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Product Liability


L.A. Contender For Toyota Venue

Mar. 24, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

On Thursday, a U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in San Diego will hear motions on whether-and where-to consolid...


Litigation


Backdating Case Closes With Heated Arguments

Mar. 24, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Stock option grants at Brocade Communications Systems Inc. were consistently made at the low prices because CEO Gregory L. Rey...


Perspective


9th Circuit Revisits 2009 Trailer Park Opinion

Mar. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

With the 9th Circuit granting an en banc hearing in Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, Rick Rayl and Bradford Kuhn of Nossam...


Why the statute of limitations is important for tax purposes. ...


Judicial Profile


Kelly L. Hansen

Mar. 24, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Kelly Hansen keeps his cool as he handles a packed docket, lawyers say.


Criminal


Racial Disparities Slim in San Diego

Mar. 23, 2010
By Pat Broderick

As concerns rise over prosecutions disproportionately affecting people of color, the San Diego County District Attorney's offi...


Corporate Counsel


Paul S. Mudrich

Mar. 23, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Managing Director of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment S...


Judges and Judiciary


New Bankruptcy Judge Sworn-In

Mar. 23, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

DLA Piper associate Deborah J. Saltzman was sworn in last Thursday as the Central District of California's newest bankruptcy j...


Law Practice


Covington Hikes California Salaries

Mar. 23, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Covington & Burling increased salaries last week for associates in its three California offices but not for those in its W...


Government


Browne Wins Senate Confirmation

Mar. 23, 2010
By Robertiafolla

The Senate confirmed California lawyer Sharon L. Browne to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation. ...


Corporate


Judge Rejects Mistrial for Reyes

Mar. 23, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Lawyers defending former Brocade chief executive Gregory L. Reyes on options backdating charges argued a prosecution witness m...


Environmental


Judge: Fiji Suit Doesn't Hold Water

Mar. 23, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A San Francisco judge threw out a proposed class action that alleged FIJI Water Co. falsely marketed its bottled water as bein...


Entertainment & Sports


Film Financier Pushed Toward Bankruptcy

Mar. 23, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A group of creditors with more than $11 million in judgments and claims against David Bergstein's companies filed petitions to...


California Courts of Appeal


Panel: No Furloughs for State Lawyers

Mar. 23, 2010
By John Roemer

Not even California's budget crisis justifies furloughs for state lawyers, administrative law judges and hearing officers, a s...


Law Practice


A New Judicially Created Privilege For Lawyers?

Mar. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

What does it mean when an attorney signs an agreement "approved as to form and content?" Tim Reuben of Reuben Raucher & Bl...


Litigation


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a double-barreled critique of the civil litigation system, pairing the release of its an...


Criminal


Untouchable

Mar. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Dan Lawton of Thomas Jefferson School of Law writes about the cloak of blamelessness surrounding the Catholic Church's abuse s...


Tax


'Shock and Awe' Tax Policy

Mar. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Robert Steinberg of ADR Services delves into the purpose and ramifications of a bill seeking to eliminate longstanding capital...


Litigation


Gibson Can't Defend Seyfarth

Mar. 23, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has been disqualified from representing Seyfarth Shaw in a legal malpractice lawsuit launched by m...


Judicial Profile


Mitchell L. Beckloff

Mar. 23, 2010
By Pat Alston

To Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff, the key to a case is finding how the pieces fit together.


Community News


Mar. 22, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

At its annual "Women of Distinction" reception Wednesday night, Alston & Bird's Los Angeles office applauded outstanding w...


Corporate


A U.S. dismissed defense arguments the economic downturn is to blame for losses experienced by investors who purchased $67.5 b...


Law Practice


On the Move

Mar. 22, 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


Gloria White-Brown

Mar. 22, 2010
By Evan George

Gloria White-Brown did a little bit of everything in the law before becoming a judge


Law Practice


Lawyer Battles Unions in Foreign Levies Cases

Mar. 20, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Attorney Neville Johnson of Beverly Hills has spent his career representing individual clients against institutional defendant...


Government


SF Courts To Add E-Filing

Mar. 20, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

After San Francisco Superior Court's success with electronic filing for asbestos cases over the past 11 years, a group of the ...


Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy Threat for Film Company

Mar. 20, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Several creditors with more than $6.7 million in judgments against ThinkFilm, an independent film distributor, have filed a pe...


Judges and Judiciary


Tucker Moves One Step Closer

Mar. 20, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved the nomination of Orange County Superior Court Judge Josephine S. Tucker to b...


Government


Senate Narrows Crack Sentencing

Mar. 20, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate voted by unanimous consent late Wednesday to pass legislation closing the sentencing disparity between crack and po...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A Life Of Service

Mar. 20, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

John Van de Kamp, a former State Bar president, state attorney general, district attorney, federal public defender and U.S. at...