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Ethics/Professional Responsibility


First Attorney Disbarred by New Task Force

Apr. 19, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

A lawyer who admitted stealing $170,000 from a client has agreed to be disbarred in the first completed prosecution by the Sta...


Discipline


Discipline

Apr. 18, 2011
By Eb Richardsonn


Law Practice


On the Move

Apr. 18, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Jerrold F. Petruzzelli and Seth A. Gold, both formerly of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, took up with K&L Gates LLP as...


Judicial Profile


Charles Q. Clay III

Apr. 17, 2011
By Brandon Ortiz

After 'selling out' to business litigation, Superior Court Judge Charles Q. Clay III found more satisfying work as a DA and be...


Tax


Offshore Accounts in Asia Targeted

Apr. 16, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Federal officials are moving their scrutiny of offshore bank accounts east, attorneys say, evidenced by the Department of Just...


Community News


Colleagues, friends and clients of Ronald L. Olson descended on the LA Law Library Wednesday to honor the Munger, Tolles &...


Community News


Lawyers from throughout California were on hand in Menlo Park Tuesday night to honor the state’s leading intellectual property...


Community News


The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators held its annual Leadership Awards Luncheon Tuesday,...


Tax


Reform Won't Endanger Tax Lawyers

Apr. 16, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

As senators work to overhaul the tax code, experts say all but the most radical reform would pose no existential threat to the...


Government


Committee to Hear Court-Reform Bill

Apr. 16, 2011
By Emily Green

The powerful Assembly Rules Committee has granted the Judiciary Committee's request to hear the controversial Trial Courts Rig...


Tax


Online Sales Tax Collection Debated

Apr. 16, 2011
By Emily Green

Three controversial bills before the California Legislature that would force out-of-state Internet companies to collect use ta...


Family


Lesbian Lawyer Re-Files Health Suit

Apr. 16, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney has filed an amended complaint challenging her wife's exclusion from the he...


Family


Walker Says He Showed Prop 8 Video

Apr. 16, 2011
By John Roemer

Responding to criticism by Proposition 8's proponents, former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco ackn...


Intellectual Property


Patent Reform Bill Moves Forward

Apr. 16, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a patent reform bill Thursday afternoon by a 32-3 margin that would change the rul...


Intellectual Property


YouTube Strengthens Copyright Policy

Apr. 16, 2011
By Hannah Mitchelln

Violators of YouTube's new copyright policies will have to attend its "copyright school." ...


Contracts


O.C. Deputies Pursue Fees From County

Apr. 16, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

After four years of legal wrangling, Orange County deputy sheriffs have cemented their right to a generous pension that county...


Books


Going on Strike: What It Means in Hollywood

Apr. 16, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

A history of Hollywood unrest. By Jonathan Handel of TroyGould. ...


Tax


Estate Tax Keeps Shifting

Apr. 16, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Coming off an estate tax-free year, attorneys are readjusting to new laws that are more favorable to high net worth individual...


Solo and Small Firms


Small Firm Caters to Labor

Apr. 16, 2011
By Emily Green

Seventy-five years after its fouding, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine has successfully adapted to meet the changing face and needs ...


Section 1031 of the tax code lets you defer capital gains taxes when swapping investment assets. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Justices Press For Judicial Funding

Apr. 16, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer testified before a House panel Thrusday, answering questi...


Perspective


What investments are eligable for a zero percent capital gains tax? By George Cabot of Morgan Miller Blair. ...


Perspective


A new reporting requirement is viewed by many corporate taxpayers as unnecessary and intrusive. By Ivan Morales and Michael Li...


Securities


Suit Against Allergan Shot Down

Apr. 16, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

It's back to the drawing board for a shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against Allergan Inc. after Judge David O. Carter in...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Alfred Chiantelli

Apr. 16, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

Alfred Chiantelli of ADR Services uses charm and culinary secret weapons to settle cases. ...


Securities


Claims Against Ernst & Young Revived

Apr. 16, 2011
By John Roemer

Broadcom Corp.'s auditor Ernst & Young should have probed deeper into the semiconductor company's fraudulent backdating sc...


Litigation


Fee Fight Spotlights Prominent Mediator

Apr. 16, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Plaintiffs' lawyers are accusing a former federal judge of leveraging his power as an arbitrator in one Wal-Mart settlement to...


Education


Will Pepperdine Program Succeed?

Apr. 15, 2011
By Susan Mcraen

Pepperdine University School of Law has launched a microfinance program that pairs students with residents of a homeless she...


Judicial Profile


John P. Shook

Apr. 15, 2011
By Evan George

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John P. Shook hearkens back to a period when judges mostly let lawyers slug it out in ...


Criminal


Judge Sets Date in Pierce O'Donnell Trial

Apr. 15, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge set a trial date of late August in the case of prominent trial lawyer Pierce H. O'Donnell who faces allegation...