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Judicial Profile


Ernest M. Hiroshige

Dec. 21, 2010
By Pat Alstonn

Judge Ernest M. Hiroshige persuades parties to settle their disputes or else risk the uncertainty of trial, and the strict rul...


Community News


Dec. 20, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

United Way hosted its 23rd annual Koko Challenge Awards ceremony on Dec. 16 to recognize local law firms for their fundraising...


Law Practice


On the Move

Dec. 20, 2010
By Erica E. Phillips

Oakland-based public agency law firm Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson announced David Skinner will assume leadership as ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 20, 2010
By Eb Richardsonn


Judicial Profile


Theodore C. Zayner

Dec. 20, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Theodore C. Zayner feeds on the collegiality of the court.


ADR Provider


Lourdes G. Baird

Dec. 18, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Former federal judge Lourdes Baird likes the intimate perspective that mediation and arbitration afford. ...


Law Practice


Perfect Time to Launch a Practice

Dec. 18, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Because of new technology and services, experts say now is the best time ever to launch a law practice, but they also recommen...


Community News


Mark P. Poliquin, founding partner with Doug DeGrave of Poliquin & DeGrave in Laguna Hills, was named OC Trial Lawyer of t...


Community News


Volunteer Lawyers Give Beyond Holiday Season

Dec. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Giving is popular this time of year, but the Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association took the seasonal opportunity to recogni...


Community News


Support Children's Rights: Shop for Makeup

Dec. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Sephora brings more to the holiday season than glittering nail polish and festive red lipstick. On Dec. 9, the Century City lo...


Is arbitration the right choice when there is a possibility of conflicting rulings with third parties who have not executed an...


Constitutional Law


The Health Care Law Is Constitutional (Still)

Dec. 18, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

There is good reason to believe the U.S. Supreme Court will not agree that the health insurance mandate is unconstitutional. B...


Perspective


Drawing Lines in the Constitutional Sand

Dec. 18, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

The new health care law pushes the boundaries of Congress' authority under the Commerce Clause. By Joerg W. Knipprath of South...


Government


AOC Pay Raise Cleared

Dec. 18, 2010
By Laura Ernden

In a parting gift to court employees, outgoing Chief Justice Ronald M. George authorized a 3.5 percent pay raise Thursday retr...


Books


Dealing With Government Lawbreakers

Dec. 18, 2010
By Seena Nikravann

An interdisciplinary approach to the challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments. By Austin Sarat and Nasser Hu...


Government


Foster Care Deadline For State

Dec. 18, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an order Thursday giving the California Department of Social Services until April 8 t...


Community News


The Bar Association of San Francisco held its annual changing-of-the-guard luncheon Tuesday at the Julia Morgan Ballroom to a ...


Energy Law


Milbank Tweed Helps With Refinancing

Dec. 18, 2010
By Fiona Smith

Los Angeles attorney Allan Marks with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented institutional lenders in a $143 million ...


Personal Injury & Torts


McDonald's Sued Over Happy Meals

Dec. 18, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A Sacramento mom filed a class-action complaint this week in San Francisco County Superior Court accusing McDonald's of exploi...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Lawyers Track Electronic Health Data

Dec. 18, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Dosage mix-ups aren't new to emergency rooms, but the electronic systems that many doctors and hospitals are starting to use a...


Government


Councilman Gets Prison Time

Dec. 18, 2010
By Emily Green

A San Bernardino County judge opted for prison time for former Rancho Cucamonga Councilman Rex Gutierrez, two months after a j...


State Bar & Bar Associations


S.D. Bar President Youngest in Its History

Dec. 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Passionate about his job as a deputy district attorney in the family protection unit, new San Diego County Bar Association Pre...


Litigation


Long Beach Restaurant Must Pay $6.8 Million

Dec. 18, 2010
By Erica E. Phillips

A jury recently awarded $6.8 million in a case against the Gaslamp Restaurant & Bar in Long Beach after a UC Berkeley seni...


Securities


Famed Litigator Wins Verdict

Dec. 18, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Famed litigator James Brosnahan won a defense verdict for a San Diego-based company that makes non-lethal weapons and its chai...


Litigation


Bad Check Writers Win Paltry Verdict

Dec. 18, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A San Jose federal jury awarded just $12,000 to a class of 650,000 bad check writers who alleged they were routinely charged i...


Judges and Judiciary


New Judge First Woman to Hold Seat

Dec. 18, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

The U.S. Senate confirmed Kimberly Mueller as a judge on the District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramen...


Labor/Employment


Crackdown Complicates Health Reform

Dec. 18, 2010
By Cat Ho

In an unexpected twist to the rollout of health care reform law, elements related to employment may crank up the pressure on e...


Government


U.S. Attorneys Collected Record Fees in 2009

Dec. 18, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The four California-based U.S. attorney's offices collected $721.3 million from defendants in the last fiscal year, representi...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Appoints More Judges

Dec. 17, 2010
By Pat Alston

More judges appointed.


Personal Injury & Torts


Fed Sue BP Over Oil Spill

Dec. 17, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Justice Department has filed a massive civil suit against BP Exploration and Production Inc. and a group of other companie...