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  1. Daniel J. Gonzalez, Prachasaisoradej v. Ralph's Grocery: Profit-Based Incentive Plans Given the Green Light ( January 2008) Vol. 22, No. 1, California Labor & Employment Law Review, p. 5.

  2. David M. Axelrad, Pay Judges More (Jan. 14, 2008), Los Angeles Times Opinion <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-axelrad15jan15,0,7688537.story> (as of Jan. 14, 2008).

  3. David M. Axelrad, Increasing Pay for Federal Judges (Dec. 28, 2007) <http://www.lawdragon.com
    /index.php/newdragon/fullstory/increasing_pay_for_federal_judges/> (as of Jan. 4, 2008).

  4. David S. Ettinger, New Year, New Rules (Dec. 28, 2007) Los Angeles Daily Journal.

  5. David M. Axelrad, Mitchell C. Tilner and Felix Shafir, "Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions," in Litigation Section of the State Bar of California, California Litigation Review: Review of 2006 Legislation and Developments p. 51 (June 2007).

  6. H. Thomas Watson, Medical Discounts and the Collateral Source Rule (May 2007) vol. 24, no. 8, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, p. 1.

  7. Dean A. Bochner, The Safety Dance, Verdict (4th Quarter 2006) p. 43.

  8. David M. Axelrad and Jeremy B. Rosen, Anti-SLAPP Statutes and Peer Review (Nov. 2006) vol. 24, no. 2A, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, p. 7.

  9. David M. Axelrad and M.C. Sungaila, Justices Will Give Guidance on Excluding Expert Testimony, L.A. Daily J. (August 23, 2006) p. 8.

  10. David M. Axelrad, It's About Time Federal Judges Got a Living Wage, L.A. Daily J. (July 31, 2006) p. 8.

  11. H. Thomas Watson and Lisa Perrochet, The Ethics and Legality of Jury Investigations, Verdict (1st Quarter 2006) p. 38.

  12. Jason R. Litt, The California Supreme Court Goes to Work on Employment Issues, Verdict (1st Quarter 2006) p. 41.

  13. M.C. Sungaila, 2 Cal. Civil Discovery Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 4th ed. 2006) Writs and Appeals, § 16 et seq., pp. 1409 to 1442.

  14. M.C. Sungaila, Quantity or quality? (May 18, 2006) Legal Week <http://legalweek.com/ViewItem.asp?id=28948>[as of May 18, 2006]

  15. David M. Axelrad, The Abiding Appeal of the Concept of Legislative Due Process (April 2006) 29 Los Angeles Lawyer, p. 92.

  16. Curt Cutting, Premature New Trial Motions (March 2006) California Lawyer, p. 24.

  17. Curt Cutting, Baby Steps: California Supreme Court Cautiously Ventures Into Federal Punitive Damages Law, Verdict (2nd Quarter 2005).

  18. David M. Axelrad and Jon B. Eisenberg, Why California's Anti-SLAPP Statute Should Apply to Peer Review (Nov. 2005) vol. 23, no. 11, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, p. 1.

  19. David M. Axelrad, The Appellate Process: Preserving A Case for Appeal, TortSource (A.B.A. Torts & Ins. Prac. Sec., Appellate Advoc. Com., Chicago, Ill.) (Summer 2005) volume 7, No. 4, p. 2.

  20. M.C. Sungaila and Jason T. Weintraub, Standing Out from the Crowd: Successfully Obtaining Writ Relief from Discovery Orders (2005) volume 18, No. 2, Cal. Litigation, p. 40.

  21. David M. Axelrad, The Statutory Framework for Appeal Bonds (June 2005) 28 Los Angeles Lawyer, p. 16.

  22. David M. Axelrad and Mary-Christine Sungaila, New Standards for Expert Testimony (July 2005) California Lawyer, p. 39.

  23. David M. Axelrad, The Statutory Framework for Appeal Bonds (June 2005) 28 Los Angeles Lawyer, p. 16.

  24. David M. Axelrad and Robert H. Wright, California Court: Peer Review Recommendations Not Final (Nov. 2004) vol. 22, no. 1, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy 3-4.

  25. Mitchell C. Tilner, Consistently Inconsistent: Recent Supreme Court Decisions Interpreting Insurance Policies (3d Qtr. 2004) Verdict, p. 30.

  26. John A. Taylor, Jr., The Itchy & Scratchy Show, The Off. Record (Summer 2004) p. 3.

  27. Mitchell C. Tilner, Court Fails to Clarify Use of Policy's Drafting History, L.A. Daily J. (June 3, 2004) p. 7.

  28. David M. Axelrad and Curt Cutting, Problematic New Civil Jury Instructions (May 2004) California Lawyer, 20.

  29. John A. Taylor, Jr., Reelin' in the Years, The Off. Record (Spring 2004) p. 9.

  30. John A. Taylor, Jr., Computer-Readable Transcripts, The Off. Record (Winter 2004) p. 6.

  31. John A. Taylor, Jr., Counting the Cost, The Off. Record (Fall 2003) p. 7.

  32. John A. Taylor, Jr., Reporters' Transcripts on Appeal: Transcript Formatting, The Off. Record (Summer 2003) p. 5.

  33. Ellis J. Horvitz, Mitchell C. Tilner and Bradley S. Pauley, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, Cal. Litigation Rev. (May 2003) p. 79.

  34. Mary-Christine Sungaila & Lisa Perrochet, Guilt by Association, S.F. Recorder (May 5, 2003 supp.) pp. 6-7.

  35. David S. Ettinger, The Quest to Desegregate Los Angeles Schools (March 2003) 26 Los Angeles Lawyer 54.

  36. Jon B. Eisenberg & Jeremy B. Rosen, Unmasking “crack_smoking_jesus”: Do Internet Service Providers Have a Tarasoff Duty to Divulge the Identity of a Subscriber who is Making Death Threats? (2003) 25 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (Comm/Ent) 683.

  37. John A. Taylor, Jr., Those R.T.'s, The Off. Record (Spring 2003) p. 4.

  38. Mary-Christine Sungaila, On the Cutting Edge: As Pending Supreme Court Cases Concerning Contraceptive Coverage and Second-Parent Adoption Show, California Continues to be at the Forefront of the Law, 11 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 399 (Spring 2002).

  39. David S. Ettinger & Patricia Lofton, The Alliance for Children's Rights vs. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, 1 Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy 62 (2002).

  40. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, Cal. Litigation Rev., (May 2002) p. 81.
  41. David S. Ettinger, New Batch; First Group of Revised Rules Took Effect Jan. 1, L.A. Daily J. (Jan. 30, 2002) p. 7.
  42. Jon B. Eisenberg and Curt Cutting, The Courts and the News Media (California Judges Association 7th ed. 2001) Chapter 6, Legal Research.

  43. Mitchell C. Tilner, Thoughtful Consideration: Lawyers Must Carefully Choose, Present Case Authority, L.A. Daily J. (July 30, 2001) p. 7.

  44. Ellis J. Horvitz & Stephanie Rae Williams, State High Court Justice Injects Reason into Punitive Damages Debate, Washington Legal Foundation (June 1, 2001) Legal Opinion Letter: State Focus, Vol. 11, No. 6.

  45. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, Cal. Litigation Rev., (Apr. 2001) p. 83.

  46. Mitchell C. Tilner, Story Time: Drafting a Well-Written Statement of Facts, L.A. Daily J. (Mar. 29, 2001) p. 7.

  47. Mary-Christine Sungaila, Nguyen v. INS and Sex Stereotyping in Citizenship Laws: Building on the Equal Protection Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, (Spring 2001) 10 So. Cal. Rev. of Law & Women's Studies 293
  48. Mitchell C. Tilner, Brief Brief: Appellate Advocacy Depends Upon Concise Legal Writing, L.A. Daily J. (Jan. 30, 2001) p. 7.
  49. L. Rachel Lerman Helyar & H. Thomas Watson, Lost Chance of Survival: Beating the Odds (Dec. 2000) vol. 18, no. 2 Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy.

  50. Ellis J. Horvitz & Stephanie Rae Williams, Unpublished State Toxic Tort Ruling Offers Valuable Guidance (Oct. 6, 2000) Wash. Legal Found. Legal Backgrounder.

  51. Curt Cutting, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Federal Judiciary (Spring 2000) A.B.A. Jud. Division Rec. 18.

  52. H. Thomas Watson, Be Prepared, L.A. Daily J. Verdicts & Settlements (Feb. 4, 2000) p. 12.

  53. Mary-Christine Sungaila, United States v. Morrison: The United States Supreme Court, the Violence Against Women Act, and the New Federalism (2000) 9 S. Cal. Rev. of L. & Women's Stud. 301.

  54. Mary-Christine Sungaila, David S. Ettinger & Lisa R. Jaskol, et al., Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Brzonkala v. Morrison (2000) 9 S. Cal. Rev. of L. & Women's Stud. 369.

  55. Curt Cutting, Discovery Reform on the Horizon? (Winter 1999) A.B.A. Jud. Division Rec. 21.

  56. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, in Litig. Sec. Of the State Bar of California, Cal. Litig. Rev.: Rev. of 1998 Legis. and Dev. (Oct. 1999) p. 69.

  57. H. Thomas Watson, The Problem Is Real, Verdict (3d Quarter 1999) p. 34.

  58. Mary-Christine Sungaila, Effective Amicus Practice Before the United States Supreme Court: A Case Study (1999) 8 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 187.

  59. Mary-Christine Sungaila, David S. Ettinger, & Lisa R. Jaskol, et al., Brief Amici Curiae of NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, et al. in Support of the Petitioner in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (1999) 8 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 279 (reprinted in 11 Hastings Women's L. J. 123 (2000)).

  60. David M. Axelrad, Lisa Perrochet, & Wendy S. Albers, California's "Little FTC Act": Benefitting Consumers, or Lawyers? (Dec. 4, 1998) vol. 13, No. 46, Wash. Legal Found. Legal Backgrounder.

  61. Lisa Perrochet & Judith E. Gordon, Putting a Price on Partial Loss: A Case Stemming from the Northridge Earthquake, Cheeks v. California Fair Plan Assn., Creates No Fair Plan for Adjusting Partial Losses, S.F. Recorder Ins. Litig. (Sept./Oct. 1998).

  62. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, in Litig. Sec. Of the State Bar of California, Cal. Litig. Rev.: Rev. of 1997 Legis. and Dev. (Aug. 1998) p. 63.

  63. Barry R. Levy, H. Thomas Watson, & Curt Cutting, Bad Enough to Punish: The Application of the Reprehensibility Guidepost in Punitive Damages Cases After BMW v. Gore (Fall 1998) 49 Fed'n of Ins. & Corp. Couns. Q.

  64. Mary-Christine Sungaila, Ninth Circuit Report: Parties Permitted to Expand Judicial Review of Federal Arbitration Awards, TIPS Committee News (A.B.A. Torts & Ins. Prac. Sec., Appellate Advoc. Com., Chicago, Ill.) (Spring 1998) p. 13.

  65. David M. Axelrad, Appeal: California Supreme Court Review, 5 Cal. Forms of Pleading and Practice Annotated (1998) ch. 54.

  66. Mary-Christine Sungaila, Litigating Women's Rights as Human Rights: The Case of United States v. Lanier (1998) 7 S. Cal. Rev. of L. & Women's Stud. 329.

  67. Robert H. Wright, co-editor, International Antitrust Handbook (American Bar Association 1997-1998).

  68. Frederic D. Cohen, Excess Punitive Damages Under Attack, L.A. Law. (Mar. 1997).

  69. Jon B. Eisenberg, Ellis J. Horvitz, & Justice Howard Wiener, California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs (The Rutter Group 1997).

  70. Ellis J. Horvitz, Otto Kaus Memorial Dedication (1997) 30 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 961.

  71. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions, in Litig. Sec. Of the State Bar of California, Cal. Litig. Rev.: Rev. of 1995 Legis. and Dev. (June 1996) p. 73.
  72. David M. Axelrad & Loren H. Kraus, The Federal General Verdict Rule: Conflict in the Courts of Appeal, The Federal Lawyer (June 1996).
  73. Ellis J. Horvitz & Mitchell C. Tilner, The Call of Duty, L.A. Law. (Feb. 1996).

  74. Ellis J. Horvitz & Elizabeth Skorcz Anthony, The Tortification of Contract Law: An Experiment Destined to Fail (1996) vol. 11, No. 13, Wash. Legal Found. Legal Backgrounder.

  75. Lisa Perrochet, Writ Intake Procedures, Cal. Civil Writ Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1996) ch. 2.

  76. Frederic D. Cohen, Selecting the Proper Court, Cal. Civil Writ Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1996) ch. 5.

  77. David M. Axelrad, Staying Enforcement During Appeal, 1 Cal. Civil Appellate Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1996) ch. 6.

  78. Julie L. Woods, Review of Writ Decisions, Cal. Civil Writ Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1996) ch. 11.

  79. David M. Axelrad, Staying Power (Nov. 1995) L.A. Law.

  80. John A. Taylor, Jr., The Sinking of Seaman's, Verdict (4th Quarter 1995).

  81. Ellis J. Horvitz & Ari R. Kleiman, Clarifying the Blockbuster Tort and Insurance Cases (June 14, 1995) Res Ipsa.

  82. Mary-Christine Sungaila, The Woman Advocate: Excelling in the '90s, Bibliography, Prentice Hall Law and Business (1995).

  83. Mary-Christine Sungaila, Taking the Gendered Realities of Female Offenders Into Account: Downward Departures for Coercion and Duress (1995) 8 Fed. Sentencing Rep. 169.

  84. Curt Cutting, Turning Point for 10b-5: Will Congressional Reforms Protect Small Corporations? (1995) 56 Ohio St. L.J. 555.

  85. Peter Abrahams, John A. Taylor, Jr., & Julie L. Woods, The General Verdict Rule: Appellate Trap or Opportunity? (1994) 16 CEB Civ. L.R. 93.
  86. Ellis J. Horvitz, An Analysis of Recent Supreme Court Developments in Tort and Insurance Law: The Common Law Tradition (1993) 26 Loy. L.A. L.Rev. 1145.

  87. David S. Ettinger, Guarding Hospital Committee Members' Identities (March 1993) Med. Malpractice Law & Strategy 3.

  88. Lisa Perrochet & Ugo Colella, What a Difference a Day Makes: Age Presumptions and the Standard of Care Required of Minors (1993) 24 Pac. L.J. 1323.

  89. David S. Ettinger, Discovery Immunities for Hospital Staff Review Committees: Is There Protection for Information Submitted to, as Well as Documents Prepared by, the Committees? (Fall 1992) Prof. Officers' and Directors' Liability Law Newsl. 17.

  90. David S. Ettinger, Are Applications for Staff Privileges Discoverable? (Oct. 1992) Med. Malpractice Law & Strategy 1.

  91. Lisa Perrochet & Ugo Colella, No Chance for a Lost Chance of Recovery (Sept. 1992) L.A. Law.

  92. Lisa Perrochet, Sandra J. Smith, & Ugo Colella, Lost Chance Recovery and the Folly of Expanding Medical Malpractice Liability (1992) 27 Tort & Ins. L.J. 615.

  93. Karen M. Bray, Reaching the Final Chapter in the Story of Peremptory Challenges (1992) 40 UCLA L. Rev. 517.

  94. David M. Axelrad & Mitchell C. Tilner, Insurance Coverage for "Wilful Acts": Clarifying Clemmer (Sept. 1991) L.A. Law.

  95. Roger Goff & Julie L. Woods, Breach of Contract Damages (1990) Damages in Bus. Litig.

  96. Patricia Lofton, Texas v. Johnson: The Constitutional Protections of Flag Desecration (1990) 17 Pepp. L. Rev. 757.

  97. Frederic D. Cohen & Joan Wolff, Writ Review of Nonjudicial Decisions, Cal. Civil Writ Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1987) ch. 5.

  98. Mitchell C. Tilner, Ideological Exclusion of Aliens: The Evolution of a Policy (1987) 2 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 1.

  99. Mitchell C. Tilner, Government Compulsion of Corporate Speech: Legitimate Regulation or First Amendment Violation? (1987) 27 Santa Clara L. Rev. 485.
  100. Ellis J. Horvitz & Ellen Lake, Respondent's Brief, Cal. Civil Appellate Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed. 1985) ch. 13.

  101. Ellis J. Horvitz, A Personal Note (In Memoriam of Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson) (1984) 72 Cal. L. Rev. 503.

  102. David S. Ettinger, The History of School Desegregation in the Ninth Circuit (1979) 12 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 481.

  103. Peter Abrahams, 1978-1985 Supplements to Cal. Civil Procedure before Trial, vol. 1.

  104. Ellis J. Horvitz, Protecting Your Record on Appeal (1978) 4 Litig. 34.

  105. Peter Abrahams, Dismissal, Cal. Civil Procedure Before Trial (1978).

  106. Mitchell C. Tilner, Labor Law in the Ninth Circuit: Recent Developments (1978) 11 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 399.

  107. Ellis J. Horvitz, Justice Tobriner's Tort Decisions: A Reaffirmation of the Common Law Process (1977) 29 Hastings L.J. 167.

  108. Ellis J. Horvitz, Some Basics of Brief Writing, in Efficient Appellate Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 1977).

  109. Ellis J. Horvitz, Handling Defense Appeals in Light of Expanding Concepts of Liability (Sept. 1975) For The Defense.

  110. Ellis J. Horvitz, Appeals and Writs in Family Law Cases, Los Angeles Superior Court Family Law Symposium (1973-1979).

  111. Frederic D. Cohen, A Guideline for Equalizing Investment Opportunity: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Selective Disclosure (1972) 46 S. Cal. L. Rev. 139.

 

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