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Law Practice


Cooley Snags 15 Partners From Heller's Venture Law Group

Oct. 6, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Friday's announcement by Cooley Godward Kronish ended speculation over where some of the prominent members of the dissolving H...


Law Practice


Web Exclusive - U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel of San Francisco late Friday halted a daylong courthouse shuffle over RealNe...


Firm Watch


With Honors

Oct. 6, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

The Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities will present the Jane Small Advocacy Award to the HIV & AIDS Legal Servi...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


An Appealing Approach To Deadline Filing

Oct. 6, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A recent 9th Circuit ruling on timely filings shows how the interests of justice are best served by a more forgiving approach ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Alec Baldwin’s new book on divorce and custody promotes a controversial legal strategy that places abused children in danger, ...


Law Practice


McAfee Ex-GC Acquitted in Options Case

Oct. 6, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal jury on Friday returned a not guilty verdict on two counts of mail fraud against McAfee Inc.'s former general counse...


Litigation


Litigator Finds Greater Satisfaction in Mediation

Oct. 3, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Nancy Hudgins is seeking a new intellectual pursuit, and it's not a game of chess or advanced mathematics. It's conflict resol...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


The Case for Terminating Term Limits

Oct. 3, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Term limits exacerbate some of the pathologies of the political process, such as overly quick policy responses and insufficien...


Law Practice


Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: 'Business Divorces'

Oct. 3, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Picture this: You and your partner have not been contributing equally to your business or seeing eye to eye for quite some tim...


A jury has awarded $3.1 million to an officer who claimed the Los Angeles Police Department retaliated against him for accusin...


Letter to the Editor


Letters to the Editor

Oct. 3, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Letters to the Editor - Parties in coerced arbitrations never see justice.


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Red State Approval

Oct. 3, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Government approvals are arguably the most challenging aspect for foreign investors of completing a deal in China, writes Simo...


Employment (Focus & Forum)


Employers must work closely with employees who need accomodations and employees' doctors to review all determine if the employ...


Law Practice


Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her former colleague, Justice Stephen Breyer, warned Thursday that a flo...


Law Practice


Environmentalists launched a new wave of attacks against the Bush administration's treatment of endangered species Thursday, f...


Law Practice


Pre-emption Tops Justices' Fall Docket

Oct. 3, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The increasingly high-profile debate over the extent to which federal law trumps state law takes center stage Monday when the ...


Civil Rights


Detainee Death Suit Can Move Forward, Panel Says

Oct. 3, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

A wrongful death lawsuit brought against individual public health officials by the family of a former detained immigrant can m...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Oct. 3, 2008
By Amanda Becker

A former Reed Smith partner has joined the newly formed Los Angeles office of Alston & Bird.


Entertainment & Sports


Talent Manager Turns Up Heat on Labor Commission

Oct. 2, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

Two weeks after a federal judge rejected his suit, a persistent talent manager refuses to give up his fight against the state ...


Law Practice


Supreme Court Denies Rehearing In Child Rape Case

Oct. 2, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court chose Wednesday not to revisit its sharply divided June decision to ban execution as a punishment for c...


Environmental


U.S. High Court Agrees to Take State Superfund Case

Oct. 2, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide to what extent courts can apportion the cost of cleaning up Superfund sites among different...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Errors Let Recalled Drug Reach Patients

Oct. 2, 2008
By Evan George

Months after recall alerts went out, more than a dozen California hospitals continued giving tainted heparin to hundreds of pa...


A Court of Appeal has upheld a legal malpractice judgment against Los Angeles attorney Eddie Jamison. He is accused of failing...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Back on Tract

Oct. 2, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

An emergency measure recently signed into law is intended to help developers and builders in this uncertain real estate market...


Law Practice


Landowners' Case Rests on Solid Ground

Oct. 2, 2008
By Greg Katzn

“A permanent ban on home construction cannot be based merely on a fear of personal injury or significant property damage,” Pre...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


In democratic societies, individuals get to choose whose religious rules — if any — they want to live by, which is why Proposi...


A bill to limit arbitration in consumer contracts that had strong backing from plaintiffs' attorneys has failed to gain the go...


Litigation


Lawyer Wins $11.6 Million From Caltrans

Oct. 2, 2008
By Noah Barronn

A Riverside jury has awarded a retired lawyer $11.6 million for auto accident injuries he claimed were caused by Caltrans' neg...


Employee Benefits


In a decision that could inspire more city-sponsored health care programs across the country, a federal appeals court on Tuesd...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Same-Sex Divorce Creates New Legal Pitfalls

Oct. 1, 2008
By Greg Katzn

Same-sex divorce is "a ripe area for mediation," said Los Angeles family law mediator and attorney Diane Goodman of Goodman Me...