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Firm Watch


Young attorneys in the Los Angeles office of Arnold & Porter are gaining valuable trial experience through a unique progra...


Law Practice


AG Veteran to Run DA Association

Jul. 6, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - Scott Thorpe, a 35-year veteran of the California attorney general's office, has been named chief executive offic...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Preserving Zoning

Jul. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Bryan W. Wenter - The California Supreme Court recently put the brakes on a case that could have fundamental...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Missing the 'Bong Hits' Boat

Jul. 6, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Glenn C. Smith - The Supreme Court could have avoided the sloppy free-speech jurisprudence of Morse v. Fr...


Government


California can't borrow money to meet its ever-growing obligation to public-employee retirees without first seeking voter appr...


WASHINGTON - The two prosecutors favored to be the new U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco likely will face smooth...


Criminal


Forty years before William Ayres was accused of molesting boys, the prominent San Mateo County child psychiatrist roiled the ...


Law Practice


Brain-Damaged Child Gets $96 Million

Jul. 6, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - A child who suffered severe brain damage and motor impairment as a result of untreated jaundice was awarded $96....


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Talk about jumping out of a plane without a parachute. Virgin America company was grounded in late 2006. The fle...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Paul S. Weiland - The recent ruling in U.S. v. Atlantic Research clarifies the legal obligations of p...


Judicial Profile


Moving Forward

Jul. 4, 2007
By Dennis Pfaffn

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge H. James Ellis found his way to the bench through the jungles of Vietnam. ...


Litigation


In a roundtable session, Michael V. Gisser, of Skadden Arps, Stephen D. Blevit, of Sidley Austin, and David M. Hernand, of Lat...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - Former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes admitted knowing the accounting implications of granti...


SANTA ANA - Having a bubble-headed corporate spokes-clown laugh uproariously at you on national television is bad enough. But ...


Real Estate/Development


Luce Forward to Open Orange County Office

Jul. 4, 2007
By Maya Meinert

LOS ANGELES - Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps will expand its Southern California real estate practice this summer when ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The president's stubborness on vital medical research is needlessly keeping millions of Am...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired Prosecutor Was Ethics Expert

Jul. 4, 2007
By Dan Schechnern

LOS ANGELES - Noted legal ethicist and former Los Angeles County deputy district attorney Rod Leonard died Friday. He was 63. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Labor Reform or Discrimination?

Jul. 4, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Linda F. Atcherley - Changes to California's workers' compensation laws have led to disability payments bein...


Litigation


Bill to Reopen Police Hearings Appears Dead

Jul. 4, 2007
By David Houstonn

SACRAMENTO - Peace officers in Los Angeles and several other major cities in California appear to have blocked a bill that wou...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Bankrupt Marriage

Jul. 4, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Gary A. Starre and Harold J. Cohn - Preparation is key when dealing with the twin traumas of divorce and ins...


Judges and Judiciary


SACRAMENTO - A joint Assembly and Senate budget committee has rejected an effort to approve a retirement package for some judg...


Government


Townsend Expands Eastward, to Washington

Jul. 4, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

LOS ANGELES - California-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew is taking its intellectual property capabilities east. It announ...


Law Practice


When Flying the Skies Was Less Friendly

Jul. 4, 2007
By David Houstonn

Nearly three decades after they helped to end some sexist practices in the airline industry, former flight attendants Gail Bra...


California Supreme Court


One of the newest judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lashed out at his senior colleagues Monday, blaming judges f...


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


9th Circuit Is the Champion of Reversals

Jul. 4, 2007
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court considered 21 decisions from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during i...


Judicial Profile


Keeping Cool

Jul. 3, 2007
By Amy Yarbroughn

Judge Brian Aronson is a steadying force in the tumultuous world of family law and juvenile court. ...


Law Practice


Ed Corey Jr. and Kelly Sutter, estate attorneys in Sacramento, have found a growing practice helping the elderly recover asset...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Lauded by some as bold and innovative, Howrey's plan to abandon the industry standard lockstep pay scale for ass...


Firm Watch


Greenberg Traurig Picks Up Pillsbury Partner

Jul. 3, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - LOS ANGELES - Greenberg Traurig continues to expand its Orange County office with the add...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - Three Davis attorneys are among nearly two dozen people appointed by Gov. A...