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Law Practice


Trial Lawyer Is Killed at Home

Dec. 10, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

Trial attorney Jeffrey A. Tidus, who helped run the civil boutique firm Baute & Tidus in Los Angeles, was fatally shot out...


Perspective


Good and Bad News for Employers

Dec. 10, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo analyzes Roby v. McKesson's treatment of harassment claims and punitive damages....


Judges and Judiciary


AOC says hefty raises, promotions and extra paid vacation to make up for furlough days was needed to hold on to valued employe...


Perspective


Steering a Middle Ground

Dec. 10, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Michael Young of Alston & Bird asks whether Roby v. McKesson is a victory for both employers and employees. ...


Securities


View From Top on Securities Oversight

Dec. 9, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

President George W. Bush appointed veteran Securities and Exchange Commission staff lawyer Elisse B. Walter to her dream job -...


Government


EPA to Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Dec. 9, 2009
By Fiona Smith

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a landmark decision Monday that opens the door to far-reaching regulation of greenh...


Judicial Profile


Michael J. Cassidy

Dec. 9, 2009
By Pat Alston

Careers in the Navy and as a police officer have given Michael J. Cassidy a calm focus on the bench.


Environmental


DOE Loans to Boost Clean Tech Projects

Dec. 9, 2009
By Fiona Smith

The Department of Energy announced revised rules Monday for its $60 billion loan guarantee program aimed at boosting clean tec...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Jones Day Advises on Pharma Deal

Dec. 9, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Biopharmaceutical company Celgene announced plans Monday to acquire Gloucester Pharmaceuticals for up to $640 million. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Irell, Skadden Advise on Met West Merger

Dec. 9, 2009
By Christian Berthelsenn

The TCW Group will acquire Los Angeles-based Metropolitan West Asset Management, the companies said last week. ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Residents Sue Over Water Rate Hikes

Dec. 9, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

A small, rural San Joaquin Valley city has come under fire over what attorneys are rising water and wastewater rates, which ar...


U.S. Supreme Court


Separation of Powers Questioned

Dec. 9, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Addressing a delicate separation of powers issue, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday weighed the constitutionality of a section of ...


Letter to the Editor


Christopher Dolan, President of Consumer Attorneys of California, comments on a survey addressing California's litigation tren...


California Supreme Court


The Ins and Outs of E-discovery

Dec. 9, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Theresa Lopez and Mark DeSouza of Crowell & Moring explain why knowledge of California's E-discovery Act is a time and mon...


Government


Senate Rejects Malpractice Fee Cap

Dec. 9, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate rejected a Republican effort to cap attorneys' fees in medical malpractice cases when it voted down an amendment to...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review whether UC Hastings College of the Law can refuse to register a Ch...


Perspective


Litigation Conflicts In Patent Law

Dec. 9, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Attorney and inventor Scott Harris addresses the inherent conflicts law firms face when prosecuting and litigating patent issu...


Insurance


Stay Orders, a Frustration to Insurers

Dec. 9, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Alan Jampol of Jampol Zimet Skane & Wilcox examines stays of declaratory relief actions in the context of insurance covera...


Judicial Profile


Gregory T. Fain

Dec. 9, 2009
By Fiona Smith

Fresno County (Clovis) Superior Court Judge University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law ...


Securities


SEC Sues Defunct Irvine Lender

Dec. 8, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

It took a couple of years and a long interval of silence, but on Monday the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a long-pe...


California Supreme Court


Court Allows 'Unrecusals' For Judges

Dec. 8, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Instead of following its tradition of "once recused, always recused," the California Supreme Court has loosened its guidelines...


Law Practice


Orrick's New Associate Pay Scale

Dec. 8, 2009
By Jill Redhage

San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe made public its pay scale after abandoning its lockstep advancement for...


Government


Sheriffs Seek Lock on Court Security

Dec. 8, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

About a month after the Administrative Office of the Courts said it was considering taking court security away from sheriffs, ...


Technology & Science


Court Rules Against Patent Trolls

Dec. 8, 2009
By Craig Anderson

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that patent holding companies cannot avoid being sued by corporations even if they craft ...


International


Will US and China Cooperate in Copenhagen?

Dec. 8, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

U.S. Counsel James Wong of Chinney Capital asks whether the new U.S.-China concordance on climate change will breakthrough in ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Post-Kelo Reforms: Far From 'Phony'

Dec. 8, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

David Skinner of Meyers Nave comments on legislative action taken after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City o...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Justice Richard M. Mosk reviews the 5th edition of Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration, published by Oxford...


Corporate Counsel


Marcea Bland Lloyd

Dec. 8, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.— San Diego ...


Letter to the Editor


Attorney Richard Chrystie says operation costs would be cut if there were no jury trials for minor offenses and no requirement...


Judges and Judiciary


Defense Argues Offer Was Not Illegal

Dec. 8, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

Defense attorneys are arguing that a high-profile judicial bribery case should be thrown out because prosecutors failed to pro...