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Environmental


Fishing and environmental groups will be in court today hoping to force greater cleanup of water pollution related to farming ...


Entertainment & Sports


Protecting your future ghost

Apr. 28, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Trust and estate lawyers say the potential profits from new tours featuring holograms of late, great artists are "enormous." B...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Pharma giant settles fraud case

Apr. 28, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

San Francisco pharmaceutical giant McKesson Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle federal allegations it defrauded Medic...


Firm Profile


Bien & Summers

Apr. 28, 2012
By John Roemer

Like many appellate lawyers, Elliot L. Bien is a bit of a loner, working from a home office, using a for-hire law library and ...


Criminal


A former Upland mayor pleaded guilty to bribery charges on Thursday, admitting he accepted $5,000 in exchange for helping a bu...


Intellectual Property


Two former chief executives of Sun Microsystems Inc. contradicted each other Thursday in back-to-back testimony over whether k...


Law Practice


Joseph R. Saveri , who joined Lieff Cabraser in 1992 to start the firm's antitrust group, gave notice last week. ...


Law Practice


Manhattan DA investigates former Dewey chairman

Apr. 28, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

The Manhattan district attorney is investigating the former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. ...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

WRM America financed a one-day conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to help address incidents involving sexual harassment, s...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Public Counsel held its 2012 William O. Douglas Awards dinner Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Nobel laure...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The California Association of Black Lawyers hosted its 35th Annual Conference and National Bar Association Region IX Annual Me...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Stars turned out in near droves to honor Lavely & Singer PC partner Marty Singer at the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s an...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Daily Journal held its annual reception for leading intellectual property lawyers in California on April 18 at the Rose Wo...


Community News


Apr. 27, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

On April 19, the Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its invitation-only Rising Star Re...


Law Practice


The CEO of the Miami-based firm traveled to Dewey's West Coast offices Wednesday. Sources said key partners were offered indem...


Corporate


Automattic Inc., the San Francisco-based tech startup behind the popular blogging and web-publishing platform, said it was res...


Litigation


The San Luis Obispo jury award to a couple whose daughter's birth was mishandled, resulting in her developing cerebral palsy, ...


Law Practice


ABA accreditation official steps down

Apr. 27, 2012
By Don J. De Benedictis

He will be replaced on an interim basis by Barry Currier of Los Angeles. ...


Perspective


The court funding crisis will turn the clock back, and all of the old inefficiencies of litigation, and the associated costs, ...


Labor/Employment


In a sign it may be increasingly vigilant in policing anti-discrimination laws, the federal agency urged employers Wednesday t...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A new approach to pre-mediation discovery

Apr. 27, 2012
By Michael Leen

Games played by parties and counsel are often the cause of prolonged discovery, and, ultimately, sanctions. By Malcolm Sher ...


Government


President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of San Francisco to serve on the U.S. Sent...


Entertainment & Sports


Entertainment lawyers advise FCPA review

Apr. 27, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

In response to SEC inquiries into a handful of Hollywood studios' dealings in China, lawyers advise an internal review of FCPA...


Intellectual Property


In Oracle Corp.'s trial against Google Inc. for infringing copyrights to the Java programming language, defense attorneys hav...


Judges and Judiciary


The Obama administration has nominated its first Latino candidate for a spot on the Central District's federal bench following...


Education


California Western names new dean

Apr. 27, 2012
By Susan Mcraen

Niels B. Schaumann, law professor and vice dean for faculty at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., will take o...


Real Estate/Development


City may curb heavy industrial land

Apr. 27, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Jurupa Valley is joining the ranks of a growing batch of cities across California battling to harness big box developments ami...


U.S. Supreme Court


IRS quest for tax shelter money denied

Apr. 27, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Internal Revenue Service's bid for more time to go after money that's held in a certain type...


Bankruptcy


Mammoth test for Assembly Bill 506

Apr. 27, 2012
By Michael Leen

The decision by Mammoth Lakes' judgment-creditor to reject a facilitated negotiation reveals a weakness in the AB 506 scheme. ...


Judicial Profile


Diana Summerhayes

Apr. 27, 2012
By Pat Alston

No stranger to crisis intervention, Commissioner Diana Summerhayes hustles through bench trials.