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State Bar & Bar Associations


MABA Celebrates 50 Years

Feb. 6, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

For its 50th anniversary, the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County thought it fitting that its only living p...


Personal Injury & Torts


Tribe Ruling Raises Larger Concerns

Feb. 6, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

A decision by a Sacramento judge has turned litigation over a simple fender bender into a tug-of-war over the state's control ...


Government


Poll Finds A.G. Race Wide Open

Feb. 6, 2010
By Greg Katzn

The job as California's top lawyer is still anybody's to win, according to a poll released by one of the Democratic candidates...


Appellate Practice


'Suggestive Palma' Notice, Dilemma Resolved

Feb. 6, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Hall Marston of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold discusses the quandary facing appellate lawyers when in receipt of a writ...


Labor/Employment


Key Employment Rulings of the Past Year

Feb. 6, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Mandana Massoumi of Dorsey & Whitney reviews past year employment rulings by the California Supreme Court and looks at wha...


Letter to the Editor


A reader is entertained by a photo and caption featuring John C. Yoo attending a recent Federalist Society event in San Franci...


Books


The Professional Elite: Formula for Fame

Feb. 6, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Ever wonder why some lawyers who are not as smart or connected secure the best of everything? "Fame 101" by Maggie Jessup answ...


Government


Nominee Clears One Hurdle

Feb. 6, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

A Senate panel Thursday cleared U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward M. Chen's nomination to the federal bench in San Francisco on str...


Entertainment & Sports


Bankruptcy Likely for MGM

Feb. 6, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

To close watchers of storied but debt-burdened movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bankruptcy is looking more and more like a li...


Judges and Judiciary


Court administrators has not signed a contract for deployment of the system, but have announced their intent to award the cont...


Community News


Feb. 5, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Probate attorney Alice A. Salvo was recognized Thursday for her efforts in organizing the Volunteer Probate Mediation Panel at...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Feb. 5, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Real Estate/Development


Rent Overpayments: Return to Sender?

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Laws governing overpayments are evolving; landlords and tenants need to be aware of their rights, write William Faulkner and T...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court To Hear Torture Case

Feb. 5, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

When the question of whether former officials of foreign countries can be sued in American courts for acts of torture goes bef...


Judicial Profile


William Palmer

Feb. 5, 2010
By Evan George

William Palmer grew up in Bakersfield, and came home to pratice law. Now he's a judge, with no need for formalities in court.


Law Practice


Firms Gain Limited Access to Reviews

Feb. 5, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

After facing months of criticism for blocking law firms from seeing reviews of their work on a Web site, the Association of Co...


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


Court Allows Body Armor Ban

Feb. 5, 2010
By John Roemer

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday let stand a federal law criminalizing possession of body armor by a felon. ...


Large Firms


Pillsbury Sticks With Lockstep

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman debated moving away from a lockstep-based associate compensation structure but decided not to,...


Real Estate/Development


Fighting Back Against Loan Modification Scams

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

In response to the influx of loan modification scams, Marietta Rodriguez of NeighborWorks America says knowledge is the homeow...


Criminal


Arrests Signal New Era in Enforcement

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Bethany Hengsbach of Sheppard Mullin identifies three lessons to be learned from the Department of Justice's recent clampdown ...


Perspective


Formulating a Roadmap for E-Discovery

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Knowledge standards are necessary to understand the complex issues of technology and law involved in e-discovery, writes Danie...


Real Estate/Development


Prosecutors Nab Small Target

Feb. 5, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

The mortgage fraud task force of the U.S. Attorney's office won its first case in a Northern District federal trial, but some ...


Large Firms


Washington, D.C.-based Howrey laid off 29 associates nationwide this week as part of a cost-cutting measure, including five in...


Corporate


With consumer trust a top priority, business models that fail to 'compete on privacy' risk losing customers, write Sean Morris...


Perspective


Water Dispute Generates Passionate Response

Feb. 5, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Roderick Walston of Best Best & Krieger examines the Supreme Court's 5-4 split in South Carolina v. North Carolina,...


Community News


Feb. 4, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

More than 300 lawyers and federal and state judges from throughout Southern California convened Wednesday at the Biltmore Hote...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Which Eye Doctor Will See You Now?

Feb. 4, 2010
By Evan George

Call it the battle of the lab coats. California's eye doctors are waging a tense and unlikely battle over who can, and can't, ...


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


Court: 'Bomber's' Sentence Too Short

Feb. 4, 2010
By John Roemer

The Millennium Bomber's 22-year sentence is too short, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. ...


Criminal


Prosecutors Win Mortgage Fraud Case

Feb. 4, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

After a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted a woman on 12 counts relating to mortgage fraud Tuesday af...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Riverside Doctor Loses Verdict

Feb. 4, 2010
By Evan George

A jury slapped a neurosurgeon with a $16.5 million in damages, finding that he was negligent in making a patient wait two days...