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Corporate


Exposing what it called "stunning" new evidence, MGA Entertainment, Inc. late Monday accused rival toymaker Mattel, Inc. of sp...


Law Practice


The Art and Science of Business Development

Aug. 19, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

You just nailed the bar exam and are ready to hang out your shingle. But how do you find the right clients? Learn about creati...


Judicial Profile


Raymond Corley Fisher

Aug. 19, 2010
By John Roemer

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Judge ...


Construction


Lawyer Might Be San Diego's Superhero

Aug. 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Charles Black, of counsel at Luce Forward in San Diego, is managing a proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center to...


Military Law


Military Halts Veteran's Discharge

Aug. 18, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Justice Department agreed Monday to hold off on high profile discharge proceedings against a decor...


Environmental


Chamber Challenges EPA

Aug. 18, 2010
By Fiona Smith

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Monday it has filed a new challenge to the Obama administration's efforts to regulate g...


Corporate


Apple Employee Faces Fraud Charges

Aug. 18, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

An Apple Inc. employee pleaded not guilty Monday to four felony counts for disclosing confidential company information and acc...


Perspective


Violent offenders make up one quarter of veterans entering the justice system, yet the course of treatment remains unclear, by...


Zoning, Planning and Use


San Diego Loses Home Depot Appeal

Aug. 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Home Depot, which has tried for years to win approval to build a new big-box store on land that it owns in an unincorporated a...


U.S. Supreme Court


'Birther' Fails to Persuade Court

Aug. 18, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

An Orange County lawyer involved in the so-called "birther" movement failed Monday in her attempt to persuade the U.S. Supreme...


Perspective


At what point do independent contractors become company employees who can sue their employers for sex discrimination? By Franc...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Arbitration for probate litigation can offer tailored service, a heightened level of confidentiality and prompt settlement, by...


Discipline


Lawyer Loses $238,000 in Fees

Aug. 18, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A federal appeals court ordered prominent southern California defense lawyer Jeffrey Benice to turn over $238,000 in attorney ...


Probate


'Safe Harbor' Lost in Inheritance Challenges

Aug. 18, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

If you're disappointed with the amount of money a relative left you, but the will states you will forfeit your inheritance if ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges Can Help Prevent Underage Drinking

Aug. 18, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Members of the legal community have the power to change the misconception that underage drinking is a harmless rite of passage...


Appellate Practice


You Don't Always Get a Second Chance

Aug. 18, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Legal filing deadlines are no joke. An attorney, whose paralegal failed to file a motion on time, learned this lesson the hard...


Letter to the Editor


By Nancy L. Vanderlip of ITT Corp. ...


Criminal


Three Strikes Thief Ordered Freed

Aug. 18, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

Ending a case Three Strikes critics called infamous, a homeless man serving a life sentence for attempting to steal food was o...


Law Practice


California Legal Markets Slowly Climb

Aug. 18, 2010
By Anna Scott

California's legal markets could be at the beginning of a slow uphill climb after bottoming out at the end of last year, accor...


Large Firms


Firms Signal Recruiting Optimism

Aug. 18, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

As the fall recruiting season hits California law schools this month, law firms looking to hire next year's summer associate c...


Gay couples cannot marry while the proponents of Proposition 8 appeal a federal judge's ruling striking down the same-sex marr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Aug. 17, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Chinese solar company Solarfun Power Holdings Co. announced Aug. 9 that it entered into a strategic transaction with Hanwha Ch...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Chief Judge Blisters Judiciary

Aug. 17, 2010
By John Roemer

As the 9th Circuit conference began in Maui, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski in a dissent accused federal judges of being overprivi...


Corporate Counsel


Samuel Gesten

Aug. 17, 2010
By Anna Scott

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Allergan Inc. Irvine ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Denies Discipline Request

Aug. 17, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Presiding Judge Kevin Enright denied a request by a Chula Vista attorney who wants lawyers to be automatically informed about ...


Government


Haag Sworn in as U.S. Attorney

Aug. 17, 2010
By Liz Enochsn

For the first time in nearly a century, the Northern District of California has a female U.S. Attorney. ...


Law Practice


Rare Insurance Trial Ends Quickly

Aug. 17, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

After only 28 minutes of deliberations, a Los Angeles federal jury last week returned a complete defense verdict in a $5 milli...


Constitutional Law


San Francisco Has Some Explaining To Do

Aug. 17, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

San Francisco's practice of providing preferential treatment for city contract awards based on race and gender faces the ultim...


Labor/Employment


Google Comes of Age

Aug. 17, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Good news plaintiffs' bar: a recent state Supreme Court ruling on age discrimination raises the compliance standard for summar...


Government


Professed Snitch's Suit Hangs On

Aug. 17, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

A man who claims to be a former FBI informant who infiltrated Orange County mosques will get one final opportunity to keep a l...