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Judicial Profile


Laurence D. Rubin

Oct. 21, 2012
By Pat Alston

Larry Rubin keeps his feet on the ground while impressing lawyers with his intellectual curiosity


Corporate Counsel


Arnold A. Pinkston

Oct. 21, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Allergan Inc. Irvine ...


Entertainment & Sports


Endorsements bring ownership and cash

Oct. 20, 2012
By Jean Yung

Entertainment lawyers say endorsement deals have morphed into complex arrangements involving an array of responsibilities for ...


Perspective


Adidas is closing its factory in China, Starbucks will move manufacturing of its mugs back to the U.S., and Home Depot plans t...


Perspective


The bill states that it should not be "construed to constitute a substantive change in case law," but its effects could prove ...


Entertainment & Sports


Superman ruling seen as boost for studios

Oct. 20, 2012
By Jean Yung

A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a major victory to studios by rejecting arguments that the heirs of the creator of "...


Thursday's gathering came less than three weeks before voters' Nov. 6 choice between Deputy District Attorney Robert Amador an...


Solo and Small Firms


Irvine law firm saw healing, growth post-9/11

Oct. 20, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP saw an opportunity to give back to the community after the trauma of 9/11 and as a result has...


Community News


Minority counsel group hosts business conference

Oct. 20, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

Attorneys from all over the United States gathered in Northern California last week for California Minority Counsel Program's ...


Education


Donald Polden, the dean of the Santa Clara University School of Law, announced Wednesday he will step down as dean this summer...


Environmental


Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the U.S. Navy from moving forward on a recently approved sonar system us...


Intellectual Property


Apple Inc. may have prevailed in its San Jose patent trial against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., but an English appeals court ...


Community News


Good Sports

Oct. 20, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

America SCORES LA, a nonprofit organization that helps children in Los Angeles, hosted its annual charity soccer tournament on...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Sheridan E. Reed

Oct. 20, 2012
By Pat Broderick

As an artist, Sheridan E. Reed uses her creativity, intuition and keen eye for detail to transform a hunk of metal into an in...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Defense attorneys representing Del Norte County's district attorney in a corruption trial lodged by the State Bar on Thursday ...


Pressure intensified Thursday for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 19, 2012
By David Ruiz

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


Solo and Small Firms


An oversaturated legal jobs market and dwindling career prospects in the sour economy increasingly have led recent law school ...


Corporate Counsel


Roché S. McCoy

Oct. 19, 2012
By Jean Yung

General Counsel of Tapatío Foods LLC Vernon ...


Litigation


eDiscovery driving litigation costs

Oct. 19, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

The case law in recent years illustrates that many attorneys defer blindly to technology without attempting to understand its ...


Perspective


Public record access suits end in fee awards

Oct. 19, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

If enforcing rights to public records carries with it a risk of having to pay the government's legal fees and costs, the PRA w...


Perspective


There is no guidance reconciling competing policies -- that taxpayers should not be burdened by the installation of public imp...


Entertainment & Sports


In a major victory for the Warner Bros.-owned publisher, a federal circuit court judge Wednesday rejected an attempt by the he...


Law Practice


Law librarian to retire

Oct. 19, 2012
By Pat Alston

Marcia J. Koslov, who has spent her career as a law librarian from Wisconsin to California, will retire Dec. 31 as executive d...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A probation officer testified Wednesday that she accepted a $14,000 loan from Del Norte County District Attorney Jon M. Alexan...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Sullivan & Cromwell LLP counseled San Diego-based lithography research and development company Cymer Inc. in its sale to N...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Santa Clara County prosecutor knew there was a videotape of the medical examination of a young sexual assault victim in a ca...


Labor/Employment


Former employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory won the right late last week to bring age discrimination complaints...


Law Practice


Full-service law firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP added a new senior partner in the firm's real es...


Donald Polden, who has served as dean at Santa Clara University School of Law since 2003, will step down at the end of this sc...