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Focus (Forum & Focus)


A Right, Not a Privilege

Dec. 11, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Donald Kilmer - The Supreme Court's upcoming case on Washington, D.C.'s gun ban isn't a matter of public pol...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Adam Gorlick - The city's Chamber of Commerce is getting a new top lawyer to replace Steve Farrand, who h...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Will Clarify Self-Representation

Dec. 11, 2007
By David Houstonn

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether states can adopt different legal standards fo...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Will Hear Bomb-Plot Case

Dec. 11, 2007
By David Houstonn

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider the Bush administration's appeal of a lower-court ruling that in...


Litigation


The judge overseeing the allocation of the settlement in the San Diego Diocese molestation case said Friday that the abuse by ...


Litigation


The case against Barry Bonds had hardly begun before federal prosecutors signaled they would be taking aim at at least some me...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Will Rule on Wal-Mart Suit

Dec. 11, 2007
By David Houstonn

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up an important employment law case involving Wal-Mart,...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 10, 2007
By Devan Mcclainen

Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...


Firm Watch


With Honors

Dec. 10, 2007
By Devan Mcclainen

Industry Watch - Retirements, promotions? Check out our listing of lawyers and judges who have gained recognition for their ...


Judicial Profile


Quick-Witted

Dec. 10, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

Lawyers say Judge Andrew P. Banks is funny but tough and pays close attention to every detail. ...


Immigration


Panel Upbraids Lawyer and Judge

Dec. 8, 2007
By John Roemer

9th Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson ripped a Los Angeles lawyer and a prominent immigration judge Thursday in a published opinio...


A group of Santa Monica lawyers won't have to pay a psychologist who helped them get a $1.5 million settlement on behalf of wo...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Energy’s Next Step

Dec. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Curt Rich - As Congress takes up an energy bill for the coming year, the potential of biofuels to deliver cl...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Patent Licensing Revisited

Dec. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Sergio Garcia - A recent Supreme Court decision altering the balance between patent holders and their licens...


Verdicts


Woman Awarded $2.1 Million for Walgreens Arrest

Dec. 8, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

LOS ANGELES - A woman who claimed two security guards sexually leered at her and had her falsely arrested for theft at a Walgr...


Corporate


Publishers Will Honor L.A. District Attorney

Dec. 8, 2007
By Zack Vaneyckn

LOS ANGELES - The California Newspaper Publishers Association is honoring District Attorney Steve Cooley with its Freedom of I...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Disability as a Defense?

Dec. 8, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Can a rifle-wielding drunk be protected from employer discipline because her alcoh...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Finds Video Did Not Sway Jury

Dec. 8, 2007
By Laura Ernden

A mother's video depicting the life of a 19-year-old Los Angeles murder victim did not sway jurors to send the teenager's kill...


Verdicts


Neutral Achieves Mastery of Subtle Persuasion

Dec. 8, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

As a neutral at JAMS since 1999, Judge Diane L. Wayne has built a reputation among many lawyers as the go-to person to handl...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - Attorneys looking to make the maximum rhetorical impact on juries should remember th...


Litigation


When Ramon Aguilera shot and killed Marcos Gonzalez, he also set in motion a complex force of litigation that began as an atte...


Government


Report Bashes Care for Detained AIDS Patients

Dec. 8, 2007
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - The federal government is putting lives at risk because it routinely fails to test, track or treat HIV and AIDS ...


Corporate


Reyes Likely Will Receive Short Sentence

Dec. 8, 2007
By David Houstonn

SAN JOSE - Prosecutors have not made a convincing case that Gregory Reyes, the former chief of Brocade Communications Systems ...


Criminal


Aryan Prosecutors Won’t Seek Death

Dec. 8, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

SANTA ANA - The case thought to be the largest federal death-penalty prosecution in modern times isn't a death-penalty case at...


Corporate


Shoemaker Prevails in Fraud Suit

Dec. 8, 2007
By Zack Vaneyckn

A California-based footwear company prevailed this week in a civil lawsuit brought against it by its former chief financial of...


Verdicts


A Fresno man who was burned on 65 percent of his body in a workplace fire was awarded $27 million by a federal jury in Fresno....


California Neutrals


Making It in ADR: Passion and Dedication

Dec. 7, 2007
By Susan Mcraen

Gone are the days when a judge could retire and dabble in mediation or arbitration, or a lawyer could mediate part time while ...


Firm Watch


'Work-Then-Clerk' Fits for Federal Circuit

Dec. 7, 2007
By Joe Mullinn

More attorneys, like Jackie Harlow, are spending time at law firms before seeking clerkships, where they hit the ground runnin...


California Neutrals


Top Neutrals 2007

Dec. 7, 2007
By Lacey Draken

The state's 40 Top Neutrals for 2007 ...


Government


WASHINGTON - Only one thing seemed crystal clear Wednesday as the Supreme Court confronted its latest case on the legal rights...