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Labor/Employment


Defeating Class Certification

Dec. 23, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Peter E. Masaitis and Brian J. Bergman - Recent state and federal decisions are giving employers some r...


Firm Watch


Withdrawn Lawsuit Reveals Firm's Turmoil

Dec. 23, 2006
By Emma Dewaldn

LOS ANGELES - Earlier this year, George J. Stephan and Todd C. Theodora sat in a courtroom together and heard a jury find that...


Litigation


Tiny Firm Wins Big for Fresno Schools

Dec. 23, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

SAN DIEGO - Fresno schools will get more buses and classroom computers thanks to the efforts of a small San Diego law firm tha...


Native Americans


State Ruling Pierces Tribal Sovereignty

Dec. 23, 2006
By Laura Ernden

Indian tribes have become a powerful political force in the state and should be held accountable if they don't report campaign...


Judges and Judiciary


Misfortunes Beset Murderer's Capital Case

Dec. 23, 2006
By Laura Ernden

Luck never followed Rudy Roybal. Or the lawyers who took his death-penalty case. ...


Rainmakers


Self-Sufficient

Dec. 22, 2006
By Rebecca Beyer

LOS ANGELES - When Brian Kabateck was in college, he hosted a 4:30 a.m. radio show on Los Angeles' rock station KROQ. ...


Labor/Employment


Circuit Splits

Dec. 22, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FOCUS COLUMN - By Laura W. Brill, Katharine J. Galston, Alana B. Hoffman, Ted M. Sichelman and Jonathan P. Steinsapir - The sh...


AOL Time Warner Inc. has agreed to settle civil fraud charges brought by the California teachers' pension fund, which accused ...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Some criminal court judges in San Francisco won't be taking as much holiday leave as they'd hoped to this year...


Discipline


Investigators Seek Man Impersonating Lawyer

Dec. 22, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

LOS ANGELES - Investigators are searching for a man alleged to have stolen the identity of a U.S. Army judge advocate, then us...


Education


SAN FRANCISCO - Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School both recently announced ambitious plans for altering their curricul...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal rule declaring that pesticides used in some common circumstances are not water pollutants has provok...


Constitutional Law


Justices Will Hear Case on Gay Marriage

Dec. 22, 2006
By David Houstonn

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether gays and lesbians have the right to marry in t...


Rainmakers


Versatility Rules

Dec. 22, 2006
By Emma Dewaldn

It's always something. The scandals are new, but the faces of the lawyers handling them are familiar. The state's rainmakers s...


Judicial Profile


A Fascination With Education

Dec. 22, 2006
By Don De Benedictis

SANTA ANA - Not many judges can examine an expert witness, off the cuff, about covalent ions. ...


Rainmakers


Going Private

Dec. 22, 2006
By Haynes

Some attorneys attest to the notion that government lawyering offers young practitioners unique and beneficial experience in a...


Rainmakers


Open Book

Dec. 22, 2006
By Robert Iafolla

LOS ANGELES - Though the legal profession's lack of racial diversity is well-documented, the imbalance is even more pronounced...


Rainmakers


Editor's Note

Dec. 21, 2006
By Jennifer Hammn

Editor's Note


Zoning, Planning and Use


Development in the Age of Climate Change

Dec. 21, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

A lawsuit challenged approval of a 1,500-house project in Banning, claiming automobile traffic generated by the residents will...


Rainmakers


Under the Radar

Dec. 21, 2006
By Jennifer Hammn

IRVINE - Scott J. Ferrell seems like the sort of lawyer who would hope most of his cases go to mediation.


Natural Resources


Energy Crisis Contracts to Get 2nd Look

Dec. 21, 2006
By Dennis Pfaffn

SAN FRANCISCO - Relief for California electricity ratepayers allegedly gouged during the 2000-2001 energy crisis may be closer...


Immigration


Leaving All 'The Troubles' Behind

Dec. 21, 2006
By Anne Marie Ruff

Born and raised 40 miles west of Belfast, the daughter of one of the early civil rights activists, Pamela Ferguson grew up in...


Judicial Profile


Keeping It Positive

Dec. 21, 2006
By Contributor

LOS ANGELES - Janet Slick was 16 and very nervous the first time she went to court. ...


Litigation


Woman Loses Award After Trying to Enforce It

Dec. 21, 2006
By Laura Ernden

He gave up on a case. Then he was sued for legal malpractice. And he lost. But when the Santa Barbara County lawyer's former c...


Public Interest


Ninth Legal Self-Help Center Opens

Dec. 21, 2006
By Bobbi Murrayn

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court has opened a new legal self-help center at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. ...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - With less than two weeks to go before Los Angeles federal courts switch to a new mandatory criminal e-filing sys...


Criminal


Three Good Reasons for Sentencing Commission

Dec. 21, 2006
By Eric Berkowitzn

FORUM COLUMN - By Kara Dansky - California needs a new approach to criminal sentencing. We need a reliable system for collecti...


Zoning, Planning and Use


SAN FRANCISCO - Opponents of a redevelopment plan for San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point area have filed a lawsuit calling ...


Law Practice


FORUM COLUMN - By Peter M. Walzer - Long ago, the Scrooge of the law of transmutation intruded into the sanctity of gift givin...


Litigation


Goldman Sues for O.J. Book Money

Dec. 21, 2006
By Jim Adamekn

Ronald Goldman's father sued O.J. Simpson in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, seeking any money the former NFL star received fo...