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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kenneth A. Feingold

Apr. 21, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

For Feingold, a practicing attorney and a neutral at Alternative Resolution Centers LLC, timing is everything. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Marin hires new bench officers

Apr. 21, 2012
By Pat Alston

A downsized San Francisco commissioner and a family law specialist get part-time jobs. ...


Real Estate/Development


Environmental rules for development loosening

Apr. 21, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

New discussions about environmental review fast-tracking are beginning to sprout on the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown's approval o...


Ten years after California established requirements that electrical utilities buy and deliver green energy, the state is comin...


Insurance


Insurer on the hook for Bratz legal bills

Apr. 21, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A federal judge Thursday finalized a ruling in the ongoing spat between insurance carriers for Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertai...


Perspective


Green insurance: much ado about nothing?

Apr. 21, 2012
By Michael Leen

In response to anticipated demand, the insurance industry introduced a slew of commercial, non-residential green policies and ...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiffs' lawyers who've digested the state Supreme Court's recent opinion on meal-and-rest break class actions say that as...


Litigation


In conversation: a trial’s highs and lows

Apr. 21, 2012
By David Houstonn

'We have a saying in our firm, "there's no such thing as a bad fact." They're either good facts or irrelevant facts meaning th...


Community News


Apr. 20, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Center for Civic Mediation held its 19th Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los ...


Community News


Apr. 20, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Every year for the past eight years, Daniel Ben-Zvi of DB Mediation Services along with other mediators, lawyers and politicia...


Community News


Apr. 20, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

A packed house celebrated Jenner & Block LLP’s third anniversay in Los Angeles at the firm’s downtown office on April 12. ...


Community News


Apr. 20, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Alston & Bird LLP hosted its annual California Women of Distinction reception March 28 celebrating the firm’s women client...


Lawyers pushing for a judicial overhaul of Men's Central Jail because of inmate abuse allegations have a new witness they hope...


Litigation


Parents seek changes in child abuse reporting

Apr. 20, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Two married California attorneys who had their infant son briefly removed from their custody for suspected abuse are fighting ...


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


Retired pro football greats Paul Hornung, John Brodie, Bernie Parrish and others took their beef with their former lawyers at ...


Government


Court leaders rally to protest budget issues

Apr. 20, 2012
By Saul Sugarmann

In an industry filled with people who are paid to disagree with each other, one issue many attorneys share a near-unanimous op...


Corporate Counsel


Donald E. Royer

Apr. 20, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Executive Vice President, General Counsel for Opus Bank Irvine ...


Perspective


Letter to the editor. By Drew Pomerance ...


In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that police officers may require persons arrested for minor criminal offenses to exp...


Government


A central front took shape in the debate over several mortgage reform bills pitting the financial industry against lawmakers a...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge sets "Desperate Housewives" retrial

Apr. 20, 2012
By Erica Phillips

A superior court judge has set a retrial date in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination dispute with the producers...


Perspective


In "Life Among the Cannibals," Specter chronicles the rise of extremism in the political parties and the intolerance for other...


Intellectual Property


Apple, Samsung ordered to settlement talks

Apr. 20, 2012
By Craig Anderson

Prodded by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have agreed to try to settle their pat...


U.S. Supreme Court


Corporations and other organizations can't be sued under a federal law designed to crack down on perpetrators of torture abroa...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court rejects PTO's appeal

Apr. 20, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

Rejecting an appeal lodged by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held Wednesday that pat...


Large Firms


Orrick IP litigator hops to Baker Botts

Apr. 20, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Baker Botts nabbed an intellectual property litigator from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, the second IP partner to depart...


Perspective


The battle over life settlement policies

Apr. 20, 2012
By Michael Leen

Insurance companies don't like investors owning policies because investors exercise contractual rights that insurance companie...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys vie for State Bar Board of Trustees

Apr. 20, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Five California lawyers have filed to run for two spots on the State Bar Board of Trustees even as the bar begins to shrink an...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County judge hopeful rated "not qualified"

Apr. 20, 2012
By Don J. De Benedictis

The only lawyer running for election against a sitting Orange County Superior Court judge has been rated "not qualified" by th...


Environmental


CVS reaches $13.8 million settlement

Apr. 20, 2012
By Fiona Smith

District attorneys from 44 counties as well as the cities of San Diego and Los Angeles announced Wednesday they reached a $13....