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Government


Lawmakers Want a Look at Parole

Dec. 19, 2009
By Greg Katzn

After a series of Daily Journal stories exposed concerns, state legislators say the system lacks due process and is possibly h...


Government


Regulators failed to implement more than 200 recommendations to clean up the internal misconduct and systemic problems turned ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Andrew S. Albert

Dec. 19, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

Andrew S. Albert always thought he'd become a mediator when he retired, but a series of personal and professional events led h...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Making Diversity a Top Priority

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Arturo González, the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, says he doesn't have to look further than his own ...


Civil Rights


Prop. 8 May Get Rehearing

Dec. 18, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

The parties battling in San Francisco federal court over the legality of California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban may...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Ethicon Acquires Menlo Park Co.

Dec. 18, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturer of sutures and other medical devices, announced...


Energy Law


Silver Spring Raises $100M

Dec. 18, 2009
By Fiona Smith

Smart grid startup Silver Spring Networks closed a $100 million round in venture capital financing Tuesday. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


AT&T Sued Over Charges

Dec. 18, 2009
By Laura Ernden

AT&T is the target of a class-action lawsuit challenging its practice of charging landline customers for unauthorized and ...


Personal Injury & Torts


AT&T Workers Sue for Back Pay

Dec. 18, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

5,000 AT&T workers claiming to be misclassified as exempt employees filed class actions against the company Wednesday dema...


Large Firms


Howrey Associate Among O.C. Victims

Dec. 18, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Attorneys at Howrey are mourning the death of a firm associate killed in an apparent murder-suicide Monday in Orange County. ...


Immigration


U.S. Changes Asylum Detainee Rules

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

The Obama Administration announced Wednesday it will stop detaining asylum seekers while their cases are processed if they are...


Litigation


Attorney General Sues Car Wash

Dec. 18, 2009
By Cat Ho

The state attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against an Echo Park car wash alleging the business violated workers' ...


Law Practice


Former Warner GC Goes to Firm

Dec. 18, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

John Schulman, former general counsel for Warner Bros. Entertainment, will join Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp starting Jan....


Entertainment & Sports


Athletes, Gamemakers Await Ruling

Dec. 18, 2009
By Jeanluc Renaultn

A federal judge is set to decide the fate of two lawsuits against video game publisher Electronic Arts and the National Colleg...


Discipline


Top Harassment Litigator Suspended

Dec. 18, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

A dogged lawyer known for winning high-profile sexual harassment cases has gone out of control and should be suspended from th...


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


Court Mulls Catholic Group's Rights

Dec. 18, 2009
By John Roemer

A Catholic anti-defamation group hammered the city of San Francisco for local lawmakers' attacks on the church's stance agains...


Technology & Science


A Clarion Call to Action?

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Peter Gluck and Grant Geckeler of Luce Forward address the "loophole" created by Autogenomics Inc. v. Oxford Gene Technolog...


Administrative/Regulatory


Hope for a Broken System

Dec. 18, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed through parole reform this year, promising it would ease the state's battered budget. But th...


Technology & Science


A complaint that accuses the chipmaker of using deception and coercion against smaller rivals was filed a month after Intel pa...


Perspective


Controlling a Cast of Thousands

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Mikhail Reider-Gordon and Michael Spindler of Capstone Advisory Group explore the issues surrounding use of local vendors in f...


Perspective


Identity Swap: California and Amsterdam

Dec. 18, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Steven Solomon and Ralph Saltsman of Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson say, with medical marijuana and Internet dating, Califor...


Criminal


Parole Defense, at $185 Per Case

Dec. 17, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Following DeJon Lewis for a day offers a rare look at the strengths and shortcomings of the little-known parole revocation sys...


Entertainment & Sports


Tracking Corruption

Dec. 17, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Mikhail Reider-Gordon and Michael Spindler of Capstone Advisory Group believe anti-corruption task-forces will expand their pr...


Intellectual Property


Jury Sides With Novatel

Dec. 17, 2009
By Pia Sarkarn

Novatel Wireless, Inc. and its lead lawyer, K&L Gates partner Mike Bettinger of San Francisco, won a defense verdict in wh...


Judges and Judiciary


New Bankruptcy Judges Appointed

Dec. 17, 2009
By John Roemer

Two newly-appointed bankruptcy judges will hear cases in the San Francisco Bay Area and in San Diego, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...


Obituaries


Martin H. Webster

Dec. 17, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

1917-2009 ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Court Allows L.A. Probe of HMOs

Dec. 17, 2009
By Evan George

A court of appeal decision on Tuesday paved the way for the Los Angeles City Attorney's continued probe into the controversial...


Entertainment & Sports


Sheppard Mullin Sues Rock Star

Dec. 17, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has sued rocker Vince Neil for more than $62,000, claiming the Mötley Crüe singer has no...


Large Firms


Newest Mega-Firm: Hogan Lovells

Dec. 17, 2009
By Jill Redhage

The partnerships at Washington, D.C.-based Hogan & Hartson and London-based Lovells have signed off on the merger of the t...


Government


House Unveils Immigration Reform

Dec. 17, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

A coalition of Democrats in the House of Representatives fired the first shot in the battle to overhaul the country's immigrat...