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Corporate Counsel


Andrew Chang

Dec. 29, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

General Counsel and Secretary for DreamWorks Animation SKG Glendale ...


Perspective


Some proposals the new governor should keep in mind if he wants to put California back on a path to prosperity. By Lonny Zilbe...


Education


Education According to the Court

Dec. 29, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Reflections on the fate of public education. By Richard M. Mosk, a justice of the California Court of Appeal. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Arbitration: A Look Back, a Look Ahead

Dec. 29, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Viability of class actions in consumer and employment cases remain uncertain in California. By H. Scott Leviant of Spiro Moss....


Perspective


The Future of Class Actions

Dec. 29, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

A case, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, carries broad implications for class action litigation. By Brian Kabateck and Karen...


Perspective


Advocacy Tips for School Discipline Proceedings

Dec. 29, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

When representing a student facing expulsion in disciplinary proceedings, every detail is crucial. By Julie Waterstone of Sout...


Obituaries


Theodore P. Polich Jr.

Dec. 29, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

1935-2010 ...


Native Americans


Intertribal Bar Association Grows

Dec. 29, 2010
By Pat Broderick

San Diego County - with more American Indian reservations than any other county in the United States, each with its own custom...


Civil Rights


O.C. to Seek Supreme Court Review

Dec. 29, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Orange County will ask the U.S. Supreme Court this week to review a jury's $5 million verdict in 2007 against the county and a...


Criminal


Top Public Defender Resigns

Dec. 29, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

Teresa Caffese, the chief deputy in the San Francisco public defender's office, is resigning to return to the courtroom. ...


Litigation


2010 Busy for Northern Trial Courts

Dec. 29, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Cases spanned wide array of areas, including elder law. ...


Criminal


Consultant Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

Dec. 29, 2010
By Pat Broderick

According to the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York, from 2007 to 2009, consultant Karl Motey and oth...


Litigation


Former Elevator Mechanic Wins Big

Dec. 29, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Jury awards injured man $11.7 million in what's believed to be one of the biggest personal-injury verdicts in Marin County his...


Litigation


Debate Over Courtroom Cameras

Dec. 29, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

The debate over cameras in courtrooms has heated up, with proponents saying courts must respond to public interest, and oppone...


Intellectual Property


Copyright, Trademark Wars Hot in 2010

Dec. 29, 2010
By David Houstonn

2010 ended with the death of comprehensive patent reform and an inconclusive U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major patent case....


Intellectual Property


Central District To Consider Patent Rules

Dec. 29, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Judges in the Central District of California in 2011 will consider rules establishing a standard procedure for each patent cas...


Intellectual Property


Patent Defendants Mess With Texas

Dec. 29, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

2010 was the year that patent litigators broke free from the Eastern District of Texas, a tiny spot on the globe where a grou...


Entertainment & Sports


Small Film Studios Say FCC Rules Fall Short

Dec. 29, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Even as some business interests decried the new Internet regulations passed by the Federal Communications Commission last week...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Dec. 28, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners announced Thursday that it will acquire Jo-Ann Stores Inc., the nationwid...


Litigation


Jurors Less Sympathetic

Dec. 28, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Financially struggling jurors are less sympathetic to personal-injury litigants. ...


Corporate Counsel


Janine Sarti

Dec. 28, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

General Counsel for Palomar Pomerado Health San Diego ...


Perspective


In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions Inc., the state Supreme Court will revisit the collateral source rule. By ...


Criminal


The 35th Anniversary of Rutherford

Dec. 28, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

Inmate reduction is key to resolving the toxic conditions in Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles County. By Margaret Winter and ...


Criminal


The End of Federal Civil Rights Law

Dec. 28, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Judges choose to exonerate police officers involved in police abuse at the expense of our civil liberty. By Ben Rosenfeld. ...


Perspective


The campaign for gay rights requires a hybrid political and legal approach. By Ari Waldman of California Western School of Law...


Litigation


MCLE TEST: Read the article on peremptory

Dec. 28, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Read the article on peremptory challenges by Gale E. Kaneshiro and take the test that follows to earn MCLE credit. ...


Litigation


Batson motions aim to protect members of certain groups from discrimination in the jury selection process. By Gale E. K...


Immigration


Judge Orders Immigrants Be Represented

Dec. 28, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

A federal judge has ordered that two long-detained immigrants with mental disabilities get legal representation. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Federal Circuit Judge Confirmed by Senate

Dec. 28, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley of the Northern District of Ohio to the ...


Criminal


Cotchett Notches Win In Ponzi Suit

Dec. 28, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A Santa Clara County Superior jury returned a verdict of nearly $800,000 this week in the first in a series of suits related t...