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Firm Watch


When Ventura attorney Mark Kirwin took his family on vacation last year, he had no idea that the experience would change his l...


Litigation


Eileen Currier's last wish was simple. The 72-year-old woman wanted to be cremated after she died of cancer so that her ashes ...


Litigation


Therapist Sues Media for Impugning Her Credentials

Jun. 7, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

Marriage and family therapist Lynn Ianni slapped Court TV, TheSmokingGun.com and other defendants in the media with a defamati...


Firm Watch


The Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Foundation hosted its 30th annual Scholarship Luncheon and Silent Auction o...


Litigation


On Both Sides of Bar, None Should Be Immune

Jun. 7, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - As a former deputy public defender, I am distressed by the absurd $6.5 million liability verdict agains...


Litigation


Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - and Jennifer Vargas California's public policy encourages resolution of mass t...


Criminal


Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Three times a year, the American Psychological Society publishes a journal, "Psychologic...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - State Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown's 22-month adventure as a central figure in the acrimonious judi...


Firm Watch


Three Stoel Rives Partners 'Get Small'

Jun. 7, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Citing a desire to practice law in a smaller environment, three Stoel Rives partners have left the firm to st...


Criminal


Jackson's Fate Is in Hands of Jury

Jun. 7, 2005
By David Houston

SANTA MARIA - A week ago, pundits and legal analysts licked their pencils, readied their microphones and began the postmortem ...


International


Talk the Talk

Jun. 7, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

EXTRA Feature - It may defy geography, but among law firms, Latin America may be the new Asia. "A lot of large firms developed...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN BERNARDINO - She admits she's not a trained counselor, therapist or social worker, yet San Bernardino Superior Court Judg...


Criminal


Pro Per Prevails

Jun. 7, 2005
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Trial judge Ronald Lisk of Santa Clara County Superior Court didn't have his heart in it as he told ex-con Da...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Chancellor and Dean Mary Kay Kane will end her long tenure at Hastings College of the Law following the 2006 ...


Litigation


6th DCA Takes its Time With Apple vs. Bloggers

Jun. 7, 2005
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A state appellate court wants to hear more before deciding whether Apple Computer can subpoena records kept by the...


Immigration


SAN FRANCISCO - Members of a white family subjected to racial harassment by black people in their native South Africa have ag...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Hoping to avoid the ethical clouds that enveloped his predecessor, Mayor-Elect Antonio Villaraigosa has decided ...


Corporate


Billing Indictment

Jun. 4, 2005
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted the former head of Fleishman-Hillard's Los Angeles office for allegedly conspi...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Friday June 3

Jun. 4, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL OAKLAND - Eagle Holdings LLC purchased a 42,000-square-foot industrial building at 101-151 Hegenberger Road from PC...


Focus Column - Tax Law - By Robert W. Wood - Ever since 1996, when Congress amended Section 104 of the Internal Revenue Code t...


Environmental


Forum Column - By Sean B. Hecht - While citizens have had the power for decades to enforce our most important federal environm...


Forum Column - By Ray Jurado - Much will be written about the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Arthur Anderson L...


Law Practice


Thalidomide Lawyer Worked for 60 Years

Jun. 4, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service for Los Angeles trial attorney James G. Butler, a former Compton city attorney, will take pla...


Criminal


SANTA MARIA - Though the jury has yet to decide Michael Jackson's fate, court watchers have served up their verdict on the du...


Litigation


SAN DIEGO - Brash talk show host Tom Leykis did nothing illegal when he labeled a caller "way too old" for his radio show and...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - State Supreme Court justices appeared Tuesday to side with a lawyer for a convicted murderer who argued that hi...


Litigation


Activists Needn't Stay Away From Animal Tester

Jun. 4, 2005
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Activists ordered to stay away from an employee of an animal-testing company won a partial victory when an appell...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - What should have been the businesslike restructuring of one of Los Angeles County's premier child advocacy firms...


Judges and Judiciary


Law Is a Family Tradition for Judge

Jun. 4, 2005
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kelly fantasized during a college year in France of returning one ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN JOSE - Former Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser was formally censured Thursday for fixing traffic ti...