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Perspective


Concern over discrimination of individuals with disabilities triggers a new set of proposed regulations. By Jon A. Geier and M...


Perspective


Insurers learn a costly lesson about responding to tendered claims. By Valentine S. Hoy and Timothy M. Hutter of Allen Matkins...


Government


President Barack Obama's three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are likely to stick, at least until a...


Labor/Employment


Hospital settles immigration verification suit

Jan. 6, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

UC San Diego Medical Center reached an agreement to settle allegations that it discriminated against immigrant employees, the ...


An Ecuadorean appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that Chevron Corp. should pay a group of Amazonian plai...


Labor/Employment


The state Supreme Court's decision in an important meal-and-rest break case should be both retrospective and prospective, lawy...


Government


Report slamming rail project could aid litigation

Jan. 6, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

An advisory panel's report this week strongly criticizing California's $98.5 billion bullet train proposal could significantly...


Government


A subset of the hacker collective known as Anonymous has struck again, this time targeting California law enforcement members....


Government


A report has found that the federal Environmental Protection Agency needs to better manage the risks posed by the burgeoning f...


Law Practice


In another move to boost its antitrust and competition practice in San Francisco, Paul Hastings LLP has hired corporate litiga...


Government


Redevelopment projects in limbo

Jan. 6, 2012
By Ben Adlin

Last week's state Supreme Court decision dissolving local redevelopment agencies has plunged hundreds of projects throughout t...


Government


Shadowy allegations that top FBI officials in Southern California discriminated against the local Muslim community are startin...


Perspective


Up in smoke: the fall of the electric car

Jan. 5, 2012
By Michael Leen

The perfect comeback plan for U.S. automakers goes up in smoke. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group


A recent ruling by a Northern District federal judge may stymie efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack dow...


Litigation


Statistics released by the Judicial Council show that the rate of civil bench trials has grown statewide, whereas the number o...


Judicial Profile


Judge Yolanda Orozco

Jan. 5, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Judge Yolanda Orozco coaxes defendants toward progress in her arraignment court.


Government


Maersk Line Ltd., the American subsidiary of the world's largest shipping container company, has agreed to pay the U.S. govern...


Law Practice


Orrick moves to restructure

Jan. 4, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

As leaders at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP gear up for the departure of Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter, they're implem...


Intellectual Property


A new heightened standard may reduce the number of inequitable conduct claims against patents. By David E. Kleinfeld and Jacqu...


Government


It’s the end of redevelopment as we know it

Jan. 4, 2012
By Michael Leen

The state Supreme Court's decision brings to life the nightmare redevelopment agencies feared most. By Rick E. Rayl and Bradfo...


Perspective


Landowners cannot turn a blind eye to preventable criminal misconduct simply because it has not happened yet. By Douglas A. Ro...


Environmental


Groups sue over pollution from freeways

Jan. 4, 2012
By Fiona Smith

The 1.2 million people in Los Angeles who live close to freeways may be getting exposed to air so dirty it violates federal ai...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...


Law Practice


Maribel S. Medina, former general counsel to the San Francisco Unified School District, has returned to private practice in So...


California Supreme Court


After a scandal at Penn State drew the nation's attention to the problem of child sexual abuse and its legal ramifications, th...


Discipline


State Bar clears discipline backlog

Jan. 4, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

The State Bar announced Tuesday that it has succeeded in clearing away a backlog of 3,000 discipline cases under investigation...


Criminal


As California continues to shift thousands of state prisoners to county jails, another inmate population may soon find itself ...


L.A's housing agency seems to have forgotten about their mission to help people remain in their homes. By Gurdeep Dhaliwal of ...


Entertainment & Sports


Warner Bros. asks judge to dismiss "Exorcist" claims

Jan. 4, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has asked a federal judge for the second time to dismiss key claims in a profit participation ...