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Real Estate/Development


Sentence Lowered for Homestore CEO

Apr. 21, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Stuart Wolff, the former CEO of Homestore.com, to four and a half years in prison on ...


Criminal


Telemarketing Firm Owner Sentenced

Apr. 21, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Michael Alexander, owner of several San Diego telemarketing companies involved in real estate investment fraud, was sentenced ...


Perspective


EIR for Prohibiting Plastic Bags?

Apr. 21, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

David Blackwell and Michael Durkee of Allen Matkins say green motives or a "politically correct" principle does not necessaril...


Perspective


Michael Rapkin and Scott Rapkin of the Law Offices of Michael S. Rapkin say in recent years, politicians have severely comprom...


Real Estate/Development


Reverse Redlining Get Mixed Results

Apr. 21, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Wells Fargo Bank may have decided earlier this month to settle claims that it unfairly targeted minority homebuyers with expen...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Panel Splits Verdicts

Apr. 21, 2010
By Pat Broderick

The 4th District Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the dismissal of one putative class-action lawsuit, and revived another, bot...


Books


Adapting to New Client Expectations

Apr. 21, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Thomas Morgan's "The Vanishing American Lawyer" argues that in the future, clients will need more specialized lawyers t...


Intellectual Property


Townsend Offers Second Opinions

Apr. 21, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Townsend and Townsend and Crew is offering companies facing patent infringement lawsuits a second opinion. Now they can come t...


U.S. Supreme Court


U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday appeared unsure of how to resolve a dispute over whether UC Hastings College of the Law can...


Law Practice


Land Use Goes Boutique

Apr. 20, 2010
By Anna Scott

William F. Delvac, left, Dale Goldsmith, Mark S. Armbruster, and R.J. Comer, in front of the Century Plaza Hotel, a client. ...


Corporate Counsel


C. Doug Kranwinkle

Apr. 20, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Univision Communications Inc. Los Angeles ...


Insurance


MetLife Agrees to $13.5M Fine

Apr. 20, 2010
By Pat Broderickn

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. will have to pay the $13.5 million for its role in making improper payments on a San Diego-bas...


Law Practice


More Private Placement Work Ahead

Apr. 20, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Law firms' transactional practices have been among the hardest hit during the recession of the past two years. ...


Government


AOC: Don't Raid Construction Funds

Apr. 20, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Saying it would "too narrowly focus on one solution," the Administrative Office of the Courts is recommending against using co...


Perspective


The Big Business of Patent Minutiae

Apr. 20, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

For investors, entrepreneurs and causal observers, claim construction may well be a mystery in the black box of patent valuati...


What married couples should know about obtaining innocent spouse relief. ...


Perspective


Dana Frix and Jim Stenger of Chadbourne & Parke discuss the recent ruling questioning the FCC's "jurisdiction" over the In...


Government


Islamic Group Requests Damages

Apr. 20, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

An Islamic group that recently won a ruling from a San Francisco federal judge that the government unlawfully spied on it has ...


Perspective


Joan Cotkin of Nossaman says two recent cases about the rights and obligations of defending insurers under different circumsta...


Intellectual Property


Mattel Keeps Crash Dummy Trademark

Apr. 20, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Mattel Inc. did not abandon its trademark to Crash Dummies toys and games and thus can block a smaller competitor's applicatio...


Judges and Judiciary


Liu Grilled in Senate Session

Apr. 20, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu weathered wave after wave of sharp questions at his Senate grilling Friday, wi...


Constitutional Law


Supreme Court Takes on SMS Privacy

Apr. 20, 2010
By Cat Ho

The Supreme Court has taken on its first cases regarding whether employees have a right to privacy when they send text message...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Medical Device Approval Scrutinized

Apr. 20, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

One bad apple may spoil the bunch for medical device companies seeking clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to...


Corporate


HP Bribery Case Throws Spotlight On Enforcement

Apr. 20, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

As news of Department of Justice and SEC investigations into a German subsidiary of HP broke last week, the San Francisco offi...


Litigation


Plaintiffs' Lawyers Meet On Toyota

Apr. 20, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Plaintiffs' attorneys in the national Toyota acceleration litigation met Friday in Orange County to discuss how to organize th...


Law Practice


On the Move

Apr. 19, 2010
By Anna Scott

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


Judicial Profile


Lisa B. Lench

Apr. 19, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Courage of Her Convictions


Labor/Employment


A law intended to curb arbitration abuses by U.S. defense contractors may wind up giving a day in court to a much wider swath ...


Law Practice


Irell & Manella Adds Lateral Partner

Apr. 17, 2010
By Anna Scott

Irell & Manella has recruited patent lawyer Greg Gardella in Los Angeles, the first partner-level addition since 2006, whe...


Law Practice


Sheppard, Mullin Re-Elects Chairman

Apr. 17, 2010
By Anna Scott

Guy N. Halgren has been re-elected to a fourth three-year term as chairman of the executive committee of Sheppard, Mullin, Ric...