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Law Practice


Post-Split Profits Community Property

Oct. 23, 2010
By Anna Scott

Paging divorcing lawyers: Partnership profits earned during marriage qualify as community property, even if they were distribu...


Criminal


Lawyer's Arrest Warrant To Be Aired

Oct. 23, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled that a portion of the arrest warrant documents for a former Morrison & Foer...


Arbitrator Profile


Born Mild

Oct. 23, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Judiciate West neutral Gary N. Donovan has talent for settling conflicts. ...


Litigation


Cotchett, Danko Lead Explosion Suit

Oct. 23, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A well-known Burlingame plaintiffs' firm and a San Mateo lawyer who has sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. twice before are l...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidate-Name Concern Too Late

Oct. 23, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Critics are fuming over how San Francisco judicial candidate Michael Nava's name was translated in Chinese for the ballot, but...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiffs Try to Block Class Review

Oct. 23, 2010
By Cat Ho

Plaintiffs' lawyers suing Wal-Mart in the largest gender discrimination class action in U.S. history laid out their arguments ...


Letter to the Editor


Un-Judicial Conduct

Oct. 23, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

William Shepard writes in response to 'Ballot Translation of Judicial Candidate's Name Raises Eyebrows.' ...


Perspective


Family Law: An Alternative To Litigation

Oct. 23, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

An increasingly complex and expensive judicial process has created a demand for resolving family law issues out of court. By E...


Books


Key to the Future Is Change

Oct. 23, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

The legal profession needs to move beyond the status quo. By Deborah Epstein Henry of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. ...


The federal government may no longer need written legislation in order to pre-empt state laws. By Brian Kabateck and Evan Zuck...


Books


The Curse of Success

Oct. 23, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Successful people have certain traits that make them less likely to improve their decision-making skills. By Randall Kiser of ...


Perspective


Lawyers should know what to do and what to avoid when interviewed by the press. By Asha Blake of Goldenheart Media and Bradley...


Litigation


Chevron Can Depose Two Lawyers

Oct. 23, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Chevron Corp. has won two more significant victories in U.S. courts as it tries to uncover evidence to support its claim that ...


In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision, the California Fair Political Practices Commission ...


Criminal


Judge Admonished For DUI

Oct. 23, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A judicial oversight body publicly admonished Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John T. Doyle on Thursday for breaching ...


Intellectual Property


Mattel Loses a Round Over Bratz

Oct. 23, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday denied Mattel's request for a re-hearing of its July opinion reversing a trial ...


California Supreme Court


Voters to Decide What's in a Name

Oct. 22, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Most people view the November retention election as a mere formality before 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-S...


Employee Benefits


Judge Certifies Grocery Class Actions

Oct. 22, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Grocery chains Ralphs and Albertsons could pay as much as $40 million to 9,000 workers who claim they were illegally denied be...


Health Care & Hospital Law


L.A. Claims Insurers Sold Junk Plans

Oct. 22, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed a suit Tuesday that targets "junk insurance" companies as well their high-profile...


Energy Law


Milbank Advises Power Plant Deal

Oct. 22, 2010
By Fiona Smith

Lawyers from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the lenders in a $650 million deal to finance the construction of a 7...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Study: Mandates Mean Rising Costs

Oct. 22, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Health-insurance laws dictated by state legislators reached a total of 2,156 separate mandates nationwide this year, increasin...


Labor/Employment


Unusual Legal Move in Trump Case

Oct. 22, 2010
By Catherine Hon

The hotel magnate famous for booting TV contestants off his reality show has cleaned house of two different law firms represen...


Judges and Judiciary


9th Circuit Appoints Bankruptcy Judge

Oct. 22, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

The Northern District has a new bankruptcy judge, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Wednesday. ...


Military Law


9th Circuit Suspends 'Don't-Ask' Order

Oct. 22, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay of a trial judge's decision blocking enforcement of "don't ask,...


Perspective


Using Anti-SLAPP Motions In Employment Cases

Oct. 22, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

The broad applicability of anti-SLAPP motions extends to employment cases, yet they are rarely utilized. By Maria Roberts and ...


Perspective


The newly codified economic substance doctrine may change the way tax and business planners do business. By Bruce Givner and O...


Letter to the Editor


Find a Lawyer Offering Lacks Key Protections

Oct. 22, 2010
By Seena Nikravann

Deborah Kemper, President of Executives of California Lawyers' Associations, comments on 'Bar President Emphasizes Clients Fir...


Technology & Science


Facebook Sues Three More Spammers

Oct. 22, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Facebook Inc. has filed three new complaints against defendants accused of spamming the social networking site, raising the st...


State Bar & Bar Associations


In response to a recent study finding that California prosecutors often go unpunished for serious courtroom misconduct, the St...


Perspective


(Viable) Lessons From Ed Newman

Oct. 22, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Lawyers, who make their living through arranging words, should heed the linguistic lessons of television journalist Edwin Newm...