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Choice of Law

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

BofA’s future hangs on two conflicting judicial determinations of successor liability for Countrywide’s bad mortgages. ...



Contracts

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

If a jury is permitted to interpret a commercial contract, the resulting verdict could be substantial - and difficult to o...



Professional Liability Insurance Report

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

The number and average size of legal malpractice claims rose last year, and insurance carriers in California see the need to m...



Trial Training in the Time of Settlements

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Trial training for attorneys in the time of settlements. ...



A Jury of Young Peers

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

A judge describes volunteering for Marin County Youth Court, where he doesn't decide the sentencing - a jury of kids does. ...



The Tort Heard Round the World

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

With its final appeal of an $18 billion judgment pending in Ecuador, Chevron is battling enforcement efforts by U.S. lawyers o...



An Unrepentant Advocate

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

A conversation with Nancy Gertner, who years before landing a federal judgeship was known for her work on abortion rights ...



When Small Firms Think Big

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

By taking advantage of cloud services, cheap scanners, and free online seminars, even sole practitioners can compete again...



Forensic Accounting

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

When it comes to balance sheets and income statements, sometimes it’s what you don’t see that counts. ...



Hindsight: 222 Years Ago

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

First Assembly of U.S. Supreme Court ...



Bullycide Prompts New Law

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

A new California statute aims to prevent sexuality-based harassment in schools. ...



Panic at the Chamber of Commerce

Feb. 2, 2012
By Kari Santos



Editor's Note

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Letters

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Participants

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Did You Know?

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos

The race to repeal the death penalty at the ballot box.



Feb. 1, 2012
By STEPHEN LARSON

Summaries of disciplinary action taken by the state Supreme Court or the State Bar Court.



Employment Law

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos

As employee plaintiffs invoke the mandate of administrative regulations, California businesses face an emerging class acti...



Verbatim

Feb. 1, 2012
By STEPHEN LARSON

Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld



Reel Law

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos

True Grit



Securities

Feb. 1, 2012
By Karisantos

Berman DeValerio Keker & Van Nest Morrison & Foerster Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Scott + Scott



Homeowners Win Chinese Drywall Settlement

Feb. 1, 2012
By Riley Guerin

A proposed class-action settlement reached in a Louisiana court could compensate thousands whose homes were allegedly ruined b...


A Los Angeles federal judge dismissed a shareholder class action lawsuit against American Apparel. ...



Judge Blocks Clean Fuel Rule

Jan. 25, 2012
By Riley Guerin

California's effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 was ruled unconstitutional. ...


Nearly a quarter of the UC Irvine School of Law's 2012 graduates have obtained clerkships, a higher percentage than Harvard. ...



Feinstein Eases Central Valley Water Sales

Jan. 18, 2012
By Rene Cira Cruz

Senator Diane Feinstein inserted two sentences in a spending bill signed by President Obama last December, easing the sale of ...



Condoms In Porn On LA Ballot

Jan. 13, 2012
By Riley Guerin

Angelenos will decide in June whether actors in pornographic films should be required to wear condoms. ...



Limits On For-Profit Colleges Watered Down

Jan. 10, 2012
By Riley Guerin

Intense lobbying by for-profit colleges has diluted the Obama administration’s promised regulatory plan to tightly control the...



State SC Strikes Down Redevelopment Agencies

Jan. 7, 2012
By Jake Flaherty

California’s Supreme Court upheld the Legislature’s dissolution of 400 redevelopment agencies. ...



Judge Deals a Blow to FCPA

Jan. 4, 2012
By Jake Flaherty

U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz last November tossed bribery convictions against a Southern California company and its two ...