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Criminal


Are You Asking for An Attorney or Not?

Mar. 4, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Assistant Federal Public Defender Harvey Gee examines the Supreme Court's 7-2 majority opinion in Florida v. Powell and the is...


Family


Poor Management Caused Court Backlog

Mar. 4, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Family law specialist Fred Silberberg says the budget crisis is not the real reason for why the family court system has reache...


Technology & Science


Apple Alleges Patent Infringement

Mar. 4, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Apple Inc. has filed a lawsuit against a smart phone manufacturer that uses Google's Android operating system, alleging that t...


Law Practice


Governor's Veto Upheld

Mar. 4, 2010
By Evan George

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not overstep his authority when he slashed about $500 million from health clinics and other soc...


Immigration


Appeals of Sanctions Drop

Mar. 4, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Employers' appeals of sanctions for alleged violation of immigration laws dropped to a mere 31 in the last fiscal year, accord...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Weighs Gun Rights Against State Laws

Mar. 4, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Tackling a key gun rights question, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed receptive Tuesday to the idea of applying the Second Amendme...


Judicial Profile


David S. Cunningham III

Mar. 4, 2010
By Pat Alston

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court JudgeNew York University School of Law ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Wants Opponent Barred

Mar. 4, 2010
By Pat Broderick

In an unusual move, a San Diego sitting judge - being challenged in the June 8 primary - is asking the court to disqualify his...


Insites


ENVIRONMENT

Mar. 3, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

OXNARD - Two abandoned buildings, named the Halaco Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency, were demolished Marc...


Insites


LABOR

Mar. 3, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

LOS ANGELES - A majority of finance executives at public and private Southern California companies polled by Grant Thornton LL...


Insites


PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Mar. 3, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

LOS ANGELES - A local building owner was arrested for draping an allegedly illegal sign over a Hollywood building, according t...


U.S. Supreme Court


For Amputees, An Attorney Who Knows Their Pain

Mar. 3, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Fitted with a prosthetic leg, Doyle regularly represents amputees, often on a pro bono basis when they are battling for insura...


Judicial Profile


Frederick P. Aguirre

Mar. 3, 2010
By Pat Alston

The grandson of Mexican immigrants, Orange County Judge Frederick Aguirre organizes an annual tribute to veterans of Mexican h...


Technology & Science


MoFo Advises Astellas Pharma

Mar. 3, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Morrison & Foerster is advising Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma in a contentious bid to acquire New York-based OSI Pharmaceuti...


Health Care & Hospital Law


More Bad News for Anthem

Mar. 3, 2010
By Evan George

Already fighting a high-profile lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court and government investigations, Anthem Blue Cross was sue...


Personal Injury & Torts


Municipalities' Bond Insurer Suits Struck

Mar. 3, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

Cities, counties and other public entities around California hit a roadblock on Monday when a San Francisco Superior Court jud...


Litigation


Petrocelli Takes Over Superman Litigation

Mar. 3, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment have introduced a new character to help defend their Superman franchise - O'Melveny &...


Criminal


Private Swearing-in for Birotte

Mar. 3, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Andre Birotte Jr. will be sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Central District of California in a private ceremony in the chamb...


Law Practice


Counsels to Keep More Work In House

Mar. 3, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

Corporate counsels plan to bulk up their in-house staffing in 2010, taking certain types of work away from law firms, accordin...


Education


Professor Named Pepperdine's Acting Dean

Mar. 3, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Pepperdine University School of Law has named law professor Thomas G. Bost as its interim dean while a search is conducted for...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court Punts on Terrorism Case

Mar. 3, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Avoiding a ruling on the controversial issue of whether foreign terrorism detainees can be released into the United States, th...


Perspective


Unions: Communicate Your Company's Philosophy

Mar. 3, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

John McLachlan of Fisher & Phillips says employers who wish to remain union-free should communicate their reasons to emplo...


Perspective


The Devil Is in the Details

Mar. 3, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Wes Nutten of Desmond, Marcello & Amster highlIghts key claims administration issues in employment-related class action se...


Constitutional Law


Taking Aim at a Privileged Precedent

Mar. 3, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Today, the Supreme Court will hear McDonald v. Chicago and decide if it will overturn the 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases, writes Jo...


Large Firms


New York-based international law firm Kaye Scholer plans to make its presence felt quickly as it opens a Silicon Valley office...


Family


The parties battling over California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban filed hundreds of pages of documents late Friday n...


Judicial Profile


William J. Birney

Mar. 3, 2010
By Pat Alston

Judge William J. Birney is the Energizer bunny of the Norwalk Bench.


Judicial Profile


Huey P. Cotton

Mar. 3, 2010
By Pat Alston

Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) Superior Court JudgeTemple University James E. Beasley School of Law ...


Community News


Mar. 2, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Attorneys Joseph Barrett, Pejman Ben-Cohen and Nick Kazandjieff, members of Trial Lawyers Charities, help serve burgers and fr...


Community News


Mar. 2, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

William Acevedo (right), an attorney with Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, was honored by the Legal Marketing Association on T...