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Corporate


Dodgers buy could be first in auction wave

Mar. 30, 2012
By Robert Pierce

As deal lawyers assess the record-setting sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, one thing appears clear: An auction like the one th...


Corporate Counsel


Craig E. Gosselin

Mar. 30, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources and Secretary Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. Anaheim ...


Intellectual Property


Even if Google Inc. loses the patent phase of its trial for infringing Oracle Corp.'s Java programming language, the company w...


Real Estate/Development


Decision gives big project green light

Mar. 30, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

California's building industry is buzzing about a recent state Supreme Court decision to push forward environmental approval f...


Labor/Employment


Judge allows Hollywood unions' merger vote

Mar. 30, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

The tallying of votes in a merger between two powerful entertainment unions can proceed as scheduled, a federal judge ruled We...


Real Estate/Development


Venable starts West Coast real estate practice

Mar. 30, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

In an effort to beef up its Los Angeles office, Venable LLP announced the hiring of three real estate partners this week who w...


A staggering punitive damages award in a Sacramento sexual harassement case raises questions about what the future holds. By B...


The U.S. Supreme Court decides that the Clean Water Act does not leave regulated parties with their hands tied. By Roderick E....


U.S. Supreme Court


Even as the U.S. Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether Congress forced states into expanding their Medicaid rolls, the ju...


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 ...