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Environmental


The attorney who initiated the massive environmental lawsuit pending against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador has succeeded in having ...


Product Liability


Toyota Lawyers Must Wait Another Day

May 14, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Plaintiffs lawyers, who flew in from around the country to discuss the pending mass tort against Toyota, will have to wait unt...


International


Macau Man Indicted for Conspiracy

May 14, 2010
By Pat Broderick

A federal jury has convicted a Macau, China, resident of conspiring to obtain sensitive U.S. military technology. ...


Technology & Science


Firms Advise on SAP-Sybase Deal

May 14, 2010
By Alexia Garamfalvin

California-based partners with Jones Day represented German software company SAP AG in a $5.8 billion acquisition of database ...


Litigation


ADA Attorney Fees Under Review

May 14, 2010
By Liz Enochsn

The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review a case that will determine when defendants who stave off Americans Wit...


Probate


Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Weekly wrap up of law firm moves and real estate related transactions. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Schwarzenegger Names New Judges

May 14, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed five new judges to trial courts in Ventura, Orange, Riverside and Sonoma counties. ...


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego, Ventura Bars Rate Judges

May 14, 2010
By Pat Alston

Two Southern California judges facing challengers in the June 8 election have received the best, and worst, ratings by their r...


Commercial Law


Auto Dealers Beware: Big Brother Is Looming

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group examines "S. 3217," which would create an agency charged with overseeing virtually all...


Perspective


What's in Your Wallet, Job Applicant?

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

With the economic crisis taking a toll on a huge segment of the population and adversely affecting credit ratings, D. Gregory ...


Environmental


Climate Bill Would Trump State Plans

May 14, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Senate unveiled an energy bill Wednesday that would replace California's cap-and-trade plan with a federal alternativ...


Perspective


A recent decision unsettles the market for the development of drugs based on owning the rights to certain genes, writes Tamir ...


Government


Panel: Prisoner Entitled to Parole

May 14, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A man who shot and killed a security guard in an attempted robbery of an adult bookstore is entitled to parole, a unanimous st...


U.S. Supreme Court


Kagan Will Move Supreme Court To the Right

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says Elena Kagen cannot fill Justice John Paul Stevens' mighty shoes. ...


Entertainment & Sports


MGM May Avoid Bankruptcy

May 14, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, weighed down with nearly $4 billion in debt, could get some temporary relief this week if cr...


Large Firms


Orrick Dumps Partner Profit as Success Metric

May 14, 2010
By Alexia Garamfalvin

San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced Wednesday it will no longer be using profits per equity partn...


California Courts of Appeal


Court Castigates Defense in Fee Dispute

May 14, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A state appellate panel this week strongly castigated an attorney on the losing end of a breach-of-contract lawsuit for fighti...


Letter to the Editor


Letter to the Editor

May 13, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Diversion of court funds is shortsighted and will worsen fiscal difficulties, says Bob Balgenorth, President of State Building...


Top Women Lawyers


The List

May 13, 2010
By Cat Ho


Large Firms


Northrop Won't Cut Ties on Moving

May 13, 2010
By Anna Scott

Northrop Grumman Corp. may be relocating its corporate headquarters to Virginia later this year, but the company says it will ...


Top Women Lawyers


Name Partner Makes History in Big Law

May 13, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Kathleen M. Sullivan is reminded that she shattered a glass ceiling in Big Law every time she walks off the elevator and sees ...


Top Women Lawyers


Jockeying for Power

May 13, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

It may be informal, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Patricia Gillette calls it the two-seater rule: "Most law firms do...


California Courts of Appeal


Judge's Writ of Mandate Denied

May 13, 2010
By Pat Broderick

San Diego Superior Court Judge DeAnn Salcido's unusual petition for a writ of mandate - to force her colleagues to impose mand...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham Leads Intuit Deal

May 13, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Latham & Watkins lawyers led by Menlo Park corporate partner Luke J. Bergstrom and associate Michelle Bushore helped Mount...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Candidate Ratings Released

May 13, 2010
By Pat Alston

The Los Angeles County Bar Association announced Tuesday its ratings of candidates vying for judicial office in the upcoming e...


Intellectual Property


Patent Holding Cos. Sue Trust

May 13, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Two patent holding companies filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York accusing the Allied Security Trust and sev...


Law Practice


No Retroactivity for Custody Credits

May 13, 2010
By John Roemer

A January 2010 legislative change awarding some California prison inmates more custody credits so they will get out of prison ...


Entertainment & Sports


Don Johnson, Producers Head to Trial

May 13, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A dispute over tens of millions of dollars between actor Don Johnson and three companies with ownership interests in the telev...


Product Liability


Pipe Maker Seeks To Dismiss Suit

May 13, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Pipe manufacturer JM Eagle has asked a federal judge to dismiss a multi-million dollar whistleblower lawsuit that accuses the ...


Litigation


CNET Founder Testifies In Art Flap

May 13, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

CNET Networks Inc. founder Halsey Minor took the stand Tuesday in a case that pits him against auction house Christie's Inc. i...