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California Courts of Appeal


Court Re-Opens Manatt Phelps Suit

May 5, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

A Superior Court judge's decision to dismiss a judgment of malicious prosection against Manatt Phelps & Phillips and attor...


Government


Feds Fight Surveillance Damages Claim

May 5, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Department of Justice attorneys are balking at the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation's proposed $612,000 in damages for warrantle...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Closes Front Entrance

May 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer dissented Monday, not in a case, but over the issue of closing the court's front ...


Labor/Employment


Robert McKennon of McKennon|Schindler examines the federal courts struggle over how to apply the deferential standard of revie...


Bankruptcy


Carriers to Collect Settlement

May 5, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

The 5,000 newspaper carriers who landed a $22 million settlement from the Orange County Register last June finally are free to...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Vacates 9th Circuit Ruling

May 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Citing a securities fraud ruling from last week, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday vacated a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rul...


Constitutional Law


Jennifer Chacon of UCI Law discusses potential legal challenges that may be raised by opponents to Arizona's immigration law. ...


Intellectual Property


Can I Infringe on Your Tweet?

May 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Lisa Martens and Alexander Garcia of Fish & Richardson ask whether copyright law can apply to protect various tweets poste...


Intellectual Property


Conflict Among Toyota Plaintiffs?

May 5, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Is it a conflict of interest for the same lawyers to represent both plaintiffs who were hurt in accidents they claim were caus...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


No Relief for Victims of Green Card Scam

May 5, 2010
By John Roemer

Three more victims of a corrupt federal immigration official's dealing in bogus green cards must be deported, a 9th U.S. Circu...


U.S. Supreme Court


Health Care Workers Can't Be Sued

May 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday that plaintiffs are barred from suing individual federal health care...


Large Firms


O'Melveny to Review New Laterals' Hours

May 5, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

O'Melveny & Myers has launched an intensive review of the performance of lateral lawyer hires over the past two years, inc...


Perspective


A Grisly Golden: Caryl Chessman's Execution

May 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

May 2, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of Caryl Chessman's execution in San Quentin's gas chamber. Paul Von Blum of UCLA writ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Court Throws Out Headscarf Suit

May 5, 2010
By John Roemer

A devout Muslim woman forced to remove her headscarf in public while in custody at the Orange County Superior Court cannot sue...


Entertainment & Sports


Screen Writers Set to Get $30 Million

May 5, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A five-year legal battle over tens of millions of dollars owed to film and television writers took one step closer to a resolu...


Community News


May 4, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the annual gala dinner of the Southern California chapter of the Associati...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Thomas Emerges As Serious Contender

May 4, 2010
By John Roemer

Circuit Judge Sidney Runyan Thomas of Montana, whom President Barack Obama interviewed at the White House last week as a poten...


Corporate Counsel


Glenn A. Weinman

May 4, 2010
By Anna Scott

Senior vice president, General counsel and secretary for American Apparel Los Angeles ...


Criminal


Lawyer To Register as Sex Offender

May 4, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Attorney is convicted of possessing child pornography. ...


Obituaries


Leslie Light

May 4, 2010
By Pat Alston

1930-2010 ...


Government


Court Security Bill Gains Steam

May 4, 2010
By Greg Kanen

A request by state law enforcement officials to establish a new account for the state's trial courts that would be used exclus...


Labor/Employment


Injured Worker Wins Judgment

May 4, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Though he didn't work for the company, a private contractor recently won a nearly $4 million verdict against Union Pacific Rai...


Judges and Judiciary


Top Immigration Lawyer Suspended

May 4, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

A well-known Los Angeles immigration attorney has been barred from practicing law for one year after immigrants filed complain...


Personal Injury & Torts


The Case Against 'Tort Reform'

May 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Allen Wilkinson and Reza Torkzadeh say tort reform affects the most seriously injured victims, those most in need of and deser...


Even if you have a good handle on employee characterization issues, there's always more to learn. 10 tips that you should know...


Corporate


Lawyer Finds Much Has Changed

May 4, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

After 10 years, D. Stephen Antion returned to private practice to help Katten Muchin Rosenman grow its corporate business in L...


Bankruptcy


Federal v. State Claims in Bankruptcy

May 4, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

While bankruptcy is a stark reality for some, many troubled companies have the option to execute a general assignment for the ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Campaign Finance Law Undercut

May 4, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Citing January's blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


State Loses Appeal

May 4, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

While the state tries to appeal a prison population reduction order to the U.S. Supreme Court, it lost a separate but related ...


Tax


Districts May Collect Billions

May 4, 2010
By Cat Ho

A case that could bring billions of dollars to school districts across the state is heading back to Los Angeles Superior Court...