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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. ...


Intellectual Property


Patent Office to Review VoIP

Feb. 9, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fenwick & West persuaded the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Fri...


Law Practice


Judge Scolded For Sanctioning

Feb. 9, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A state appellate court severely rebuked a San Mateo County judge Friday for repeatedly sentencing a family law lawyer to jail...


Environmental


Judge Lifts Delta Pumping Limits

Feb. 9, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A Fresno federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to water pumping restrictions out of the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delt...


Discipline


Ex-Bar Employee Gets Two Years

Feb. 9, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A former State Bar employee was sentenced Friday to 2 years and eight months in state prison for stealing $675,000 from the ag...


Technology & Science


Investors Profit From Biotech Bankruptcy

Feb. 9, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Biotechs and bankruptcy - not a common duo. But these days, bankruptcy can seem like an attractive option, especially consider...


Law Practice


On the Move

Feb. 9, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


Solo and Small Firms


Big-Firm Refugees Find New Home

Feb. 9, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

The message is clear: Big firm job security is a thing of the past. Lawyers, whether seasoned or new to the field, have been s...


Discipline


Celebrity Lawyer's Suspension Stayed

Feb. 9, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Celebrity defense attorney Brian Oxman has received two years of probation for filing a frivolous civil rights claim in a divo...


Law Practice


Job Losses in Legal Sector Slow

Feb. 9, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Job losses in the legal sector hit a five-month low in January, falling to 1,100 from 2,500 a month earlier, according to prel...