This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
News

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


Alternative Dispute Resolution


It is important to remember that you are setting out to obtain a resolution and not to decimate the other side. By Christine M...


Law Practice


The chair of the antitrust and intellectual property practice group at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP is leaving...


Last week's announcement shows California looking to the only other state where Global Tel Link currently operates a communica...


Litigation


A group of plaintiffs have settled civil price-fixing claims they lodged in federal court against LCD panel makers, leaving el...


Judges and Judiciary


Bomb threat closes courthouse

May 1, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A bomb scare closed Riverside County’s criminal courthouse in downtown Riverside for four hours Friday. ...


Real Estate/Development


Jury rejects bank’s suit over loan

May 1, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

A Riverside County Superior Court jury rejected a $55 million lawsuit against a title company that a bank accused of committin...


Intellectual Property


Star patent litigator Matthew D. Powers has been known to push the envelope. He did so again last week while representing App...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidates for AOC director number eight

May 1, 2012
By Emily Green

State court leaders will have a limited pool of applicants to choose from for the next director of the Administrative Office o...


Entertainment & Sports


Law firms sued again over bankruptcy case

May 1, 2012
By Erica Phillips

Law firms Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill LLP were sued for the second time i...


Less than 100 words. That's what consumer lawyers in California apparently believe it will take to get around the U.S. Supreme...


Law Practice


More key departures from Dewey

May 1, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

Two Philadelphia-based firms, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, are the most recent outfits to have reap...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Judge James S. Ware of the Northern District said Saturday that he will step down in August from his leadership post. ...


Law Practice


Event to address changes in practice

May 1, 2012
By Connie Lopez


Government


The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has appealed a ruling that forces the agency to reconsider its me...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Apr. 30, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Shearman & Sterling LLP added Richard C. Hsu as partner in Palo Alto. He focuses on corporate and intellectual property tr...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 30, 2012
By Seena Nikravan

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


Judicial Profile


Patricia J. Titus

Apr. 30, 2012
By Pat Alston

Judge Patricia Titus took her future in her own hands and expects effort from parties in her court.


Judicial Profile


Marshall Rieger

Apr. 29, 2012
By Pat Alston

Commissioner Marshall Rieger calculates child support in his courtroom with a vigor for analysis.


Law Practice


Southwestern Law School's dean is stepping down, becoming the fourth California law school dean to depart or take another role...


It is now well established that PAGA claims are not subject to compelled arbitration under Concepcion. By Richard L. Ke...


Bankruptcy


The Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of a prominent plaintiffs' lawyer embroiled in a bitter divorce has grown unusually heate...


Government


A bill that would allow employees of the Administrative Office of the Courts to unionize passed its first legislative hurdle T...


The parties involved are often unaware of, or perhaps unconcerned by, the discrepancy in terms, and business can proceed witho...


Labor/Employment


Corporations with global supply chains often do business with companies that are potentially violating labor laws. By Anne Ric...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court added uncertainty to a popular corporate tax break on Thursday by ruling that state tax collectors can...


William B. Hirsch gave up his partnership at Lieff Cabraser to create documentaries with the goal of inspiring social change. ...


Law Practice


IP pro jumps to Shearman & Sterling

Apr. 28, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Shearman & Sterling LLP has bolstered its Palo Alto office with the addition of partner Richard C. Hsu, the firm announced...


The Supreme Court has long sought to protect the American family from government interference; immigration puts those values t...


Perspective


Fracking’s huge risks go ignored in California

Apr. 28, 2012
By Karen Natividadn

No one can paint a full picture of the situation in California: the state doesn't even track when and where wells are fracked ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Bradley A. Bening

Apr. 28, 2012
By Craig Anderson

Bradley A. Bening put himself through college and law school as a blackjack and baccarat dealer in Lake Tahoe, and uses that g...