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Litigation


Web Exclusive - An appellate court on Friday stripped a $15 million jury verdict from a man who discovered that he was the Tas...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Marked by Infringement

Jul. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Lisa M. Martens and Gregory M. Krakau - The Internet is changing the stakes for the age-old concept of "like...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By Gabe Friedman - LOS ANGELES - Brian E. Klein, an associate at the law firm representing lawyer Melvyn I. W...


Firm Watch


Greenberg Adds Employment Partner

Jul. 3, 2007
By Maya Meinertn

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - LOS ANGELES - Greenberg Glusker has completed its fourth lateral hire in the last four mont...


Judges and Judiciary


Web Exclusive - SACRAMENTO - Any hopes for a change in the judicial retirement plan this year was firmly dashed against the ro...


Criminal


A San Francisco man wrongly imprisoned for murder for 14 years and later declared innocent by a superior court judge is not en...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Christine von Wrangel - The popularity of mediation courses belies the lack of opportunities in the field. ...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is showing signs of bouncing back ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Reefer Madness at The High Court

Jul. 3, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Diane Klein - A law professor takes a light-hearted look at the inanity of the high court's handling of Mors...


Judges and Judiciary


Med-Mal Attorney Loved Big-Game Hunting

Jul. 3, 2007
By Sarah Mcclure

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Robert Ray Huskinson, a lawyer whose victory in a state Supreme Court case helped ...


Firm Watch


Reed Smith Taps Bankruptcy Head at Katten

Jul. 3, 2007
By Rebecca U. Cho

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - LOS ANGELES - Reed Smith has tapped Marsha Houston, the former bankruptcy practice head o...


Government


Kennedy Vote Becomes Decisive for High Court

Jul. 3, 2007
By Brent Kendall

A reconstituted U.S. Supreme Court with two Bush appointees left a lasting mark in just its second year, steering the high cou...


In a big blow to the three-strikes law, a divided state appellate panel has held that courts can't use prior juvenile convicti...


Corporate


Witness for Prosecution Helps Defense

Jul. 3, 2007
By Craig Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - For months, defense lawyers for former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gregory Rey...


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Jul. 2, 2007
By Sarah Mcclure

On The Move


Firm Watch


Industry Watch

Jul. 2, 2007
By Sarah Mcclure

With Honors


Judicial Profile


Putting Family First

Jul. 2, 2007
By Pat Alston

Following a lesson from his own mother, Commissioner Barry S. Michaelson works to protect families in his family law courtroo...


Law Practice


Litigator Scott C. Glovsky and his client, Maria Watanabe, are featured in Michael Moore's new documentary, “SiCKO,” which is ...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - A dentist on his second trip to trial court in a breach-of-contract case against USC finds himself before a judg...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Avoiding Layoff Litigation

Jun. 30, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Employment Column - By Jonathan Fraser Light - An employment lawyer provides a guide to preventing a work-force reduction from...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Doctrine Chills Free Speech

Jun. 30, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Adam Thierer - Calls to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine ignore the debilitating effects it had on political ...


LOS ANGELES - In 1988, Joel Grossman was representing the Writers Guild of America, West during the union's six-month strike a...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


FCC's Duty to Partisan Parity

Jun. 30, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Forum Column - By Paul Woodhull - The federal government needs to regulate radio to ensure a balanced dialogue. ...


SAN FRANCISCO - Half a dozen years after Californians experienced dimmed lights and power shortages as a result of a crisis in...


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


Justices Let Manufacturer Control Price Policy

Jun. 30, 2007
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Explicitly overruling a century-old antitrust precedent, a divided U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday that it is no...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury ordered the nation's second-largest payroll processing firm to pay $15 ...


Criminal


Court Stays Sentence for Contempt

Jun. 30, 2007
By Jennifer Hammn

LOS ANGELES - A former defense attorney for Phil Spector will avoid jail for now after the California Supreme Court late Wedne...


Verdicts


Jury Orders Physician to Pay $11.7 Million

Jun. 30, 2007
By Jim Adamekn

SANTA ANA - One Mission Viejo doctor must pay $11.7 million to a man left nearly paralyzed by strokes, but another doctor owes...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Barring Class Action

Jun. 30, 2007
By Troy Senikn

Focus Column - By Dennis F. Moss - An upcoming California Supreme Court verdict will decide the future of class-action protect...


Criminal


Company Sues Auditor for Stock-Options Troubles

Jun. 30, 2007
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Vitesse Semiconductors, a Camarillo-based company that discovered problems with its stock-options grants and acc...