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Real Estate/Development


Big mixed-use project clears another obstacle

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

An appellate panel has removed another hurdle for the second phase of one of the largest mixed-use developments in west Los An...


Litigation


MGA revives antitrust claims

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is taking another stab at trying to make Mattel Inc. pay $3 billion in damages for a...


Real Estate/Development


New laws complicate appraisal process

Nov. 15, 2011
By Evan Georgen

Realtors and housing experts say new federal requirements and a relentlessly sour housing market are making the routine stage ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Sale of EMI leaves record industry much smaller

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Pierce

The $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Group's music business by Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group and its parent company Viv...


Law Practice


Washington D.C.-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is now in ongoing merger negotiations with San Diego-based Luce Forward ...


U.S. Supreme Court


U.S. justices take up health care law cases

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear constitutional challenges to the new health care law. ...


Litigation


Asset forfeiture prosecutions on the rise

Nov. 15, 2011
By Jill Redhage

Forfeiture cases are on the rise, both in California and nationwide, and legal observers say prosecutors are savvier than ever...


Corporate Counsel


Michael Cahill

Nov. 15, 2011
By Connie Lopez

Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for City National Bank Los Angeles ...


Criminal


Study: ICE officials act inconsistently

Nov. 15, 2011
By Henry Meier

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using prosecutorial discretion erratically, despite a promise by the Ob...


Judicial Profile


Mary Helen Murguia

Nov. 15, 2011
By John Roemer

Circuit Judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Nov. 14, 2011
By Connie Lopezn

Latham & Watkins LLP elected seven lawyers to partner and one to counsel in California.


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Nov. 14, 2011
By Bill Richardson

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Judicial Profile


Akemi Arakaki

Nov. 14, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Judge Akemi Arakaki is the shortest ball player on her team and a rare public defender on the bench.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar prosecutor tackles discipline backlog

Nov. 12, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

Jayne Kim was an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles when the bar brought her back to lead its discipline office, a 70-atto...


Arbitrator Profile


Phyllis G. Pollack

Nov. 12, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Mediator Phyllis G. Pollack calls herself an "equal opportunity beater-upper." ...


Perspective


A story of systemic union corruption and organized-crime racketeering over several decades. By James B. Jacobs of the New York...


Perspective


When an Internet comment turns into a screenplay - who owns the rights to it? By Nickolas Solish of Bryan Cave LLP ...


Perspective


The mediator's proposal can please the parties or leave them terribly upset. By Matthew P. Guasco of Judicate West ...


Perspective


A recent First Amendment ruling will likely have significant impacts for public employers and employees nationwide. By Laura W...


Judges and Judiciary


In memoriam: the Hon. Howard M. Swart

Nov. 12, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

What is little known about Judge Howard M. Swart was his arduous road to the judiciary. By Randolph A. Rogers of the Los Angel...


Litigation


State settles suit by mental patient's family

Nov. 12, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

The Department of Corrections has paid $2.25 million to settle negligence allegations brought by the family of a teenager who ...


Criminal


A federal jury has convicted a Marin County entrepreneur of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion after a month-long tr...


Solo and Small Firms


Humble Beginnings

Nov. 12, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

For the Newport Beach-based business litigation and intellectual property law firm of Schiffer & Buus APC, one case was en...


Energy Law


Wind energy advocates are applauding a proposed bill to renew the production tax credit, a subsidy that helps finance renewabl...


Entertainment & Sports


Dance reality show IP case settles

Nov. 12, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Two dance instructors who claim they came up with the idea for reality television hit "So You Think You Can Dance" have reache...


Law Practice


Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has bolstered its project finance and renewable energy practice with the addition of Ba...


Government


The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted to approve another investor-owned utility power purchase agreemen...


Judges and Judiciary


A window into international law

Nov. 12, 2011
By Susan Mcraen

Internatonal Court of Justice Judge Joan Donohue sees an important part of her role as educating the legal community and the g...


Government


Riverside medical marijuana ban upheld

Nov. 12, 2011
By Ben Adlin

A state appellate court upheld a Riverside city ordinance banning storefront medical marijuana dispensaries, declaring state l...


Entertainment & Sports


'Nash Bridges' appeal briefing under way

Nov. 12, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Briefing is under way in the appeal of iconic actor Don Johnson's $51 million award in his suit against the producers of "Nash...