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Litigation


A Los Angeles jury ordered Asia's largest pharmaceutical company to hand over $6.5 million Friday to a plaintiff and his wife ...


Community college administrators throughout California may be at risk of losing their pension eligibility, according to a warn...


Law Practice


Silicon Valley corporate law firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigan LLP is hoping that new offices i...


Government


Courts to get funding based on workload

Apr. 30, 2013
By Paul Jones

The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded court...


Judicial Profile


Debre Katz Weintraub

Apr. 30, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

Los Angeles County (Mosk) ...


One of California's largest plaintiffs' firms lost its bid Friday to force arbitration in a San Francisco County Superior Cour...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Apr. 29, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Sanjay Bhandari joined Ballard Spahr LLP as a partner in San Diego. He has tried criminal cases involving charges of bribery, ...


Judicial Profile


Bunmi O. Awoniyi

Apr. 28, 2013
By Paul Jones

A UK exchange program led Bunmi Awoniyi to become the first state judge of Nigerian descent.


On Sunday, more than 3,000 financial titans, policymakers and innovators from across the globe will gather in West Los Angeles...


Tax


Stay healthy with new Medicare taxes

Apr. 27, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Medicare funding is getting a booster shot by subjecting most earned and unearned income to an increased tax. By Stefanie J. L...


Perspective


The recently appointed chairman of the SEC, Mary Jo White, has stated in Senate hearings that enacting rules per congressional...


Perspective


The Boy Scouts have already released files relating to sexual abuse allegations that occurred between 1965 and 1985. Now a cou...


California Supreme Court


The high court will decide whether insureds can bring claims under the Unfair Competition Law when the challenged conduct also...


Community News


In early April, Los Angeles held its ninth annual Mediation Awareness Week. Participants highlighted the importance and value ...


Bankruptcy


O'Reilly & Collins estate gets contested trustee

Apr. 27, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

A trustee to the O'Reilly & Collins bankruptcy case was elected during a disputed trustee election April 17, according to ...


Government


State Bar adopts changes to open meeting rules

Apr. 27, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

Responding to an angry legislator and the demands of a 2011 statute, the bar's governing board voted Thursday to match its rul...


The Center for Civic Mediation posthumously awarded the Louis M. Brown Conflict Prevention Award to the late U.S. Ambassador J...


The Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to review an appellate court decision that would starkly limit...


The Heller Ehrman LLP estate and its former dissolution counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP, have reached a proposed $4.9 million s...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


James R. Trembath

Apr. 27, 2013
By John Roemer

The calm, unassuming aura James R. Trembath projects is one of his key assets as a mediator, say those who have seen him at wo...


A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a creditor's bid to nab more than $28 million that it claims San Francisco-based plainti...


Corporate


Sunnyvale company names new GC

Apr. 27, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

On the heels of former general counsel Damien P. Eastwood's departure from Sunnyvale-based network equipment and software vend...


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


For the second time this year, a 9th Circuit panel has taken a case away from the frequently-reversed U.S. District Judge Manu...


California Courts of Appeal


The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office failed to reveal exculpatory evidence that could have vindicated the Irwindale city...


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


A federal appellate court on Thursday threw out a settlement between the government and environmentalists over protecting impe...


Real Estate/Development


O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Mayer Brown and Venable LLP are helping guide San Francisco-based industrial real estate giant ProL...


Solo and Small Firms


Harnessing a Will-Do Spirit

Apr. 27, 2013
By Ryne Hodkowski

Nelsen, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton has established itself as a fixture in insurance coverage work - a niche area that's se...


Community News


The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association held its 38th annual installation and awards banquet on April 5 at the Emp...


Law Practice


Fenwick to replace longtime chairman

Apr. 27, 2013
By David Ruiz

Gordon K. Davidson, who has led Fenwick & West LLP as its chairman since 1995 and become one of the best known corporate l...


Federal prosecutors can keep coming to work every day for the next five months, and will not face the 10 percent cut in pay th...