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Securities


Firm Cleared in Document Case

Sep. 30, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge in San Diego has given the class action firm Milberg LLP a clean bill of health after examining allegations th...


Education


Consider This Before Slashing Services

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Areva D. Martin of Martin & Martin says cutting education cuts may be risky for state and school districts. ...


Corporate


Vantress Starts Another New Shop

Sep. 30, 2009
By Jill Redhage

San Jose-based lawyer Robert Vantress has opened a litigation boutique aimed at making legal services affordable for small and...


Litigation


Murdered Marine's Widow Sues County

Sep. 30, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Cynthia Sommer, convicted of murdering her Marine husband and then freed, filed a $20 million lawsuit against San Diego County...


Worker status as an employee or independent contractor is not simply a matter of contract. ...


Criminal


Toyota Accuser Faces Bar Inquiry

Sep. 30, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

A judge says a former Toyota lawyer may have client privilege when he accused the automaker of concealing evidence in rollover...


Intellectual Property


The Dirty Dozen

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Rob Darwell, Edwin Komen and Thomas Leo of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's roundup review and analysis of copyright ch...


Perspective


Just Say 'Yes'

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Judith Posner and Zareh Jaltorossian of Reed Smith says an aggrieved party has options to maximize its chances of relief from ...


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


Onerous Rent Control May Be a Taking

Sep. 30, 2009
By John Roemer

A federal appeals court ruling that rent control may violate "Takings" Clause is likely to shake up laws controlling mobile ho...


Securities


Broadcom Shareholder Deal Gets Tentative OK

Sep. 30, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge preliminarily approved a $118 million partial settlement in the Broadcom shareholder derivative litigation. ...


Judicial Profile


Personalizing Probate

Sep. 30, 2009
By Pat Alston

Robert S. Wada used to pour over documents behind the scenes as a probate attorney for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


An Unexpected Journey to the High Court

Sep. 29, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

ACLU lawyer Peter J. Eliasberg never dreamed a dispute over a cross erected on federal land would be his first U.S. Supreme Co...


Perspective


Earn on hour of MCLE credit by reading 'Update on DNA Evidence' by Hon. Mark E. Windham and answering the questions that follo...


U.S. Supreme Court


Update on DNA Evidence

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Hon. Mark E. Windham examines the California Supreme Court's decision in People v. Nelson. ...


Law Practice


Restoring Public Trust in Corporations

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert R. Denham of The Conference Board Task Force presents five principles to assist companies in execution of their compens...


Labor/Employment


Suit Claims Weight Watchers Stiffed Workers

Sep. 29, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

About 1,000 current and former Weight Watchers team leaders and location coordinators filed a class action claiming the weight...


The parties battling over whether gays and lesbians have a right to marry are also battling over what kinds of materials they ...


Judges and Judiciary


For the second time in two months, a judicial confirmation hearing turned into a skewering of the State Bar's judge-vetting or...


Product Liability


Drowning Out Unwanted Noise

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson reviews Bose's new noise canceling headphones. ...


Law Practice


Allen Matkins Pushes For Diversity

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Law firm hires new director of diversity. ...


Perspective


Hollywood Producers Snared

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jonathan Drimmer and Christian Jordan of Steptoe & Johnson says the Foreign Practices Act has its eye on the entertainment...


Civil Rights


State Will Pay Unprecedented Sum to Inmate

Sep. 29, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

In what's being called the largest settlement ever for a prisoner-employee, California prison authorities agreed this month to...


Law Practice


Full Service

Sep. 29, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

A desire to help criminal defendants in all aspects of their legal problems led three federal public defenders to form their o...


Corporate Counsel


Sunny Outlook

Sep. 29, 2009
By Fiona Smith

In 2007, Bruce Ledesma took over as general counsel of San Jose-based SunPower Corp., putting him at the legal helm of an ind...


Insites


CORPORATE REAL ESTATE

Sep. 29, 2009
By Carla Pinedan

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California chapter of CoreNet Global is accepting nominations for its Remmy Awards through Oct. 2. ...


Energy Law


Delivering on Renewable Energy

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Joel H. Mack and Mark T. Campopiano of Latham & Watkins expect rapid shifts in California's regulatory and legal landscape...


Criminal


A casual e-mail between political consultants - contained in recently-released records of a bribery prosecution - speaks volum...


Law Practice


Federal Judge Stephen G. Larson, who earlier this month announced he was leaving the bench because of financial constraints, i...


Judicial Profile


Judicial Rx

Sep. 29, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

Judge Christopher J. Warner's love of science first steered him toward a medical career. Now he enjoys hearing medical expert...


Judicial Profile


Exercising Patience

Sep. 29, 2009
By Pat Alstonn

Judge Teresa Beaudet is known for being patient and meticulous. An English lit major, she compares reading cases to reading sh...