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Law Practice


SoCal ACLU Names Legal Director

Feb. 11, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Hector Villagra, director of the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, has been a...


Government


Mixed Decision in Immunity Case

Feb. 11, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Telecom giants secured immunity from Congress for their alleged participation in the government's Terrorist Surveillance Progr...


Law Practice


Sacramento Firm Opens SF Outpost

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Sacramento's largest law firm, Downey Brand, is expanding westward, opening an office in San Francisco with two environmental ...


Labor/Employment


How Small Businesses Can Stay Out of Trouble

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo concludes his list of six employment issues small and start-up businesses should know. ...


Litigation


Sanction Standards for Spoliation of Evidence

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Bruce Smyth of Charlston, Revich & Wollitz addresses the challenging issue of spoliation of evidence, where outcomes befor...


Government


Hold Lifted on U.S. Attorney Nominee

Feb. 11, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

A Republican senator from Alabama has lifted a controversial hold on more than 70 executive branch nominations, including the ...


Insites


TECHNOLOGY

Feb. 11, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

LOS ANGELES - In an effort to improve efficiency, the Division of the State Architect is developing a program to transfer its ...


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


Breaking with its previous rulings, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of routine s...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Common Cents

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Daniel Garrie of ARC and Yoav Griver of Zeichner Ellman & Krause advise companies on information management principles to ...


Insurance


ERISA Plan Administrators Take Heed

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Robert McKennon of McKennon|Schindler analyzes Montour v. Hartford Life & Accident, one of the 9th Circuit's most s...


Judicial Profile


Brett G. London

Feb. 11, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Defendants can get a good deal in Judge Brett G. London's misdemeanor arraignment court.


Community News


Feb. 10, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Christopher Yang knows that to win big, you have to work hard. Yang, an associate at Latham & Watkins’ Los Angeles office ...


Law Practice


As client discontent with billing rates reached new heights in the economic downturn, some big-firm lawyers responded in recen...


Law Practice


Lawyers Are Warned of Phishing

Feb. 10, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Lawyers are warned to be on the lookout for a new phishing campaign, Red Condor, a Northern California-based security provider...


Criminal


Sweden May Prosecute Hacker

Feb. 10, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A Swedish man indicted last year for hacking into the computer systems of San Jose-based Cisco Systems Inc. and NASA may be pr...


Obituaries


Daniel Furniss

Feb. 10, 2010
By Fiona Smith

1951-2010 ...


Large Firms


Wilson Hands Off Private Wealth Practice

Feb. 10, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is sloughing off its wealth management practice, but is also helping it f...


Product Liability


The Appropriateness of Toyota's Recall

Feb. 10, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group asks whether Toyota's gas pedal recall is an appropriate remedy or merely a quick-fix ...


International


The Yuan Moves Towards Universal Acceptance

Feb. 10, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

James Wong of Chinney Capital says China is taking baby steps towards making the yuan a universally accepted reserve currency....


Perspective


Calling for Reform: The Failed Promise of Brady

Feb. 10, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino says the limitations created by Brady v. Maryland on a prosecutor's duty to disclose does ...


Law Practice


Legal Outsourcing: Ethical Compliance

Feb. 10, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Mark Ross of Integreon highlights the major ethical issues that arise from outsourcing legal work. ...


Letter to the Editor


David DeGroot, President of the Federalist Society's San Francisco Chapter, says comment about its January 28 event lacked sub...


Labor/Employment


Common Legal Issues Facing Small Businesses

Feb. 10, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo lists six legal concerns that small and start-up businesses are at risk of overlooking ...


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


Female Wrestlers' Title IX Suit Can Proceed

Feb. 10, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A federal appellate panel Monday revived a class-action lawsuit brought by female students who were excluded from the UC Davis...


Prosecutors can try an accomplice for murder, even after a jury convicted the triggerman of the lesser crime of voluntary mans...


Law Practice


Two Fish Partners Find New Home

Feb. 10, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Two partners in the Redwood City office of Fish & Richardson, David Miclean and Katherine Prescott, have left for new ven...


Judicial Profile


Thomas Rubinson

Feb. 10, 2010
By Pat Alston

As a prosecutor, Thomas Rubinson followed a hunch that a man he had prosecuted was wrongly dealt a life sentence then he fixe...


Community News


Feb. 9, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Chief Justice Ronald George swears in newly confirmed Presiding Justice Tricia Ann Bigelow at the Supreme Court Courtroom in d...


Law Practice


Appellate Clinic Guides Hundreds

Feb. 9, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A one-of-a-kind program at the 2nd District Court of Appeal has been quietly helping those who can't afford representation see...


Corporate Counsel


James F. Brelsford

Feb. 9, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of SanDisk Corp.Milpitas, Calif. ...