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International


The IRS's Long Reach

Aug. 14, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

A prime candidate for increased enforcement is tax collection on income of globally mobile employees, writes Sinead Kelly. ...


Environmental


The Wal-Mart Lesson

Aug. 14, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

A ruling against a Wal-Mart environmental impact report was unprecedented, but shouldn't have come as a surprise, writes Jeffr...


Intellectual Property


Rulings Put DVD Copying On the Ropes

Aug. 14, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

In a quick one-two punch a San Francisco federal judge and a state appellate panel may have dealt a deathblow to the DVD copyi...


Entertainment & Sports


In a First, Talent Agency Licenses With SEC

Aug. 14, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

The head of the film finance department at Creative Artists Agency has received a license from the Securities and Exchange Com...


Environmental


Taking the Lead

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Denis Binder examines the current state of litigation involving lead paint.


California Courts of Appeal


Saving Time and Money - Only in Riverside

Aug. 13, 2009
By Laura Ernden

4th District Court of Appeals' branch issues tentative rulings, but other courts won't follow suit. ...


Judicial Profile


Good Listener

Aug. 13, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

Bankruptcy Judge Edward Jellen wants those who appear before him to feel heard as he dispenses justice with efficiency and com...


In-House Counsel


The Big 50

Aug. 13, 2009
By Riley Guerin

A Roundup of General Counsels for California's Largest Companies ...


In-House Counsel


Sketches from the Studio

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

Over the past year, as part of our Corporate Counsel Q&A series, Daily Journal reporters have sat down with more than 60 l...


In-House Counsel


Merger Maestro

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

James Strother, General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Co. ...


In-House Counsel


Educational Entrepreneur

Aug. 13, 2009
By Craig Anderson

Brian E. Cabrera, General Counsel, Synopsys Inc. ...


Corporate Counsel


Chipmaker Champion

Aug. 13, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

Arthur Chong, General Counsel of Broadcom ...


In-House Counsel


Multifocusing Master

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

James F. Brelsford, General Counsel, SanDisk Corp. ...


In-House Counsel


Strategic Conservators

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

It's been a rough economic year and company executives face difficulties with the bottom line. ...


Corporate Counsel


Immunities and Antiquities

Aug. 13, 2009
By Mindy Farabeen

Stephen W. Clark, General Counsel, J. Paul Getty Trust ...


In-House Counsel


Tar Pits and Tax Exempt Bonds

Aug. 13, 2009
By Mindy Farabeen

James R. Gilson, General Counsel, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...


Corporate Counsel


Adine K. Varah, Deputy City Attorney ...


In-House Counsel


Donotions and Deaccessions

Aug. 13, 2009
By Mindy Farabeen

Fredric H. Goldstein, General Counsel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art ...


In-House Counsel


Genre Greats

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sarah Garveyn

What if on your next visit to say, the Getty Museum, you made a detour into the general counsel's office? What kinds of issues...


In-House Counsel


2009 In House

Aug. 13, 2009
By Riley Guerin

The Art of the Company Counsel ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Until this spring, Emanuel Medical Center delivered most newborns in its rural, farming town of Turlock. But when the small Ch...


Large Firms


Judge Slashes Fee Award to Coughlin Stoia

Aug. 13, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

The federal criminal conviction of former plaintiffs' lawyer Bill Lerach has come back to haunt Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman &...


Law Practice


A daylong symposium at Chapman University law school in Orange County billed as a pro and con about collaborative courts had t...


Perspective


Losing Con-Troll

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

America needs a court system that specializes in patent disputes in order to quell the threat of patent trolls, write Mark Kri...


Perspective


The Write Stuff?

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

The Federal Circuit's resolution of the written description issue would have a tremendous impact on chemical and biotechnology...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Privacy Please

Aug. 13, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Privacy and information security issues are not new, but mass attention and compliance efforts are at an all time high, Andrew...


Labor/Employment


S.F. Attorneys Take on Valero in Wage Case

Aug. 13, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

A potential class of more than 5,000 convenience store managers seeking $100 million in unpaid wages sued Valero Energy Corp. ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Social Security to Repay $500 Million

Aug. 13, 2009
By Rebecca Beyern

The Social Security Administration has agreed to repay more than $500 million in a proposed settlement of the class action cla...


Large Firms


Heller Finances Scared Off Merger Mates

Aug. 13, 2009
By Jill Redhage

A source revealed the reason behind the collapse of merger negotiations between Heller Ehrman and three separate law firms las...


Judicial Profile


Beach to Bench

Aug. 13, 2009
By Pat Alston

As a child growing up outside Sydney, Australia, Mark A. Young was an avid swimmer. These days, the former federal prosecutor ...