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Labor/Employment


Judge issues rare labor injunction

Nov. 18, 2011
By Brian Sumersn

Two employees who say they were laid off from their landscaping jobs for supporting a labor union will return to work after a ...


Intellectual Property


Judge tosses artist's suit over Bratz

Nov. 18, 2011
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A New York federal judge tossed out a lawsuit late Wednesday in which an artist accused Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment I...


California Supreme Court


Prop. 8 standing ruling due today

Nov. 18, 2011
By Laura Ernden

The state Supreme Court will give guidance today on whether proponents of Proposition 8 have standing to challenge a ruling ag...


Perspective


Male circumcision: It’s a personal choice

Nov. 18, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

Throughout the world, medical associations have found no medical justification for male circumcision. By Marc E. Angelucci of ...


Investments


InvenSense launches IPO

Nov. 18, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Sunnyvale-based InvenSense Inc. started trading on Wednesday with the help of Morrison Foerster LLP in a sign that the technol...


Litigation


Asbestos lawyers on both sides don't expect a dramatic decrease in filings should the state Supreme Court limit the liability ...


Criminal


Company sentenced in auto lights conspiracy

Nov. 18, 2011
By Jill Redhage

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp. to pay a $43 million fine for participating in a price-fix...


Government


Oakland rejects city attorney elections

Nov. 18, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Oakland voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have changed the city attorney position from an elected rol...


Intellectual Property


Alcatel-Lucent will appeal reduction in award

Nov. 18, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. will appeal a San Diego federal judge's decision to slash a patent verdict against Microsoft Corp. from $7...


California Supreme Court


Justices to review discrimination suit

Nov. 18, 2011
By Laura Ernden

The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether an employee could be barred from suing for discrimination because h...


Perspective


Public sector employers face new challenges

Nov. 18, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

New political causes and Occupy protests present unique challenges to public sector employers. By David Urban of Liebert Cassi...


Government


San Bernardino tentatively settles disability suit

Nov. 18, 2011
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

San Bernardino County and its court system tentatively agreed to settle a five-year-old federal lawsuit alleging disability vi...


Environmental


Shipping company fined for oil dumping

Nov. 18, 2011
By Fiona Smith

A Panamanian shipping company will pay $650,000 for illegally dumping ship oil waste near the San Francisco Bay as part of ple...


Litigation


A class-action settlement worth $17.5 million to victims of the Armenian Genocide devolved into a courtroom mud fight this wee...


Litigation


Jury rejects Rambus price-fixing claims

Nov. 18, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

In a devastating defeat, a San Francisco County Superior Court jury on Wednesday rejected Sunnyvale-based chip designer Rambus...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Nov. 17, 2011
By Jason Armstrong And Sean Windle

A 53,058-square-foot medical office building at 8641 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills was refinanced for $12 million.


Government


The Occupy movement, which initially drew broad support from big cities, is now facing eviction from public spaces across the ...


Entertainment & Sports


It is clear that football at this level has lost its bearings. By Rodney K. Smith of Thomas Jefferson School of Law ...


Criminal


Penn State should do something for the victims

Nov. 17, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

The actors involved in the Penn State scandal should take active steps to encourage recovery. By Thomas A. Cifarelli of Cifare...


Bankruptcy


Why debtors should invest the effort to ensure that it has a friendly creditor voting class. By Howard N. Madris of the Law Of...


Juvenile


Open dependency courts will hurt our children

Nov. 17, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

L.A. County's child dependency system soon will be opened to the public, despite strong opposition. By William W. Patton of Wh...


Environmental


A Southern California man convicted of storing toxic and hazardous waste in his backyard was sentenced to five years in federa...


Law Practice


IP lawyer heads to Hogan Lovells

Nov. 17, 2011
By Connie Lopez

Hogan Lovells snagged intellectual property litigator Song Zhu from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, the firm announced Monday. ...


Law Practice


Glaser Weil picks up L.A. IP boutique

Nov. 17, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Century City-based Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP has merged with Pruetz Law Group, the El Segundo in...


Entertainment & Sports


Musicians like the sound of royalty suits

Nov. 17, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Digital royalties claims are beating against the music industry's major labels. Joining the choir this week, legendary 1960s r...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kenneth R. Feinberg has taken on some of the grimmest and thankless tasks in recent history, yet they were also some of the mo...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge confirmed to Northern District

Nov. 17, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to the federal bench in the Northern Dist...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Despite objections by prosecutors who said the punishment was too light, a former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorney was sen...


Corporate


LinkedIn GC to sell shares

Nov. 17, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

Erika F. Rottenberg, general counsel for Mountain View-based social networking company LinkedIn Corp., is planning to sell off...


Energy Law


After nearly a decade, a law allowing municipal governments to compete with public utilities and develop their own power purch...