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Constitutional Law


Two U.S. citizens have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's policy ...


Firm Profile


Stepping up to fight

Oct. 27, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

In some circumstances such as divorce, child custody or criminal cases, practicing law can be hazardous to one's health. For t...


Community News


Contra Costa Bar Association honors attorney

Oct. 27, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

Archer Norris Partner Gary A. Watt was recently honored at the Contra Costa County Bar Association Gala for his significant co...


Community News


Patrick Kelly Sworn in as 88th State Bar President

Oct. 27, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

On Oct. 13 Patrick M. Kelly was sworn in as president at the State Bar's Annual Meeting in Monterey. Kelly is a partner at W...


Government


The Department of Justice and Los Angeles County agreed Thursday to extend the timeline for implementing reforms to the region...


Law Practice


Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is making a concentrated push into Asia with the opening of a new office in Shanghai, C...


Homeowners notched a victory this week in an ongoing lawsuit alleging that Farmers Insurance Group and other carriers collecti...


Judges and Judiciary


A state judicial watchdog agency publicly admonished Kern County Superior Court Judge Charles R. Brehmer Thursday for violatin...


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Department of Labor filed a petition Wednesday to compel clothing retailer Forever 21 to turn over company documents....


Health Care & Hospital Law


Ropes & Gray LLP's San Francisco office has helped a successful effort to make sure a city adult day health center, which ...


Community News


On Oct. 16 the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices of Perkins Coie, LLP celebrated the firm's 100th anniversary at the de Youn...


Community News


LA Law Library celebrates Pro Bono Week

Oct. 27, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

In celebration of National Pro Bono Week, the LA Law Library presented a series of professional and social events this entire ...


Criminal


Public "child safety zones" called into question

Oct. 27, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

A registered sex offender is challenging the constitutionality of an Orange County statute that prohibits him from entering co...


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


Human rights victims brutalized by the Ferdinand E. Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines have won a $353 million contempt ju...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 26, 2012
By David Ruizn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Labor/Employment


Small businesses rely on a variety of legal, insurance and human resource services to avoid making big employment law mistakes...


Corporate Counsel


Lynne P. McGhee

Oct. 26, 2012
By Fiona Smith

Associate Corporate Counsel, Corporate Secretary California Water Service Co. San Jose ...


Criminal


Based on my extensive judicial experience, I can tell you that California's the death penalty is fiscally irresponsible and br...


Perspective


Absence of women in firm leadership roles

Oct. 26, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Women have been shut out of power positions in law firms for years. Just look at the sad statistics that remain the same year ...


Entertainment & Sports


Loeb & Loeb's Daniel O. Offner will leave the firm to head Flying Kame Inc., his own Century City-based business developme...


Litigation


Two secretaries who were recently let go by Paul Hastings LLP have filed separate discrimination lawsuits in Los Angeles Super...


Law Practice


Valensi Rose's 16 lawyers, who handle business, tax, real estate, entertainment and other issues, credit the firm's longevity ...


Public Interest


Jim Bower, executive director of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, has announced plans to retire by the end of the fiscal ...


Intellectual Property


In a win for Apple Inc., an International Trade Commission judge ruled Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. infringed f...


California Courts of Appeal


Owners of wrongfully injured pets can recover more in damages than the market value of the animals, an appellate court ruled T...


Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sharon J. Waters sided with the sellers of an Inland Empire Nissan dealership last week,...


Intellectual Property


The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an antitrust investigation into Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s use of standard ess...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A longtime San Mateo County lawyer should be disbarred for misappropriating money from settlements she had won for her son, a ...


With a swelling jail population and few financial options to add more beds, Los Angeles is joining the ranks of California cou...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Santa Clara County prosecutor told a State Bar judge Wednesday he did not know about a video of a sexual assault victim's me...