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Perspective


John McLachlan of Fisher & Phillips says the role of first line supervisors plays a crucial role in an employer's strategy...


Perspective


Lend a Hand to Borrowers in Trouble

Apr. 9, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

With many foreclosure consultants understaffed, borrowers hit by the housing crisis need help from the legal community, writes...


Nadav Ravid of Buchalter Nemer examines a recent California Supreme Court ruling that will significantly impact commercial rea...


Law Practice


Summers Receiving Fewer Offers

Apr. 9, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Summer associates at law firms suffered a dramatic decline in the number of full-time job offers they received last year, and ...


Judges and Judiciary


A Los Angeles deputy city attorney who has focused his 15-year career in the office's civil side identified himself as a "crim...


Judicial Profile


Charles S. "Steve" Crandall

Apr. 9, 2010
By Pat Alston

As a prosecutor and litigator, Steve Crandall took on polluters. Now a judge, tree-killing discovery is his target.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Fighting For the 'Little Guy'

Apr. 8, 2010
By Cat Ho

Garo Mardirossian, the 2010 president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, prides himself as the first "forei...


Intellectual Property


Top 25 portfolio managers, prosecutors and license specialists ...


Intellectual Property


75 Leading IP Litigators

Apr. 8, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

75 Leading IP Litigators ...


Intellectual Property


At the opening of a self-help legal clinic last year, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz of Los Angeles told pro se litigants ...


Intellectual Property


Enforcing IP Laws in the Age of Obama

Apr. 8, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Obama administration is in the midst of creating the first ever government-wide plan for how a host of agencies work toget...


Judges and Judiciary


Mann Sworn In as Bankruptcy Judge

Apr. 8, 2010
By Pat Broderick

San Diego attorney Margaret M. Mann has been sworn in as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District by Chi...


Criminal


Lab Fallout May Delay Sentencing

Apr. 8, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Federal prosecutors trying to avoid the fallout from a growing crime lab scandal agreed Tuesday to postpone the sentencing of ...


Government


Sacramento Courts To Run Servers

Apr. 8, 2010
By Greg Kanen

Sacramento Superior Court judges on Tuesday announced plans to spend $1.45 million during the next five years to take greater ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sanctions Lifted Against Lawyers

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

A San Diego magistrate judge has reversed a sanctions order against six attorneys who represented Qualcomm Inc. and fell under...


Law Practice


Anti-SLAPP Law May Cover Ads

Apr. 8, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Los Gatos attorney Pierce Gore, facing a lawsuit over a newspaper advertisement seeking potential class-action plaintiffs, may...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Bill Seeks to Level Playing Field

Apr. 8, 2010
By Evan George

Spurred by stories of sick and injured policyholders whose disability claims are improperly denied and then tied up in court, ...


Securities


Ex-KB Home CEO Testimony Ends

Apr. 8, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Testimony in the prosecution of ex-KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz on stock option backdating charges ended Tuesday, with prosecutors...


California Courts of Appeal


Prisoner Denied Release

Apr. 8, 2010
By John Roemer

An appellate court Tuesday rejected a the petition of a quadriplegic, who might be the state's "most-expensive" prisoner, for ...


Perspective


Federal Law Trumps State Class Action Rules

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Brian Kabateck and Evan Zucker of Kabateck Brown Kellner ask what Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance


Perspective


The Church Only Speaks Repentance

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

The scandal involving sexual crimes continues, but the Catholic Church can't quite nail down the concept of repentance, writes...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Confronting Conflict of Interest

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Bryan Liang of California Western School of Law and Tim Mackey of the Institute of Health Law Studies discuss conflicts of int...


Perspective


SLAPPing the Boss

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

D. Gregory Valenza of Shaw Valenza says when revenge comes in the form of a SLAPP lawsuit, payback is best served in accordanc...


Law Practice


2009 Layoffs Shored Up Finances

Apr. 8, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Law firms found no silver bullet for achieving financial stability last year and layoffs turned out to be one of the few signi...


Government


Republicans Try to Block 9th Circuit Nominee

Apr. 8, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee seized Tuesday on UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's failure to f...


Perspective


Taking Action for Children With Autism

Apr. 8, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

In her new book, Areva Martin provides parents and caregivers with vital and relevant instructions on how to stand up for chil...


Community News


Apr. 7, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

By Lisa Kestenbaum Daily Journal Staff Writer Legal professionals had a field day at the Mexican American Bar Association’s ...


Intellectual Property


Intellectual Property

Apr. 7, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Read our annual list of the leading intellectual property lawyers in California. Plus, we explore how the Central District is ...


Military Law


Female Veterans on the Rise

Apr. 7, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Jenna Hamerling, left, Melissa Tyner and David Ackerly launched the Inner City Law Center's legal clinic focusing on the legal...


Judicial Profile


Teresa Estrada-Mullaney

Apr. 7, 2010
By Pat Alston

Teresa Estrada-Mullaney, who trained as a dancer as a child, is known for her professionalism and grace.