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Feb. 24, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

The team from Bryan Cave faced off with the Free Agents team Thursday at the Landau Lawyers League Winter 2010 Volleyball Tour...


Insites


EDUCATION

Feb. 24, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

HERNDON, Va. - NAIOP launched The Center for Education to help commercial real estate professionals stay current on industry f...


Energy Law


BrightSource Wins Loan Guarantee

Feb. 24, 2010
By Fiona Smith

BrightSource Energy, Inc. landed a $1.37 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy Monday, the largest award so far...


Large Firms


Profits, Revenue Dipped at Munger Tolles

Feb. 24, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

In the latest evidence of the recession's pressure on the legal sector, Munger, Tolles & Olson on Monday reported 4.5 perc...


Obituaries


Jacqueline B. Kessel

Feb. 24, 2010
By Laura Ernden

1947-2010 ...


Obituaries


Albert Halluin

Feb. 24, 2010
By Craig Anderson

1939-2010 ...


Judges and Judiciary


Defense Lawyer Challenges O.C. Judge

Feb. 24, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

The lone Orange County Superior Court judge being challenged for re-election in June faces a lawyer who is best known for devi...


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


Pilot With HIV Can Sue Agency

Feb. 24, 2010
By John Roemer

A San Francisco man who failed to disclose his HIV status when he obtained a pilot's license but acknowledged his disease to g...


Government


Senator Calls for Bybee Resignation

Feb. 24, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

Democratic lawmakers may call a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and a California law professor to Capitol Hill to test...


Juvenile


Judge Eugene Hyman of the San Jose County Superior Court says lack of training for participants in the delinquency and depende...


Perspective


Table for Two At the Tea Party?

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

K.J. Greene of Thomas Jefferson School of Law asks whether he is a suitable candidate for admittance into the Tea Party moveme...


Appellate Practice


Death Penalty Appeals Riddled With Delay

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Practitioner Andrew Love says limitations on federal review have done nothing to cure the delay in adjudicating death penalty ...


Government


U.S. Judge 'Inclined' to Enjoin Cooley

Feb. 24, 2010
By Greg Katzn

A new prosecutors' union won a skirmish against District Attorney Steve Cooley on Monday when a federal judge signaled that he...


Criminal


Attorneys Open Brocade Retrial

Feb. 24, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A prosecutor and defense attorney each painted an entirely different picture of former Brocade chief executive Gregory L. Reye...


Perspective


Differentiating Cost Awards From Judgments

Feb. 24, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Practitioner Steven Andre says courts have applied a muddled approach over whether a "costs only" judgment is subject to the u...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Lawyers representing a Malibu man who was denied a costly liver transplant by his insurer told the jury in opening statements ...


Civil Rights


Ripston Steps Down from ACLU

Feb. 24, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

After nearly four decades at the helm, Ramona Ripston has announced she will step down next year to make way for a new generat...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Weighs L.A. Role in Child Abusers List

Feb. 24, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide under what circumstances a couple could sue Los Angeles County for not taking t...


Judicial Profile


Jerome Nadler

Feb. 24, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Nadler likens his job to working in an emergency room: chaotic, fast-moving, an...


Insites


BANKING

Feb. 24, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

SAN DIEGO - Pasadena-based OneWest Bank FSB has assumed all of he deposits of La Jolla Bank FSB, which was shut down by federa...


Appellate Practice


Mysteries of the Writ

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University distinguishes the winners from the losers in the fight to secure a petition for writ.


Perspective


Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

Feb. 23, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Nuts and Bolts of Determinate Sentencing" and answering the questions that follow. ...


The selection of Deputy District Attorney David Walgren to prosecute Michael Jackson's doctor signals that the Los Angeles Cou...


Corporate Counsel


Charles S. Berkman

Feb. 23, 2010
By Pat Broderick

General Counsel and Secretary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.La Jolla ...


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


Abducted Child Is Ordered Returned

Feb. 23, 2010
By John Roemer

A Montana college professor must immediately return his young daughter to her Panamanian mother, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Contra Costa Courts to Lay Off 16

Feb. 23, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

Contra Costa County Superior Court officials sent layoff notices to 16 employees last week as the court struggles to deal with...


Securities


O.C. Prosecutor Takes D.C. Post

Feb. 23, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

One member of the maligned Broadcom prosecution team quietly relocated to Washington, D.C. this week to take a position as dir...


Government


Two Los Angeles city fire captains will receive $1.6 million in damages for being disproportionately disciplined after a prank...


Law Practice


Lawyer Fights Misconduct Charge

Feb. 23, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

Prominent sexual harassment attorney Philip Kay, who a State Bar judge found in December should be suspended from practicing l...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Kaiser Says Pfizer Defrauded HMO

Feb. 23, 2010
By Evan George

Unusual battle between industry giants opens this week over drug marketing. ...