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Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers

Jun. 24, 2010
By Michael Gottliebn

Larrabee Mehlman Albi Coker, a law firm specializing in immigration law, leased 10,681 square feet of office in the Sorrento M...


Product Liability


Chains Sued Over Warning Labels

Jun. 24, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Can grilled chicken give you cancer? That's the question a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit wants a California trial court to...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Staff Poaching Rises in the Downturn

Jun. 24, 2010
By Cat Ho

As companies inch toward hiring again, employment lawyers foresee a renewed wave of unfair competition and trade secret litiga...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Welcome to the New World of Workouts

Jun. 24, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

In the past year, major law firms have been repositioning for the economic downturn by reapplying the ranks of their once-thri...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Mid-Size Firms Won Big in Recession

Jun. 24, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Last year's severe recession took its toll on Southern California's biggest law firms, as clients pulled back on legal spendi...


Top So Cal Law Firms


L.A. Firms Adjust To City's Waning Power

Jun. 24, 2010
By Anna Scott

When Tom Muller arrived from New York City to start work at one of Los Angeles' oldest and most revered law firms, the city, s...


Litigation


ATM Fee Suit Can Proceed

Jun. 24, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

ATM cardholders who allege that certain banks have illegally fixed the fees paid to ATM owners for non-customer withdrawals ha...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Are Media Fire Sales on the Horizon?

Jun. 24, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

The past year saw one of the bleakest climates for entertainment-related acquisitions in recent history, except for a few sunn...


Criminal


'Revolutionaries' Get Stiff Term

Jun. 24, 2010
By Evan George

In a rare case, a federal judge was asked to decide between a 5-year sentence and life imprisonment for a Long Beach man who ...


Large Firms


Nixon Aiming for Growth in Valley

Jun. 24, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Nixon Peabody's Silicon Valley office professes to be poised for growth by announcing its move to office space with room for 2...


Law Practice


Carroll Burdick Goes Global

Jun. 24, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough announced Tuesday it has combined operations with Smith & Partners, a 12-attorney Germany...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Failed expectations for a cost-effective, expeditious process undermine arbitration's vaunted advantages, writes Thomas Stipan...


Judges and Judiciary


O.C. Judge Gets Senate Nod to Federal Bench

Jun. 24, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

The U.S. Senate late Monday confirmed Josephine S. Tucker as the next federal trial judge in the Central District of Californi...


Perspective


Joshua del Castillo and Kenyon Harbison of Allen Matkins discuss Section 2923.5, a statute enacted to address escalating home ...


Bankruptcy


Judge Shuffle in Bankruptcy Court

Jun. 24, 2010
By Evan George

Amid a record case level, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District is facing a shake-up as it prepares to lose two s...


Real Estate/Development


Protecting Homeowners With High-End Policies

Jun. 24, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Vedica Puri of Pillsbury & Levinson addresses the problems and procedures for resolving high-end homeowner damage clams. ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Intel Nears Settlement of FTC Lawsuit

Jun. 24, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Last fall, Intel Corp. hired antitrust expert Douglas Melamed to help the chipmaker navigate through ongoing government invest...


Real Estate/Development


Navy Site Project Inches Forward

Jun. 24, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Bad news for opponents of the long-stalled redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex in downtown San Diego: a court nixed the...


Litigation


Which Client Costs Are Tax Deductible?

Jun. 24, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

When contingent fee lawyers pay out-of-pocket costs, it matters how the accounting is done and how the fee agreement is worded...


Judges and Judiciary


Feinstein Elected S.F. Presiding Judge

Jun. 24, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Judge Katherine Feinstein, a ten-year veteran of San Francisco Superior Court, has been elected its new presiding judge. ...


Agriculture


S.F. Judge Delays GMO Sugar Beet Case

Jun. 24, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the sales and planting of genetically-modified alfalfa is looming over a similar case involvi...


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


Takings Case Roils Judges At 9th Circuit

Jun. 24, 2010
By John Roemer

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took a fresh look at regulatory takings litigation Tuesday as it reconsidered en banc a ...


Community News


Jun. 23, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

With the FIFA World Cup underway in South Africa, attorney Shane Singh is getting his soccer fix a bit closer to home. As pres...


Community News


Jun. 23, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

In the spirit of the U.S. Open, and in support of equal access to justice, the Los Angeles and Orange county bar associations ...


Top So Cal Law Firms


Top Southern California Law Firms

Jun. 23, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

See our annual rankings of Southern California's law firms.


Judicial Profile


Gregory Munoz

Jun. 23, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Picking grapes as a youth taught Orange County Judge Gregory Muñoz not to take anything for granted.


Judicial Profile


Cheryl C. Kersey

Jun. 23, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Judge Cheryl Kersey presides over everything from adoptions, to murder trials, to product liability disputes at the far-flung ...


Obituaries


Paul Gutman

Jun. 23, 2010
By Pat Alston

1931-2010 ...


Criminal


S.F. Public Defender Blasts D.A. Again

Jun. 23, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Jeff Adachi on Monday accused the Kamala Harris of refusing to disclose the tattered record of a police officer who may testif...


Criminal


Large S.D. Counterfeiting Ring Broken

Jun. 23, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Thirty alleged counterfeiters are facing a variety of charges resulting from "Operation Blue Ray." ...