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Attorney General Kamala Harris spoke at a statewide summit in Anaheim on Wednesday, addressing an audience of judicial officer...


Community News


USC School of Law's Institute for Corporate Counsel held its annual seminar on Tuesday at the California Club in Los Angeles. ...


Law Practice


Bowman and Brooke opens in San Diego

Dec. 7, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

The product liability firm opened an office this week with two former Morris Polich & Purdy LLP trial attorneys who specia...


Community News


Students from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights acted as attorneys in mock trials held at Reed Smith LLP on Wedn...


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


An award of almost $700,000 in attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff in an employment discrimination case is acceptable even...


Corporate


The Rempex Pharmaceuticals acquisition is expected to help The Medicines Co. fill a gap in its offerings pipeline and compleme...


A 2012 law that allows those sentenced as juveniles to life without parole to petition for resentencing will face what experts...


Intellectual Property


Lawyers who favor reducing frivolous patent infringement claims filed by patent holding companies are treating legislation pas...


Education


Thirty lawyers, judges and legal academics drew the job Tuesday of figuring out how to ensure future California lawyers have m...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Decades after the creation of the general rule that such claims are not assignable, a court has carved out a narrow exception....


Judges and Judiciary


Brown adds 18 superior court judges

Dec. 7, 2013
By Paul Jones

Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointments of 18 new trial court judges Thursday, including eight to Los Angeles County Super...


California Supreme Court


For the second time in two months, the State Supreme Court is wrestling with the question of when to ban a wrongdoer from bar ...


Law Practice


Managing your dismissive and bully peers

Dec. 6, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Interactions with this type of opposing counsel can trigger all kinds of reactions in us, and it can be difficult to know what...


Corporate


Dealmakers

Dec. 6, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 6, 2013
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Corporate Counsel


Lisa Travaglini

Dec. 6, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

General Counsel of Argonaut Investments Corte Madera ...


International


The island nation, which has long pushed for multinational corporations to make it their base of operations in Asia, hopes to ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The crime that keeps on victimizing

Dec. 6, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Victims of child pornography explain that knowing that people all over the world are watching the video footage feels like bei...


Perspective


Roadmap to new laws effective in 2014

Dec. 6, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Here are some highlights of bills enacted in 2013 that will become effective next year. By Christine Spagnoli and Nancy Peveri...


A federal judge's ruling this week could allow pension-saddled municipalities across the nation - including in California - to...


Lawyers representing the maker of Crystal Head Vodka failed to convince a jury that the maker of Kah Day of the Dead Tequila -...


Litigation


A San Jose judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the company's privacy policy for sharing user data, but left plaintiffs one m...


A lawsuit echoing Attorney General Kamala Harris' robosigning litigation provides insight into how the bank allegedly filed hu...


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


Convicted clients who fall victim to ineffective assistance by their appellate counsel may be entitled to relief even if their...


Law Practice


How far would you go to win?

Dec. 6, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

A nightmarish scenario has unfolded in Massachusetts, where a forensic technician who handled 40,000 criminal drug cases over ...


In an interview, Larry Sonsini discusses the major forces affecting law firm business and what advice he has for corporate cou...


The Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School has drafted legislation that would provide criminal defense attorneys and th...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Dec. 5, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.


Banking


Nonbank lenders create complexities for lawyers

Dec. 5, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Nonbank lenders, from private equity firms to insurance companies, often lend alongside banks, which creates a host of issues ...


Law Practice


Life interrupted

Dec. 5, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Whatever the cause of the recent accident claiming the lives of Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, the event is likely to ignite a f...