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Government


Suit claims LA violated Prop 26

Oct. 6, 2011
By Ben Adlin

A lawsuit filed this week alleging Los Angeles County's new charge on paper carry-out bags is unconstitutional is among the fi...


California Supreme Court


A state appellate court Tuesday struck down local regulations governing the operation of marijuana collectives in the city of ...


California Supreme Court


Justices set November argument in Brinker

Oct. 6, 2011
By Laura Ernden

The state Supreme Court will hear argument Nov. 8 to determine whether companies have to make sure their employees take meal a...


Litigation


Dole finalizes deal in toxic cases

Oct. 6, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Ending years of litigation, a settlement has been reached by Dole and lawyers representing Central American plaintiffs who cla...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar wants lawyer’s sealed record

Oct. 6, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

An Orange County lawyer who apparently was convicted in connection with laundering money for drug dealers, is still practicing...


California Courts of Appeal


A San Jose police officer faked a lab report to falsely show a defendant's semen on a blanket as part of a rape investigation,...


Government


Child Internet protection law could curb business

Oct. 6, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

A federal law aiming to protect the online privacy of children could undergo controversial changes this year, but not before t...


Corporate Counsel


Deborah Kanter

Oct. 5, 2011
By Anna Scott

General counsel for The Broad Foundations Westwood ...


Judicial Profile


Thomas P. Nugent

Oct. 5, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Judge Thomas P. Nugent says he would have been content living the life of a beer-drinking blue collar worker. But parental coa...


ADR Provider


ADR group starts access to justice charity

Oct. 5, 2011
By Connie Lopez

Judicate West starts access to justice foundation with a boost from retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Judith C. ...


Government


While the enormous solar plants rising in the California desert are key to the state's push to boost renewable power, Governor...


With hackers now targeting cell phones, are there any legal remedies for victims? By Peter J. Toren of Shulman, Rogers Ganal P...


Perspective


Attempts to reform California's system for laying off teachers are misguided. By James Baca and Anthony P. DeMarco of Atkinson...


Perspective


New legal theories are being developed that extend accessibility to websites, particularly in the retail space. By Roland Juar...


Constitutional Law


A cheerleader is disciplined for refusing to cheer for a varsity basketball player after he allegedly sexually assaulted her. ...


Corporate


Auto industry: The pain is far from over

Oct. 5, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

For U.S. automotive dealers, the pain of the 2008 financial crisis is far from over. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Grou...


California Supreme Court


At oral argument in a closely watched wage-and-hour case, the state Supreme Court on Monday seemed ready to overturn a lower c...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Governor signs bar bill

Oct. 5, 2011
By Don De Benedictis

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday reducing the number of lawyers elected to the board that governs the State Bar. ...


Law Practice


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday the hiring of five partners to its New York acquisition finance practi...


Litigation


Dodger beating victim's suit shrinks

Oct. 5, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Recent rulings in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from the opening day beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stad...


Intellectual Property


A San Jose federal judge will consider arguments from two major cell phone carriers in a patent infringement case between Appl...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court punts on cell phone search case

Oct. 5, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the California Supreme Court judgment allowing police to search the ...


Litigation


A federal judge contemplated Monday whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC should benefit from a recent U.S. Supreme Cou...


Tax


Agents swept through Orange County and the Inland Empire arresting more than a dozen people indicted on federal charges in wha...


Law Practice


Wilson Sonsini adds partner in DC

Oct. 5, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has hired a new Washington D.C.-based partner to boost the firm's expertise in federal re...


Real Estate/Development


Brown vetoes redevelopment bills he backed

Oct. 5, 2011
By Emily Green

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills Monday aimed at abolishing redevelopment agencies or forcing them to pay a "voluntary" fee t...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether a local government's decision to subsidize retiree health care benefits t...


Law Practice


Law firm mergers more popular now than in 2010

Oct. 5, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

The number of law firm mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2011 has spiked from last year's figures, a...


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


A massive antitrust lawsuit by California's attorney general against makers of flat-screen electronic displays got a boost Mo...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court waded into the battle over California's budget deficit Monday, signaling it wouldn't allow the state to...