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Judicial Profile


Sharon Lewis Miller

Oct. 29, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Commissioner Sharon Lewis Miller was a stay-at-home mom and a school teacher before going to law school. She says she brings a...


Large Firms


Allen Matkins Trims Salaries Again

Oct. 29, 2009
By J Lin

Some associates' pay at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis will have been reduced 40 percent, following a second r...


Personal Injury & Torts


Central District Class Actions, a Catch 22

Oct. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Brian Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner asks, can you have your cake and eat it too when seeking class certification in the C...


Government


Circuit Will Rehear Terror Case

Oct. 29, 2009
By John Roemer

A controversial 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to let five terror suspects sue over their claims of torture will b...


Government


Judicial Nominee Under Attack

Oct. 29, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled Tuesday that the GOP may block U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward M. C...


Criminal


Lawyers Charged in Fraud Case

Oct. 29, 2009
By Greg Katzn

The Los Angeles County District Attorney has charged four lawyers with taking part in a massive auto insurance fraud ring that...


Securities


Broadcom Witness Testifies

Oct. 29, 2009
By Christian Berthelsenn

A Broadcom employee testified Tuesday that she warned the company's former CFO, who is now on trial, that backdating stock opt...


Government


Study Casts Doubt on Antitrust Plan

Oct. 29, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

The Congressional Budget Office has found ending the antitrust exemptions for health care and medical malpractice insurance co...


Corporate


Retrial Opens for McKesson Execs

Oct. 29, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

The retrial of two former McKesson Corp. executives accused of securities fraud opened this week and will likely last through ...


California Courts of Appeal


New Year Brings New Rules for Appellate Lawyers

Oct. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

John Taylor Jr. of Horvitz & Levy summarizes select changes in the California Rules of Court, affecting civil appellate pr...


Technology & Science


Sponsored Social Media, Now Regulated

Oct. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Anthony DiResta of Manatt address the reality, challenges and opportunities of the FTC Guides regulating social media. ...


Environmental


Climate Change Litigation Heats Up

Oct. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jose Allen, Kenneth Berlin, Don Frost Jr. and Stacy Kray of Skadden spotlight recent rulings in climate change litigation. ...


Law Practice


Reed Smith To Ditch Lockstep

Oct. 29, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Reed Smith joined the march of law firms abandoning lockstep advancement of associates Tuesday when it announced a merit syste...


Judges and Judiciary


Pressure continues to build on the Administrative Office of the Courts as it faces a Legislative committee hearing today on it...


Administrative/Regulatory


Court Computer Project Has Hidden Costs

Oct. 28, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

The Administrative Office of the Courts' long-sought computer system - one of the most expensive in state history - is costing...


Litigation


Trade Secrets Claims Face Uphill Battle

Oct. 28, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Successful trade secret misappropriation cases can bring huge payouts in the tens of millions of dollars, but only if you can ...


Litigation


Economy Leads Companies to Sue Ex-Workers

Oct. 28, 2009
By Laura Ernden

"You can't rely on speculation that a departing employee may use a trade secret," said Buchalter Nemer attorney Richard Darwin...


Perspective


The Aftermath of a Shaken Industry

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jeremiah Ho of Whittier Law School looks at the phenomenon of hotel mortgage defaults and concept of a market reset. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Ladies and Gentleman of the Jury...

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Trial attorney G. Christopher Ritter instructs on a method of trial preparation that focuses on the dynamic of the jury. ...


Nearly all the part-time attorneys who lost their jobs over the past year were women, according to a survey released Monday by...


Perspective


Judicial Leeway Towards Expert Testimony?

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jason Oei and Frank Loo of the San Bernardino County Public Defender's Office review the court's treatment of expert testimony...


San Diego County defense attorneys are being alerted by the district attorney's office about possibly incorrect lab test resul...


Personal Injury & Torts


A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to go to trial accusing the Walt Disney Co. of polluting the area around its Burbank lot...


Perspective


Casting Doubt On Bivens Claims

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Allan Ides of Loyola Law School says when it comes to civil rights, the Supreme Court tends to err on the side of the governme...


Solo and Small Firms


A Smaller Folger Levin Marches On

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

When Folger Levin opens its doors next week, it will be as much a new beginning as a return to form for the San Francisco bout...


Perspective


The Williamson Act, on Life Support

Oct. 28, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Michael Durkee, David Blackwell and Thomas Tunny of Allen Matkins write on the future of agricultural and open space land cons...


U.S. Supreme Court


When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a major class action case next month, trial lawyers in California will face a s...


Health Care & Hospital Law


California regulators may have violated their own statute meant to protect consumers by writing an "underground regulation" be...


Solo and Small Firms


From Conception to Completion

Oct. 27, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

Land use lawyers at Armbruster, Goldsmith & Delvac bring together their decades of experience to form entitlement team tha...


Corporate Counsel


John Rogovin

Oct. 27, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

John RogovinGeneral Counsel of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.— Burbank ...