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Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Oct. 5, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The latest transactions by California attorneys.


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court to Hone in on 9th Circuit

Oct. 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court 2010 term, which starts Monday has a substantial 9th Circuit and California flavor. Of 54 cases the cou...


Corporate Counsel


Paul S. Rutter

Oct. 5, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Co-Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Thomas Properties Group Inc. Los Angeles ...


Technology & Science


Venture Capital Slips for Clean Tech

Oct. 5, 2010
By Fiona Smith

Venture capital investment in clean tech for the third quarter of 2010 fell by 11 percent compared to the same period this yea...


Government Contracts


Gov. Signs Laws to Help Building Contractors

Oct. 5, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Architects, engineers and other design professionals won't have to worry as much about being hit with massive litigation costs...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Bills Put State Ahead of Reform

Oct. 5, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

California's new health insurance exchange could be a bellwether that other states' lawmakers look to as they put together det...


Large Firms


Federal Prosecutor Jumps to Sidley

Oct. 5, 2010
By Jill Redhage

David L. Anderson, first assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California, will leave his post in early November...


Government


Public Campaign Financing Laws in Danger

Oct. 5, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

The Supreme Court's injunction against state-distributed rescue funds could spell danger for the nation's campaign financing l...


Environmental


Can the Roberts Court Stay Out of Politics?

Oct. 5, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

A climate change case that will go before the Supreme Court this session will determine the domains of Congress and the courts...


Whether Arizona's controversial immigration statutes will survive pre-emption is now a question for the Supreme Court, by Stev...


Constitutional Law


The Supreme Court is poised to decide some fascinating cases that may well yield closely-divided votes, by John C. Eastman, fo...


Personal Injury & Torts


S.F. Condo Owners Sue City

Oct. 5, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Rose Tracy Reinheimer is one of more than 60 homeowners suing the city over accusations it mismanaged its below-market-rate co...


Government


Varied Bills Are Governor's Legacy

Oct. 5, 2010
By Emily Green

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed more than 700 bills into law, including several aimed at reducing the workload for t...


Constitutional Law


A Grave Matter of Vile Speech

Oct. 5, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

The stage is set for the final battle between privacy rights and free speech in the military funeral protest case of Snyder...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Oct. 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Law Practice


On the Move

Oct. 4, 2010
By Anna Scott

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


U.S. Supreme Court


Appellate Lawyers' Roundtable

Oct. 4, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Earlier in September, the Daily Journal hosted two roundtable discussions with leading appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles ...


Litigation


Lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan used a tactic that did not exist 10 years ago to de...


Judicial Profile


Michelle Rosenblatt

Oct. 2, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Michelle Rosenblatt requested a civil docket after a career as a criminal law judge. She says she needed a challenge. Civil la...


Securities


Apple Settles Options Backdating Suit

Oct. 2, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Apple Inc. has settled the last of the lawsuits filed against it over stock options by agreeing to pay $14 million to investor...


Criminal


Ponzi Scheme Perpetrator Indicted

Oct. 2, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday indicted Bruce Fred Friedman, 60, of Sherman Oaks, on criminal charges he perp...


Litigation


Issuing a sanction and a rare public reprimand, the 9th U.S. Circuit Judicial Council ruled Thursday that Beverly Hills attorn...


Intellectual Property


Years Later, 'Voice Mail Trial' Opens

Oct. 2, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

One of the most notorious voice mail messages in Silicon Valley history is at the crux of a trade secrets misappropriation tri...


Large Firms


Law Firms Wary of Lateral Hires

Oct. 2, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Still smarting from the blows of the recession, law firms are raising their standards for lateral partner candidates by demand...


Discipline


Court: Prosecutor Misused 'Golden Rule'

Oct. 2, 2010
By Laura Ernden

An Alameda County prosecutor's impassioned closing argument urging jurors to imagine the horrors a murder victim went through ...


Real Estate/Development


Records Fight Mires Development

Oct. 2, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A legal battle over the high-profile redevelopment of a former U.S. Navy base is getting messier, with the former project deve...


Entertainment & Sports


Facebook Movie Skirts Legal Lines

Oct. 2, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Hitting big screens today, "The Social Network" combines the portrayal of real-life people with fictionalized events but witho...


Solo and Small Firms


Talking 'Bout Their Generations

Oct. 2, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Marshall A. Rutter knew when he founded the firm now known as Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff that he wanted a practice that woul...


Criminal


California's Death Penalty Is a Farce

Oct. 2, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Recent legal maneuvering in Albert Brown's impending execution exposes the farcical nature of the death penalty, by Havar Avir...


Letter to the Editor


'Third World' Is An Obsolete Term

Oct. 2, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Hyman Sisman of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office responds to "Third World Countries Must Provide Their Own Ac...