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Community News


Best Best & Krieger LLP gets packing

Jul. 21, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

For the third straight year, attorneys and staff at all nine national Best Best & Krieger LLP offices partnered with affil...


Community News


Whittier Law School hosts CLEO

Jul. 21, 2012
By Caitlin Johnson

More than 50 people attended the southwestern regional Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) conference at Whittier La...


Judges and Judiciary


A former Contra Costa County court commissioner who claims local judges ganged up to fire her after she unsuccessfully challen...


Administrative/Regulatory


California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Thursday the formation of a new unit aimed at protecting consumer and indi...


Judges and Judiciary


Beginning in January, law-and-motion Judge Harold E. Kahn will no longer take on externs. ...


Government


SEC names new leader in LA

Jul. 21, 2012
By Ben Adlin

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday tapped agency veteran Michele Wein Layne to head its regional office in Los...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Michael D. Ranahan

Jul. 21, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

A former personal injury attorney-turned-neutral, Michael D. Ranahan mediates a significant number of "lemon law" cases that a...


Community News


Nearly 160 pro bono attorneys, board members, staff and community members gathered at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles on July 12 t...


As this legislation is the first of its kind in our nation, homeowners should anticipate a drastic change in how lenders pursu...


Trusts & Estates


Jury awards former deputy DA, wife in accident case

Jul. 21, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A San Bernardino Count jury Thursday awarded former Los Angeles County deputy district attorney David Evans and his wife, also...


Law Practice


MoFo elects new chairman

Jul. 21, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Keith C. Wetmore is stepping down from his post as chairman of Morrison & Foerster LLP this fall and will be replaced by N...


Judges and Judiciary


Two California judicial nominees advance

Jul. 21, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two California judicial nominees on Thursday, setting the pair up for possible confirm...


Community News


The Daily Journal held a reception Tuesday night to honor the leading labor and employment lawyers in California. Attorneys fr...


Judges and Judiciary


Random audits of several 2010 California judicial candidates - some now on the bench - reveal noncompliance with campaign fina...


Entertainment & Sports


A little-known perk of film tax credits

Jul. 21, 2012
By Jean Yung

As California debates renewing its film tax credit, one lesser known fact is that part of the subsidies never go to film proje...


Trusts & Estates


Probate decision could affect other trusts

Jul. 21, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

In an unusual and particulary heated probate battle, a Riverside County judge barred an elderly couple's two adult daughters f...


Criminal


Recent UC Berkeley School of Law research found that a vast majority of Americans consider their cellphones to be private, rev...


Corporate Counsel


Debra L. Schroeder

Jul. 20, 2012
By Ben Adlin

General Counsel for RAND Corp. Santa Monica ...


Recent UC Berkeley School of Law research found that a vast majority of Americans consider their cellphones to be private, rev...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Bar announces MCLE audit

Jul. 20, 2012
By Riley Guerin

The State Bar is demanding that 2,600 lawyers prove they completed their minimum continuing legal education requirement last y...


Family


Individualized solutions are more likely to meet a child's need than a forced decision between various custody arrangements. B...


Perspective


Technology has blurred the line between facilitating access and creating content, but courts are slot to adapt. By Chris Chiou...


Perspective


Entrepreneurship and venture capital in China

Jul. 20, 2012
By Seena Nikravann

or many of us watching developments in China, the puzzle is whether Chinese firms and the overall economy exhibit innovative b...


Law Practice


LA-based firm expanding due to Dodd-Frank work

Jul. 20, 2012
By Andrew Mcintyre

Los Angeles-based Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue LLP has been hiring lawyers to handle all of the extra work needed to comply ...


An Arizona sheriff's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will go before a federal judge today as Latino citizens and ...


Real Estate/Development


Optimism in real estate sector

Jul. 20, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Many attorneys have had to deal with a dropoff in work because of the real estate bust, and the market is still trying to reco...


Criminal


David M. Robinson admitted stealing nearly $370,000 dollars from 11 clients and one employee between April 2007 and April 2010...


Law Practice


Three veteran business trial attorneys have formed a practice group at Clark & Trevithick aimed at aiding firms, accountin...


A federal judge in San Francisco has barred Conseco Life Insurance Co. from increasing rates on 100 policyholders - part of a ...


Law Practice


Jones Day picks up Cooley, Latham partners

Jul. 20, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

Veteran white collar litigator Neal Stephens joins from Cooley LLP while emerging companies lawyer Greg Chin joins from Latham...