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Large Firms


Another Partner Exits Sonnenschein

Jan. 13, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Two of the three partners to start Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Silicon Valley office in April 2007 have left the firm ...


International


Delving Deeper Into The Amanda Knox Verdict

Jan. 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Stephen Freccero of Morrison & Foerster concludes his article on the Italian justice system and the murder conviction of U...


Insurance


The Insurance World: 2009 in Review

Jan. 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Kirk Pasich of Dickstein Shapiro highlights the top appellate court cases in 2009 for insureds and insurers. ...


Books


The Art of Motion Practice

Jan. 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Hon. Eric E. Younger, with Donald E. Bradley, instruct on how to handle motions in "Younger on California Motions," pub...


Government Contracts


Lawyer Featured in DJ Gets Fired

Jan. 13, 2010
By Greg Katzn

An attorney with the California Parole Advocacy Program who was prominently profiled in an article in the Daily Journal about ...


Obituaries


Jack Corinblit

Jan. 13, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

1923-2010 ...


The implications of and possible responses to the year-long repeal of the federal estate tax. ...


International


China Upgrades Market Investment Tools

Jan. 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

U.S. Counsel James Wong of Chinney Capital examines the China Securities Regulatory Commission's long awaited approval of thre...


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


Court Weighs Parolee Rights

Jan. 13, 2010
By John Roemer

Does a California voter initiative trump a federal consent decree over parolee rights? That was the question Monday for a 9th ...


Family


Two gay couples testified Monday, at times in tears about the discrimination they've suffered at the hands of Proposition 8, a...


Environmental


Committee Suggests Auctioning Permits

Jan. 12, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A committee advising state regulators on how to structure climate change policy recommends that the state auction off permits ...


Environmental


LEED Buildings Come With a Cost

Jan. 12, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

The sharp spike in interest in LEED certification for buildings is creating a new set of legal issues for attorneys at the sam...


Corporate Counsel


John Howard

Jan. 12, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Senior Vice President and General Counsel of W.W. Grainger Inc.Lake Forest, Illinois ...


Family


No Guardian for Octomom

Jan. 12, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A state appellate court Friday rejected Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred's attempt to have a financial guardian appointed fo...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


RealDVD Antitrust Claim Dismissed

Jan. 12, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

RealNetworks Inc. failed to convince a San Francisco judge that Hollywood studios are violating antitrust laws by collectively...


Government


Report: DOJ Corporate Oversight Improved

Jan. 12, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Justice Department has improved its oversight of deferred- and non-prosecution agreements, but still lacks a method for me...


Law Practice


Homebuilder Sued Over Toxics

Jan. 12, 2010
By Laura Ernden

An Alameda County builder is suing his father — founder of the homebuilding giant KB Home — over a Vallejo housing project gon...


Law Practice


Behind the Scenes: Prop 8 Trial

Jan. 12, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Buz Rico, the San Francisco federal court's information technology manager, may soon be the most famous court IT staffer in th...


Civil Rights


Prop. 8 Supporters Fight YouTube Debut

Jan. 12, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

The people behind the campaign to pass Proposition 8, who are defending the law in a trial that begins today, were still tryin...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediation Can't Salvage Prizefight

Jan. 12, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

The fallout from the scrapped multimillion-dollar megafight in Las Vegas between Manny Pacquiano and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has ...


Law Practice


Job Losses Continue In Legal Sector

Jan. 12, 2010
By J Lin

The legal sector shed 2,100 jobs in December, bringing the total number of jobs lost in the industry in the two years since th...


Law Practice


Supreme Court Stays Prop 8 Trial Broadcast

Jan. 12, 2010
By Riley Guerin

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked YouTube video coverage of the Proposition 8 trial that opened in San Francisco Mond...


Litigation


Investing in an Investigator

Jan. 12, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Henry Kupperman and Stephanie Woodhead of Applied Facts look beneath the negative perception of utilizing private investigator...


Perspective


Victor's Story

Jan. 12, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Tim Tosta of Luce Forward shares an experience from volunteering at the Ward C-2, a hospice located in San Francisco's Laguna ...


John Sullivan, President of the Civil Justice Assoc. of CA directs attention to the Congressional Budget Office's report issue...


Intellectual Property


No Safe Harbor for Secondary Infringements

Jan. 12, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Paul Gelb of Drinker Biddle & Reath says a decade's dispute about whether "peer to peer" Internet file sharing can occur w...


Law Practice


Opening Up to International Arbitration

Jan. 12, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Yuval Miller and M. Anderson Berry of Jones Day say California is not a major venue for international arbitration due to an ac...


Civil Rights


Amanda Knox: An American Convicted in Perugia

Jan. 12, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Stephen Freccero of Morrison & Foerster examines the murder conviction of 22-year-old Amanda Knox, a U.S. citizen, by the ...


Family


High Court To Weigh Overseas Custody Battle

Jan. 12, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Tackling a sensitive question of international law, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh next week whether a child brought unlawf...


Government


A man who was found dead in his cell in the Men’s Central Jail on Christmas Day claimed to have witnessed Los Angeles County ...