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Corporate


Learning to love US markets

Mar. 22, 2012
By Robert Pierce

After China-based companies spent a bruising year in U.S. capital markets brought on mainly by fallout over reverse mergers, t...


Letter to the Editor


Small claims actions hold value for consumers

Mar. 22, 2012
By Michael Leen

A reader responds to "Class actions - a device for the greater good?" ...


Perspective


It's time to clarify some myths that have lead well-intentioned people to oppose the order. By Robert Fellmeth and Ed Howard o...


Perspective


Counterfeit electronic parts flood US market

Mar. 22, 2012
By Michael Leen

Explosion of counterfeit electronic parts catches federal government unprepared. By Keith Gregory of Snell & Wilmer LLP ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


March madness — US Supreme Court style

Mar. 22, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

A basic scorecard of the key players and contests in the fight over our health care reform law. By Glenn C. Smith of the Calif...


Perspective


Give me back my CEQA exemption

Mar. 22, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

Opponents to approved exempt projects may be gaining a significant advantage. By Brian J. Bergman of Bergman Dacey Goldsmith P...


U.S. Supreme Court


Other Supreme Court opinions

Mar. 22, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions Tuesday protecting prisoners' rights to effective habeas lawyers, guarding states...


Government


City looks to ban commercial pet sales

Mar. 22, 2012
By Ben Adlin

Huntington Beach this week became the latest in a growing number of cities to consider banning the commercial sale of dogs and...


In a report, the ACLU slams the state for allowing its criminal justice realignment plan to operate with little oversight and ...


Solo and Small Firms


A former San Francisco deputy city attorney and former Latham & Watkins LLP associate have joined forces and founded a new...


Corporate


Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is helping Mongolia modernize and grow its stock exchange at a time when the country's economy...


Law Practice


The race to set up shop in South Korea is on, with several U.S. law firms applying for licenses to open offices in Seoul, incl...


Litigation


Bratz insurer seeks new claims

Mar. 22, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Less than two weeks after settling claims that it refused to pay MGA Entertainment Inc.'s legal fees in the Bratz doll war, Ev...


Litigation


A Carlsbad company that makes a product which allows people to "personalize" their Facebook page layout with their own images ...


A Contra Costa County prosecutor has announced intentions to sue the District Attorney's office for what he claims were "poli...


Judicial Profile


Christopher G. Estes

Mar. 21, 2012
By Pat Alston

Judge Christopher Estes faces a busy, stressful felony calendar with little time to spare.


U.S. Supreme Court


Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate, which is at the heart of th...


Litigation


Consider these suggestions to make your motion a success. By Blair Schlecter of the Law Offices of Blair Schlecter ...


Litigation


A group of black and Hispanic borrowers who claimed that Wells Fargo Bank NA discriminated against them in its home loan pract...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court grants two death row cases

Mar. 21, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear two state challenges to federal court rulings that have delayed executions of men...


Whether the theory of green chemistry will ever match its practice is an open question. By Olivier F. Theard of Sheppard Mulli...


Intellectual Property


Fenwick helps launch patent pro bono program

Mar. 21, 2012
By Craig Andersonn

Attorneys from Fenwick & West LLP and Intel Corp. are helping to start a pro bono patent program for independent inventors...


Entertainment & Sports


Mistrial declared in 'Desperate Housewives' case

Mar. 21, 2012
By Erica Phillips

A Los Angeles County judge has declared a mistrial in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination lawsuit against Touch...


Government


Conciliatory tone for chief in first address

Mar. 21, 2012
By Emily Green

Addressing the Legislature Monday, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye gave an inaugural State of the Judiciary speech that stru...


Litigation


A Northern District federal judge said Monday she was inclined to require two classes of plaintiffs to bring their civil price...


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


En banc panel hears arguments over gun ban

Mar. 21, 2012
By John Roemer

Epic litigation over Alameda County's disputed right to ban guns on county property took yet another turn Monday in oral argum...


Judges and Judiciary


Union backing prosecutor accuses judge in race

Mar. 21, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

A Riverside County judicial race is heating up, with the union backing a prosecutor running for a judgeship accusing the incum...


Law Practice


Students who graduated from private law schools last year had nearly $125,000 in education debt on average - a 17.6 percent ju...


California Courts of Appeal


Gov. Jerry Brown won't have a shortage of candidates to choose from to fill a recent vacancy on the 1st District Court of Appe...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 20, 2012
By Robert Pierce