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Corporate Counsel


Jordan Breslow

Jan. 5, 2010
By Fiona Smith

General Counsel of Silver Spring NetworksRedwood City ...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jan. 4, 2010
By Jlin

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...


Judicial Profile


Sidney Runyan Thomas

Jan. 4, 2010
By John Roemer

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Military Law


Veterans Get Specialized Courts

Jan. 1, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Last of five parts. Orange County Judge Wendy Lindley runs one of the few special courts for veterans, striving to ensure vete...


Series


Fallen Comrades

Jan. 1, 2010
By Riley Guerin

This holiday season, we have devoted the final five editions of the Daily Journal to stories about veterans. There are article...


Law Practice


Reed Smith Funds Choir's Trip

Jan. 1, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

An electric wheelchair, a past good deed and the legacy of a Los Angeles lawyer who recently died brought about a happy holida...


Corporate


Insurance Industry Loses Battle

Jan. 1, 2010
By Laura Ernden

The insurance industry lost its battle Wednesday against paying fees to consumer groups participating in the insurance rate-se...


Technology & Science


Inmates Released Due to Lab Results

Jan. 1, 2010
By Pat Broderick

The announcement in October of possibly faulty lab test results connected to some San Diego County cases has so far resulted i...


Technology & Science


ITC Rules Against Tessera

Jan. 1, 2010
By Craig Anderson

San Jose-based Tessera Technologies Inc. lost its battle to prove patent infringement against a host of memory chip manufactur...


Law Practice


Shartsis Friese Sues Over Unpaid Bill

Jan. 1, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Exactly one year after securing a $101 million settlement for the Robertson Foundation, the San Francisco law firm Shartsis Fr...


Constitutional Law


Old Laws, New Apps

Jan. 1, 2010
By Evan George

What do a celebrity rocker, a personal injury lawyer and a life-size hamster toy have in common? A World Wide Web of liability...


Criminal


Killer's Conviction Overturned

Jan. 1, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A state appellate court has overturned the second-degree murder conviction of a transient charged with killing former State Ba...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Fails to Find Leaker

Jan. 1, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A State Bar investigation has failed to figure out who revealed the confidential rating of appellate justice Chuck Poochigian....


Law Practice


2010 Predictions

Jan. 1, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

24 lawyers make predictions about what 2010 may hold for their practice area. ...


Judges and Judiciary


California Judges 2009

Jan. 1, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

More than 200 attorneys and judges took on new roles during 2009, either joining the ranks of the state's judiciary or leaving...


Government


Obama Loosens Grip on Power

Jan. 1, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

President Obama hasn't made the same sweeping claims to executive power as the Bush administration. But just because he isn't ...


Perspective


Able Minds, Able Hands

Jan. 1, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Lisa Chung of Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton writes about two developmentally disabled employees and how they have b...


Law Practice


Ban on Youth: Wrong Both Ways

Jan. 1, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Diane Klein of Golden Gate University School of Law says Middletown, Connecticut's board of education has no business governin...


Perspective


Punitive White Men

Jan. 1, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of Law says recent empirical research suggests that closer attention be paid to white male...


Environmental


Attention Coastal Landowners!

Jan. 1, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Howard Coleman of Nossaman examines the consequences of climate change on property rights of coastal landowners. ...


Military Law


When Juan Luis Alcivar enlisted in the U.S. Army, he did so out of loyalty to his adopted country. ...


Government


Obama Keeps Up Use of State Secrets

Jan. 1, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

When Barack Obama became president, some plaintiffs' attorneys believed he would turn back the tide of secrecy that had washed...


U.S. Supreme Court


Obama Treads Fine Line With His Liberal Supporters

Jan. 1, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The Obama administration has walked a fine line in its cases before the Supreme Court, disappointing some supporters with its ...


Environmental


Industry Groups Fight EPA Policy

Jan. 1, 2010
By Fiona Smith

Industry groups seeking to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change have mounted a lega...


Military Law


Lawyers Join Battle for Vets

Dec. 31, 2009
By Evan George

Fourth of Five Parts. Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, then-chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, wrote a bill ...


Judicial Profile


Ronald Rose

Dec. 31, 2009
By Pat Alstonn

Even after 23 years in the Los Angeles Public Defender's office, lawyers said Superior Court Judge Ronald Rose is as impartial...


Judges and Judiciary


OC Judge May Be Tapped

Dec. 31, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

Superior Court Judge Josephine S. Tucker may be the first federal district judge nominated by President Obama from Orange Coun...


Corporate


Infamous Voice Mail Suit Revived

Dec. 31, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Eight years after lawyers and officers at a Silicon Valley company accidentally left a voice mail spilling the beans about ste...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Names New Judges

Dec. 31, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spread some holiday cheer Tuesday, naming 20 new judges to trial courts around the state, and eleva...


Obituaries


William Zisko

Dec. 31, 2009
By Jill Redhage

1952-2009 ...