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Law Practice


Film studio deputy GC rejoins firm

Aug. 21, 2012
By David Mc Afee

A deputy general counsel for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is departing the company to rejoin the Los Angeles office of O'M...


Government


State AOC consolidating facilities

Aug. 21, 2012
By Paul Jones

The state Administrative Office of the Courts is working to consolidate its facilities to save more than a million dollars ann...


Litigation


MGA Entertainment returns fire in insurance spat

Aug. 21, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

In yet another chapter of a lengthy legal battle, MGA Entertainment Inc. has filed a cross-complaint against four insurances c...


Administrative/Regulatory


SEC charges Eddie Murray and two others in connection with insider trading case that felled former Angels player Doug DeCinces...


Labor/Employment


The federal law on class actions boomeranged Friday when appellate judges, baffled in a wage-and-hour case by the state's conv...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys for Apple Inc. wrapped up testimony against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Friday with witness after witness who re...


After a dramatic drop in California's prison population over the first six months of realignment, the reduction in inmates hou...


Intellectual Property


Google Inc. funded and leveraged a network of commentators to influence public opinion during a high-profile patent infringeme...


Judicial Profile


Richard D. Fybel

Aug. 21, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Justice Richard D. Fybel dedicated himself to the bench to honor his parents' Holocaust escapes.


Law Practice


Aug. 20, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

A New Jersey lawyer filed a surprise brief late last week arguing that the California Supreme Court shouldn't admit undocument...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 20, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

O'Melveny & Myers LLP added Bruce Tovey as partner in Century City and Mark Easton as partner in Los Angeles.


Judicial Profile


Lauren Weis Birnstein

Aug. 20, 2012
By Pat Alstonn

Superior Court Judge


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


Divided Circuit endorses Miranda warning

Aug. 18, 2012
By John Roemer

In a bitter clash on Thursday, a sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a strong endorsement of the Mi...


Book review: "Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies and Vindication" By Maurice Possley ...


Perspective


Two fans of Ayn Rand are slugging it out in federal court over each party's use of one of Rand's famous characters in connecti...


Community News


LANDAU LAWYERS LEAGUE - SOFTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS

Aug. 18, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

We Are The Champions: Champions were crowned as the Landau Lawyers League wrapped up its Summer Softball League. ...


Law Practice


Language and marriage

Aug. 18, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

People may never agree on the fundamentals of marriage, but they have an opportunity to reach consensus by thinking more close...


Community News


Orange County Bar Association honors Louis Knobbe

Aug. 18, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

The new Masters Division of the Orange County Bar Association gave its Legends of the Law award to Louis J. Knobbe, the founde...


This week, the San Diego Superior Court, district attorney’s office and public defender’s office, worked with various public a...


Community News


At the Annual Project SELF Recognition Dinner on Aug. 1, 269 members of the Orange County legal community celebrated the r...


Corporate


Data security top concern for general counsel

Aug. 18, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Data security is the top concern for general counsel across the country, according to a survey released on Monday sponsored by...


Intellectual Property


In a closely watched decision, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that biotechology company Myriad Genetics Inc.'s devel...


Firm Profile


At Valensi Rose, colleagues are like family

Aug. 18, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Valensi Rose's strong camaraderie and familial atmosphere has helped the firm weather the economic downturn and avoid layoffs ...


Entertainment & Sports


O'Melveny adds former CBS, Paramount exec

Aug. 18, 2012
By Jean Yung

Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers scooped up Bruce Tobey, a founder of CBS Films and former executive at Paramount Pictu...


Law Practice


Dewey reaches settlement threshold

Aug. 18, 2012
By Kevin Lee

After more than a month of proposals, negotiations and revisions, the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate has secured more than $50...


Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its I...


A bill that would allow juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole the ability to earn parol...


Personal Injury & Torts


Ford Motor Co. wins LA asbestos trial

Aug. 18, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

A woman whose husband handled asbestos as a car mechanic failed to convince a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that the ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Charles R. Hayes

Aug. 18, 2012
By Pat Broderick

A one-time doubter of mediation's value, Charles R. Hayes now maintains his own ADR practice. ...


Government


San Bernardino County and two of itscities are moving forward with a controversial effort to address their communities' underw...