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Firm Watch


On the Move

Mar. 26, 2012
By Connie Lopezn

Goodwin Procter LLP added Kristen Garcia Dumont as partner in its Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. She specializes in...



Judicial Profile


Ignazio Ruvolo

Mar. 25, 2012
By Laura Ernden

Judge Ignazio Ruvolo is drawn to the questions that remain unanswered in the law.


When Jennifer St. John Yount and Kurt R. Marsden began working together eight years ago, a significant legal hurdle made for a...


Labor/Employment


New written requirements for employers

Mar. 24, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

New laws require california employers to provide written commission agreements and other employment terms. By Mark Payne and B...


Labor/Employment


What legal recourse do undocumented workers have against their employers? By Michael L. Ludwig and Howard M. Knee of Blank Rom...


Corporate


Oakland-based BrightSource, which develops utility scale solar-thermal projects, has reduced the amount of money it expects to...


Government


The Judicial Council will decide the future of the Court Case Management System at a meeting Monday, choosing between three op...


Litigation


Jury sides with real estate billionaire

Mar. 24, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

After a two-week trial in a San Diego Superior Court that pit a prominent business leader and philanthropist against members o...


Litigation


Long delays and inconsistencies plague the hearings at the state's Division Labor Standards Enforcement, according to data obt...


Law Practice


Riverside lawyer heads defense group

Mar. 24, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Diane M. Wiesmann, who took the helm of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel this month, is getting to work ...


Labor/Employment


Layoffs of warehouse workers probed

Mar. 24, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

A day after a federal judge issued a tentative ruling compelling Schneider Logistics to raise the pay of employees who sued th...


Litigation


Bluetooth class settlement decried

Mar. 24, 2012
By Gabe Friedmann

A lawyer for objectors argued the settlement in litigation over whether Bluetooth Headsets can cause hearing loss is a "poster...


Solo and Small Firms


Gaines & Stacey LLP

Mar. 24, 2012
By Susan Mcraen

Lawyers at Gaines & Stacey LLP wanted to keep their firm small and local so they could practice and serve the communities ...


Litigation


A Gardena-based information-technology company is facing allegations it secretly placed sensitive FBI, police and anti-terrori...


Solo and Small Firms


Three from Irell launch boutique

Mar. 24, 2012
By Susan Mcraen

Perry Goldberg, Nate Lowenstein and Kenneth Weatherwax have launched a patent litigation and counseling firm in Los Angeles an...


Environmental


Will the EPA change its ways?

Mar. 24, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

Landowners were not allowed to challenge EPA compliance orders - until now. By Kimberly Leue Bick of Irell & Manella LLP ...


Government


Cities should have sweeping authority to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, including the ability to ban the shops compl...


Government


Senate passes JOBS bill

Mar. 24, 2012
By Robert Pierce

The U.S. Senate passed an amended version of the JOBS Act on Thursday, which would, among other things, ease public offerings ...


California Supreme Court


Less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court made it harder for consumers to file class actions, the state Supreme Court gran...


Large Firms


The upheaval that has rocked Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for several weeks appears to have been abated - at least temporarily - by...


Criminal


The 2nd District Court of Appeal has ordered the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the state Attorney General ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Congress has the power to make states broaden Medicaid eligibility as a condition...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Associate Justice Richard M. Mosk of the 2nd District Court of Appeal donated his cherished collection of game-day sports prog...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Center for Restorative Justice at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles hosted its second annual conference, “Another Way: Imagi...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Members of the bar gathered at The City Club in San Francisco Tuesday for a reception honoring 56 lawyers selected as Californ...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Girardi Keese LLP hosted a fundraiser for the re-election of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges James D. Otto and Sanjay...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Sylvia Torres-Guillén, general counsel of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, was honored on Wednesday by the L...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, traveled to Los Angeles and met with local...


Community News


Mar. 23, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Former mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley visited the Los Angeles branch of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on Monday to discuss the...