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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 ...


Letter to the Editor


Letter to the Editor

Aug. 12, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

SAG's general counsel weighs in on the guild's deals involving endorsement contracts.


Government


U.S. Attorney is Moving to Paul Hastings

Aug. 12, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien told his staff late Monday that he has taken a job at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Sept...


Law Practice


Fewer law firms will be showing up on campus this year for their annual ritual of interviews with law students about to start ...


Law Practice


Judge's Rites

Aug. 12, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

A memorial service will be held Thursday for Robert M. Takasugi, the first Japanese-American judge on the federal bench. ...


Jeff Randall, an intellectual property star at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has joined Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Money Well Spent?

Aug. 12, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

With state revenues having plummeted, the state simply can't afford Irvine's law school, writes Stephen Bainbridge. ...


Law Practice


DNA Clears Husband Of Wife's Murder

Aug. 12, 2009
By Greg Katzn

A San Bernardino Superior Court judge Monday threw out the murder conviction of William Richards, who spent the last 12 years ...


Government


Prosecutors announced Monday they will seek a retrial for a prominent San Mateo psychiatrist accused of molesting his young pa...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge OKs Deal for Michael Jackson Rehearsal Movie

Aug. 12, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

A judge has approved a deal to release a movie of Michael Jackson's concert rehearsals recorded shortly before his death, but ...


Criminal


9th Circuit Overturns Murder Conviction

Aug. 12, 2009
By John Roemer

A criminal defense lawyer's substandard performance led to his client's murder conviction and sentence of life without parole,...