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Criminal


California counties struggling to find creative ways to come up with revenue in the battered economy are keeping a close eye o...


Litigation


Medi-Cal cuts put on hold

Nov. 16, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

California has put on hold its 10 percent reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursements pending court review. ...


Criminal


A former San Francisco Giants payroll manager pleaded guilty Monday in San Francisco federal court to embezzling $2.2 million ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court's announcement that it will take up the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law ...


Law Practice


Locke Lord adds to SF office

Nov. 16, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Locke Lord LLP continued its expansion into California with the hiring of insurance regulatory attorney Elizabeth A. Tosaris a...


Law Practice


Silver & Freedman to dissolve in spring

Nov. 16, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Century City-based Silver & Freedman APLC, a well-established and highly-respected business law firm, announced Monday tha...


Mergers & Acquisitions


VeriFone buys Point International

Nov. 16, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP led an international deal team for San Jose-based VeriFone Systems Inc. on its $818 million acquis...


A team of attorneys who took on the nursing home industry in a landmark case over staffing has won Consumer Attorneys of Calif...


California Supreme Court


State Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu spoke to the Consumer Attorneys of California on Saturday, focusing as much on the leg...


Criminal


Judge rejects lawyer's plea agreement

Nov. 16, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Federal prosecutors became ensnared in a rare standoff Monday with a district judge who rejected a plea agreement in the prose...


Law Practice


D.C. firm in merger talks with Luce Forward

Nov. 16, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Washington D.C.-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is now in ongoing merger negotiations with San Diego-based Luce Forward ...


Judicial Profile


Ioana Petrou

Nov. 16, 2011
By Fiona Smith

Judge Ioana Petrou sought a seat on the bench to have a more active role in her community.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Pierce

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


U.S. Supreme Court


US Supreme Court grants

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

A roundup of cases agreed to be reviewed by the high court.


A law firm can sue a former partner who didn't disclose he was about to be suspended from law practice when the partnership wa...


Going into effect in Jan. 1 2012, employers should review their policies to check for compliance. By George S. Howard Jr. of J...


Corporate


For a company's legal and marketing teams - advertising can be a source of contention. By Steve Atlee and Nicolas Jampol of Wi...


Intellectual Property


Debate over application of the first sale doctrine may reach the U.S. Supreme Court again. By Timothy J. Toohey and Keith M. G...


Labor/Employment


Mixed ruling in veteran discrimination case

Nov. 15, 2011
By Brian Sumersn

A California appellate court held Thursday that managers cannot be held personally liable for discriminating against members o...


Bankruptcy


A new path to municipal restructuring

Nov. 15, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

For municipalities in trouble, filing for bankruptcy is no longer the only option. By Karol Denniston of Brownstein Hyatt Farb...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


As the government continues to crackdown on health care fraud, private contractors play an important role in separating out ho...


Real Estate/Development


Big mixed-use project clears another obstacle

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

An appellate panel has removed another hurdle for the second phase of one of the largest mixed-use developments in west Los An...


Litigation


MGA revives antitrust claims

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is taking another stab at trying to make Mattel Inc. pay $3 billion in damages for a...


Real Estate/Development


New laws complicate appraisal process

Nov. 15, 2011
By Evan Georgen

Realtors and housing experts say new federal requirements and a relentlessly sour housing market are making the routine stage ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Sale of EMI leaves record industry much smaller

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Pierce

The $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Group's music business by Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group and its parent company Viv...


Law Practice


Washington D.C.-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is now in ongoing merger negotiations with San Diego-based Luce Forward ...


U.S. Supreme Court


U.S. justices take up health care law cases

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear constitutional challenges to the new health care law. ...


Litigation


Asset forfeiture prosecutions on the rise

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jill Redhage

Forfeiture cases are on the rise, both in California and nationwide, and legal observers say prosecutors are savvier than ever...


Corporate Counsel


Michael Cahill

Nov. 15, 2011
By Connie Lopez

Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for City National Bank Los Angeles ...


Criminal


Study: ICE officials act inconsistently

Nov. 15, 2011
By Henry Meier

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using prosecutorial discretion erratically, despite a promise by the Ob...