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Firm Watch


Now that Michael Sfregola's real estate and tax practice has expanded overseas, he's moved to a law firm that's taken some tra...


Environmental


A Butte Superior Court judge recently refused to take the shine off of a college's solar energy project, despite allegations t...


Firm Watch


Geographically speaking, Gail Standish's move in January from the 52nd to the 39th floor of downtown Los Angeles' Wells Fargo ...


LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Howard Matz has never been the biggest fan of Gary Fontana's representation of lead plaintif...


Firm Watch


Charles Yesnick is one attorney whom you'll never find coasting along on cruise control, whether he's behind the wheel or prac...


Litigation


A Metrolink conductor claims that the mild concussion he sustained during a 2002 Placentia train crash pushed him to alcoholis...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 22

Feb. 23, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - Arseen Auto Body purchased a 95,936-square-foot industrial building at 1655 Little Orchard St. from Gla...


Law Practice


Know Thyself

Feb. 23, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Column - Career Management - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The first step to achieving career success and satisfaction is an honest...


Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - It is a wonder to behold the public relations campaign being conducted by the libertari...


Focus Column - International Law - By Peter J. Engstrom - The act of state doctrine is alive and well, and perhaps growing, in...


Product Liability


Forum Column - By Raphael Metzger - The recent decision of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lockheed Litigation Cases has p...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


LOS ANGELES - When life dealt Ellen Braver Friedman, a midlife curveball, she went to law school and became the first woman pa...


Government


Lawyer Cochran Will Work on Devin Brown Suit

Feb. 23, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys with the Cochran Firm say they are hoping their high-profile chairman, Johnnie Cochran Jr., will retur...


Appellate Practice


Panel Says Measure Applies Retroactively

Feb. 23, 2005
By Dan Evans

SAN DIEGO - A three-judge appellate panel ruled Friday that pending unfair-competition suits can be dismissed under Propositio...


Juvenile


SAN DIEGO - The state Supreme Court has declined review of a case involving the denial of visitation rights for the children o...


Civil Rights


Former Managers Sue McDonald's

Feb. 23, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Former McDonald's managers Steven Wooley and Jessica Nunez say they first faced discrimination at the fast-food ...


Firm Watch


'A Mouse Among Elephants'

Feb. 23, 2005
By Amy Spees

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - Keker & Van Nest is on a roll. Since its founding as Keker & Brockett ...


Energy Law


PG&E Restitution Effort May Be Resurrected

Feb. 23, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals judges appear to be closely scrutinizing whether to resuscitate legal efforts to force PG&...


Law Practice


The Case of the Eight-Figure Discrepancy

Feb. 23, 2005
By Garry Abrams

Column - By Garry Abrams - In his recent memoir, "Courting Justice," famous attorney David Boies claims that he settled comedi...


Family


LOS ANGELES - Lawyers on Friday challenged the constitutionality of a new state statute that, they suggest, supermarket magnat...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN FRANCISCO - Court officials and court reporters have hammered out an agreement to expand the use of electronic reporting ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Feb. 18

Feb. 19, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - India Community Center purchased a 39,083-square-foot research-and-development building at 525-535 Los C...


Litigation


Cochran Firm Retained

Feb. 19, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - The family of a 13-year-old boy killed by a Los Angeles police officer has retained the renowned Cochran Firm fo...


Litigation


Forest-Management Lawsuit

Feb. 19, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups filed a beefed-up federal lawsuit Thursday in San Francisco challenging the Bush adminis...


Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - In the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 63 years ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Focus Column - Health Care and Hospital Law - By Gary S. Pancer and Sheryl Horwitz - In a victory for regional centers created...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Gresham's Law states that bad money drives out good. The same principle can be applied...


Law Practice


Lawyer Loved Golf, Community Activities

Feb. 19, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Services will take place today for R. Michael Harding, a longtime Riverside family law attorney who died of a hea...


Criminal


Embattled McKesson Executive Denies All

Feb. 19, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Former McKesson executive Richard Hawkins took the stand in his own defense this week to flatly deny any invo...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - Attorney Rees Lloyd has a problem with the inspector general for Los Angeles County's Department of Children and...