upheld in order to protect consumers and hold cor...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a broad new attack on a pioneering California consumer warning law, industry lawyers asked the federal Food...
SAN FRANCISCO - A prominent Silicon Valley businessman who sat on several corporate boards and started his own semiconductor c...
WASHINGTON - In another blow to shareholders of disgraced energy giant Enron Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected...
Tom Kuhnle is the first out-of-county lawyer to serve as president of the Santa Clara County Bar Association. His office at Bi...
Immigration
Under Pact, Vietnamese Green-Card Holders May Be Deported
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - A new agreement allowing U.S. officials to deport undocumented Vietnamese immigrants to their homeland is also e...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District's general counsel is leaving his post for a vice chancellor position at ...
California Supreme Court
Justices to Consider Riverside Court Case Overflow Policy
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - The state Supreme Court will consider a controversial Riverside County Superior Court policy that limits which typ...
Superior Court Judge David W. Stuart presides in the same hallowed halls where he first wandered as a law student looking for ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups fighting for tougher controls on pollution runoff from Southern California roads have rea...
The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 California lawyers younger than 40 spotlights folks making huge deals, trying high-st...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - As talks of a recession cast a gloom over the U.S. economy, things look bright for Sonnen...
Thursday night, the Orange County Bar Association made Cathrine M. Castaldi its president for 2008. ...
Although he's a distant relative of 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Philip H. Hickok is no rule-from-the-hip judge. ...
LOS ANGELES - Robert McGahan, one of the lead federal prosecutors in the criminal case against the Milberg Weiss class-action ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Before 'Brown,' Californians Chipped Away at School Segregation Laws
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Stan Yogi - Years before the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, Californians waged their ...
Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - Fred Griffin is expanding his practice quickly, as the newest member of Dreier Stein Kahan ...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Patent prosecution attorney Grant T. Langton has a new home today - the Los Angeles office...
Firm Watch
Sheppard Mullin Attorney Will Head Downtown San Diego Partnership
By Pat Broderick
Industry Watch - By Pat Broderick - A partner in the real estate, land use and environmental practice group of Sheppard Mullin...
Judges and Judiciary
Magistrate Judges Will Be in Central District Random Draw
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - In an effort to deal with the massive caseload in California's Central District, some civil cases will go direct...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will decide whether a key federal civil rights law protects workers ...
Focus Column - By Ilana S. Rubel - Internet aggregators who take information from other sites without authorization likely wil...
Industry Watch - By Amity Bacon - The U.S. Supreme Court has set a milestone with the appointment of the first woman as specia...