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Corporate


TCW sale to Carlyle may end in court

Nov. 6, 2012
By Ben Adlin

A federal judge in Los Angeles intends to delay the high-profile acquisition of investment management firm TCW Group Inc. by p...


Law Practice


Legal sector posts gains, according to latest jobs report

Nov. 6, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

Intellectual property work continues to be in high demand throughout California and the nation.


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


Arizona's unusually restrictive abortion law got a hostile reception Monday at oral argument before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...


Government


Judges, judicial branch staff and trial courts craft document urging vendors to bid to replace courts' aging filing systems.


The federal appeals court today will hear oral arguments on the never-ending fight over who owns the 80-year-old superhero. ...


Labor/Employment


Social media case fails to draw clear lines

Nov. 6, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

While the result was positive for employers, the board failed to draw clear lines as to what speech is and is not protected. B...


Law Practice


Deal with conflicts from the get-go

Nov. 5, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Assisting proposed business partners to avoid conflicts is a service that is in increasing demand, particularly from a corpora...


Family


Reimagining custody

Nov. 5, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Child abandonment is a crime, but abandoning custodial rights is not. In fact, such irresponsible parents cannot even be held ...


Government


Corruption confusion, pt. 2

Nov. 5, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Juxtaposed with our current system of campaign finance, the Inzunza case leaves the public with contempt for that system. By D...


Litigation


A San Francisco man won $6 million in punitive damages Friday in a jury trial against frequent asbestos defendant Kaiser Gypsu...


Government


The Law School Transparency group hopes to undercut U.S. News & World Report rankings with a new online service to help st...


The U.S. Supreme Court will consider arguments today about whether trademark owners can withdraw those marks after they alread...


Corporate


Venture capital investing decreased 12 percent in dollars and 5 percent in number of deals compared to the previous quarter, a...


Civil Rights


The U.S. Justice Department will monitor polling stations across the country -- including in Riverside and Alameda counties --...


Criminal


A Beverly Hills attorney accused of squatting in a vacant home appeared in Riverside County Superior Court Friday facing charg...


Law Practice


A fraud lawsuit filed by former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partner Henry C. Bunsow against the defunct firm's leaders will be shi...


Bankruptcy


The Internal Revenue Service will appeal a judge's approval of bankrupted solar company Solyndra's restructuring plan because ...


Litigation


After a big legal defeat in its bid to build one of the state's largest single development projects, Newhall Land and Farming ...


Law Practice


A new unsecured creditor in the Howrey LLP bankruptcy sued 302 former firm lawyers Thursday in an attempt to recoup money dire...


Judges and Judiciary


San Francisco Superior Court administrators are crying foul after state court officials said they have 5.6 too many judges, ba...


Law Practice


On The Move

Nov. 5, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

McKool Smith finds lasting home for Silicon Valley office


Judicial Profile


Thomas M. Goethals

Nov. 4, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Judge Thomas Goethals is keenly aware that the concept of justice is often far from perfect.


Environmental


Environmentalists who have railed against state officials for not regulating fracking for oil and gas in California are now wi...


Perspective


Proposition 34 will undercut justice

Nov. 3, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Innocent individuals will have fewer protections and be more likely to receive permanent punishment if the state has no death ...


Judges and Judiciary


In many ways, the program has served as an incubator for practices that greatly enhance judicial efficiency and should serve a...


Individual Native Americans are members of their own tribes, but they are also U.S. citizens. A whole host of legal and regula...


Government


Let's examine Obama's auto industry record

Nov. 3, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

But there is one claim that President Obama has made that has many pundits brewing: "Obama saved the auto industry." By Jonath...


Google Inc.'s quiet settlement of the trademark infringement lawsuit filed against it by Rosetta Stone Inc. leaves questions h...


Solo and Small Firms


A partner at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has reunited with two long-time colleagues at their boutique b...


Community News


The Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Richard S, Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA hosted the 41st Annual Benjamin...