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Real Estate/Development


Real Estate

Jul. 28, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Few things in real estate survived the recession unscathed beyond the basic industry fundamentals of putting together bricks a...


State Bar & Bar Associations


New Bar President: Efficient, Organized

Jul. 28, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

William N. Hebert of San Francisco's Calvo & Clark will become the new president of the State Bar in September. ...


Large Firms


Kaye Scholer Lures Dewey IP Trio

Jul. 28, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Barbara Caulfield, former managing partner of Dewey & LeBouef's Silicon Valley office, and colleagues Michael Malecek and ...


Law Practice


Local Lawyers Advised 2Wire Merger

Jul. 28, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

California attorneys helped orchestrate the acquisition, announced Monday, of San Jose-based 2Wire Inc. by the U.K's Pace PLC ...


Intellectual Property


Filmmakers, iPhone Users Get More Freedom

Jul. 28, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Documentary filmmakers and iPhone application users were among the winners of the U.S. Librarian of Congress' new rules allowi...


Government Contracts


Charity Seeks Millions from Estate

Jul. 28, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

The estate of late Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland Arnall is battling a charity over whether he pledged $18 million to fund...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Rejected for Public Defender

Jul. 28, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter P. Espinoza, who threw his hat in to become the next public defender, is ineligi...


California Courts of Appeal


Presiding Appellate Judge to Retire

Jul. 28, 2010
By John Roemer

Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland, who has been at the helm of Sacramento's 3rd District Court of Appeal since 1998, will r...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Chipotle Counters Violate ADA

Jul. 28, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Chipotle restaurants' tall counters deny customers in wheelchairs the full "Chipotle experience," violating the Americans with...


Counsel for the Collins family in Collins v. Plant Insulation Co. ...


Law Practice


Don't Let Your Bubble Cross My Bubble

Jul. 28, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Ever heard of an "assault by bubble?" Well, a protestor at the G20 Summit was threatened with arrest for this very act, by Don...


Community News


Immigration Mediation

Jul. 28, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Days before Arizona's tough new immigration law is set to take effect, two of the state's legislators, Democratic Rep. Kyrsten...


Perspective


There is no reason to delay in confirmation of well-qualified, noncontroversial judicial nominees, by Carl Tobias of Universit...


Labor/Employment


An Arrow In the Employer's Quiver

Jul. 28, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Ten reasons why every employer should have an employee handbook, by Michele Goldsmith of Bergman & Dacey Inc. ...


Law Practice


Checklists and the Law

Jul. 28, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

In the heat of litigation, attorneys can overlook essential steps or terms. So why not consider checklists to avoid mistakes? ...


Government


Public-Private Contingent-Fees Ok'd

Jul. 28, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Government lawyers got the green light from the California Supreme Court Monday to team up with outside counsel on a contingen...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Sending a major rewrite of the California lawyer discipline rules on to the Supreme Court, the State Bar nixed three proposals...


Judicial Profile


Renée F. Korn

Jul. 28, 2010
By Pat Alston

Former career prosecutor Renée Korn says it was challenging to switch from advocate to independent arbiter. Lawyers say the Lo...


Judicial Profile


Gary Y. Tanaka

Jul. 28, 2010
By Pat Alston

Lawyers say Gary Tanaka, a juvenile court judge in Los Angeles County, takes time to fully understand what's best for the chil...


Health Care & Hospital Law


New Front in ADA Fight Opens

Jul. 27, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

On the 20th anniversary of the ADA, plaintiff attorneys and others said the law that took down physical impediments and helped...


Corporate Counsel


Pierre Vudrag

Jul. 27, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs of The Tennis Channel Santa Monica, CA ...


Criminal


When Can Juveniles Be Tried as Adults?

Jul. 27, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Proposition 21, passed in 2000, has complicated the question of whether a juvenile under the age of 18 can be tried as an adul...


Securities


Litigator Focused On Complex Cases

Jul. 27, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Neal A. Dublinsky 1963-2010 ...


Litigation


Lawyer Tax Break Questioned

Jul. 27, 2010
By Anna Scott

Two U.S. senators have asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to address whether the Treasury Department may grant plaintif...


Law Practice


Starting Salaries Stuck at 2008 Levels

Jul. 27, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

A new survey of first-year salaries for law school graduates contains sobering news for the class of 2010, with a finding that...


Constitutional Law


Facebook Privacy Suit Dismissed

Jul. 27, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Facebook Inc. scored a victory last week when plaintiffs' attorneys dismissed a class action that claimed the social networkin...


Intellectual Property


Judge Tosses Patent Marking Claim

Jul. 27, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

In a novel move in the rapidly growing arena of false patent marking, the claim against one defendant was dismissed for lack o...


Large Firms


Firm Sued Over Bad Bond Advice

Jul. 27, 2010
By Anna Scott

The City of Huntington Park's public financing authority is suing the law firm Best Best & Krieger, alleging legal malprac...


Government


L.A. Seeks Probation Dept. Oversight

Jul. 27, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Los Angeles County officials are finalizing a contract that would give the Office of Independent Review authority to monitor t...


Criminal


Bonds Perjury Case Moves Forward

Jul. 27, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Federal prosecutors are going forward with their perjury case against former Giants slugger Barry Bonds, but a trial likely wo...