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Jan. 9, 2009

Bright Light On the Bench

Imaginative and cheerful U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter has a knack for getting parties to settle their disputes.

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By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter was losing patience. The two intractable parties before her were not about to settle their patent dispute.

"These people couldn't agree on anything," she recalled of the case that came before her in the mid-'90s.

So, Porter said, she figured it was time for a little creativity. She ordered the parties to regularly meet and confer - over ch... (continued)

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