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In motions filed Monday, Jeffrey Burum and former San Bernardino County officials who are defendants in the case go on the att...


Litigation


An attorney for a witness in a criminal DuPont trade secrets case asked a federal judge Monday to bar the use of privileged em...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Eugene Volokh persuaded the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that First Amendment protections in libel cases apply to everyon...


Perspective


Drought may bring tsunami of legal woes

Jan. 30, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Gov. Jerry Brown's recently issued emergency drought declaration has moved the legal issues surrounding water to center stage....


Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham grabs most M&A work in California

Jan. 30, 2014
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Firm did more California M&A volume and deals than any other firm, according to a recent report. ...


Government


Arbitration advocates have successfully gutted controversial enforcement provisions from a bill requiring them to publicize in...


Top 40 Under 40


Editors' Note

Jan. 29, 2014
By David Houstonn


Top 40 Under 40


Top 20 Under 40

Jan. 29, 2014
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The idea is that early in the litigation process, attorneys present short briefs and arguments to a retired judge about "a piv...


Perspective


Punished for politics: viewpoint discrimination

Jan. 29, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Actress Maria Conchita Alonso stepped into a firestorm of controversy earlier this month after endorsing Tea Party darling Ass...


Education


Despite being one of the states hardest hit by foreclosures, California does not require personal financial education in its s...


California Supreme Court


State appeals high speed rail ruling

Jan. 29, 2014
By Paul Jones

Gov. Jerry Brown and the California High Speed Rail Authority have filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court in an effort t...


A wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday by the family of a six-year-old girl killed on New Year's Eve while crossing the street ...


Litigation


In opening arguments Monday, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state laid out how, in their view, poor and minority students...


Litigation


Pepsi sued in Prop. 65 toxic chemicals case

Jan. 29, 2014
By Fiona Smith

An Oakland-based nonprofit has sued Pepsi Beverages Co., alleging it is failing to warn consumers that some of its sodas conta...


The New Lawyer


Law schools prepare for the worst

Jan. 29, 2014
By Don De Benedictis

If enrollment in the nation's law schools doesn't start moving back up soon, schools could be forced to make "moderate to seve...


Several makers of furniture and baby products are moving closer to eliminating all toxic flame retardants from their products ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Firm helped Hellman & Friedman and Stone Point Capital sell a majority stake in portfolio company Sedgwick Claims Manageme...


Litigation


Mary Jo White made her comments at the Securities Regulation Institute that Northwestern University School of Law hosts every ...


Perspective


A-Rod calls a balk on the MLBPA

Jan. 29, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Alex Rodriguez recently filed a lawsuit against the MLBPA seeking to overturn a recent arbitration decision which suspended hi...


California Supreme Court


The ex-journalist failed to engage in the exemplary behavior required of him to become a member of the California Bar, the sta...


Judicial Profile


David J. Danielsen

Jan. 29, 2014
By Pat Broderick

San Diego Judge David J. Danielsen urges other judges to get involved in court policy discussions.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jan. 28, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Labor/Employment


The push to collect signatures for the initiatives came on the heels of an attempt to bring the trade group's member hospital ...


Perspective


The reality is that only three states - California, New York and New Jersey - have 10 peremptory challenges per side in misdem...


Securities


'Fraud on the market' is Basically over

Jan. 28, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The presumption of reliance theory is under attack, and without it securities fraud class actions will go the way of the Dodo ...


Litigation


A third federal judge Friday recused himself from a case Chief 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski involved ...


Government


Tribal court review bill draws fire

Jan. 28, 2014
By Paul Jones

The judicial branch is backing legislation to streamline how courts handle civil judgments rendered by Native American courts....


Law Practice


The six-attorney firm - created by Orange County power litigators Jennifer L. Keller, Kay Rackauckas, Thomas J. Umberg and Dea...


Entertainment & Sports


Courtney Love wins Twitter defamation trial

Jan. 28, 2014
By Omar Shamout

Love's former attorney, Rhonda J. Holmes of San Diego litigation boutique Gordon & Holmes, sued the musician over a 2010 t...