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Litigation


Technology giant Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay $35 million to settle class action litigation alleging that it failed to pay o...


Judges and Judiciary


Obama taps San Diego judge

Nov. 12, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Gonzalo P. Curiel, who battled drug cartels as a federal prosecutor and now sits on the San Diego County court, has been nomin...


Judges and Judiciary


Court administrators this week sent "urgent" requests to judges and lawyers around the state asking them to provide specific e...


California Supreme Court


Redevelopment agencies garner little sympathy

Nov. 12, 2011
By Laura Ernden

The state Supreme Court on Thursday didn't show much sympathy for redevelopment agencies fighting the Legislature's effort to...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By David Mcafeen

On Tuesday, San Diego County Board of Supervisors honored five San Diego County deputy district attorneys for their outstandin...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By Connie Lopezn

The Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Center for Civic Mediation, in association with The Rutter Group, held its 6th ...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Sedgwick LLP’s Los Angeles office hosted “The Shops at Sedgwick” event on Nov. 3. With clothing and jewelry vendors displayin...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Last Friday, UCLA School of Law hosted a speech by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The eve...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By Connie Lopezn

The California Law Academy at Wilson High School had its first mentoring meeting on Nov.2. The program is sponsored by the Cal...


Community News


Nov. 11, 2011
By David Mcafeen

On Saturday, volunteers from the San Diego Bar Association teamed with judges from the San Diego Superior Court to hold a beac...


Government


Making sense of realignment

Nov. 11, 2011
By Emily Green

A month into realignment's rollout, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Matthew Cate talks about how it's g...


Corporate Counsel


Christopher J. Margolin

Nov. 11, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for XOMA Ltd. Berkeley ...


Law Practice


Idiosyncratic jurist is his own man

Nov. 11, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Whether you like him or not, this jurist lives by his own terms. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...


Perspective


Company for sale: Five common mistakes to avoid

Nov. 11, 2011
By Seena Nikravann

With an uncertain M&A environment and rising competition for buyers, sellers cannot afford to make mistakes. By James C. C...


Law Practice


Kaye Scholer LLP has nabbed corporate lawyer Charles J. Kao from the San Francisco office of Sedgwick LLP. ...


Government


Redevelopment arguments start today

Nov. 11, 2011
By Ben Adlin

At 9 a.m. today, the state's highest court will hear opening arguments in a closely watched case to determine the future of Ca...


Labor/Employment


Port truckers say firings were retaliation

Nov. 11, 2011
By Brian Sumersn

A global logistics firm with annual revenues of $8.4 billion is being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board after...


Judges and Judiciary


Grand jury lashes out at airport officials

Nov. 11, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

A civil grand jury took the unusual step of aggressively refuting allegations of members of the San Bernardino International A...


Intellectual Property


Mark A. Lemley successfully defended a Central District of California judge's ruling in favor of West Interactive Corp. ...


Government


Controversial city attorney wins heated race

Nov. 11, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Controversial San Bernardino City Attorney James F. "Jim" Penman held onto his seat after a highly charged election Tuesday, b...


Law Practice


Six partners are decamping the Los Angeles office of Washington D.C.-based Hogan Lovells US LLP and taking their commercial en...


Law Practice


Westcore names new GC

Nov. 11, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

Westcore Properties, a San Diego-based commercial real estate investment firm, announced the appointment of Romy Selati Loseke...


U.S. Supreme Court


A California law that criminalizes making food out of livestock that's too sick or tired to walk appeared unlikely to survive ...


Labor/Employment


SF voters pass pension reform

Nov. 11, 2011
By Ben Adlin

San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a pension reform measure in Tuesday's municipal election, ushering in a series of r...


Litigation


Former SF DA sued by bicyclist after accident

Nov. 11, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

A bicyclist is suing former San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan, accusing him of hitting him with his car, then l...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


For the second time in two weeks, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that foreign plaintiffs have standing to sue...


Government


L.A. county counsel resigns

Nov. 11, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Los Angeles County Counsel Andrea S. Ordin will resign next year, the Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday. She is the first...


Criminal


SF ends participation in special services court

Nov. 11, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

San Francisco County Superior Court will end its involvement in Probation Alternatives Court, one in a string of programs to f...


Government


A California attorney will steer the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. ...


Litigation


Judge dismisses suit against Oracle

Nov. 11, 2011
By Jill Redhage

A San Francisco federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a consolidated shareholder lawsuit against Oracle Corp. ...