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Judicial Profile


Having A Good Time

Oct. 7, 2009
By Pat Alston

Judge Benny C. Osorio moved from New York to Los Angeles for the balmy weather, and as a county prosecutor was known for being...


Corporate Counsel


Children's GC

Oct. 6, 2009
By Evan Georgen

With a two-person legal department, Larry Foust, general counsel at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, struggles with how to acc...


U.S. Supreme Court


Appellate Lawyers' Roundtable

Oct. 6, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

In September, the Daily Journal hosted two roundtable discussions with leading appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles and one ...


Judges and Judiciary


Sotomayor's Take on Labor and Employment

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Emily Camastra of Fisher & Phillips says a review of Justice Sotomayor's past employment decisions show an even-handed app...


Labor/Employment


Worker Protection Laws, Pre-empted?

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Michael Lebowich and Brian Rauch of Proskauer Rose address how worker protection laws clash with the collective bargaining pro...


California Courts of Appeal


Cities and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Marc S. Ehrlich of Best Best & Krieger says City of Claremont v. Kruse clarifies which city regulations are not pre-empted...


Perspective


Sotomayor's Influence on Patent Rights

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Mark Scarsi of Milbank Tweed says Sotomayor's ease with intangible property rights may sway Justices away from Federal Circuit...


U.S. Supreme Court


Nothing is more sacrosanct to lawyers than the ability to give candid advice to clients. But the faith they have invested in t...


Law Practice


The number of job losses in the legal sector jumped sharply in September to 2,000, after slowing to almost a trickle the month...


U.S. Supreme Court


Cases to Watch

Oct. 6, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Here are some of the major cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in the 2009-2010 term. ...


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


Activist Blocks City's Leafleting Ban

Oct. 6, 2009
By John Roemer

San Clemente's ban on leafleting parked cars collided with an activist's urge to criticize illegal immigrants - and the activi...


Law Practice


Venture Law Group founder Craig Johnson dies

Oct. 6, 2009
By Riley Guerin

Venture Law Group founder Craig Johnson dies ...


Corporate


In a rare move, a San Francisco federal judge granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by Volterra Semiconductor...


Administrative/Regulatory


The Boss of Atlantic City

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Judge Nelson Johnson explores how Atlantic City and its racketeers grew in power from the early 20th century through Prohibiti...


Immigration


Controversial L.A. Immigration Advisor Replaced

Oct. 6, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

The federal government's top immigration legal advisor in Los Angeles has been replaced after nearly two decades on the job. ...


California Courts of Appeal


Appellate lawyers are condemning a procedural shortcut they say some California Court of Appeal justices are routinely using t...


Judicial Profile


'Complete Package'

Oct. 6, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Judge Carrie McIntyre Panetta has a worked as a civil litigator and a county prosecutor - experience that lawyers say makes he...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Oct. 5, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Disciplinary Actions Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar C...


Law Practice


On the Move

Oct. 5, 2009
By Jill Redhage

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...


Judicial Profile


The Outsider

Oct. 5, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

Commissioner Steven Berman, Los Angeles County (Torrance) Superior Court Commissioner, ...


Government


U.S. Public Defender Reappointed

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

United States Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of California Daniel Broderick was reappointed to a second four...


Natasha Minsker of the American Civil Liberties Union says Governor Schwarzenegger can act to achieve what the Legislature wou...


California Supreme Court


High Court Takes Up Speedy Trial Dismissals

Oct. 3, 2009
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court this week granted review in two cases dismissed for lack of a courtroom. ...


Juvenile


New Court for Teen Girls

Oct. 3, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

The Orange County Juvenile Court is launching a unique program today to help teenage girls in trouble, giving evaluation, over...


Contracts


Consumer ZIP Codes Are Free Game

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

David Faustman and Cristina Armstrong of Fox Rothschild says businesses may ask credit card purchasers for their ZIP codes. ...


Civil Rights


Disabled Sue to Block Budget Cuts

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evan George

Seniors, disabled patients and unions for in-home health workers sued California officials on Thursday in San Francisco federa...


Personal Injury & Torts


Protecting Good Samaritans

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

James Nelson of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold says the Good Samaritan law set by Van Horn v. Watson is no more. ...


Criminal


Attorney Misspent Settlement

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

A former plaintiffs' attorney from Irvine has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for squandering nearly all of...


Intellectual Property


Federal Circuit Rewrites Fraud Standard

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jennifer Taylor of Morrison & Foerster says proving fraud in trademark cases is now tougher. ...


Government


San Bernardino Graft Probe Widens

Oct. 3, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

Kendall H. MacVey, a partner at Best Best & Krieger represents San Bernardino government agencies in a lawsuit against the...