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Education


Stanford Law School dean stepping down

Mar. 30, 2012
By Craig Anderson

Larry Kramer, who led Stanford Law School and pushed for major curriculum changes that combined the study of law and other aca...


Litigation


As for-profit schools face an increasing amount of scrutiny over fraudulent job placement numbers, the institutions are pinnin...


Personal Injury & Torts


Courts are still unable to define the proper role of medical bills in personal injury actions. By Richard L. Kellner and Jacob...


Law Practice


McDermott Will & Emery has bolstered their intellectual property litigation practice by acquiring a four-lawyer team from ...


Government


City appeals judge's decision

Mar. 30, 2012
By Ben Adlin

Costa Mesa will appeal a trial court decision barring the city's charter resolution from June's primary ballot. Officials also...


Technology & Science


Future of court case management uncertain

Mar. 30, 2012
By Emily Green

Court leaders' decision to abandon the Court Case Management System made clear the judiciary does not have the money to deplo...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down other pieces of the Obama administration's sprawling health car...


Litigation


Potential Dodgers deal comes with liabilities

Mar. 30, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

The new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers will assume the liabilities of current owner Frank McCourt, including the negligence...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Mar. 29, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.


Real Estate/Development


Data centers often boast floor upon floor of computer servers. While these mysterious office buildings sport some of the most ...


Judicial Profile


Gary S. Austin

Mar. 29, 2012
By Jill Redhage

Known for his diligence, Judge Gary S. Austin serves in the system where he began his career.


Perspective


California's death penalty is beyond repair

Mar. 29, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

Efforts to fix California's death penalty are futile. By Andrew Love ...


Civil Rights


Civil liberties advocates on Tuesday released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco that they be...


Criminal


Public defender fights sheriff's drug policy for gays

Mar. 29, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

A Riverside County deputy public defender's battle to force the local sheriff's department to admit gay inmates into its drug ...


Large Firms


Dewey makes leadership changes

Mar. 29, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

Amid discontent with the firm's leadership, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has taken action to restructure the firm's governance by m...


Government


Costa Mesa's charter fight proves tenuous

Mar. 29, 2012
By Ben Adlin

A missed deadline has disqualified the city of Costa Mesa's charter resolution from appearing on June's primary ballot. ...


Large Firms


Law firms call off merger talks

Mar. 29, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

Merger talks between Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP are officially off, according to a s...


Environmental


EPA sets new water quality standards

Mar. 29, 2012
By Fiona Smith

Beaches, bays and rivers in the Los Angeles area are set for a major cleanup after the federal Environmental Protection Agency...


Labor/Employment


Got independent contractors? You sure?

Mar. 29, 2012
By Michael Leen

Whether a worker is an independent contract is determined by the realities of the parties. By Bryan J. Lazarski of Buchalter N...


U.S. Supreme Court


The California attorney general's office argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down Arizona's contentious immigrati...


Intellectual Property


MoFo lawyers win inequitable conduct case

Mar. 29, 2012
By Craig Anderson

Even under a stricter standard adopted by an appellate court last year for proving inequitable conduct in patent infringement ...


There seems to be little correlation to three strikes laws and a decrease in crime. By Jeffery A. Lowe ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A law firm has filed suit against the Bar Association of San Francisco, claiming the organization unlawfully refused to overse...


Labor/Employment


Federal circuits show little sympathy for ERISA attorneys who cannot show detrimental reliance on defective plan summaries. By...


Judges and Judiciary


Twelve years after the judiciary embarked on an effort to create one statewide court case management system, court leaders vot...


U.S. Supreme Court


Health care law hangs by a thread

Mar. 29, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The future of the controversial law mandating that nearly every American obtain health coverage appeared to be hanging by a th...


Bankruptcy


Firms advise on Dodgers sale

Mar. 29, 2012
By Robert Pierce

California lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised in the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers...


Judicial Profile


Judge Mary H. Strobel

Mar. 29, 2012
By Ben Adlin

Judge Mary Strobel knows Los Angeles' guiding charter - she helped rewrite it .


In an era of advanced reproductive technology, increasing numbers of so-called "blended families" and greater acceptance of ga...


Judicial Profile


Robert E. Willett

Mar. 28, 2012
By Pat Alston

Judge ...