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Corporate


Brocade Settles With Reyes and Other Former Execs

Jun. 22, 2009
By Craig Anderson

After vowing to get its money back for financing the legal expenses of its former chief executive and others, Brocade Communic...


Perspective


Some big California firms actually seem to have gotten the message that they must be more efficient in their litigation manage...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Orange Crush

Jun. 22, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

It is time to remedy the terrible wrong the U.S. government perpetrated on the people of Vietnam through the use of Agent Oran...


Family


There's No I in 'Collaborate'

Jun. 22, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

If the Uniform Collaborative Law Act passes, attorneys should prepare for clients' piqued interest in the collaborative law pr...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jun. 22, 2009
By Jill Redhage

On The Move


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


9th Circuit Sends A Textual Message

Jun. 22, 2009
By John Roemer

A federal trial judge in Oakland was wrong to toss a class action on behalf of people who received text messages on their cell...


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


An upstanding criminal defense attorney who turned his life around? Or a ne'er-do-well who couldn't leave his trouble with the...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


A new generation of asbestos trusts now tempts plaintiffs' lawyers to seek double recoveries, write Jacob C. Cohn and Joseph A...


Government


The new law school at UCI boosted its faculty by half with the announcement Friday that it had hired a group of seven highly d...


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


Logjam Persists In Eastern District Docket

Jun. 22, 2009
By John Roemer

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has been crushed by a wave of cases that even judges say has sp...


Health Care & Hospital Law


San Francisco General Hospital has become the latest in a string of facilities accused of illegally 'balance billing' insured ...


Criminal


Guilty by Association?

Jun. 22, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

A recent Supreme Court decision invites plaintiffs and prosecutors to up the stakes in a wide variety of cases by alleging RIC...


Judges and Judiciary


For the first time in nearly 20 years, the House of Representatives impeached a federal judge for high crimes and misdemeanors...


California Supreme Court


Teachers Lose In Mailbox Politics Case

Jun. 19, 2009
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court ruled against the state's powerful teachers' unions Thursday, saying they aren't entitled to use ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Justices Set High Bar for Age Bias Cases

Jun. 19, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday that allegations of age-based employer bias must meet a higher evidence standard than wha...


Immigration


Bringing a Face to Immigration Reform

Jun. 19, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

Bernard Wolfsdorf, who won asylum from South Africa, is a new leader for immigration lawyers.


Appellate Practice


An Unappealing Process

Jun. 19, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

A recent appellate case should remind lawyers that sometimes, adhering to formal statutory requirements is not optional, write...


Perspective


Workers Behaving Badly

Jun. 19, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Multinational companies should implement codes that set forth what behavior is unacceptable, writes Stephen J. Hirschfeld.


Large Firms


Not So Secure: Heller's Banks May Lose Priority

Jun. 19, 2009
By Jill Redhage

One of the biggest ticket items pending in the bankruptcy of San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman has yet to be resolved: whet...


As the Department of Justice and the City of Los Angeles seek to leave behind an eight-year consent decree, the police departm...


Criminal


Inmates Don't Have Right to Review DNA, Justices Rule

Jun. 19, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

A sharply split U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prison inmates have no constitutional right to review DNA evidence, mar...


Health Care & Hospital Law


As health care reform jumped to life this week, with both Congressional hearings and appeals by President Barack Obama pushing...


Intellectual Property


Facebook Loses Copycat Case in Germany

Jun. 19, 2009
By Craig Anderson

Facebook Inc.'s multi-country litigation against German social networking site StudiVZ Ltd. for allegedly copying the look and...


Government


Same-Sex Benefit Plan Won't Help California Lawyers

Jun. 18, 2009
By Robert Iafollan

For two California lawyers fighting to get federal employee benefits for their same-sex spouses, including 9th Circuit staff a...


Law Practice


Court Closure Plan Moves Forward Another Step

Jun. 18, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

The Legislative Budget Conference Committee officially signed off Tuesday on a plan that includes closing the state's courts o...


Immigration


Briefly

Jun. 18, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

A Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a decades-old policy that bars Los Angeles police officers from acting as immigration ag...


Government


Security Firm Investigating Whistleblower Claims

Jun. 18, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

The private company charged with providing protection at the nation's federal courts begun an internal investigation this week...


A Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a decades-old policy that bars Los Angeles police officers from acting as immigration ag...


Labor/Employment


Underwriters Sue AIG for Wage-and-Hour Claims

Jun. 18, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

While AIG has sparked public outrage for handing out millions in bonuses to its top executives, its insurance underwriters cla...


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


No Benefits for Posthumously Conceived Child

Jun. 18, 2009
By John Roemer

Can a child conceived in vitro with sperm extracted from a corpse receive Social Security benefits for being the surviving off...