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'Take the Money and Run'

Jan. 20, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Attorney John Browning spotlights botched robberies and unsuccessful stick-ups that have garnered media attention.


Community News


Jan. 19, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Lawyers Constance Rice and Molly Munger received the Human Dignity award Friday at the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles' 39th ...


Community News


Jan. 19, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

The Alameda County Bar Association honored members for distinguished service at a dinner Thursday. State Assembly member Mike ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Lower Courts Chip at Tobacco Ruling

Jan. 19, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Just last May consumer lawyers were celebrating a 4-3 victory at the California Supreme Court that boosted their ability to en...


Criminal


Investigation Clears Judge

Jan. 19, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has been cleared of a claim by an investigator who claimed he retaliated...


Immigration


Reprieve for Illegal Haitians

Jan. 19, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

The Obama administration said Friday it will allow thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants to remain in the U.S. temporarily a...


Criminal


Fund Managers Guilty of Fraud

Jan. 19, 2010
By John Roemer

Two investment fund managers involved in separate fraudulent schemes felt the heat Friday from federal prosecutors in San Fran...


Criminal


Prison Guards Escape Legal Fees

Jan. 19, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

State prison guards don't owe attorneys fees to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in a 1st Amendment suit, a 1s...


Investments


Schiff Hardin Creates New Fund

Jan. 19, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Attorneys from Schiff Hardin, led by San Francisco of counsel K. William Neuman and associate Brett Greenberg, recently comple...


Government


It's Time to Step Up to the Plate

Jan. 19, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Family law practitioners Stacy Phillips and Ram Cogen say the silence amidst attorneys during a budget crisis that will severe...


Constitutional Law


Cameras in Courts: Broadcast of Prop. 8 Trial

Jan. 19, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Christine Peek of McManis Faulkner examines the debate over broadcasting the Prop. 8 trial and action taken to disseminate inf...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Blazed a Trail to Federal Bench

Jan. 19, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, perhaps best known for presiding over some of Southern California's toughest cases ...


Bankruptcy


L.A. Judges Ease Crush Of Bankruptcies In Riverside

Jan. 19, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

John A. Boyd looked up to the judges' bench in a Riverside bankruptcy courtroom. He asked for relief from a stay in a case so ...


Civil Rights


Trial Turns Into a History Lesson

Jan. 19, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's courtroom last week was transformed into a lecture hall of sorts, with a parade ...


Large Firms


Associate Helps to Bring Change

Jan. 19, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Despite a life spent in private schools, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP associate Danielle Katzir found herself at the heart...


Corporate


Tesla Mum on GC Departure

Jan. 19, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Four short months after his September hire as general counsel, Jon Sobel has ceased work at the high-profile Silicon Valley el...


Letter to the Editor


Readers comment on proposal to revise the professional rules of ethics to address the “innocent-convict.”


Law Practice


On the Move

Jan. 19, 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...


Family


Court Mulls Disclosure of Names

Jan. 19, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to intervene Friday over whether the names of those who supported a petition calling for a refe...


Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Removed, Again

Jan. 19, 2010
By John Roemer

U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles got the boot from yet another case Friday as a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...


Judges and Judiciary


Charles "Tim" McCoy, presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, has demanded that the Judicial Council divert m...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jan. 15, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

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


Large Firms


Thelen Class Action Dismissed

Jan. 15, 2010
By Jill Redhage

The former employees of San Francisco-based law firm Thelen voluntarily dismissed an $18 million class action lawsuit this wee...


Civil Rights


Walker Withdraws Video Request

Jan. 15, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker on Thursday asked 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski t...


Securities


Prosecutor Urges Cooley's Removal

Jan. 15, 2010
By Craig Anderson

A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the thorny question of whether a law firm could defend a former technology company exec...


Criminal


Lawyer Admits Misusing Settlement

Jan. 15, 2010
By David Houstonn

A former Irvine attorney who squandered nearly all of a $2.7 million settlement he won for his class action plaintiffs pleaded...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Cuts in Autism Care Prompts Suit

Jan. 15, 2010
By Evan George

The class action alleges East Los Angeles Regional Center terminated a common and vital therapy called DIR to close its budget...


Health Care & Hospital Law


MRI Drug Bellwether Case Settles

Jan. 15, 2010
By Evan George

The leading maker of a medical imaging drug linked to a rare and potentially fatal disease settled with a San Francisco man, e...


Perspective


Who Took the 'Me' Out of Mediation?

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Mediator and arbitrator Deborah Rothman says "litigization" of the mediation process has resulted in less client satisfaction ...


Large Firms


Firms Help Haiti Quake Victims

Jan. 15, 2010
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Law firms may have spent the past year scrimping and saving, reducing head counts and cutting costs across the board, but days...