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Judicial Profile


Hollywood, Then and Now

Jan. 24, 2008
By Pat Alston

Superior Court Judge David W. Stuart presides in the same hallowed halls where he first wandered as a law student looking for ...


Verdicts


SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups fighting for tougher controls on pollution runoff from Southern California roads have rea...


Top 40 Under 40


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 23, 2008
By Lacey Draken

The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 California lawyers younger than 40 spotlights folks making huge deals, trying high-st...


Firm Watch


Sonnenschein Bankruptcy Adds Partner

Jan. 23, 2008
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - As talks of a recession cast a gloom over the U.S. economy, things look bright for Sonnen...


Bankruptcy


Thursday night, the Orange County Bar Association made Cathrine M. Castaldi its president for 2008. ...


Judicial Profile


Straight Shooter

Jan. 23, 2008
By Pat Alston

Although he's a distant relative of 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Philip H. Hickok is no rule-from-the-hip judge. ...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Robert McGahan, one of the lead federal prosecutors in the criminal case against the Milberg Weiss class-action ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Stan Yogi - Years before the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, Californians waged their ...


Firm Watch


New Dreier Lawyer Expands Practice

Jan. 23, 2008
By Alexa Hylandn

Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - Fred Griffin is expanding his practice quickly, as the newest member of Dreier Stein Kahan ...


Firm Watch


Patent Prosecutor Moves to Connolly Bove

Jan. 23, 2008
By Maya Meinert

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Patent prosecution attorney Grant T. Langton has a new home today - the Los Angeles office...


Industry Watch - By Pat Broderick - A partner in the real estate, land use and environmental practice group of Sheppard Mullin...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - In an effort to deal with the massive caseload in California's Central District, some civil cases will go direct...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Will Hear Worker Retaliation Case

Jan. 23, 2008
By David Houstonn

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will decide whether a key federal civil rights law protects workers ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Suctioning Data

Jan. 23, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Ilana S. Rubel - Internet aggregators who take information from other sites without authorization likely wil...


Firm Watch


Munger Litigator Pioneers as Special Master

Jan. 23, 2008
By David Houstonn

Industry Watch - By Amity Bacon - The U.S. Supreme Court has set a milestone with the appointment of the first woman as specia...


Education


Law Professor Drawn to Past Controversies

Jan. 23, 2008
By Alexa Hylandn

In his recently published book, "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Camp...


Government


LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo acknowledges his office has spent almost all of his annual budget for outside cou...


California Courts of Appeal


Panel Lets Judges Revoke Pro Hac Vice

Jan. 23, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Texas attorney David L. Sheller got what he wanted from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, which erased his $95,...


Judicial Profile


A Winding Road

Jan. 23, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Judge Susan Etezadi's experiences with the law have taken her as far as The Hague and, most recently, landed her on the bench ...


Constitutional Law


SAN DIEGO - A California lawyer has won a $188 million verdict for a Mexican businessman who claimed a Texan defamed him in a ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 22, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's l...


Judicial Profile


Four-County Commuter

Jan. 22, 2008
By Linda Rapattoni

Dispensing justice over a wide area in Northern California, Commissioner Peter Twede is known for his patience and his clear e...


Government


Former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, who has been working in the private sector since leaving public office three years ago...


Judicial Profile


Diverse Passions

Jan. 19, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

After a love of Los Angeles brought him across country, Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm enjoyed 20 years in private practic...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a homeless paraplegic man found 'dumped' in a Skid Row gutter last February filed a lawsuit Thursd...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service will take place tomorrow for retired U.S. District Judge Spencer M. Williams. Williams die...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A murder defendant who had a dysfunctional relationship with his court-appointed counsel is not guaranteed new legal represent...


Civil Rights


RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which two former students of a religious high school claimed ad...


Verdicts


RIVERSIDE - A company that refuels commercial aircraft at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside has agreed to pay $100,000 to ...


Forum Column - By Joe Domanick - A conveyer-belt system of criminal justice in California has led to overcrowded prisons and a...