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Education


Six Bar Exam Questions and Sample Answers

May 26, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - Experts offer sample answers to the six questions and two performance tests...


Labor/Employment


Bank Succeeds In Moving Case To Federal Court

May 25, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

In an attempt to thwart a proposed class action over its $5 paycheck cashing fees, Bank of America has succeeded in moving the...


Litigation


Former Irell & Manella of-counsel Gary Pemberton joined Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian as a partner May 3, a move h...


Real Estate/Development


Suit Says County Gave Away $85 Million

May 25, 2004
By Amy Spees

Los Angeles County taxpayers have just lost $85 million, according to Beverly Hills attorney Richard I. Fine. Fine has filed a...


Firm Watch


Wind Energy Pushes Pair to Morgan Lewis

May 25, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

Edward Zaelke is going to the Los Angeles office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and taking along his wind energy practice, whi...


Commercial Law


TUSTIN - Attorney Greg Fitzgerald moves through his bar on a recent Tuesday evening, shaking hands with the regulars. His cell...


Fulbright & Jaworski has hired partner Jeffrey Margulies and associate Rachel Stanger to serve in the firm's environmental...


Susan Cagann, a former vice president and secretary for Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, joined the Buchman Law Firm in San Franc...


Education


Law Online

May 25, 2004
By Amy Spees

Two years ago, Concord University School of Law set a record by becoming the first entirely online law school to graduate a cl...


Law Practice


In what one attorney describes as the first significant test of a state employment law protecting domestic violence victims, a...


Intellectual Property


Trade Secrets

May 25, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Column - Corporate Security - By Miriam Beezy and Benita Das - Businesses and individuals frequently are required to reveal co...


Judges and Judiciary


Court's Forbidding Wall Becomes Arts Showcase

May 25, 2004
By Claude Walbert

After years of complaints from San Diego city officials, the federal General Services Administration is turning the Broadway f...


Bankruptcy


Judge Orders Lockheed to Pay $16.2 Million

May 25, 2004
By Eron Yehuda

A Los Angeles bankruptcy judge rebuked the Lockheed Martin Corp. recently, ordering the company to pay $7 million in punitive ...


Law Practice


Magic Tricks

May 25, 2004
By Katrina Dewey

The Scene had been looking forward to joining in the American Jewish Committee's feting of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &...


Government


High-Stakes Opponents

May 25, 2004
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal Public Defender Barry Portman likes to tell the story of a trip he took to Bolivia in 1992 with Martin...


Litigation


Column - Trial Strategy - By Noelle C. Nelson - A sympathetic jury is crucial to the success of a case. Lawyers habitually tur...


Personal Injury & Torts


Defense Takes Hit in Toxic-Tort Cases

May 25, 2004
By Columnist

Focus Column - Environmental Law - By A. Barry Cappello - A common defense tactic in toxic-tort cases is the statute of limita...


Forum Column - By Judy Jernudd - It hasn't happened yet, but here's how it might go. "Hello, John. You don't mind me calling y...


Labor/Employment


Forum Column - By Daniel H. Fiske - National labor laws provide a two-tiered system in which industrial workers are eligible f...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Is Ann Entitled to a Renewal of Store's Lease?

May 25, 2004
By Contributing Writer

QUESTION 4 Is Ann entitled to a renewal of a lease of a store in Lori's shopping center? Page XX REAL PROPERTY Lori owns a sm...


The New Lawyer Supplement


How Should Court Rule on Motion to Dismiss?

May 25, 2004
By Contributing Writer

QUESTION 5 How should the court rule on the Department's motion to dismiss on the ground of American Car Association's lack o...


Litigation


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Marc J. Pernick and Sunil R. Kulkarni - Consider this hypothetical: Company A quickl...


Education


Bank Robbery Evidence Creates Complications

May 25, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Evidence from a bank robbery creates complications. Page XX QUESTION 1 EVIDENCE LAW A bank was robbed at 1 p.m. by a man who ...


Government


Court: PUC Oversees Holding Companies

May 25, 2004
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - State regulators have jurisdiction over public utilities' parent holding companies, a San Francisco appeal cou...


Personal Injury & Torts


Streisand Must Pay Fees in Privacy Suit

May 25, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ordered singer Barbra Streisand to pay $177,000 in attorney fees after her privacy lawsu...


Judges and Judiciary


Foster Kids Get Home of Their Own

May 25, 2004
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Surrounded by balloons and teddy bears, 28 Los Angeles County foster kids got permanent homes Friday through a c...


Construction


Judge Won't Bar Company From Bidding

May 25, 2004
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge presiding over San Francisco's multimillion-dollar fraud claims against Tutor-Saliba Corp. sai...


Government


State Public Defender List Drops To 1 Person

May 25, 2004
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Barry Melton, the Yolo County public defender and former guitar player for the Vietnam-War-era rock band Country ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Neutral Territory

May 25, 2004
By Eron Yehuda

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Eron Ben-Yehuda - Beauty is fleeting. But a cosmetologist can create the perfect balance of h...


Commercial Law


Macy's Settles Overcharging Investigation

May 25, 2004
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Macy's West Inc. agreed Friday to pay $1.6 million in civil penalties and costs to four counties and the city of...