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Alternative Dispute Resolution


How to support a client with histrionic personality disorder while maintaining control of your case. By Paul Fisher of Pepperd...


Law Practice


Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP nabbed patent litigator Andrea Weiss Jeffries from Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in...


Solo and Small Firms


Building on the Core

Feb. 26, 2011
By Susan Mcraen

Partners at the Peitzman Weg & Kempinsky LLP bankruptcy boutique attribute their 12-year success rate to conservative grow...


Tax


Penalties U.S. taxpayers should know about if they fail to file a foreign bank account report. By Dennis Brager of Brager Tax ...


Law Practice


Winston Partners to Meet on Howrey

Feb. 26, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Winston & Strawn LLP is holding an all-hands partnership meeting today, according to an attorney familiar with the matter,...


Books


Shaping Public Opinion In High-Profile Trials

Feb. 26, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Kendall Coffey shares lessons learned from his high-profile trials, and a behind the scenes look at tactics and strategies. By...


Workers' Comp.


A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to grant attorney fees in a longshore workers' comp case could put ...


California Supreme Court


Moreno to Join Irell & Manella

Feb. 26, 2011
By Laura Ernden

When Justice Carlos R. Moreno leaves the state Supreme Court next week he'll start work at Irell & Manella, a respected Lo...


Government


Lawmakers Wade Into Court Leadership Fray

Feb. 26, 2011
By Emily Green

Tension between many trial court judges and the Judicial Council has risen to an all-time high, highlighted by the introductio...


Corporate


Case Against Bank of America Dismissed

Feb. 26, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case against Bank of America Corp., rejecting investors' claims that the bank failed t...


Perspective


The Rise of 'Nanny Corporations’

Feb. 26, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Are poison pills becoming a tool for boards to limit shareholders from exercising their rights? By David M. Grinberg of Manatt...


Law Practice


Dads Help Women Lawyers Advance

Feb. 25, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

It may not be the secret weapon to advancement in the cutthroat world of law firms, but some women have found having a stay-at...


Commercial Law


New Anti-GMO Beets Suit Filed

Feb. 25, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

The Center for Food Safety has filed another lawsuit challenging a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow the...


Intellectual Property


9th Circuit Denies Betty Boop Copyright

Feb. 25, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Claims seeking to reassert copyright and trademark protections on the 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop were denied by a thre...


Law Practice


Partners-Only IP Boutique Opens

Feb. 25, 2011
By Jill Redhage

Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP, a new, partners-only intellectual property litigation boutique, announced Wednesday i...


Law Practice


UCI Teaching Table Manners and the Law

Feb. 25, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

UCI School of Law 1Ls already know the importance of public service. Tuesday, they learned the ins and outs of dinner service ...


Litigation


DOJ Sues to Block Attorneys' Tax Shelters

Feb. 25, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

The federal government filed civil charges alleging two former Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP and a finance specialist used...


Corporate


The fight over standing requirements for bringing consumer class actions is not over, defendants still have ammunition. By Dan...


Starting now, hiring foreign nationals will require more interaction between a company's legal and human resources department....


Trusts & Estates


Jewish Charity Donation Claim Fizzles

Feb. 25, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A leading Jewish charity failed to prove the late Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland E. Arnall promised to give it $18 million...


Litigation


Groups File Lawsuit Over Surveillance

Feb. 25, 2011
By Brandon Ortiz

Muslim leaders and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit accusing the FBI of violating the First Amendment by paying an informant to ...


Perspective


Surfing the Contingent Workforce Wave

Feb. 25, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

The law has not kept up with employment trends, so how can you? Here are three essential guidelines that have emerged. By Garr...


Intellectual Property


High Court Grapples With Patent Question

Feb. 25, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court struggled over setting a standard for the inducement of patent infringement that protects intellectual-...


Appellate Practice


A U.S. Supreme Court ruling reinforces an important principle in issue preservation that no civil litigator should forget. By ...


U.S. Supreme Court


California Habeas Rules Upheld

Feb. 25, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

In a decision that's bound to disappoint criminal defense attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court approved California's non-specific...


U.S. Supreme Court


Federal Law Doesn't Preclude Mazda Claims

Feb. 25, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that following safety standards does not insulate Mazda Motor Corp. from liability fo...


Family


DOMA Move Unlikely to Affect Prop 8 Fight

Feb. 25, 2011
By Laura Ernden

President Barack Obama legally abandoned the federal ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, but legal experts said the shift will...


Obituaries


Joseph H. Flom

Feb. 25, 2011
By John Roemer

1923-2011 ...


Education


Law School Applications Down

Feb. 25, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

The number of law school applications received nationwide is down by nearly 13 percent, preliminary data shows, though some Ca...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers

Feb. 24, 2011
By Carla Pinedan

Lucas & Haverkamp, a firm that specializes in litigation on behalf of corporations and public entities, signed a lease for...