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Criminal


The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force the state...


Litigation


Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogame...


Law Practice


Former 3rd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland announced he joined the law firm Nielsen Merksamer Pa...


Judges and Judiciary


In the latest twist in a personal-injury lawsuit gone haywire, the judge who oversaw a botched settlement agreement last Janua...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The Dallas-headquartered tech giant recently offered $1.5 billion in debt, which follows the $3.5 billion of bonds it sold May...


Litigation


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge recently ruled that the city of Glendale has violated state law by using intranet pr...


Judges and Judiciary


Closed meeting draws ire

Aug. 10, 2012
By Paul Jones

A meeting today of the Judicial Council's Executive and Planning Committee to discuss how to implement recommendations of a c...


Intellectual Property


An order from U.S. District Judge William Alsup demanding Google Inc. and Oracle Corp. disclose financial relationships with b...


Judicial Profile


David De Alba

Aug. 10, 2012
By Emily Green

Judge


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Aug. 9, 2012
By Connie Lopezn

CashCall Inc., a consumer financial and mortgage lender, signed a 125,208 square foot lease with Hudson Pacific Properties at ...


Entertainment & Sports


The survival of the ambush ad

Aug. 9, 2012
By Jean Yung

McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Adidas together pay hundreds of millions of dollars for the right to sponsor the Olympics. But the b...


Trusts & Estates


While there are many issues to deal with in planning an artist's estate and protecting his legacy, perhaps the most important ...


Trusts & Estates


Trust your dog: estate planning for family pets

Aug. 9, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

California Probate Code Section 15212 now gives us the tools to protect our beloved dogs, when we are no longer present to do ...


*But were afraid to ask. ...


Law Practice


Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners now have until Monday to decide whether to opt into a settlement plan that would absol...


Intellectual Property


In their high-stakes trial, Apple Inc. called former designers and marketing strategists Tuesday to support its claim that Sam...


Administrative/Regulatory


Medical marijuana dogged by DEA

Aug. 9, 2012
By Ben Adlin

Underlying the ongoing debate around medical marijuana is a nagging question: Is there actually anything "medical" about it? ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The San Diego Padres announced Monday night a tentative agreement to sell the team to a group that includes Peter O’Malley, fo...


Intellectual Property


San Jose-based networking equipment company Brocade Communications Systems Inc. scored a jury verdict exceeding $60 million in...


Criminal


The former mayor of Upland, John V. Pomierski, received a two-year prison sentenced for his role in a bribery scheme involving...


Obituaries


Edwin W. Green, 1935-2012

Aug. 9, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

Veteran aviation defense attorney, Edwin W. Green, whose legal work included litigation from the 9/11 terrorist attacks as wel...


Government


State defends top billing for tax vote

Aug. 9, 2012
By Paul Jones

Was a budget trailer bill passed in June used to circumvent the number of votes needed to pass urgency legislation? That’s the...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of six superior court judges Tuesday , another push to fill what at the beginnin...


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


Federal government eavesdroppers are off the hook for intercepting phone calls without a warrant between an Oregon Islamic gro...


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


Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against warrantless surveillance of GPS devices earlier this year, a 9th Circuit panel app...


New legislation gives the California Franchise Tax Board more tools to identify accounts of delinquent tax debtors held at fin...


Law Practice


California law prohibits anyone from recording confidential communications without knowledge and consent; many people, includi...


Perspective


Grand ole plan

Aug. 8, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Ford did it. Chrysler and GM did too. Now Land Rover is joining the party to eliminate its franchised automobile dealers acros...


Law Practice


ABA adopts new ethics standard for client conflicts

Aug. 8, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

The American Bar Association adopted changes to its model ethics rules that will allow a lawyer who changes firms to disclose ...


Intellectual Property


As the second week of the high-stakes patent trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. began Monday, the attor...