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Deals Column - By Jason Song - Five hundred million dollars is a lot of money, even for Microsoft Corp. But that's the amoun...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Letter to the Editor - Since taking office, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has worked to rebuild and strengthen...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Fee Conundrum

May 31, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The ability to seek fees from one’s spouse in a family-law case encourages fees to escalat...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Spill Splitting

May 31, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Focus Column - By Steven L. Feldman, Steven L. Crane and Sasha N. Brower - The 9th Circuit has set new parameters for how coun...



Law Practice


Leader in Civility Made It His Legacy

May 31, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Richard I. Roemer, a prominent civil lawyer who founded a chapter of the American Inns of Court in Riverside County, died Frid...


Labor/Employment


A federal appeals court Tuesday reinstated an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was passed o...



Firm Watch


'Street Fighter' Wins Honor for Long Shot

May 31, 2007
By Donna Dominon

Plaintiffs’ attorney Christopher Dolan is known as a “street fighter” and isn’t afraid to take long-shot cases. A recent $61 m...


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


In 5-4 Vote, Court Tosses Sex-Bias Case

May 31, 2007
By Keith Bowersn

WASHINGTON - A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that employees cannot use a landmark civil rights law to sue ov...



The New Lawyer Supplement



The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 1

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

I. Did Lois violate the "no-assignment" provision?



The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 3

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Whether the Jury Can Find Dan Guilty of First-Degree Murder Traditionally, murder is proved when the defendant is the actual ...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Performance Test B

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Per your instructions, I have drafted the following objective memorandum analyzing whether the noncompetition clause contained...



The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 5

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

The Association of Retailers (AOR) is considering filing a complaint for injunctive relief against City in federal District Co...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Practice Questions and Performance Tests

May 30, 2007
By David Houstonn

For those of you who didn't pass the bar, there's always next time. Here experts have written sample answers to the six practi...



The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 2

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

I. Rita and Fred's personal liability to Landlord


The New Lawyer Supplement


Performance Test A

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

During negotiations for Plaintiff Phenom to purchase a license to use Defendant Jasmine's technology, Phenom Executive Vice Pr...



The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 4

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Wynn is a surviving spouse of Tom. Although Tom, by a valid, typewritten and witnessed will in 2001, left his shares of Beta C...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Question 6

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

1. Officer Will's Testimony Logical Relevancy Logical relevancy refers to evidence having a tendency in reason to prove or d...



Firm Watch


Loeb & Loeb Lures Former Deputy Mayor

May 30, 2007
By Max Follmer

Industry Watch - By Max Follmer - LOS ANGELES - Loeb & Loeb has snagged Linda Bernhardt, a former deputy mayor of Los Ange...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Eliot G. Disner drew widespread attention for his legal fight against the nation's largest bar-review provider. ...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Protecting Service Providers

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Focus Column – By Rachael Samberg and Brian W. Carver – Wielding the hammer of free speech, the 9th Circuit used a case brough...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's intellectually-property practice is growing, ...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Less of a Disadvantage

May 30, 2007
By Don Debenedictisn

Forum Column — By Michael Waterstone — We should applaud the Supreme Court’s ruling letting parents represent their disabled c...


Technology & Science


SACRAMENTO - The idea of imbedding a tiny tracking device beneath the skin was once the stuff of futuristic novels and paranoi...



Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - Almost two decades ago, Steven Brower moved to Orange County to establish a practice in the...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - The family of a boy whose spine was severed in an automobile accident has fired the attorney who won them a $45 ...



The state Supreme Court will consider whether a state law banning imports of goods made from certain exotic animals should be ...


Corporate


Coupon-Based Settlements Get Tougher

May 30, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - Companies who use coupons to settle massive consumer fraud class actions are having to work a little harder thes...



Law Practice


Americans Will Train Sudanese Lawyers

May 30, 2007
By David Houstonn

A group of American attorneys is headed to London this week to train Sudanese lawyers representing victims of the violence in ...


Robert Hull was among the 1,900 people who passed the February bar exam. Just 36.8 percent of the 5,167 successfully took the ...