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SCCBA Today's Legal News Visit the bar website for the latest in relevant news! http://www.sccba.com Pending U.S. Executions2007-05-08 00:00:00Pending U.S. Executions -- Updated Weeklyhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=663 DOJ Won't Oppose Immunity for Goodling in Probe of U.S. Attorneys' Firings2007-05-08 00:00:00Former DOJ Whitehouse Liaison Will Testify on US Atty Firings under Immunity Granthttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7926 Pakistan Court Halts Judge Probe2007-05-08 00:00:00Pakistan HIgh Court Halts Controversial Conduct Inquest of Chief Justicehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7927 Ecuador to Investigate Rights Abuses2007-05-08 00:00:00New Ecuador Govt. Announces Truth Commissionhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7928 University of California Marks Decade of Race-Blind Admissions2007-05-07 00:00:00Contrast Between Iconic Figures Underscores Bitter Dilemma of UC's Diversity Strugglehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7922 More Calif. Firms Follow Orrick's Move to $160K Associate Pay2007-05-07 00:00:00Bay Area Associate Salary War Looms, as Orrick Breakout Triggers Big-Firm Stampedehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7921 Officers in May Day Melee Off the Street2007-05-07 00:00:0060 from LA's Elite Cops' Unit Pulled off Street after Police Riot during May 1 Immigration Rallyhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7923 Man Not Allowed to Offer Wife for Sale on Internet2007-05-07 00:00:00Brazilian Govt.: Law Banning Sale of Human Body Parts Bars Ad on EBay Affiliate, Selling Wife for $50http://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7925 Scrutiny of Medical Waste Disposal Intensifies2007-05-07 00:00:00Scent of Longer-Term Scandal Lingers Around Med-Waste Dumped at SJ Landfillhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7924 North American South Asian Bar Association FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION2007-05-05 00:00:00SCCBA to Co-Sponsor South Asian Bar Assn. Convention in SFhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7915 Employers Win Big in Calif. High Court Ruling Brodie v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board -- Cal.4th --, Docket No. S146979 (2007)2007-05-04 00:00:00Cal. Supremes Keep Workers' Comp. Disability Apportionment Formula Employer-Friendly - Brodie v. WCABhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7918 Special-Ed Students at Lakewood Elementary Endure Crucial Exam2007-05-04 00:00:00STAR Testing Inflicts Shame on Special Ed Kids and Absurd Penalties on Their Schoolshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7919 Canada Probes TB 'Genocide' in Church-Run Schools2007-05-04 00:00:00Investigators Charge Genocidal Facilitation of Rampant TB by Canada's Church-Run Aboriginal Boarding Schools, into 1940shttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7920 Former Deputy AG Comey Offers Praise to Fired U.S. Attorneys2007-05-04 00:00:00Former Top DOJ Supervisor Extolls Fired Prosecutors as Excellent & Dedicatedhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7917 Orrick Ups Calif. Associates' Pay to $160,0002007-05-04 00:00:00Orrick Calif. Associates' Pay Leaps to $160 Khttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7916 Islamic Scholars Play Role in High Finance Does Your Sukuk Comply with Shariah? Muslims Try to Reconcile Modern Commerce with the Teachings of the Prophet2007-05-03 00:00:00Globally, Islamic Lending Tops $750 Bhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7913 Calif. Smoker Gets Higher Compensatory Damages in Second Trial Jury Finds R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris Liable for Damages2007-05-03 00:00:00On Retrial, Calif. Jury Gives Tobacco Plaintiff Higher Damageshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7911 Law Professor: Forwarding eMails Can Be Illegal2007-05-03 00:00:00Cyber Denizens Cower as Arkanasa Law Prof Predicts Onslaught of eMail Forwarding Lawsuitshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7914 Billionaire's Claims of Malicious Prosecution May Turn on Whether Settlement Is a Win Calif. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Involving Founder of Siebel Systems2007-05-03 00:00:00Cal. Supremes Ponder whether S. Valley Billionaire Can Sue for Malicious Prosecution after Settling Fraud Claimshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7912 House Tries Again for Antispyware Bill2007-05-02 00:00:00Lofgren and Republican Colleague File New Anti-Spyware Legislationhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7910 Calif. AG Brown Raises Legal Defense Fund2007-05-02 00:00:00Union & Pharmaceutical Money Flows to Jerry Brown's Litigation War Chesthttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7906 Ex-BAR/BRI Leader Blasts Deal Suit Claims Law Students Were Overcharged by $1,000 Each as a Result of Conspiracy to Monopolize the Exam Market2007-05-02 00:00:00Former Bar/Bri Exec Says $125-Per Student Anti-Trust Class Action Settlement Sells Plaintiffs Shorthttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7907 U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Prevent Guantanamo Bay Detainee's Transfer to Libya2007-05-02 00:00:00US Supremes Won't Block Gitmo Prisoner's 'Rendition' to Libya for Probable Torturehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7908 'Naked Guy' Death Leads to Lawsuit2007-05-02 00:00:00Mom Sues over Berkeley 'Naked Guy's' 2006 Suicide in S. Clara Jailhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7909 California Investigator Admits Forging Documents to Help Death Row Inmates2007-05-01 00:00:00Captial Appeals Investigator Pleads Guilty to Forging Documents to Prevent 'Barbaric Atrocity'http://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7904 Supreme Court Takes Second Look at Death Sentences for Foreigners Medellin v. Texas -- U.S. --, Docket No. 06-984. (1970)2007-05-01 00:00:00Supremes will Determine whether President Can Order State Courts to Rehear Capital Cases where Original Trials Violated Foreign Treaties - Medellin v. Texashttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7903 Gilroy Garlic Festival Dress Code Upheld Court Rejects Club's Free-Speech Argument2007-05-01 00:00:009th Circuit Gilroy Can Ban Bikers from Wearing Colors to Garlic Festhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7905 Supreme Court Adopts New Standard on Patent Litigation KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. -- U.S. --, Docket No. 04–1350 (2007)2007-05-01 00:00:00US Supremes Expands Definition of Obviousness, Facilitating Patent Challenges - KSR v. Teleflexhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7902 Federal Judge Questions Wilson Sonsini's Role in Brocade Suit2007-04-30 00:00:00Conflicts May Oust Wilson-Sonsini from Role in Brocade Option Lawsuitshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7898 Immigrants' Rights March Focuses on Keeping Families Together Immigration Sweeps Leave Kids Parent-Less, Local Activists Charge2007-04-30 00:00:00S. Jose Immigration Marchers Challenge Family Separationshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7901 US Civil Rights Group to Hold Symbolic Funeral for Racial Slur2007-04-30 00:00:00NAACP Announces Funeral for the 'N-Word'http://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7900 US Cities Declare Imigrant Snctuaries as Federal Authorities Crack Down2007-04-30 00:00:00Ordinances Forbid Local Police from Collusion with Fed. Immigration Sweepshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7899 Minority Lawyers Wait for Large Firms to Catch Up New Survey Shows Law Firms Make Slow Progress in Bolstering Numbers of Minority Lawyers2007-04-27 00:00:00Survey Shows Excruciatingly Slow Progress in Big Firm Diversityhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7893 Findings of Repeated Misconduct Get Judge Bounced Off Bench2007-04-27 00:00:00Monterey Co. Judge Removed for Serial Malversationhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7894 Lawsuit Targets Those who Collect e-Mail Addresses for Spam2007-04-27 00:00:00Spam Combatting Corporation Sues to Expose & Shut Down eMail Addresss Harvestershttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7897 Chechnya: A Dubious Amnesty Militants who Surrender Voluntarily and Are not Protected by Ramzan Kadyrov are Subsequently Re-Arrested2007-04-27 00:00:00Chechnyan Amnesty a Sham, Journalist Chargeshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7895 Three South Bay hospitals Caught Dumping Untreated Medical Waste2007-04-27 00:00:003 Area Hospitals Caught Sending Bags of Blood & Other Untreated Waste to Landfillhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7896 Investor Settles Newspaper Lawsuit Medianews Drops Ad Deal with Hearst2007-04-26 00:00:00Merc-News' Parent Corp. Agrees to Drop Joint Ad-Marketing Arrangement with Hearsthttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7891 Malpractice Juries Tend to Side More With Doctors, Researcher Finds2007-04-26 00:00:00Research Indicates Jurors are More Sympathetic toward Drs. than toward Plaintiffs, in Malpractice Trialshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7888 Solo, Small-Firm Use of 'Prepaid' Plans Grows Steadier Income a Trade-Off for Lower Margin Work, They Find2007-04-26 00:00:00Prepaid Legal Plans Carving out Sizable Niche in Solo & Small Firm Legal Economyhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7889 Family Bests City over Attorneys' Fees Taxpayers Must Pick up the Tab for Fence Fight in State Court City of Monte Cereno v. Padgett -- Cal.App.4th --, Docket No. H029631 (2007)2007-04-26 00:00:00Town Can't Extract Atty. Fees from Fence-Height Litigating Duo - Couple Vows Revenge on 'Victimizing' Townsfolk - Monte Sereno v. Padgetthttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7892 Uganda Peace Talks with LRA Rebels Set to Resume2007-04-26 00:00:00Peace Negotiations to Resume Today (April 26) Between Unganda Govt. & LRA Rebelshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7890 Subprime Crash May Be a Boon to Attorneys2007-04-25 00:00:00Attorneys Savor Potential Goldmine in Subprime Loan Crashhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7885 Intel Proposes Plan to Restore Lost Documents in AMD Suit2007-04-25 00:00:00Contrite Intel Execs Offer Plan to Rescue Expunged eMailshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7886 New Orleans' Blacks See Rental Block African Americans Seeking Rentals Face Discrimination and Fewer Accommodations, a Study Finds.2007-04-25 00:00:00Post-Katrina, Blacks Systematically Denied Scarce New Orleans Rentals, Study Revealshttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7887 Paintball-Shooting Toll Collector Can Go Back to Work, Court Says2007-04-25 00:00:00Paintball-Blasting Road-Rage Conviction Insufficient Grounds to Block Arbitrator from Reinstating Fired Toll Collector, NJ Supremes Rulehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7884 Two California Men Plead Guilty in Cross-Burning Outside Home of Rwandan Civil War Survivor2007-04-24 00:00:00Guilty Plea in Calif. Cross-Burning at Rwandan Genocide Survivor's Homehttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7882 ID Task Force Ideas Receive Cool Reception2007-04-24 00:00:00White House ID Protection Task Force's Proposals Elicit Tepid Response from Larger Expert Communityhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7883 Attorney: SEC Plans to File Civil Suit Against Former Apple GC Over Stock Options2007-04-24 00:00:00SEC to Sue Apple Ex-GC for Stock Option Backdating Fraudhttp://www.sccba.com/lawpractice/home.cfm?pg=view_newsitem.cfm?id=7881