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Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jul. 11, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Despite the existence of teleconferencing technology and a huge demand for interpreter services, courts are only just beginnin...


Corporate Counsel


Noah D. Mesel

Jul. 11, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Assia Inc. Redwood City ...


Books


The underbelly of the global economy

Jul. 11, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

"Invisible Hands: Voices From the Global Economy," edited by Corrine Goria, is a collection of oral narratives from workers th...


Perspective


Seinfeld, tax lessons, yada, yada, yada

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

As entertainers and observers of popular culture honor the 25th anniversary of the show "Seinfeld," even a show about nothing ...


Perspective


Professional duty to nonclients clarified

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On July 3, the state Supreme Court handed down a decision providing helpful guidance on the circumstances that may render a pr...


The federal judge in Stockton's bankruptcy case implied late Tuesday that he's sympathetic to arguments that public employee p...


Corporate


Former Zynga GC to join DocuSign

Jul. 11, 2014
By Alison Frostn

In a move from online games to online signatures, Reggie Davis will start as the technology company's new general counsel star...


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


In a blow to the trucking industry, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday that federal law does not pre-empt st...


Firm leaders polled during the second quarter of 2014 were increasingly increasingly confident in their ability to grow despit...


Constitutional Law


3-day-old precedent, we hardly knew ye

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, the Supreme Court cast doubt on its own three-day-old precedent in Hobby Lobby - at least the portion of the...


Personal Injury & Torts


Stow to get about $14 million from Dodgers

Jul. 11, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

By a vote of 9-3, the jurors held the former Dodgers organization liable, but failed to hold liable former team owner Frank Mc...


Litigation


Several legal service organizations filed a nationwide class action suit in federal court Wednesday seeking to force the U.S. ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jul. 10, 2014
By Alex Shively

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.


Squeezed between heightened regulatory scrutiny and investor-driven demands for more due diligence and accountability, hedge f...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


If there was ever a perfect opportunity for setting a new misappropriation of likeness standard in video games, the new lawsui...


Government


Statutory anomaly may decide public records case

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The state Supreme Court will decide whether communications of local officials via their private cellphones or email accounts o...


Perspective


Health care reform without revolution

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Health care reform is insignificant in comparison to the fundamental purpose of the system it must change. By Craig B. Garner ...


Constitutional Law


Justices get more protection than women

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision striking down a 35-foot buffer zone around health care facilities that perform aborti...


Community News


Artin N. Shaverdian, of counsel at Best Best & Krieger LLP, stops for a photo at Crystal Cove State Park in Long Beach. He...


Community News


From left: Miller Starr Regalia associates Allison K. Wopschall and Katie R. Jones enjoyed some prime real estate at the O.co ...


Environmental


Citing concern over mass bee deaths in recent years, environmentalists are challenging state approval of neonicotinoid pestici...


Obituaries


Ben W. Pesta II 1948-2014

Jul. 10, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

The longtime Los Angeles criminal defense attorney spent much of his legal career representing clients in high-profile felony ...


Corporate


The school - with the help of the Association of Corporate Counsel - has tailored a new executive MBA program to in-house coun...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar head has focused agenda

Jul. 10, 2014
By Alex Shively

Linda Curtis, new president of LA County Bar Association, aims to address court funding and focus on retaining women in the le...


Skadden's Thomas J. Nolan and A. William "Bill" Urquhart of Quinn Emanuel are among homeowners embroiled in litigation with ...


Intellectual Property


A Thursday hearing may be Apple's final attempt to convince U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose that the court should ...


Judicial Profile


Beverly L. Bourne

Jul. 9, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

LA County Judge Beverly Bourne has thrived due to tenacity, and is praised for her compassion.


Some farmers in the parched Central Valley are hoping a deal to buy water from their brethren near Sacramento will keep their ...


Perspective


EU consumer rights and US business

Jul. 9, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

June 13 was the deadline to implement the EU's Consumer Rights Directive, which boosts consumer rights across the EU - and app...