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Litigation


Justice Aims Mighty Motion at AT&T Suit

May 3, 2006
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The government can't make a lawsuit go away simply by asserting that it might compromise national security. B...


Litigation


RIVERSIDE - On the eve of a new trial, attorneys unexpectedly announced a settlement Monday in a civil case against a high-ran...


Firm Watch


Pillsbury Wisely Kept Chair on West Coast, Observers Say

May 2, 2006
By William Arthur Haynes

SAN FRANCISCO - The new leaders of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman will probably be spread between D.C., Los Angeles and San F...


Real Estate/Development


Plaintiff in Milberg Suits to Plead Guilty

May 2, 2006
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Howard Vogel, a Florida-based real estate broker, has agreed to plead guilty to perjury in connection with his ...


Firm Watch


Alschuler Grossman at a Crossroads

May 2, 2006
By Drew Combsn

LOS ANGELES - More than a month after reports that merger talks with Minneapolis-based Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi wer...


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - It is not typical to write this column in the first person, but the topic is a bit differe...


Focus Column - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - It is not uncommon in family law proceedings for the ...


Law Practice


Environmental Lawyer Leaves Munger for Mayer Brown

May 2, 2006
By Tamadhur Alaqeeln

LOS ANGELES - Environmental lawyer Cynthia Burch remembers watching trials at the International Court of Justice in The Hague...


Firm Watch


Paul Hastings Welcomes Former SEC Lawyer

May 2, 2006
By William Arthur Haynes

The addition of a former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer to Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's litigation depar...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - James O. Thoma, a corporate media attorney, has joined Greenberg Traurig's Santa Monica office as a shareholder...


Public Interest


Center on Law and Poverty Picks New Chief

May 2, 2006
By Anat Rubinn

LOS ANGELES - Syd Whalley may not seem like the most obvious choice for the Western Center on Law and Poverty's next executive...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey C. Briggs, a partner at Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan in Los Angeles, has been tapped to chair th...


Administrative/Regulatory


Good News Travels Fast - Via Newscast

May 2, 2006
By Susan Mcraen

LOS ANGELES - Mario Rocha was kicking back in the day room at Calipatria State Prison with a bunch of fellow inmates, watching...


Law Practice


From Hangzhou to Greenberg Taurig

May 2, 2006
By Martin Bergn

LOS ANGELES - John Zhang sounds like he could be from Colorado or Oregon. But he was born and raised in Hangzhou, China. He g...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Myanmar villagers said their nation's military used rape, torture and murder to force them to build a natural ga...


Judicial Profile


Being a Mom Pays Off for Commissioner

May 2, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Mary Lou Katz's lack of criminal-law experience was not a handicap when she became a Los Angeles Superior Court...


Judicial Profile


Putting Defendants First, for Justice

May 2, 2006
By Don De Benedictis

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge James H. Poole was giving some of the misdemeanor defendants before him suggest...


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 1, 2006
By William Haynesn

Ethan D. Feffer joined the Orange County office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm's corporat...


Firm Watch


With Honors

May 1, 2006
By Peter Zuckerman

Attorneys Are Honored for Their Pro Bono Work - Katten Muchin Partner Gets Ms. Vision Award - DLA Piper Partners Avoid Archaic...


Discipline


CJP Launches Inquiry Into Monterey Judge

Apr. 29, 2006
By Savannah Blackwell

SAN FRANCISCO - California's judicial watchdog agency has accused Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose A. Velasquez of co...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


California Mediators Will Join Negotiation Conference

Apr. 29, 2006
By Tamadhur Alaqeeln

LOS ANGELES - The International Academy of Mediators, many of whose members were trained at Pepperdine University's Straus Ins...


Labor/Employment


Focus Column - By Anthony J. Oncidi - In a far-reaching opinion with important implications for all employers, the California ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Avid Biker Sits on Superior Court's ADR Panel

Apr. 29, 2006
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - What David A. Stephens likes best about his work as a mediator is his interactions with good lawyers. "I like de...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Robert D. Richards and Clay Calvert - Does the First Amendment guarantee of free speech protect a public hig...


Appellate Practice


3rd DCA Adds Mediation Valve to Civil Caseload

Apr. 29, 2006
By Leslie Simmonsn

This fall, civil cases headed to the 3rd District Court of Appeal may take a mediation detour first. The Sacramento-based cour...


Product Liability


SAN FRANCISCO - A pharmaceutical giant has agreed to pay nearly $500 million to settle false advertising claims involving a co...


Corporate


SAN JOSE - A jury rejected claims Thursday by a South Bay multimedia company that Bank of America misappropriated the software...


Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein's gamble hasn't yet paid off. The Democrat from California is attempting to block a nominee...


Appellate Practice


Judge Rules Deputy's Record Public

Apr. 29, 2006
By Bobbi Murrayn

LOS ANGELES - When a deputy sheriff's employment history becomes part of an appeal to the county civil service commission, tha...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar Exam Brings Probation for Federal Employee

Apr. 29, 2006
By Dennis Opatrnyn

SAN FRANCISCO - Farinaz Zahrai has decided taking the Bar exam in another state might get her a license to practice law. This ...