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Energy Law


A battle over the health effects of PG&E's Smart Meters has turned into a broader showdown between the utility and local g...


Environmental


EPA fines BP subsidiaries

Nov. 30, 2011
By Fiona Smith

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has fined several subsidiaries of oil giant BP America Inc. s...


Law Practice


Law firms stay put in lean times

Nov. 30, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

When it comes time to renew leases or seek bigger office spaces, most U.S. law firms are staying put amid slow hiring in the s...


Law Practice


Legal departments seek to keep costs down

Nov. 30, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Chief legal officers are keeping an eye on their costs in light of burgeoning legal department budgets in 2011, according to a...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would strike down a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision delaying the deadlin...


Government


Senator raises concerns over CCMS donation

Nov. 30, 2011
By Emily Green

A prominent legislative ally of the judiciary said she thinks state court leaders should pass on a $20 million "gift" from a m...


Criminal


Prosecutors see key FCPA convictions tossed

Nov. 30, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Citing pervasive government misconduct, a federal judge took the rare step of vacating the bribery convictions that prosecutor...


Perspective


The problem with generic drug labels

Nov. 30, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Globalization has undermined quality assurance for generic drugs. By Jamie E. Moss of Thomas Jefferson School of Law


California Courts of Appeal


Attorney sanctioned by appellate panel

Nov. 30, 2011
By Laura Ernden

An Orange County sole practitioner faces $10,000 in sanctions after an angry state appellate panel called him out Tuesday for ...


Intellectual Property


The Hotfile lawsuit raises the question of whether intentional misuse of copyright tackdown notices is a punishable off...


Perspective


Combating the problem of independent jury research in the iPhone era. By Ben Davidson of Davidson Law Group


Letter to the Editor


In-person service guarantees due process

Nov. 30, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

A reader responds to "Serving complaints hasn't arrived in technology age."


Perspective


A new State Bar ethics opinion may justify improper attorney-client communications. By Evan A. Jenness


Plaintiffs in the new Dukes case want to share confidential documents from the original suit with other female Wal-Mart employ...


Reimbursed expenses from the Federalist Society and failure to report his wife's income raise questions about the justice's im...


Perspective


Don't wait for a "wake up call" to begin taking care of your personal well-being. By Jerome M. Bame ...


Education


Legal education’s role in training lawyers

Nov. 30, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Training lawyers to model the rule of law is the first order for legal education. By Deanell Tacha of Pepperdine University Sc...


Law Practice


O'Melveny gains GC in O.C.

Nov. 30, 2011
By Connie Lopez

O'Melveny & Myers LLP added former general counsel Mark Peterson as partner in Newport Beach. ...


Labor/Employment


Amid infighting, NLRB poised to ease unionizing

Nov. 30, 2011
By Brian Sumersn

The National Labor Relations Board is poised to vote Wednesday on a series of rule changes that would make it easier for worke...


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


9th Circuit to rehear gun rights case

Nov. 30, 2011
By John Roemer

A controversial 9th Circuit Second Amendment case took a new turn as the court voted late Monday to rehear en banc its May dec...


Law Practice


Cravath releases bonus information

Nov. 30, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Global law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP announced Monday its year-end associate bonuses for 2011, which showed almost ...


Environmental


Freeway plan targeted in San Diego lawsuit

Nov. 30, 2011
By Pat Broderick

The San Diego Association of Governments is facing a lawsuit alleging its 2050 regional transportation plan is "flawed," and w...


Native Alaskans took on the country's largest oil companies and utilities in a case trying to pin blame on the businesses for ...


Intellectual Property


Government seizes domain names on Cyber Monday

Nov. 30, 2011
By Craig Anderson

The U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies announced the seizure of dozens of domain names that officials said ...


Law Practice


In an effort to expand its private equity practice in Southern California, Jones Day snagged mergers and acquisitions and SEC ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether plaintiffs can sue a Santa Ana company for violating an anti-kickba...


Entertainment & Sports


Hollywood weighs how to screen casting staff

Nov. 30, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

After a successful casting director was discovered to be a convicted child molester, Hollywood studio lawyers are pondering ho...


U.S. Supreme Court


U.S. Supreme Court grants and denials

Nov. 29, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

A roundup of cases granted or denied for review by the U.S. Supreme Court


Large Firms


Munger Tolles makes rare San Diego lateral hire

Nov. 29, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

In a rare lateral hire, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has plucked the chief of the criminal division in the San Diego U.S. at...


Government


Del Norte DA race is over but war is on

Nov. 29, 2011
By Henry Meier

For such a tiny county, Del Norte's legal community has a lot of drama.