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Corporate Counsel


Clinton M.Q. Foy

Sep. 18, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary for Square Enix Inc. El Segundo ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


The video game makers are in the middle of a dispute over whether Zynga's virtual-world game "The Ville" is suspiciously simil...


Litigation


The court held that a private public utility may be strictly liable in an inverse condemnation action for private property dam...


Public Interest


The Ford Foundation is providing Stanford University law students the opportunity to earn some money while doing public intere...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge George H. King took over as chief judge of the Central District at the end of business day on Friday, the ...


A brief by an undocumented would-be lawyer disputes arguments by the U.S. Department of Justice that federal immigration law p...


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


Angered by San Diego federal prosecutors' handling of illegal alien witnesses at criminal trials, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...


Law Practice


Judge says lawyer should be disbarred

Sep. 18, 2012
By Don De Benedictis

A lawyer who allegedly tricked underwater homeowners out of thousands of dollars should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge ...


Discipline


Disciplinary ACtions

Sep. 18, 2012
By Seena Nikravan

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


Immigration


A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered that a group of immigrants detained by the government for more than six months be g...


Intellectual Property


The University of California and Eolas Technologies Inc. filed patent lawsuits against Facebook Inc., Walt Disney Company and ...


Intellectual Property


In another blow to the power of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s smartphone and tablet patents, an International Trade Commissio...


Government


New executive officers with the Administrative Office of the Courts, state appellate courts and the Supreme Court will have to...


California Courts of Appeal


The use of graphics in appellate pleadings is on the rise, attorneys say, but their effectiveness as a persuasive tool is deba...


Law Practice


Hogan Lovells US LLP has strengthened its intellectual property practice in Northern California with the addition of five new ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Sep. 17, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP added Mahsa Aliaskari as special counsel in Century City. Aliaskari represents em...


Judicial Profile


Steven R. Denton

Sep. 17, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

A second turn at fatherhood has given Judge Steven R. Denton patience on and off the bench.


Judicial Profile


Richard E. Naranjo

Sep. 17, 2012
By Pat Alston

His wife's new career path steered Judge Richard Naranjo from manufacturing to the law.


A Stanford Law School professor is heading to court today in Monterey County on behalf of an environmental group that is deman...


Perspective


When cognitive biases trump science

Sep. 15, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Sometimes police fall into a well-known cognitive bias: they discount evidence that does not support what they already believe...


U.S. Supreme Court


Catching up with Justice Kagan

Sep. 15, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

On a recent trip, I had the chance to meet the court's newest justice. By Joan B. Kessler of ADR Services ...


Environmental


Ironic, given that green chemistry programs are meant to encourage the design of products that minimize the use and generation...


Government


Malibu courtroom closure costs big

Sep. 15, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Since the closure of the courtroom in June, the daily calendar of the combined courtrooms often exceeds 60 cases, beyond what ...


Solo and Small Firms


Franchise Player

Sep. 15, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Lawyers with the 16-year-old Woodland Hills firm Kurtz Law Group APC say they've achieved their success by specializing solely...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge George H. King will take over as chief judge of the Central District at the end of business on Friday, the...


Law Practice


The three-building University Circle complex in East Palo Alto just off U.S. Highway 101 has an eerie history with large law f...


Large Firms


Regional firm leads with its strongest suit

Sep. 15, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

Six months into his new position as managing partner, Kim D. Thompson of Costa Mesa-based Rutan & Tucker LLP is tasked wit...


Community News


California’s top attorneys are honored

Sep. 15, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

Lawyers and judges from throughout California gathered in Beverly Hills Tuesday night to honor the state’s Top 100 Lawyers of ...


Administrative/Regulatory


The California Public Utilities Commission approved a $12 million settlement agreement Thursday, resolving issues surrounding ...


Perspective


Richard Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP discuss how to negotiate confidentiality agreements in M&A...