Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld - The economy finally is showing signs of recovery following Federal Reserve Chai...
Intellectual Property
U.S. Supreme Court Likely Will Overturn the 'Festo' Decision
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Focus Column - By Stephen Byers - On Nov. 29, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit fundamentally altered on...
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Voir dire is for finding out which jurors are, or might be, against you, as well as for ...
LOS ANGELES - When determining the fate of children in dependency cases, appellate courts may consider post-judgment developm...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court weighed in on another cyberspace dispute Wednesday by agreeing to decide whether ...
RIVERSIDE - Retired Riverside County Judge William H. Sullivan pleaded guilty Wednesday to seven misdemeanor charges of making...
SAN FRANCISCO - California attorneys are being asked to provide suggestions on how to improve civil procedures in the trial co...
SAN FRANCISCO - A man who wed his terminally ill partner in a hospital ceremony the day before she died is not entitled to a s...
LOS ANGELES - Chicago's Katten Muchin Zavis has acquired New York-based Rosenman & Colin to form Katten Muchin Zavis Rosen...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received permission Wednesday to start making interest payments to some of its la...
SAN FRANCISCO - A report criticizing San Francisco's handling of domestic violence cases was released Wednesday as city agenci...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out a controversial city zoning change that would have allowed a d...
Labor/Employment
State's Ban on Non-Compete Clauses Struck By 9th Circuit
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a significant blow to the rights of workers to switch jobs without limitation, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of App...
SANTA ANA - A former Orange County sex crimes prosecutor was sentenced Wednesday to probation for a January 2001 attack on his...
LOS ANGELES - Come tax day, the Directors Guild of America will have a new general counsel - Robert Giolito, founding partner ...
Intellectual Property
Reversal of Huge Jury Award Has Patent Bar Talking
By Xenia P. Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Courtroom drama is as rare in patent litigation as a snowfall in Oakland. It almost never happens, but when it...
RIVERSIDE - Attorney Edward Horowitz, who has represented a host of defendants accused of drug-related crimes, was charged thi...
Focus Column - By Natalie P. Vance - A recent pair of California Supreme Court cases clarifies when a property owner will be r...
Government
Bush Picks Local GOP Chair For Legal Aid Board Position
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - President Bush has appointed five individuals to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corp., the federal...
Corporate
Andersen Peril Teaches Mean Litigating Machines to Ferret Out Bad Apples
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - If somebody handed you a rotten, stinking, wormy apple, would you take a bite? Yeah, I know some of y...
Dicta Column - By Linda B. Bulmash - In a negotiation, your job as persuader is to influence your opponent to change his or he...
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Here are some ideas that may help attorneys save some money when preparing their 2001 tax ret...
Forum Column - By Leslie T. Thornton - The Bush administration is awash in secrets these days. The Washington Post, for exampl...
Judges and Judiciary
Commissioner-Judge System Does Big Disservice to All
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Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - In the family law system, there are two types of judicial officers that preside over cases...
Labor/Employment
Requiring Employees to Arbitrate May Not Always Be Employers' Best Option
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Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - With the rise in the popularity of binding arbitration of employme...
PASADENA - Services have taken place for Fred W. Brandt, an insurance defense lawyer who is remembered by fellow lawyers as a ...
SANTA ANA - With 268 write-in votes in the primary, Dana Point attorney John Adams not only got himself in a runoff with incum...
LOS ANGELES - Santa Monica-based Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has recruited two new senior lawyers, who start ...
LOS ANGELES - Lee G. Paul, the last surviving name partner at Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, has died at ...
SAN JOSE - A month after signing a permanent injunction barring two research scientists from launching personal attacks agains...