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Law Practice


Ex-Liner Partner Says She'll Sue Firm

Dec. 22, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

The former partner says Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor forced her out while she was fighting ...


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


The federal lawsuit challenging the legality of California's same-sex marriage ban is a likely candidate for the 9th Circuit's...


Judicial Profile


Mary Dolas

Dec. 22, 2009
By Laura Ernden

As a commissioner in Fresno County's juvenile dependency court, Mary Dolas is back where she wants to be - working with childr...


Law Practice


On the Move

Dec. 21, 2009
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...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 21, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

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


Judicial Profile


Michael V. Jesic

Dec. 21, 2009
By Evan George

Former Deputy D.A. Michael Jesic is the third judge in his family, but the first to serve in the United States.


Law Practice


The High Price of Court Reporters

Dec. 19, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Appellate lawyers throughout the state are urging the California Supreme Court to crack down on court reporters who overcharge...


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


9th Circuit to Allow Cameras

Dec. 19, 2009
By John Roemer

Cameras will be allowed in the federal trial courts of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on an experimental basis, the cir...


Government


Browne Nominated to Legal Services

Dec. 19, 2009
By Robert Iafollan

President Barack Obama will nominate Sharon L. Browne, an attorney with the Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation, to join...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Schering Ends Medi-Cal Case for $21M

Dec. 19, 2009
By Evan George

California accused drugmaker Schering-Plough of bilking the state's strapped Medi-Cal program by deliberately inflating the pr...


Labor/Employment


Cintas Settles Wage Lawsuit

Dec. 19, 2009
By Cat Ho

One of the nation's largest industrial laundry companies has agreed to pay $6.5 million to more than 500 Southern California w...


California Courts of Appeal


Panel Ends Ban on Bullet-Proof Vests

Dec. 19, 2009
By Laura Ernden

A divided state Court of Appeal said the Thursday the Legislature's definition of body armor was too complex to be understood ...


Intellectual Property


Circuit Hits Another Blow to Texas

Dec. 19, 2009
By Craig Anderson

For the second time this month, a Federal Circuit panel ruled Thursday that an Eastern District of Texas judge "clearly abused...


Criminal


L.A. to Prosecute Alleged Movie Pirate

Dec. 19, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

A New York man arrested for allegedly uploading a pirated copy of the movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" to a Web site before it...


Bankruptcy


DVD Distributor in Default on Loan

Dec. 19, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

Image Entertainment, a DVD distributor of independent films, stand-up comedy specials and several Discovery Network television...


Perspective


Emerging Markets: Cross-over Films

Dec. 19, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Mikhail Reider-Gordon and Michael Spindler of Capstone Advisory Group examines Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violations in over...


Criminal


Trials, the Means to a Just End

Dec. 19, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Los Angeles County Public Defender Michael P. Judge explains why criminal cases need jury trials and unanimous verdicts. ...


Environmental


Holocaust and Global Warming Deniers

Dec. 19, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert Benson of Loyola Law School examines a 'true believer's mind' in the context of Holocaust and global warming deniers. ...


Government


Guards Win Furlough Ruling

Dec. 19, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

An Alameda County judge's decision that correctional officers must be paid for working on furlough days is another sign the st...


Government


Lawmakers Want a Look at Parole

Dec. 19, 2009
By Greg Katzn

After a series of Daily Journal stories exposed concerns, state legislators say the system lacks due process and is possibly h...


Government


Regulators failed to implement more than 200 recommendations to clean up the internal misconduct and systemic problems turned ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Andrew S. Albert

Dec. 19, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

Andrew S. Albert always thought he'd become a mediator when he retired, but a series of personal and professional events led h...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Making Diversity a Top Priority

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Arturo González, the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, says he doesn't have to look further than his own ...


Civil Rights


Prop. 8 May Get Rehearing

Dec. 18, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

The parties battling in San Francisco federal court over the legality of California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban may...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Ethicon Acquires Menlo Park Co.

Dec. 18, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturer of sutures and other medical devices, announced...


Energy Law


Silver Spring Raises $100M

Dec. 18, 2009
By Fiona Smith

Smart grid startup Silver Spring Networks closed a $100 million round in venture capital financing Tuesday. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


AT&T Sued Over Charges

Dec. 18, 2009
By Laura Ernden

AT&T is the target of a class-action lawsuit challenging its practice of charging landline customers for unauthorized and ...


Personal Injury & Torts


AT&T Workers Sue for Back Pay

Dec. 18, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

5,000 AT&T workers claiming to be misclassified as exempt employees filed class actions against the company Wednesday dema...


Large Firms


Howrey Associate Among O.C. Victims

Dec. 18, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Attorneys at Howrey are mourning the death of a firm associate killed in an apparent murder-suicide Monday in Orange County. ...


Immigration


U.S. Changes Asylum Detainee Rules

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

The Obama Administration announced Wednesday it will stop detaining asylum seekers while their cases are processed if they are...