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Education


Almost three-fourths of law schools nationally enrolled fewer students in fall 2012 than the year before, according to the ABA...


Environmental


In a win for environmentalists who are pushing California to take a tougher look at the impacts of oil drilling, state regulat...


As the four-year anniversary of Heller Ehrman LLP's bankruptcy nears, the estate is mired in a complex legal battle against fo...


San Bernardino County is seeking more than $1.5 million in debts owed by the city of San Bernardino as the city awaits a rulin...


Large Firms


SNR Denton, Salans, Fraser Milner merger approved

Nov. 30, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

The three-way merger between international firms SNR Denton, Salans LLP and Canadian firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP won final...


As federal judges consider a preliminary injunction on a new California law banning gay conversion therapy for minors, U.S. Re...


Intellectual Property


The San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard University's Cyberlaw Clinic have joined forces to use a ne...


Intellectual Property


Irvine-based attorneys at Haynes and Boone LLP scored a huge victory in a trademark and trade dress infringement case over hai...


Law Practice


SanDisk GC heads to Skadden

Nov. 30, 2012
By David Mc Afee

After announcing his planned departure from SanDisk Corp. to return to private practice, the company's longtime chief legal of...


Government


New details emerge on court budget cuts

Nov. 30, 2012
By Blake Edwardsn

More details emerged Tuesday regarding the L.A. County Superior Court's impending budget cuts for fiscal year 2013-2014. Pers...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Nov. 29, 2012
By Connie Lopezn

Terre Verde Group LLC, a real estate investment company, acquired Ranch Las Flores, a 9,850-acre master-planned residential co...


Corporate


GCs increasingly involved in business strategy

Nov. 29, 2012
By David Mc Afee

In an ever-changing corporate climate, chief legal officers are taking an increasingly active role in business decisions, top ...


Labor/Employment


Working while on medical leave -- a court speaks

Nov. 29, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Can an employer refuse to reinstate an employee that it discovers is working another job while on medical leave? A recent opin...


Labor/Employment


The ruling reaffirms decades of precedent affirming the principle that employers cannot enter into individual agreements with ...


Video


Governance methods, operating procedures and protocol that worked when firms had 20, 50, even 70 partners, became increasingly...


Law Practice


Realizing the 'Great Escape from Reality'

Nov. 29, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Have you ever dreamed of traveling the world while somehow managing to make money on the road? Here's one attorney's story. By...


Perspective


San Bernardino is trying to reject its CalPERS contract as an executory contract in its bankruptcy case -- raising some intere...


Litigation


Federal agencies sued over chimpanzees' transfer

Nov. 29, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

Citing federal law, a Los Angeles attorney has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of 110 chimpanzees from o...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appellate court dealt a setback to the University of California's effort to expand its Santa Cruz campus, ruling Tuesd...


The litigation has officially started in the debacle of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s losing acquisition of Autonomy Corp. PLC last ye...


Obituaries


Well-regarded intellectual property attorney Carol L. Smith, a former Intel Corp. lawyer who built a repuation helping younger...


Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is representing San Mateo-based solar panel installer SolarCity Corp. in its plans to ...


Law Practice


Law school starts sexuality-focused program

Nov. 29, 2012
By Alexandra Schwappach

UCLA School of Law announced Tuesday the launch of a new master of laws specialization in law and sexuality geared at providin...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Recent purchases in cloud computing have varied in size and value, but in most cases the buyers have sought a solid employee t...


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


Appeals court reverses drug conviction

Nov. 29, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

A federal appellate panel on Tuesday reversed a conviction against an immigrant from El Salvador who lost a jury trial accusin...


Law Practice


Firms are beginning to consider studies showing that undergraduate and law school grade point averages and LSAT scores and law...


Perspective


One of the most difficult jobs facing general counsel today is how to effectively manage an intellectual property case. A rece...


Whatever the impetus for thinking about your California tax bill, it can be awfully tempting to tally up the tax savings by le...


Law Practice


"I want you" ...to help veterans find jobs

Nov. 28, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Every year on Veterans Day America recognizes and applauds veterans for their service, and this year was no different. Yet, 20...


Perspective


California's unrivaled capacity for innovation

Nov. 28, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Every few years commentors solemnly pontificate about how fiscal problems, a bad business climate, or too many regulations hav...