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Insurance


Insurers Brace for Option-Scandal Repercussions

Nov. 15, 2006
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Until this year, no company that insured officers and directors of American corporations asked anything about stock...


Employee Benefits


LOS ANGELES - Veteran arbitrator Thomas T. Roberts is a star in labor and legal circles, best known for his high-profile, high...


Judicial Profile


Man of Faith and Judicial Excellence

Nov. 15, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - His mother was a high school dropout. His father was an alcoholic who didn't make it past the third grade. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Death Sentence Reinstated by Supreme Court

Nov. 15, 2006
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence for a murder committed 24 years ago ...


Appellate Practice


DA Tosses Charges Before Retrial

Nov. 15, 2006
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Winning habeas appeals for imprisoned clients is only the start for sole practitioner Gary Dubcoff. ...


Litigation


Carriers Must Pay for Losses During Rehab

Nov. 15, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

Property insurers took a blow from the state Supreme Court Monday after the court held that insurance companies cannot get out...


Judicial Profile


Banking on the Law

Nov. 15, 2006
By Robert Iafolla

LOS ANGELES - If only his college newspaper had been less successful, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge C. Edward Simpson might...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Litigation

Nov. 14, 2006
By Robert Iafolla


Insites


LAND

Nov. 14, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

IMPERIAL COUNTY -- The Trust for Public Land, California State Parks and numerous other state and federal partners announced N...


Constitutional Law


Lawyers Sue Over Taping of Jail Phone Calls

Nov. 14, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County policy has come under fire in lawsuits from two criminal defense lawyers who allege jail person...


Technology & Science


Patents vs. Standards

Nov. 14, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Bradley D. Blanche - Your client has developed proprietary advances in technology and has the capability to ...


Labor/Employment


FORUM COLUMN - By Michael S. Kalt - The Department of Labor's long-awaited regulations implementing and clarifying the Uniform...


Litigation


FORUM COLUMN - By Robert E. Adel - We've all been there: avoidable discovery disputes; ex parte applications for extensions th...


Labor/Employment


SAN FRANCISCO - Labor and employment partner Frank Birchfield found Davis Wright Tremaine's willingness to explore creative co...


Securities


White-Collar Crooks Don't Deserve Special Pass

Nov. 14, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Regarding Howard Privette's "Sentencing Guidelines Encourage Draconian Punishments for Securities Fraud...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Jeffrey W. Shopoff, name partner of San Francisco civil litigation boutique Shopoff & Cavallo, set off to ...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - For nearly two decades, Deborah Fox and Margaret Sohagi have worked together in the firm Fox & Sohagi. ...


Intellectual Property


SAN FRANCISCO - What began as a lively debate between two beach towns claiming bragging rights to the title Surf City USA has ...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A patent infringement claim against Comcast Cable Corp. has gone in favor of the defendants in spite of being ...


Intellectual Property


LOS ANGELES - It used to be simple. Take a recognizable ditty - "Guantanamera," perhaps, or "Camptown Races" - synthesize the ...


Firm Watch


Law Firms Put a Premium on U.S. Attorneys

Nov. 14, 2006
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - So what is the value of having one of the Enron prosecutors or a U.S. attorney in an office down the hall? ...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Labor and Employment

Nov. 13, 2006
By Anne Marie Ruff


Top So Cal Law Firms


Real Estate

Nov. 13, 2006
By Gabe Friedmann


Top So Cal Law Firms


Corporate

Nov. 13, 2006
By Rick Kennedyn


Top So Cal Law Firms


Intellectual Property

Nov. 13, 2006
By Rebecca Beyer


Firm Watch


On the Move

Nov. 13, 2006
By Alexa Hylandn

Richard Zelichov joined Katten Muchin Rosenman as partner in the firm's Los Angeles office.


Top So Cal Law Firms


Editor's Note

Nov. 13, 2006
By Jennifer Hammn


Judicial Profile


Rehm's Way

Nov. 13, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - His military haircut may have just been enough to get Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge C.H. Rehm noticed ...


Judicial Profile


Searching for the Solution

Nov. 12, 2006
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Carol Overton spent a large part of her legal career battling street gangs ...


Civil Rights


Convert to Islam Finds Calling in Law

Nov. 11, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

IRVINE - Sometimes, when a Muslim in Southern California contacts the Council on American Islamic Relations with a business, i...