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Perspective


Difficulties in Communication

Jun. 15, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

A recent hospital stay makes difficulties in communications strikingly apparent. By Richard M. Mosk of the California Court of...


Government


Not All Political Lies Are Crimes

Jun. 15, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Is prosecuting politicians who have been less than candid going too far? By Steve Berenson of Thomas Jefferson School of Law...


Litigation


Water Authorities Sue Over Restrictions

Jun. 15, 2011
By Emily Green

San Joaquin Valley water agencies and the U.S. Department of the Interior will head to court today over the federal agency's d...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge to Rule on Prop. 8 Judge's Recusal

Jun. 15, 2011
By Laura Ernden

Northern District Chief Judge James S. Ware is expected to rule by Tuesday whether former Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker's same-...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Rules on Attorney-Client Privilege

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

An exception to the attorney-client privilege does not apply to the trust relationship between Native American tribes and the ...


Criminal


Brown Parts With Predecessors on Parole

Jun. 15, 2011
By Laura Ernden

For years, California defense lawyers felt like they were tilting at windmills trying to get parole for clients who had served...


Corporate


Alios Forms $1.5 Billion Partnership

Jun. 15, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

Alios BioPharma Inc. could earn more than $1.5 billion from a collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop ground...


State Bar & Bar Associations


ABA Strips La Verne of Accreditation

Jun. 15, 2011
By Hannah Mitchelln

The American Bar Association notified University of La Verne College of Law Monday that it would strip the Ontario-based campu...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Deadlocks on Citizenship Case

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court's 4-4 deadlocked vote Monday denied a San Diego man's bid at citizenship by challenging a disparate, ge...


Criminal


A federal district judge in Washington state sentenced a suspended Los Angeles tax attorney to 32 months in prison and ordered...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Takes Case on Withholding Evidence

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would weigh a case involving allegations that New Orleans prosecutors violated thei...


Appellate Practice


Los Angeles Special Weapons and Tactics officers who accidentally shot and killed 19-month-old Suzie Lopez in July 2005 did no...


Law Practice


ABA Requires More Law School Grads' Data

Jun. 15, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

Law schools must make public much greater - and more accurate - information about their recent graduates' jobs and salaries, u...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Takes Sentencing Case

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a federal district judge has the authority to order a sentence to run...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Upholds Ethics Law

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a Nevada government ethics law requiring public officials to recuse themselves from ...


Government


Oakland Names Acting City Attorney

Jun. 15, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

Barbara J. Parker has taken over as acting Oakland City Attorney. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Takes Habeas Case

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

In another in its long line of cases related to federal habeas review of state convictions, the U.S. Supreme Court announced M...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Takes Tax Liability Case

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the tax ramifications of a family's ...


Corporate Counsel


Karole Morgan-Prager

Jun. 15, 2011
By Anna Scott

Vice president, general counsel and secretary for The McClatchy Company Sacramento ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


U.S. Attorney Issues Subpoena to Gilead

Jun. 15, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

Foster City-based Gilead Sciences Inc. announced late Friday that the biopharmaceutical company received a subpoena from the U...


Corporate


ACC General Counsel Departs

Jun. 15, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

The Association of Corporate Counsel's colorful longtime general counsel, Susan Hackett, will leave at the end of the month to...


Intellectual Property


Domain Name Fights Seizure

Jun. 15, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

A San Francisco law firm on Monday filed the first challenge to the Department of Homeland Security's controversial policy of ...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Limits Securities Fraud Liability

Jun. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

A divided U.S. Supreme Court limited the field of liable parties in private securities-fraud cases Monday, holding that only t...


Judicial Profile


Judith Dulcich

Jun. 15, 2011
By Brandon Ortiz

Superior Court Judge Kern County (Shafter) ...


Family


Appointed children's attorneys are essential to child-centered representation. By Amy M. Pellman, Robert N. Jacobs and Dara K....


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 14, 2011
By Robert Pierce

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Land-use and environmental lawyers say accusations of wind theft among neighboring wind farms are on the rise, and many expect...


Corporate Counsel


Roger E. George

Jun. 14, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

Vice president of legal affairs and general counsel for Align Technology Inc. San Jose ...


Judicial Profile


Gloria F. Rhynes

Jun. 14, 2011
By Emily Green

Whether hearing criminal matters or parent truancy cases, Judge Gloria F. Rhynes prides herself on weighing the human element


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Designing your ideal arbitration is as easy as one, two, three. By Barbara Reeves Neal and Richard C. Neal of JAMS in Southern...