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Administrative/Regulatory


Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Daniel Lee Jacobson In the recent case of Irvine Valley College Academic Senate v. Boar...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


LOS ANGELES - A deaf Los Angeles woman Wednesday sued a local hospital for failing to provide a sign-language translator to h...



Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors released indictments Tuesday accusing four men of conspiring to attack U.S. military bases a...


Firm Watch


Midsize Practices Fend Off Suitors

Sep. 2, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - If the California law community were a pick-up scene, Russ, August & Kabat would be among the most eligible ...



Judges and Judiciary


Judge Is Known for Consistency

Sep. 2, 2005
By Don Ray

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Raul A. Sahagun says he has heard the rumors - rumors that he's a tough senten...


Family


Union Victory

Sep. 2, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - After months of dissatisfaction over a reorganization plan by administrators of The Children's Law Center of Lo...



Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A land trust that benefits native Hawaiians to the exclusion of others is a fair target for a discrimination ...


Administrative/Regulatory


SACRAMENTO - Lawmakers sent a bill to the governor Wednesday that would let children testify over closed circuit television in...



Law Practice


Column - By Garry Abrams - The war on terrorism would be a lot easier to fight if everybody in this country was naked and illi...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A case all about coupons has a winner. In a decision hailed as a victory for smaller companies, a federal jur...



Healthcare/Hospital Law


Rancho Mirage Hospital Will Pay $8 Million in Medicare Billing Suit

Sep. 2, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RANCHO MIRAGE - Eisenhower Medical Center agreed Wednesday to pay the federal government $8 million to settle a 1998 whistle-b...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Six months after he was acquitted of murder, actor Robert Blake returned to court this week, this time to fend o...



Solo and Small Firms


Truckers Face Trial, Not Traffic School

Sep. 1, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Mark D. Sutherland and John R. Farris Jr., two of the state's top traffic-law attorneys, are counting the days t...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 31

Sep. 1, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

OFFICE RIVERSIDE - Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. secured a $5 million financing for the Fairmont Office Plaza, a 38,913...



Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - As schools open their doors for another academic year, children typically experience ...


Focus Column - Advertising and Media - By Jeffrey S. Galvin - The Car Buyer's Bill of Rights, recently approved by the governo...



Criminal


Letter to the Editor - I am writing in response to Marc Angelucci's letter to the editor ("Male Victims Rarely Get Attention, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired Judge, JAMS Pioneer Loved to Learn

Sep. 1, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Friday in Santa Ana for retired Orange Superior Court judge and JAMS arbitrator Philip...



Environmental


Lockyer Joins Challenge to Forest Rollback

Sep. 1, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Tuesday joined with top officials in Oregon and New Mexico to challenge the B...


Judges and Judiciary


Scalia Rails Against Federal Judges

Sep. 1, 2005
By John Hanusz

ORANGE - One would have thought a rock star or Hollywood celebrity was on campus when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scal...



Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - The emerging picture of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., as seen through the 50,000 pages of documents...


Entertainment & Sports


'Rings' Settlement

Sep. 1, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - Producer Saul Zaentz and New Line Cinema, which made the worldwide blockbuster hit "Lord of the Rings" trilogy,...



Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - One of California's most prominent trial lawyers could be in trouble with the highest court in the West becaus...


Education


LOS ANGELES - Law and paralegal students at the University of West Los Angeles should be excused for feeling bleak as they sta...



Judges and Judiciary


In Demand for a Demanding Task

Sep. 1, 2005
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Oh, to be a retired judge in California these days - especially one with good line-drawing skills. Politicians a...


Government


White House Vetted Files From Reagan Library

Sep. 1, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - The recent release of documents dating to when John G. Roberts Jr. served in the Reagan administration highlights...



Firm Watch


Law Firms Heed High-Tech China

Sep. 1, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Ask most attorneys what Zhongguancun is, and you're likely to receive a blank stare. Ask attorneys who have spe...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deals

Aug. 31, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

Latham & Watkins attorneys based in Orange County guided Harrah's Entertainment Inc. through an agreement with Imperial Pa...



Law Practice


Trailblazer Keeps Low Profile

Aug. 31, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SACRAMENTO - Recalling his experiences on his high-school debate team, Justice Vance Raye of the 3rd District Court of Appeal ...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - Labor - By Bernhard Rohrbacher - The right to have grievances heard by an arbitrator rather than by a court is ...