Paul Elias

August 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supporters of California's gay marriage ban filed an appeal Thursday of a federal judge's ruling striking down the voter-approved law.

By By LISA LEFF and PAUL ELIAS

6 minute read

February 02, 2000 | Law.com

In a ruling sure to spark national debate, a California appellate court said gays and lesbians enjoy the same protection as minorities and women serving on juries. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1986 that lawyers can't use peremptory challenges during voir dire to bounce minorities from juries because of their race. In 1994, the high court extended the same protection to women. But never before has an appellate court said the same thing about gays.

By Paul Elias

4 minute read

January 14, 2005 | Law.com

Since 1997, Monsanto has filed lawsuits against 147 farmers and 39 agriculture companies, according to a report issued Thursday by The Center for Food Safety, a biotechnology foe. At issue is saving seeds -- a revered and ancient agricultural practice -- which violates Monsanto's contracts. Monsanto is attempting to protect its business from pirates, but its investigative tactics are sowing seeds of fear and mistrust in some farming communities, company critics say.

By Paul Elias

5 minute read

February 16, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

There was a time when Sam Keller and his teammates couldn't wait to get their hands on Electronic Arts Inc.'s latest edition of NCAA Football, which included their team and images down to Keller's distinctive visor he wore while playing quarterback for the University of Nebraska in 2007.

By Paul Elias

6 minute read

February 24, 2000 | Law.com

A federal appeals court agreed to review U.S. District Judge William Alsup's groundbreaking securities litigation order in the Network Associates class action that awarded the lucrative lead plaintiff status to a small-time investor.

By Paul Elias

4 minute read

November 16, 1999 | Law.com

A new, controversial and potentially lucrative client solicitation technique employed by securities fraud litigators at Weiss & Yourman got the blessing of the SEC, in the form of an amicus curiae brief. The Los Angeles firm convinced several brokerage houses to send out mass mailings informing their clients of stock-drop suits Weiss & Yourman filed. Weiss & Yourman reimbursed the brokerage houses for the mailings, and hoped the stock traders would sign on as plaintiffs with the firm.

By Paul Elias

3 minute read

March 25, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

This is the time of year when Barry Bonds should be studying opposing pitchers to determine how best to beat them.

By Paul Elias

5 minute read

September 01, 1999 | Law.com

By Paul Elias

3 minute read

August 12, 2008 | Law.com

California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator. But his unlikely legacy as gay rights pioneer was sealed May 15 when his majority decision legalizing same-sex marriage was announced. Now, the law-and-order supporter of capital punishment is enduring from gay marriage foes the very complaints of "judicial activism" he has worked so hard to avoid.

By Paul Elias

4 minute read

August 01, 1999 | Law.com

By Paul Elias

3 minute read