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


Entertainment & Sports


JOBS Act could boost filmmakers

May 3, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS Act, which the president signed into law last month, could provide a boost to an ...


Intellectual Property


Twitter has a savvy new patent strategy

May 3, 2012
By Michael Leen

Twitter, in an unusual move, is giving its employees more control over their inventions. By Jennifer Urban and Jason Schultz o...


Criminal


A federal judge has removed a well-known Baker & McKenzie LLP attorney from a criminal case after prosecutors claimed he ...


Law Practice


No justice, no peace

May 3, 2012
By Michael Leen

Despite the efforts of the last 20 years, in 2012 we know the fragility of progress. By Judge David S. Cunningham III of the L...


California Courts of Appeal


A group of University of California students came a step closer to a $38 million refund on Monday, when the 1st District Court...


Law Practice


Fifty-one law students will have to find new summer employers following Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's cancellation of its summer a...


California Supreme Court


The justices late last month directed attorneys James S. Thomson and Peter Giannini to be ready to argue whether financial s...


Judges and Judiciary


On June 15, the Los Angeles Superior Court will close all 11 branches of the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court. By Arnold W....


Government


Principles of equity along with several Water Code sections require that the oversight costs be reasonable. By Jad Davis of Ku...


Government


In a surprise move, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has signed onto a bill seeking to limit the moneta...


Government


A group of California cities and counties today will ask a state court to throw out a lawsuit that could force them to pay bac...


Criminal


A prominent executive turned white-collar convict is free and clear after the federal judge on his case took the unusual step ...


Law Practice


Dewey memo meant only for some

May 3, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

Lawyers who won't be a fit in potential merger can leave, official says. ...


California Supreme Court


With charter schools an increasingly popular educational alternative, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed how teacher u...


Law Practice


Miller Starr Regalia, a venerable presence in the Bay Area, looks to Newport Beach ...


Environmental


Environmental mediation requires a unique combination of approaches, far beyond the classic caucus-only mediations that are st...


Litigation


An intellectual property company that saw a $612 million trial court judgment in its favor erased on appeal is arguing it was ...


Litigation


AOC loses suit over contractor's work

May 3, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

The state Administrative Office of the Courts must pay more than $4 million in a dispute with a construction company, a jury f...


Law Practice


McKool SMith makes move into Silicon Valley

May 3, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

The firm snagged the chairman of King & Spalding's patent initiative, Courtland Reichman, to start the office. ...


Judicial Profile


Robert J. Trentacosta

May 3, 2012
By Pat Broderick

Judge Robert Trentacosta took over the San Diego court as the judiciary faces devastating cuts.


Judicial Profile


Alfred Theodore Goodwin

May 3, 2012
By John Roemer

Judge Alfred Goodwin has led a storied career on the bench, perhaps enough for a memoir.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped guide Menlo Park-based private equity fund Silver Lake in its agreement to acquire a...


Environmental


As efforts to expedite litigation over major development projects begin to take shape, opposition is growing not only from env...


Corporate


Solar City moves toward IPO

May 2, 2012
By Paul Jones

Solar City has taken another step forward in its path towards a public offering later this year by filing a confidential submi...


Judges and Judiciary


The Northern District's chief judge, James S. Ware, surprised attendees at a conference Saturday by announcing he'll leave hi...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


New information to consider when deciding your tactics and strategies during mediation. By Christine Masters of PMA Dispute Re...


Entertainment & Sports


Dick Clark Productions Inc. has won a dispute with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association over the broadcast rights to the as...


U.S. Supreme Court


SoCal sheriffs strike out at high court

May 2, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

Two of Southern California's most widely recognized sheriffs went zero-for-two at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, denying pe...


Delegates from community groups, legal aid associations, law enforcement and other government agencies met Saturday to discuss...


Intellectual Property


MGA urges court to uphold Bratz judgment

May 2, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

MGA Entertainment Inc. filed a brief late Friday urging an appellate court to uphold a $310 million judgment the Bratz manufac...