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Bankruptcy


Oakland-based BrightSource Energy has been identified as an initial bidder for a 500 megawatt solar project in development by ...


Letter to the Editor


Leveling the playing field for CAOC

Jun. 14, 2012
By Michael Leen

Responding to "Insurance industry watching personal injury bill," June 1. By John N. Kitta ...


The state Supreme Court has only twice found an initiative invalid on the grounds that it was actually a revision. By Jennifer...


Entertainment & Sports


FCC will let TV 'viewability' rule expire

Jun. 14, 2012
By Jean Yung

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it plans to eliminate a rule intended to ensure that old-fashioned analog c...


Law Practice


Strategy in right to attach orders

Jun. 14, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Attachment is an important and effective remedy, yet relatively unknown among many business litigators. By Benjamin Taylor of ...


Government


LA court layoff details emerge

Jun. 14, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

Los Angeles County Superior Court will lay off 157 employees and shift another 108 workers to part-time status on Friday. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Two candidates for SF presiding judge spot

Jun. 14, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

In what could be an unprecedented internal election in San Francisco County Superior Court, two hopefuls have expressed inter...


Large Firms


Former Dewey partner sues firm leaders

Jun. 13, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Following the dissolution of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, former Dewey partner Henry C. Bunsow has accused sever...


Law Practice


Public Counsel gets aggressive

Jun. 13, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Public Counsel is building a resume of bolder, more controversial stances on issues including housing protections for poor peo...


Judges and Judiciary


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Andrew D. Hurwitz crossed a crucial, apparently decisive procedural threshold on Mo...


Corporate


Entertainment Studios hires first GC

Jun. 13, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Entertainment Studios Inc., a Los Angeles-based broadcast syndication company headed by comedian Byron Allen, announced Monday...


Litigation


U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said plaintiffs didn't sufficiently show Deloitte & Touche LLP knowingly erred in its au...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court takes no action on La Jolla cross

Jun. 13, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that fired federal workers can't sue the government , took a double jeopardy case, reversed a hab...


Judges and Judiciary


A constitutional attorney who champions conservative causes and brought a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's birthpl...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar and Deputy Assistant Attorney General William H. Orrick III got the nod from ...


Perspective


Two new laws, effective July 1, are aimed at curbing cyberbullying in California. BY Dean A. Olson and Matthew T. Kramer of Mo...


Discipline


OC judge agrees to discipline

Jun. 13, 2012
By Don J. De Benedictis

With a trial before a judicial watchdog panel only two days away, Orange County Superior Court Judge Salvador Sarmiento agree...


Litigation


Lawsuit: Sears could have stopped peeping Tom

Jun. 13, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

Maintenance worker was arrested on suspicions he secretly filmed customers and employees through peep holes in restrooms and d...


Constitutional Law


An archaic statute regulating speech regarding banks was rule unconstitutional by the 1st District. By Mark Goldowitz and Ryan...


Investments


Venture capital: a dysfunctional system?

Jun. 13, 2012
By Michael Leen

Recent data shows that most venture funds did not perform significantly better than comparable small public equity portfolios....


Don't spend months, even years, preparing arguments and records only to find out that the court will not hear your case on the...


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


The story of a Cuban exile, ex-Special Forces officer and convicted felon found with enough guns for a small war was before th...


With incentives for renewable energy projects drying up, some developers are facing yet another obstacle: litigation from Nati...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Southern California pharmaceutical company's challenge a judgment allowing investors t...


Judges and Judiciary


Two candidates for presiding judge in SF

Jun. 13, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

In what could be an unprecedented internal election, two hopefuls have expressed interest in filling the presiding judge seat ...


Judicial Profile


Robert J. Perry

Jun. 13, 2012
By Pat Alston

Judge Robert Perry can be intense as he moves criminal cases rapidly through the system.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 12, 2012
By Andrew Mcintyre

A weekly roundup of mergers, acquisitions and financing deals and the lawyers who handled them.


Corporate Counsel


Kirsten N. Mellor

Jun. 12, 2012
By Kevin Lee

General Counsel of CafePress Inc. San Mateo ...


Judicial Profile


Laurie D. Zelon

Jun. 12, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Appellate Justice Laurie D. Zelon is committed to ensuring court access for pro se litigants.


Intellectual Property


Nixed trial a setback for Apple

Jun. 12, 2012
By Craig Andersonn

A major showdown in the smartphone legal wars, pitting Apple Inc. against Google Inc. 's newly-acquired Motorola Mobility sub...