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Corporate Counsel


Running on Empty in Lean Times

Dec. 20, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

The bad economy has forced Leonard J. McGill, general counsel of an RV and mobile home manufacturing company, Fleetwood Enterp...


Litigation


Recent years have not been kind to consumer arbitration agreements. And efforts to change the way they are used is coming from...


Government


States Stamp Out the Spark in Suds

Dec. 20, 2008
By Dhyana Levey

California Attorney General Jerry Brown just took the kick out of a popular alcoholic drink. Brown joined with San Francisco C...


Employment (Focus & Forum)


In the Workplace, A Happy New Year?

Dec. 20, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The RESPECT Act and the Patriot Employer Act are just two among many pieces of legislation likely to affect employers and work...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Navigating a 'Google-ized' World

Dec. 20, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Copyright law is the most inefficient property system known to man, Lawrence Lessig writes in his new book, "“Remix: Making Ar...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Jumping Through 'Hoopes'

Dec. 20, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A recent appellate case shows the proper interplay between court and jury findings in cases involving legal and equitable issu...


Arbitrator Profile


A New Gig

Dec. 20, 2008
By Greg Katzn

One-time rock band member and plaintiffs' lawyer Robert M. Tessier changes his career path. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


After six years chairing the Los Angeles County Superior Court's ADR committee, Judge Helen I. Bendix will step down from that...


Criminal


DA Says Sheriff Didn't Meddle in Rape Case

Dec. 20, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told a federal corruption jury Thursday that former county sheriff Mike Carona...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


No one who had a part in creating the City Charter believed the controller's authority to conduct performance audits would app...


Verdicts


The news about the economy just went from bad to worse - that is, if you are on the losing end of a wrongful termination suit....


California Supreme Court


Unkind Ruling For Some Good Samaritans

Dec. 20, 2008
By Laura Ernden

A 4-3 majority of the California Supreme Court refused to give a Los Angeles woman who pulled her friend from a car after an a...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 19, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

USC Gould School of Law has named a new associate dean and chief development officer.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Russ Roeca, chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Marriage Fairness Task Force, takes over as the bar's president to...


Judicial Profile


A Bench With a View

Dec. 19, 2008
By Pat Alstonn

Former prosecutor Christopher J. Evans no longer has the narrow vision of an advocate. 'You literally don't care who wins.' ...


Law Practice


It's a World of Risk for Medical 'Tourists'

Dec. 19, 2008
By Evan George

Researchers say 750,000 patients traveled internationally for medical treatment last year, despite the fact that courts in pop...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Some of the important lessons from the savings and loan crisis, and even from Watergate, can guide today's plaintiffs' lawyers...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Have a Very Merry Lawsuit

Dec. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Just in time for the holidays: lawsuits against Christmas festivals and shopper-on-shopper violence, writes John G. Browning. ...


Law Practice


Prosecutor's Statements on Trial

Dec. 19, 2008
By Martin Bergn

Columnist Martin Berg wonders if a high-profile veteran sex crimes prosecutor committed a harmless slip of the tongue in closi...


Law Practice


A two-year-old copyright infringement complaint featuring some of the world's most famous musicians, two big-name law firms, l...


Litigation


Ex-Broadcom Execs Lose Bid For Dismissal

Dec. 19, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

A federal judge has rejected 17 pretrial defense motions in the Broadcom stock options backdating case, putting the trial of t...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 18, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Baker & McKenzie has added a former Heller Ehrman lawyer to its Washington D.C. office.


Litigation


In March, E. Aurora Hughes was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. The disease stopped Hughes from practicing law. But she's ...


Law Practice


With Latham & Watkins' announcement that the firm will be freezing associate salaries at 2008 levels for the coming year, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Maurice R. Hogan Jr., 1924-2008

Dec. 18, 2008
By Sara Randazzon

Maurice R. Hogan Jr., a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge and JAMS mediator, has died after a long battle with Parkinso...


Law Practice


O'Melveny, Weil Gotshal Advise in Game Deal

Dec. 18, 2008
By Noah Barronn

After a drawn-out negotiation guided by lawyers from O'Melveny & Myers and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, French-owned video ...


Forum (Forum & Focus)


Attorneys looking to cut costs in a down market should take a cue from successful plaintiffs' lawyers, write Micah R. Jacobs a...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda Judge Chided for Biased Comments

Dec. 18, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

The Commission on Judicial Performance Tueday publicly admonished Alameda judge Christine Moruza, citing numerous cases in whi...


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


A sharply divided 9th Circuit sent a human rights lawsuit back to an L.A. federal judge for her to consider whether the Papu...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Children on Medi-Cal Face Tougher Rules

Dec. 18, 2008
By Evan George

Starting Jan. 1, children covered by Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid, will have to submit paperwork every six months...