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• Clarity Legal Software - Customer Spotlight on Barger & Wolen Partner
  Featured Attorneys: John M. LeBlanc
  Interview with insurance litigator John LeBlanc on how he incorporates technology into his legal practice.
  
• Client Alert: Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Agent/Broker Bill
  by Robert W. Hogeboom
  AB 2956 seeks to clarify the legal distinction between an agent and a broker.
  
• Messing With a Time-Tested Method
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 29, 2008)
• District Judge Awards Fees Of $1.1 Million To Attorneys Representing Prevailing Individual Defendant
  by Gary A. Bresee
  Gary Bresee's expert testimony on attorney fees is found to be highly persuasive.
  (California Attorneys Fees, September 06, 2008)
• Failing the First Amendment
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 04, 2008)
• Client Alert: California’s Unfair Competition Law Goes Public
  by Larry M. Golub
  (Barger & Wolen Client Alert, August 14, 2008)
• Reforming Class Action
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 20, 2007)
• Guns, Blood and Gavels
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Profile of California Chief Justice David S. Terry (1823-1889).
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 14, 2007)
• Exercising Rescission after Commencement of a Lawsuit
  by Andrew S. Williams and Vivian I. Orlando
  (Los Angeles Lawyer, December 09, 2006)
• Preventing Abuse of Tort Litigation Means Fixing Laws
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 07, 2006)
• Fall From Coverage
  by Robert G. Levy and Dawn N. Valentine
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 28, 2006)
• Attorney-Fee Measure Would Corrode Government Integrity
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 21, 2006)
• For the Sake of Workers, Employers Need Freedom
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 13, 2006)
• Legislature Needs to Unwrite Jury Waiver Paradox
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 03, 2006)
• Barger & Wolen LLP Firm Profile
  (GO-TO Law Firms Profiles, January 09, 2006)
• Accident and Health Insurance
  
• Proposition 79 Will Hamper Development of New Drugs
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 22, 2005)
• ‘Roe’ Propels Blackmun’s Improbable Journey
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Review of Linda Greenhouse's biography of Justice Blackman.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 22, 2005)
• With Reservations
  by Andrew S. Williams and Vivian I. Orlando
  The hurdle for bad faith claims after an insurer's reservation of rights is to prove financial harm
  (Los Angeles Lawyer, July 09, 2005)
• Assembly Bill Represents Legislative Bid to Skirt Proposition 64
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Critique of AB 528 which puports to create a private right of action for enforcing a broad range of state laws.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 20, 2005)
• Bill Misses Mark, Gives Plaintiffs Too Much Ammo
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Critique of AB 1700 which would act to nullify confidentiality agreements in litigation.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 05, 2005)
• 1st DCA Falls Out of Step With Voters, Intent of Prop. 64
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Analysis of Court of Appeal cases interpreting Proposition 64.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 17, 2005)
• Voice of Legal Scholar Coke, Circa 1600, Applies in 2005
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Discussion of the life and legacy of Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 09, 2005)
• Insurers Take Fall for Workers’ Compensation System Flaws
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 30, 2004)
• Schools Need More-Sensible System Than Zero Tolerance
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 15, 2004)
• Financial Elder-Abuse Law Harms Victims It Should Protect
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  How California's Elder Abuse law acts to hinder elder's investment choices.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 20, 2004)
• Initiative Is Sensible Attempt to Rein In a Terribly Problematic State Law
  by Michael A.S. Newman
  Analysis of California's Proposition 64.
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 23, 2004)
• Making Millionaires from Class Suits
  by Royal F. Oakes
  Tobacco Case Winners Have Spawned New Venue to Get Rich: the Court
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 28, 1999)
• Plaintiffs’ Bar Shouldn’t Fish for Damages When Remedy Isn’t Available
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 21, 1999)
• Open up the books on Jackson-type settlements
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (USA Today, January 27, 1994)
• Courting Real Life Instead of Oprah
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Pasadena Star-News, May 09, 1992)
• To Stay Out of the Malpractice Doghouse
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company Bulletin, January 09, 1992)
• Avoid These Common Law-and-Motion Pitfalls
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 11, 1990)
• When Justice Runs Out of Gas
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1989)
• Remembrance of a Trial Past
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 09, 1989)
• Voir Dire: Something to Savor
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 15, 1988)
• Some Suggestions for the Not Ready for Prime Time Litigator
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 13, 1988)
• These 5 Principles May Help Improve Your Final Arguments
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, January 13, 1988)
• Litigation Consultants Try to Transform an Art into a Science
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal,, August 11, 1987)
• Don’t Make Insurance a Scapegoat
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (USA Today, April 14, 1986)
• ‘Mini-Trials’ Can Benefit Lawyer and Soon-to-Be Grateful Client Alike
  by Royal F. Oakes
  (Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 09, 1986)
• Discharging Employees
  by Royal F. Oakes
  Good News for Nervous Employers
  (Los Angeles Lawyer, March 25, 1985)