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Labor/Employment


SACRAMENTO - Dealing a blow to California's powerful government employee unions, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that se...


Entertainment & Sports


SAN JOSE - A state appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Oakland Raiders aga...


International


Panel OKs Extradition, Treaty With Hong Kong

Jul. 29, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday that a fugitive extradition treaty between the United States and Hong ...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - Charles James, head of Chevron Corp.'s 300 lawyers, likes to reward a job well done with a savory meal, but h...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for July 28

Jul. 29, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

INDUSTRIAL HAWTHORNE - A partnership led Kearny Real Estate Co. and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V purchased a 92-acre, 2.6...


Forum Column - By Rachel Dioso and Simon Cole - Since the wildly popular show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" first aired ...


Litigation


Letter to the Editor - Although I come to praise staff writer Jason W. Armstrong's generally accurate story on my opposition t...


Appellate Practice


Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad - A clear understanding of the standards of appellate review is the...


Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Picture a soldier in battle, hunched over his rifle, grenades exploding on all sides ...


Law Practice


Litigator Was Pharmaceutical Defender

Jul. 29, 2005
By Tom Gumport

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Wednesday for longtime Los Angeles attorney Robert L. Dickson. Dickson, who gained nat...


Judges and Judiciary


Ex-Sportscaster Became Superior Court Judge

Jul. 29, 2005
By Maggie Guerin

NEWPORT BEACH - A memorial service will take place in August for retired Superior Court Judge Phillip A. Petty. Petty, a spor...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Judge Will Stay Off Vioxx Cases

Jul. 29, 2005
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Peter D. Lichtman, a star jurist in the Los Angeles Superior Court's complex litigation unit, got no hel...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Though some have affectionately referred to his office as "dorm room-ish" and chaotic, don't let the mess in Co...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Baseball-Style Arbitration Isn't Just for Sports

Jul. 29, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - The new National Hockey League labor deal has little in common with the collective agreement Major League Baseb...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Names Four Los Angeles Judges

Jul. 29, 2005
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed four new judges to the Los Angeles bench and one to the Placer County cou...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider whether the second-degree murder conviction i...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for July 27

Jul. 28, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

MULTIFAMILY STANTON - A 168-unit apartment complex traded for $24.5 million or $145,833 per unit. John Walsh of Marcus & M...


Corporate


Wanted: Brainpower, Legal Skills

Jul. 28, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - Cross the corporate strivers of "The Apprentice" with Court TV-style real-life drama, and what's the result? "T...


Judges and Judiciary


State Slammed on Domestic Abuse

Jul. 28, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - California's criminal justice system, including its judges, is failing to enforce domestic violence laws and m...


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Each and every year, hundreds of thousands of California citizens petition the courts to d...


International


Focus Column - International Law - By Julia Walk - As companies react to the implementation of option expensing requirements u...


Law Practice


Law School Will Sell Paralegal Program

Jul. 28, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - The University of West Los Angeles, besieged by financial turmoil facing its School of Law, dropped a new bombsh...


Judges and Judiciary


Bar Panel's Rejection Disappoints Governor

Jul. 28, 2005
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed "disappointment" that the State Bar Board of Governors rejected a reques...


Corporate


Murdoch Will Buy Intermix for $580 Million

Jul. 28, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Self-described "digital immigrant" Rupert Murdoch announced he would shell out $580 million to purchase Los Ange...


LOS ANGELES - A recent suit filed in federal court in Los Angeles alleges the complicity of Nestl, Archer Daniels Midland and...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - When Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld signed on to represent China National Offshore Oil Co. in its bid for U...


Government


Little-Known Federal Law Could Sink Leaker

Jul. 28, 2005
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - A little-known federal law that has been on the books for 23 years but has led to only one successful prosecution...


Judges and Judiciary


EL CENTRO - Imperial Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Jones loves the challenge of a good puzzle. When Jones is done with his ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Faces Drunken Driving, Campaign Funding Charges

Jul. 28, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA BARBARA - The state judicial watchdog agency took a major step against a Santa Barbara judge Tuesday, formally charging ...


Corporate


Deals

Jul. 27, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - Fenwick & West attorneys based in Mountain View represented Siliquent Technologies Inc. in its recently anno...