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The New Lawyer Q&A


PERFORMANCE TEST 1

May 19, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 5

May 19, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 4

May 19, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


The New Lawyer Q&A


QUESTION 3

May 18, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn


Community News


May 18, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Bet Tzdek has teamed up with Los Angeles County Superior Court to set aside a special session in probate court to help low-inc...


The New Lawyer Supplement


The New Lawyer

May 18, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Orrick is stocking a West Virginia hamlet with staff attorneys and giving them substantive work to do. But can the lure of a b...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

May 18, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Here are the summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing atto...


The Justice Department continues its streak of huge recoveries against the pharmaceutical industry.


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...