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Judicial Profile


Richard H. Kirschner

Jun. 5, 2012
By Pat Alston

Ex-athlete Judge Richard Kirschner now dashes between trial and half a dozen judicial committees.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

PubMatic Inc., the digital media platform company for publishers, added Nadine Stocklin as its first general counsel. Stocklin...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jun. 4, 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


Gary T. Friedman

Jun. 3, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

Judge Gary Friedman can be tough on defendants but promotes peace in negotiations.


Entertainment & Sports


Creators of the blockbuster "Call of Duty" war-simulation video game series and its publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. settled...


Individual artists who created works after 1977 will soon be able to reclaim their works, and whittle away at record label rev...


Perspective


Many people don't realize that California law is sufficient to protect basic assets brought into marriage. By Veronika Melamed...


When State Controller John Chiang issued notice of a formal disciplinary action against the accounting firm Mayer Hoffman McC...


Litigation


Judge dismisses children's emissions suit

Jun. 2, 2012
By Fiona Smith

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an unusual case that sought to force the government to make dramatic cuts in greenhouse ...


Litigation


A state appellate court in Sacramento ruled Thursday that a juror in a criminal trial may be compelled to reveal his Facebook ...


Corporate


PubMatic hires general counsel

Jun. 2, 2012
By David Mc Afee

PubMatic Inc., a Silicon Valley-headquartered digital media advertising company for publishers, announced on Wednesday the add...


Lieff Cabraser wants to represent more individual corporations and government entities, and take on more direct action cases. ...


Litigation


What happens when someone takes your virtual goods? By Jeff Pietsch of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin ...


Intellectual Property


Solar companies end patent dispute

Jun. 2, 2012
By Paul Jones

After two and a half years and three lawsuits, Westinghouse Solar and Zep Solar have settled a cantankerous patent dispute,...


Litigation


The insurance industry and its attorneys are closely watching a bill that would increase what plaintiffs can recover from pers...


Litigation


A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to issue new rules to curb soot pollution by ...


U.S. Supreme Court


A West Hollywood startup fighting a securities fraud lawsuit has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking for review of an app...


Law Practice


Haight Brown adds transactional partner

Jun. 2, 2012
By Susan Mcraen

Ted M. Handel, a former partner at Koletsky Mancini Feldman & Morrow, adds heft to Haight Brown's mostly litigation practi...


Firm Profile


Lowenstein Brown APLC

Jun. 2, 2012
By Pat Broderick

After receiving her degree from California Western School of Law in 1999, Elizabeth M. Brown joined the Peace Corps and spent...


Criminal


A federal class action lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that California prisons follow solitary confinement policies that violat...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Nick Lowe

Jun. 2, 2012
By Emily Green

Lowe worked for 16 years as a lawyer for insurance companies and 15 years battling them. Now, he's merged two careers into yet...


California Supreme Court


Sentencing of juvenile offenders got the state Supreme Court's attention on Thursday as the justices heard oral argument in th...


Intellectual Property


In a smashing victory for Google Inc. ,a federal judge ruled Thursday that Oracle Corp. -owned elements of the Java programmin...


Law Practice


Learn some tips for effective, legal surveillance, and how to know when you're being surveilled. By Thomas Martin of Martin In...


Community News


Jun. 1, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Landau Lawyers League concluded its 2012 Spring Basketball playoffs. Holland & Knight LLP emerged victorious in the “A...


Community News


Jun. 1, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles honored Marc Zeltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP at the federation’s 63rd annual legal ...


Litigation


Former prosecutor sues DA's office

Jun. 1, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

The prosecutor's suit claims the district attorney's office made "politically motivated" charges that he raped and sodomized a...


Entertainment & Sports


"Nash Bridges" appeal hearing set

Jun. 1, 2012
By Jean Yung

Oral arguments in the appeal of actor Don Johnson's $51 million award against the producers of the television show "Nash Bridg...


U.S. Supreme Court


Curt Flood's Supreme Court case was the beginning of the end of the Big League's infamous "reserve clause." By Dan Lawton of L...


Law Practice


Sacramento law firm Downey Brand LLP has bolstered its ranks with the addition of three attorneys who represent some of Calif...