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Tax


Fear factors: dual nationals and the IRS

Jan. 13, 2012
By Karen Natividadn

The Internal Revenue Service is now targeting dual nationals for failure to report foreign assets. By Sanford I. Miller ...


Litigation


Organization sues over information on drones

Jan. 13, 2012
By Jill Redhage

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking details about unmanned aircraft. ...


Law Practice


Baker & McKenzie will likely close its doors in San Diego, which has seen significant attrition over the past decade, its ...


Discipline


Ticket-fixing judge ordered removed from the bench

Jan. 13, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

A 26-year veteran Orange County judge was ordered removed from the bench Wednesday by the Commission on Judicial Performance f...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jan. 12, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

Lawyers with Farella Braun & Martel LLP represented a San Francisco-based private investment company in purchasing a 218,0...


Law Practice


A key partner's departure from Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP's San Diego office has raised questions about whether o...


Law Practice


The State Bar is beginning to explore a radical change to what it takes to become a lawyer in California: requiring would-be a...


Perspective


Incompetent defendants are entitled to treatment

Jan. 12, 2012
By Karen Natividadn

A reader comments on "Report: Counties should help treat incompetent inmates," ...


Tax


IRS income reporting: It’s 1099 time again

Jan. 12, 2012
By Michael Leen

Why lawyers need to watch out during this special time of year. By Robert Wood of Wood LLP ...


Labor/Employment


Score one for employees in the fight over wage and hour class actions. By Dennis Moss and H. Scott Leviant of Spiro Moss ...


The war in Afghanistan is ending, so why are there still Afghans in Guantanamo Bay? By Anne Richardson of Hadsell Stormer Keen...


Government


As the result of a recent state Supreme Court decision eliminating local redevelopment agencies, cities across California will...


Litigation


The recent retirements of several prominent Los Angeles County Superior Court judges has stoked fears by some in the civil lit...


Litigation


Trial set in grave desecration suit

Jan. 12, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A lawsuit alleging the owners of one of Southern California’s largest Jewish cemeteries desecrated graves will proceed to tria...


California Courts of Appeal


A practice that judges routinely use to settle criminal cases was challenged Tuesday by a divided 6th District Court of Appeal...


U.S. Supreme Court


Arbitration gets another boost from high court

Jan. 12, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court again backed arbitration over litigation Tuesday, ruling that a consumer protection law guaranteeing th...


U.S. Supreme Court


Despite the shrinking influence of broadcast television in American life, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that it has ...


Labor/Employment


AG settles case against car washes

Jan. 12, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

A group of eight car washes statewide settled an employment-related lawsuit Tuesday filed by the state attorney general's offi...


Law Practice


Changes at the top are in store for Silicon Valley mainstay Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as the firm has selected t...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that inmates serving time in privately managed federal prisons don't have the same abil...


Litigation


New trial denied despite recantation

Jan. 12, 2012
By Henry Meier

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied a convicted killer's request for a new trial, despite the fact a key witness recanted...


Entertainment & Sports


'Sahara' case back in court

Jan. 12, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Production company Crusader Entertainment LLC is asking a state appellate court to review its dispute with novelist Clive Cuss...


Litigation


A rare criminal price-fixing trial kicked off in the Northern District Tuesday and promises to be fierce: barely an hour into ...


Education


La Verne law dean quits amid school's troubles

Jan. 12, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

University of La Verne College of Law's dean abruptly resigned Monday, an action coming as the school struggles to regain prov...


Law Practice


Baker & McKenzie will likely close its doors in San Diego, which has seen significant attrition over the past decade, its ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


After years of shrinking budgets from investment losses, drops in membership or decreased revenue from programs, many of the s...


Perspective


Navigating the law to best protect consumers in breach of implied warranty claims. By Janine Schwerter and Saleem Erakat of Sn...


When emailing a client, never assume that it is protected by the attorney-client privilege. By Aaron Cohn and Janelle M. Smith...


Intellectual Property


The America Invents Act and your business

Jan. 11, 2012
By Michael Leen

Know which provisions of the law are effective immediately, and what to expect in the coming months. By Sandra Thompson of Buc...


Law Practice


A recent article discussing legal secretaries working for women partners sends a troubling message. By Roni Pomerantz of Shart...