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Criminal


Southern District's Focus In Question

Mar. 13, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Despite the new presidential administration's calls for more prosecutions of financial fraudsters and crooked politicians, som...


Criminal


Suspects Named in Fraud Ring

Mar. 13, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A Los Angeles attorney and three paralegals have been arrested in connection with a large fraud ring that allegedly faked auto...


Judges and Judiciary


Congress Impeaches Federal Judge

Mar. 13, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The House of Representatives unanimously impeached a federal judge Thursday for allegedly taking bribes, lying to investigator...


Entertainment & Sports


Suits Pile Up Against Mogul

Mar. 13, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Legal woes continue to pile up for David Bergstein, the financier whose film production and distribution entities are currentl...


Criminal


KB Homes Case Begins

Mar. 13, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Former KB Home Chairman Bruce E. Karatz was a greedy executive who stole $6 million from shareholders and hired a private dete...


Government


Crack Sentencing May Narrow

Mar. 13, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

After reaching a bipartisan compromise, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation Thursday to close the disparity in s...


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


9th Circuit: Pledge is Constitutional

Mar. 13, 2010
By John Roemer

The Pledge of Allegiance as recited daily by California schoolchildren is constitutional, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...


Arbitrator Profile


Elisabeth Seaman

Mar. 13, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

With no law degree, Elisabeth Seaman gets to the heart of a dispute by considering emotions instead of wrangling over legal de...


Tax


Don't Blame the Retailer, Blame the State

Mar. 13, 2010
By Andrew Blaken

Ross Hyslop and Gary Brucker Jr. of McKenna Long & Aldridge say recent class actions are troubling because they arise from...


Labor/Employment


The Days of 'Big Scores' for Fees Are Over

Mar. 13, 2010
By Andrew Blaken

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo says Chavez v. City of Los Angeles finally gives employers leverage in negotiating sett...


Perspective


A New Approach to Construction Disputes

Mar. 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Kenneth Gibbs of JAMS introduces a new and better way to resolve construction disputes that avoids expensive and protracted li...


Perspective


Sunil Kulkarni and Rachel Krevans of Morrison & Foerster discuss the advantages of a false marking suit and how to protect...


Large Firms


Sullivan Promoted to Name Partner

Mar. 13, 2010
By Anna Scott

Kathleen Sullivan, the high-profile head of business litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges' national appe...


Health Care & Hospital Law


With fraud investigations of the health care industry growing from Los Angeles to New York, federal prosecutors are starting t...


Large Firms


Securities Firm Faces Division

Mar. 13, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Patrick Coughlin's departure from top-flight plaintiff securities firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins was preceded...


Corporate


Reyes Mistrial Hearing Postponed

Mar. 13, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A San Francisco federal judge postponed hearing a defense mistrial motion in the criminal stock options backdating retrial of ...


Education


SF Judge Rules UC Refund

Mar. 13, 2010
By John Roemer

The University of California must pay more than $38 million for raising fees after they enrolled, despite promising not to. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Attorney Drops Out of Race

Mar. 13, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Attorney Brett Maxfield has decided not to fight his disqualification from the June 8 ballot, which had pitted him against sit...


Construction


New Court Building Underway

Mar. 13, 2010
By Pat Broderick

After 15 years of planning, San Diego's new $380 million, 467,000-square-foot, 16-story courthouse annex is underway and expec...


Criminal


Alternative For Mentally Ill

Mar. 13, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Non-violent offenders with serious mental illness now are eligible for Behavioral Health Court services that will include hous...


Community News


Mar. 12, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Judges from the three divisions of the federal court for the Central District and Judge Alex Kozinski, chief of the 9th U.S. C...


Community News


Mar. 12, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

State Bar President Howard B. Miller, center, a partner with Girardi & Keese, speaks with attendees at California Lawyer m...


Judicial Profile


Irma E. Gonzalez

Mar. 12, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Chief Judge Irma E. Gonzalez demands professionalism, but keeps cases moving.


Law Practice


Lawyer Keeps Up Spirit Despite Disease

Mar. 12, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Last month, Jeffrey M. Rawitz, the defense attorney for Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, publicly disclosed that he has amyo...


Judicial Profile


Richard Toohey

Mar. 12, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

After slaughtering hogs in his youth, Judge Richard Toohey never complains about his job.


Judges and Judiciary


O'Malley Tapped for Federal Circuit

Mar. 12, 2010
By Craig Anderson

The Obama administration has nominated U.S. District Judge Kate O'Malley of the Northern District of Ohio for the first vacanc...


Intellectual Property


Amazon's 'One-Click' Patent OK'd

Mar. 12, 2010
By Craig Anderson

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed that an amended version of Amazon Inc.'s "one-click" method of online shopp...


Military Law


Former Marine Sues Riverside PD

Mar. 12, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A former Marine who was fired from the Riverside Police Department after federal authorities charged him with killing Iraqi de...


California Supreme Court


High Court To Hear Body Armor Case

Mar. 12, 2010
By John Roemer

The California Supreme Court Wednesday voted 7-0 to review a controversial appellate ruling that voided the state's law agains...


Government


Senate Panel Approves Browne

Mar. 12, 2010
By Robertiafolla

A Senate panel approved the nomination of California lawyer Sharon L. Browne Wednesday to the board of the Legal Services Corp...