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Law Practice


Malpractice Suit Resurrected

May 18, 2010
By Laura Ernden

The 2nd District Court of Appeal resurrected a legal malpractice suit Monday against a Long Beach attorney and her firm in con...


Intellectual Property


Microsoft, VirnetX Settle for $200M

May 18, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

Microsoft Corp. agreed Monday to pay Scotts-Valley based VirnetX Holding Co. $200 million to settle lawsuits over the Redmond,...


Judges and Judiciary


Elena Kagan: A Troubling Record

May 18, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says history does not support the notion that Solicitor General Elena Kagan, f...


Rick Rayl and Bradford Kuhn of Nossaman examine a recent case where the government essentially got a "free pass" for taking pr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Two Firms to Merge

May 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Two workers' compensation defense boutique firms from both ends of the state are joining forces. The San Diego-based Heggenes...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar Exam Pass Rate Inches Up

May 18, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

About one in three people who took the State Bar exam in February passed it - 37.1 percent - a slight increase from last year.


Law Practice


Plaintiffs' attorneys advertising for potential clients don't need to worry about being sued for defamation by the businesses ...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Experience Comes With Age

May 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Chapman University law students get some real-world legal experience — and personal satisfaction — helping Orange County's eld...


Securities


P.R. Executive Sued Over Firm Sale

May 18, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Two former employees of crisis management firm Sitrick and Company Inc. are suing their former boss, Michael Sitrick, and his ...


Perspective


Coming to Terms With Slavery Is Not a Game

May 18, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Ariela Gross of the University of Southern California discusses the question of reparations for slavery.


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Limits Juvenile Sentences

May 18, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

In a major development in sentencing law, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday that juveniles cannot be imprisoned for life with...


The New Lawyer Q&A


PERFORMANCE TEST 2

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 6

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 2

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 1

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


Labor/Employment


Federal and state governments are cracking down on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors, a long-hel...


Corporate Counsel


Pascal W. Di Fronzo

May 18, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Autodesk Inc. San Rafael ...


Investments


Wilson Sonsini Leads TeleNav IPO

May 18, 2010
By Jill Redhage

An all-Palo Alto team of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati lawyers handled the initial public offering of TeleNav Inc., a S...


Criminal


Life Sentence for Teens' Murders

May 18, 2010
By Pat Broderick

John Albert Gardner III - following an emotional outpouring by the parents of his young victims - was sentenced May 14 to lif...


Personal Injury & Torts


LAPD Sued Over Fatal Crash

May 18, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

The family of a 25-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who died after her car was struck by a Los Angeles Police car speeding wi...


Government


Keker Steps in to Help S.F. D.A.

May 18, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

John W. Keker, founding partner of Keker & Van Nest and former president of the San Francisco Police Commission, has stepp...


Judges and Judiciary


O.C. Bar Association Releases Ratings

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

The Orange County Bar Association found that a deputy district attorney running in one of two contested judicial races is only...


Government


Courts Largely Escape Budget Scalpel

May 18, 2010
By Greg Kanen

California's courts largely escaped Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's scalpel in his revision of the 2010-11 state budget released ...


Intellectual Property


MGA Takes Another Hit in Bratz Doll Fight

May 18, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A federal judge late Thursday denied bids by Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment to dismiss most of Mattel's claims against t...


Intellectual Property


Federal Circuit to Rehear TiVo Case

May 18, 2010
By Craig Anderson

A federal appeals court decided Friday to rethink a major contempt finding that threatened to award more than $300 million as ...


Intellectual Property


Morgan Lewis Fighting Fraud Case

May 18, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys defending Morgan, Lewis & Bockius against a fraud claim by a former client for its handling of a patent applicat...


Law Practice


Emotions High in Heller Bankruptcy

May 18, 2010
By Jill Redhage

In the most tense hearing yet held in the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy since it was filed in December 2008, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...


Entertainment & Sports


DC Sues Lawyer for Comic Artist's Heirs

May 18, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A lawyer representing the heirs of a Superman co-creator in their efforts to regain a portion of the copyrights to it allegedl...


Law Practice


Teams Banking on Failed Banks

May 18, 2010
By Anna Scott

Law firms are banking on failing banks. With financial institutions still struggling with deteriorating loans, some firms hav...


Corporate


China's Business Temperature

May 18, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

China's focus is turning away from exports and inwards towards it own consumer markets, writes James Wong of Chinney Capital. ...