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Judges and Judiciary


Prosecutor Gets Judgeship

Mar. 4, 2006
By Savannah Blackwell

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney John Laettner to Contra Costa County Superior Cou...


Real Estate/Development


SACRAMENTO - A groundbreaking New Jersey court decision if affirmed on appeal would give California homeowners a new tool to ...


Immigration


'Miranda' Applies to Illegal Immigrant

Mar. 4, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - If immigration authorities are going to take an illegal immigrant into custody and question him extensively ab...


Immigration


Mom Is Deported Regardless of Family

Mar. 4, 2006
By Amelia Hansen

SAN FRANCISCO - Immigration authorities are free to tell illegal immigrants facing deportation it is tough luck if they have t...


Large Firms


IP at Fish & Richardson Lures Lawyer

Mar. 4, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - Longtime Silicon Valley attorney Richard Allan Horning, who found a niche helping Swedish companies get into t...


Judges and Judiciary


Civil Litigator Thrives in Criminal Court

Mar. 4, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Janice C. Croft had spent 11 years handling personal injury and probate cases when then Gov. George Deukmejian a...


Appellate Practice


Panel Gives Justice System 'F'

Mar. 4, 2006
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - If anybody can claim the system failed them, it's Gregory Gayton. An Orange County appellate court has issued a ...


Law Practice


High Court Expert Migrates

Mar. 4, 2006
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court specialist Thomas C. Goldstein is leaving the litigation boutique he formed six years ago to estab...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar-Group Chief Resigns After 'Buckwheat' Remark

Mar. 4, 2006
By Savannah Blackwell

SAN FRANCISCO - He says it was just a slip of the tongue but the racially insensitive remark made by veteran civil litigator a...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Advocacy groups that file amicus briefs in appellate cases should not be ordered to pay their opponent's fees ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for March 2

Mar. 3, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

SAN DIEGO - Veralliance Properties purchased a corporate office and laboratory portfolio from Equity Office Properties -Indust...


Immigration


Illegal Parents - Citizen Kids

Mar. 3, 2006
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - As the Senate takes up immigration reform today, sharp divisions have re-emerged between those who support a Ho...


Family


Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Family law attorneys do find themselves in a bit of a conundrum at times. Clients are dist...


Immigration


Forum Column - Philip Hwang - Imagine traveling abroad for a vacation. When the plane lands at your destination, foreign offic...


Appellate Practice


Defeated Attorney Points to Dirty Tactics

Mar. 3, 2006
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A man who claims he was beaten by one of San Francisco's most notorious police officers is vowing an appeal to...


Litigation


Ryan Gets His Shot at Energy Company

Mar. 3, 2006
By Anna Oberthurn

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has given the go-ahead to the beleaguered prosecution of a Texas energy company accused of def...


Real Estate/Development


Mixed Reviews for Rocky's Blight Fight

Mar. 3, 2006
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - As City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's staff went about Los Angeles enforcing city codes, they found no shortage of...


Government


Feinstein Balks at 9th Circuit Nominee

Mar. 3, 2006
By Lawrence Hurleyn

WASHINGTON - Politics surrounding the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heated up again Wednesday when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ...


Corporate


Court to Weigh Kangaroo-Shoe Case

Mar. 3, 2006
By Itir Yakarn

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Wednesday to hear an animal rights case accusing athletic-appa...


Government


Three-Strikes Reform Bill to Be Introduced

Mar. 3, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - State Sen. Gloria Romero will introduced a bill today aimed at reforming California's three-strikes law. The bi...


Corporate


SAN FRANCISCO - Jon Dudas, the director of the Patent and Trademark Office, made a campaign stop of sorts at UC Berkeley Tuesd...


Law Practice


More Pellicano Charges, Prosecutor Says

Mar. 3, 2006
By John Hanusz

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles will seek at least one additional indictment in the illegal wiretappin...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Has the California Legislature gone into the horror-movie business? That's the question some attorneys are askin...


Large Firms


Two More Lawyers Join Exodus From Buchalter

Mar. 3, 2006
By Peter Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES - Two more attorneys have left Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, bringing to 10 the total number of lawyers wh...


Large Firms


Cochran Firm Clashes Over Legacy

Mar. 3, 2006
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - Almost a year after the death of its founder and namesake, Johnnie Cochran, the Cochran Firm appears to be at a ...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - If anybody can claim the system failed them, it's Gregory Gayton. An Orange County appellate court has issued a ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for March 1

Mar. 2, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

ORANGE - Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc. renewed and expanded its lease for a total of 90,776 square feet of sp...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Battling Alcoholism Together

Mar. 2, 2006
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - It's not often that a man convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter scores a job with full benefits at the la...


Entertainment & Sports


Forum Column - By Crissy Sohl - The California Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 14 in the sexual harassment case of Amaani L...


Entertainment & Sports


Forum Column - By Michael Bhargava - From Warner Bros.' perspective, Lyle v. Warner Bros. presents the classic situation of ba...