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Commencement 2013: California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
By Jean Yungn
UC Irvine School of Law and USC Gould School of Law May 11, 2013 and May 17, 2013 ...
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law May 18, 2013 ...
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Commencement 2013: U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong
By Jean Yungn
University of San Francisco School of Law May 18, 2013 ...
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A profession in crisis, blinded by short-term thinking
By Ben Armisteadn
In "The Lawyer Bubble," Steven J. Harper discusses how short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation's finest minds. The ...
While the market for new lawyers has certainly improved, the landscape awaiting them has changed in a number of important resp...
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Full circle: sometimes the job search ends where it all began
By Ben Armisteadn
Despite the time working as a lawyer will require, I hope to give back to those that got me here. By Christina Catapang ...
California law graduates carry especially high levels of debt: The state hosts one-third of the 24 law schools with the...
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Challenges present a time to reflect and adapt
By Ben Armisteadn
It is the obligation of law schools to best prepare their students to adapt to the shifting landscape in which the law operate...
Even for top-flight law graduates and lawyers, making it through California's three-day-long bar exam is exhausting. ...
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP opened a Los Angeles office Monday led by well-known insurance recovery litigators...
Latham & Watkins LLP represented generic drug maker Actavis Inc. in its agreement to acquire birth control maker Warner Ch...
Environmental
Trailing in court battle over pollution, Orange County water district seeking legislative help
By Fiona Smith
As the Orange County Water District appears to be losing its court battle to collect hundreds of millions of dollars to clean ...
Litigation
Judge reluctant to dismiss $200 million malpractice suit against Sedgwick
By Don Debenedictisn
Though seemingly reluctant to embarass Sedgwick LLP, a federal judge hinted he won't dismiss much of a $200 million malpractic...
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and rival networking company A10 Networks Inc. settled a hard-fought patent and copyright ...
Economic pressures, coupled with rapid technological advances, changed the trajectory of lawyers' career paths in even the mos...
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Go Eastward! Law school graduates find a success in overseas jobs, especially in Asia
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Jeremiah Y. Chung had a choice to make when he graduated from USC's Gould School of Law in 2010. He could look for work in th...
Federal prosecutors late Monday attempted to deflect defense attorneys' pointed critique of the government's $5 billion civil ...
Intellectual Property
San Jose company cannot sue without offering license first, judge rules
By Kevin Lee
A federal judge ruled Monday that San Jose-based LSI Corp. acted wrongly when it sued a Taiwanese company in the International...
TV-on-the-Internet startup Aereo Inc. and FilmOn.com Inc. announced late Monday that they have settled their contentious lawsu...
Judges and Judiciary
Spotlight on OC judge after former student files agency claim
By Alexandra Schwappach
A former law school student has filed a million-dollar claim alleging an Orange County Superior Court judge pressured her into...
Law Practice
Valley intellectual property litigator switches Boston-based firms
By Kevin Lee
Rising intellectual property star Sasha G. Rao, who has represented Google Inc. in patent litigation, has joined Bingham McCut...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cooley counsels Websense in going-private sale
By Salvador Mares
In a deal valued at around $1 billion, cyber security giant Websense agreed to a buyout offered up by Austin, Texas-based Vist...
In "The Lawyer Bubble," Steven J. Harper discusses how short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation's finest minds. The ...
The California Public Employees Retirement System hopes to ban a law firm from representing parties in Stockton's and San Bern...