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Criminal


Post-Hypnotic Testimony

Apr. 10, 2007
By David Minkown

FOCUS COLUMN - By Laurie L. Levenson and Emil Petrossian - Post-hypnotic testimony remains controversial. Admissibility often ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


LOS ANGELES - Merck heads into its fourth California Vioxx liability trial this week with a remarkable record. ...


Environmental


Ruling Spurs EPA to Tackle Auto Pollution

Apr. 10, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN FRANCISCO - California and other states are feeling ripple effects from last week's watershed ruling on global warming by ...


Law Practice


MoFo Litigation Leadership Changes

Apr. 10, 2007
By Haynes

SAN FRANCISCO - Lori A. Schechter, Morrison & Foerster's outgoing firmwide chair of litigation, might finally get some sle...


Firm Watch


Real-Estate Team Switches Firms

Apr. 10, 2007
By Haynes

SAN FRANCISCO - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has bolstered and diversified its reputable San Francisco real-estate pr...


Judicial Profile


Family Guy

Apr. 10, 2007
By Andrew Harmonn

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Commissioner John F. McGregor takes a genuine interest in helping to turn around young liv...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 9, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

Suspensions and Probations


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Apr. 9, 2007
By Alexa Hylandn

On the Move


Judicial Profile


Far Afield, but Still Keeping Farmer's Hours

Apr. 9, 2007
By Amelia Hansen

FRESNO - For most people settled into their careers, the road not taken has long since vanished from the rear-view mirror. For...


Judicial Profile


After the Limelight

Apr. 9, 2007
By Tim Hay

Joseph 'Rick' Distaso, the man who put away Scott Peterson, prefers his quiet new life on the bench. ...


Judicial Profile


Settlement Meister

Apr. 8, 2007
By Pat Alston

FULLERTON - It's 10:45 on a Tuesday morning - a day much like any other in Department 3 of the North Justice Center. ...


Litigation


Judicial Adviser on New Track

Apr. 7, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Former train engineer Bernard Knapp is the new legal adviser to the Commission on Judicial Performance. It's a job "couldn't s...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge Thursday agreed to let plaintiffs in a class action against Blue Cross obtain information ab...


On March 28, 2002, Thomas McMahon was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Less than two months later, he was dead. ...


Labor/Employment


Alternative Workweeks

Apr. 7, 2007
By David Minkown

Employment Column - D. Gregory Valenza and Matthew J. Norfleet - Employers who want to implement alternatives to the tradition...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Students at the UC Davis School of Law will hold their annual King Hall Prison Law Symposium on Saturday, focusi...


LOS ANGELES - The widow and children of a man who was killed after being run over by a backhoe are not entitled to damages fro...


Verdicts


Poker-Faced Mediator Plays Close to the Vest

Apr. 7, 2007
By Emma Dewaldn

Leonard S. Levy is not a guy you'd want sitting across from you at a poker table. It's the last hour of a recent half-day med...


Verdicts


SAN FRANCISCO - One of the remaining copyright infringement cases against Napster's financial backers was resolved last week a...


Government


A Dream Deferred

Apr. 7, 2007
By David Minkown

Forum Column - Julia Harumi Mass, Ranjana Natarajan and Cecillia D. Wang - According to the ACLU, a masterpiece of bureaucrati...


Government


Bill of Rights

Apr. 7, 2007
By David Minkown

Focus Column - Kimberly A. Kralowec - The pre-certification rights of class representatives are significant but not unlimited....


Large Firms


Judge Limits Hiring of Outside Law Firms

Apr. 7, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - California cities and counties cannot hire outside law firms to pursue public-nuisance claims on a contingency basi...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Stergios "Terry" Theologides is no stranger to the spotlight. For the past decade, he has vigorously defended hi...


Law Practice


Litigation Privilege Kills Privacy

Apr. 7, 2007
By John Roemer

Disclosing a family's dirty laundry in court can't be grounds for a new lawsuit, the California Supreme Court held Thursday in...


Intellectual Property


Growing Patent Office

Apr. 6, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

The United States patent system is the envy of the world. But we must work to keep it that way to remain globally competitive....


Intellectual Property


Changing Invention-Law Conventions

Apr. 6, 2007
By David Houstonn

Based on activity afoot in Congress, as well as federal circuit court rulings and increased U.S. Supreme Court activity, sever...


Intellectual Property


World-Class ADR

Apr. 6, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

Intellectual property is a driving engine of today's economy. But intellectual property rights are only as strong as the means...


Intellectual Property


'Just One Good Idea'

Apr. 6, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

"One good idea. Just one good idea ..." After repeated success stories from the likes of Google and YouTube, and even as far b...


Intellectual Property


Procedures With Care

Apr. 6, 2007
By Eric Berkowitzn

There are a number of issues patent holders should - but often do not - consider in sufficient depth before embarking on a pat...


Intellectual Property


Intellectual property

Apr. 6, 2007
By Riley Guerin

The Daily Journal pulls together a hit parade of practitioners, professors and regulators to examine key intellectual property...