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Government


Judge Won't Halt 'Backdoor Draft,' For Now

Nov. 9, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Fresh out of Harvard Law School in the late 1960s, Michael Sorgen came to San Francisco and volunteered to help t...


Responding to its increasing client base in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles employment boutique Roxborough, Pomerance &am...


Firm Watch


Joel D. Ruben has a few tricks up his sleeve. But the Los Angeles sole practitioner only shares them with children. Ruben star...


Personal Injury & Torts


After dogs mauled to death a 6-year-old boy in the Northern California town of Red Bluff, the family's lawyer predictably sued...


Law Practice


Consumer attorneys aren't pleased with last week's election results cutting short fellow trial lawyer John Edwards' and John K...


Intellectual Property


A Los Angeles inventor last month won a $400 million punitive damages verdict in a patent tug-of-war that pitted Dr. Gary Mich...


Solo and Small Firms


Like many Southern Californians, Michael Corfield has a passion for surfing. Unlike most, he's managed to turn that passion in...


Insurance


During the flurry of unexpected October storms, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi blasted insurers for the way they handle...


Law Practice


Selling high-priced children's playhouses may seem an odd way to raise money for homeless shelters, but law-office administrat...


Law Practice


Money Magic

Nov. 9, 2004
By Contributing Writer

EXTRA Closer Column - Law Firm Management - By Kristine L. Collins - Law firms face revenue challenges because of current comp...


Litigation


Frank Yates launched a courtroom attack against his former employer, American Medical Wholesale, for placing him in a racially...


Law Practice


Blanket Challenges Abuse State Law

Nov. 9, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - Riverside County District Attorney Grover Trask has announced that his office will be filing "blanket c...


International


Forum Column - By Carlos Castresana - Why did a federal court in the United States have to accept jurisdiction on a murder com...


Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Star athletes are not the only people who operate on the basis of "Show me the money!...


Environmental


Focus Column - Environmental Law - By William D. Wick - Buyers of contaminated properties in urban infill areas can agree to c...


Litigation


Ford Must Pay Limousine Service $500,000

Nov. 9, 2004
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - In one of the largest verdicts in a lemon-law case, a Riverside jury has ordered the Ford Motor Co. to pay $500,0...


Securities


Depositions Permitted in Criminal Case

Nov. 9, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Defendants in an impending economic espionage trial will be allowed to depose the federal government's expert witne...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - A judge can't persuade a criminal defendant to give up his right to trial by promising him a lighter sentence, t...


Criminal


Small Mistakes Can Add Up To a Wrongful Conviction

Nov. 9, 2004
By Philip Carrizosa

Column - By Philip Carrizosa - "Our criminal justice system has always been haunted by the specter of the innocent person conv...


Firm Watch


Firm Commitment

Nov. 9, 2004
By David Houston

EXTRA Feature - By David Houston - Terry W. Bird and Vincent. J. Marella have quaint notions. They think they can keep their l...


Litigation


Secrecy Violation

Nov. 9, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley on Friday found that the county Board of Supervisors violated the st...


Education


LOS ANGELES - Bob Barker, host of the long-running television game show "The Price Is Right," has given UCLA School of Law a $...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp lost another round Friday in a legal-malpractice suit filed by a clothing manuf...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Cantinflas, the jug-eared Mexican comic, delighted audiences by poking slapstick fun at the rich and powerful....


Criminal


High Court Is Divided on Release of Murderers

Nov. 6, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court appeared deeply divided Thursday over reining in a state parole board that almos...


Forum Column - By William L. Stern - I admit I'm biased. As one of the authors of Proposition 64, I happen to think that the i...


Administrative/Regulatory


Toss Suits Affected by Proposition 64

Nov. 6, 2004
By Columnist

Focus Column - Litigation - By Jim Burgess - California voters approved Proposition 64 by a significant margin on Tuesday. The...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - For its 2004 term, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken an interesting group of property cas...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By David Gurnick and Sue Bendavid-Arbiv - "A revolution in the practice of law has occurred requiring econ...


Probate


Anonymous Quote Distorts Reality at Gibson

Nov. 6, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Letter to the Editor - I am writing concerning your article on Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and its managing partner, Ken Doran ...