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Dec. 22, 2009
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Los Angeles lawyer Gary S. Greene conducted the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic in a holiday concert on Sunday at Wilshire Un...


Judicial Profile


Carney's Stunning About-Face

Dec. 22, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

The federal judge's about-face decision to dismiss the Broadcom criminal backdating case speaks volumes about his penchant for...


Law Practice


Leading Olympic Team Was Homecoming

Dec. 22, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

For Charles C. Lee, being chosen to lead the U.S. Olympics team at the 2008 Games in Beijing had a personal meaning beyond the...


Personal Injury & Torts


Mogin Distributes Tobacco Cash

Dec. 22, 2009
By Pat Broderick

The Mogin Law Firm in San Diego has distributed $3.45 million to 10 local legal societies, organizations and charities as part...


Perspective


Compulsory Copenhagen

Dec. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Tessa Schwartz and Sarah Niyogi of Morrison & Foerster say the need for clean technology transfer cannot be suspended. ...


Litigation


Nextel Settles for $750,000

Dec. 22, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

A Superior Court judge has approved a $750,000 settlement between Nextel Communications Inc. and customers, putting an end to ...


Letter to the Editor


Certainly Not 'Kid-Gloves Treatment'

Dec. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert Barnes of Allen Matkins responds to an article about Catholic League for Civil Rights v. City and County of San Fran...


Labor/Employment


Not So Restrictive Covenants?

Dec. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Janie Schulman of Morrison & Foerster examines the future of employee mobility in the aftermath of Edwards v. Arthur An...


Technology & Science


Fraud Alleged in Biotech Dispute

Dec. 22, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Xenomics Inc. claims San Diego-based Sequenom "purposely misled" the New York-based biotech into granting it an exclusive lice...


Solo and Small Firms


Banking on Business

Dec. 22, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

From three lawyers, no business cards, no glass in the conference room, the 16-lawyer Levene, Neale, Bender, Rankin & Bril...


Law Practice


Bratz Designer Paid $2 Million

Dec. 22, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

The former Mattel designer at the heart of the company's high profile copyright infringement litigation over the popular Bratz...


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...