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Litigation


SF opposes en banc rehearing of Prop. 8 case

Mar. 3, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday filed his opposition to a request that the Prop. 8 case be re-heard in ...


Litigation


White-collar lawyers await new FCPA guidance

Mar. 3, 2012
By Gabe Friedmann

As the Department of Justice prepares to release new "guidance" on the reach and meaning of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,...


Litigation


A physician assistant who alleged sexual harassment and retaliation against her former hospital, Mercy General in Sacramento, ...


Community News


Mar. 2, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

DLA Piper hosted its first free legal clinic at C.K. McClatchy High School on Feb. 16 in Sacramento. The clinic is intended to...


Community News


Mar. 2, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The San Diego County Bar Association and the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, in cooperation with the Association of Corporate...


Community News


Mar. 2, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Philippine American Bar Association of Los Angeles awarded Vince Verde, co-managing shareholder of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash...


Corporate Counsel


Mitchell L. Gaynor

Mar. 2, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Sunnyvale ...


Real Estate/Development


Auction bid rigging crackdown widens

Mar. 2, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

Federal authorities are cracking down harder on foreclosure auction bid rigging and are seeing big results from a pair of swee...


Companies communicating with their customer base now face a higher risk of litigation. By Chet Kronenberg and Colin Rolfs of S...


Perspective


Navigating the shores of invited error

Mar. 2, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

The 1st District frowns upon a plaintiff's attempt to challenge an instruction on appeal that it had previously exploited. By ...


Law Practice


LA's Palmer Lombardi expands to SF

Mar. 2, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue LLP, a 25-attorney law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, will officially open a new office in ...


Real Estate/Development


Farella Braun attorney again heads construction law association

Mar. 2, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

An attorney from Farella Braun & Martel LLP has been elected president of the American College of Construction Lawyers - t...


Government


The city of Compton has settled a lawsuit filed by two women who allege the city's at-large voting system discriminates agains...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Why the right approach to resolving a dispute takes team effort. By Wayne D. Brazil of JAMS ...


Litigation


A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a medicinal marijuana collective against the federal government, rul...


Judges and Judiciary


Lawyer appointed to Imperial County court

Mar. 2, 2012
By Pat Alston

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday the appointment of Ruth Bermudez Montenegro to Imperial County Superior Court. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Reed Smith grows LA entertainment practice

Mar. 2, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Two lawyers joined Reed Smith LLP's Los Angeles media and entertainment practice, becoming the sixth and seventh additions to ...


Litigation


Judge orders Bratz company insurer to pay legal tab

Mar. 2, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A federal judge ordered Evanston Insurance Co., an insurance carrier for Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., to pay $8....


Judges and Judiciary


We have to stop saying "it won't happen to me or my clients." By Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP ...


Perspective


Constructive trusts: the key to disgorgement

Mar. 2, 2012
By Sharon Liangn

Disgorging a defendant's ill-gotten gains is not always easy in California - why constructive trusts may be the key. By J.D. ...


Criminal


The Northern District U.S. attorney's office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two business people on charges relat...


Government


Stockton officials have voted to continue toward bankruptcy, agreeing to default on certain bond payments and begin a mandator...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Mar. 1, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh, JDTP, an Orange County-based firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, insurance, land...


Entertainment & Sports


Hollywood actors' contracts include language to protect creative decisions like writing a character off a show. But plaintiffs...


Judicial Profile


Stephanie M. Davis

Mar. 1, 2012
By Pat Alston

Court Referee Stephanie M. Davis left teaching for law but now educates youth and probation officers.


The latest in a line of cases that assumes environmental review will be approved from the outset. By Ellison Folk and Erica Ma...


Intellectual Property


A reminder and warning: fees in patent cases

Mar. 1, 2012
By Karen Natividadn

While fee awards are not common in patent litigation, they do happen - sometimes with expert witness costs included. By Audrey...


Securities


Certain stock sales are creating a new area of insurance liability for companies and their officers. By Kelley Harvilla of Car...


Litigation


A recent wave of disability access lawsuits in Orange County are precisely what some lawmakers sought to sequester three years...


For California to meet its renewable energy goals, it may need more gas-fired plants to serve as backup generation. But utilit...