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Corporate Counsel


Charlotte A. Lange

Jul. 26, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

General Counsel for Capital Asset Exchange and Trading LLC (Redwood City) ...


The current U.S. Supreme Court takes on a skeptical view that individual rights should be vindicated in federal courts. By Dan...


Perspective


An introduction to unlawful detainer trials

Jul. 26, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Know how to handle common issues relating to unlawful detainer trials. By Steven J. Kleifield of the Los Angeles County Superi...


Perspective


Undercapitalization isn't to blame for the current financial crisis in large law firms. So what gives? By Edwin B. Reeser ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Are hospital privileges for doctors based on medical standards, or do they revolve around bureaucratic politics? By Barbara He...


Labor/Employment


Wal-Mart back in court over gender bias case

Jul. 26, 2011
By Jill Redhage

Lawyers in a huge gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were back in court Friday for their first time si...


Entertainment & Sports


International social gaming battle heats up

Jul. 26, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Brazil's largest social gaming company, Vostu Ltd., is going up against Silicon Valley giant Zynga Inc. just as the company ap...


Military Law


Obama repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Jul. 26, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

President Barack Obama certified Friday the repeal of the government’s ban on gays from serving openly in the military. ...


California Courts of Appeal


Companies must turn over documents

Jul. 26, 2011
By Fiona Smith

A state appellate court has sided with the City of Los Angeles in its ongoing battle against companies putting up giant billbo...


State Bar & Bar Associations


S.F. lawyer to lead State Bar

Jul. 26, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

On Friday, the State Bar's Board of Governors elected Keker & Van Nest LLP partner Jon B. Streeter as the next head of the...


Litigation


L.A. trial offers rare look at Wall Street

Jul. 26, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury will soon decide whether bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach broke the law preparing to jump ...


Judicial Profile


Dino Inumerable

Jul. 26, 2011
By Pat Alston

Commissioner Dino Inumerable shrugged off a law career only to realize it was a perfect fit.


Entertainment & Sports


One night in baseball history - a dramatic tale akin to the best legal drama. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm


Law Practice


On the Move

Jul. 25, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP snagged Charles Hargraves from Sedgwick LLP, adding him as a partner in its Orange County of...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jul. 25, 2011
By BILL QUACKENBUSH

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


Judicial Profile


Thomas M. Reardon

Jul. 24, 2011
By Laura Ernden

Thomas M. Reardon An amateur actor in his off time, Thomas Reardon keep jurors engaged in courtroom drama.


Litigation


Hot air balloonists say Riverside County's Coachella Valley used to be one of the state's most popular places to fire up a bas...



ACC gets a new GC

Jul. 23, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

James A. Merklinger, deputy general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, will take over as general counsel of the ...


Judicial Profile


John E. Munter

Jul. 23, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

Without juries, the complex litigation court keeps Judge John E. Munter involved in cases.


Perspective


Mitigation of school-related environmental impacts

Jul. 23, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Payment of the statutory development fee under SB 50 does not exempt developers from analyzing school-related environmental im...


Books


An ordained minister, turned judge, speaks out about how she fought against discrimination in the legal profession after comin...


Constitutional Law


With New York to permit same-sex marriages, what legal effects will these marriages have in California? By Fred Silberberg of ...


Law Practice


Mindfulness in managing high conflict clients

Jul. 23, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

Arm yourself with the tools needed to manage high conflict clients including how to, as a last resort, terminate such a relati...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge group urges rejection of budget cut

Jul. 23, 2011
By Emily Green

The California Judges Association is urging the Judicial Council to make deeper cuts to the Administrative Office of the Court...


Intellectual Property


Google faces off with Oracle over Java

Jul. 23, 2011
By Jill Redhage

If Google Inc. loses an upcoming intellectual property infringement trial against Oracle Corp. over its use of the computer pr...


Bankruptcy


No ruling on Dodgers loan yet

Jul. 23, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

No ruling still from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross on the Dodgers bankruptcy financing case. But after spending 10 hours i...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court takes varying views on free speech

Jul. 23, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

A former San Diego Councilman's efforts to overturn his bribery conviction on free speech grounds marks the latest attempt to ...


California Courts of Appeal


Facebook hacker nailed for identity theft

Jul. 23, 2011
By Laura Ernden

Hacking into someone's Facebook profile counts as identity theft, a state appellate court ruled late Thursday in a published o...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar's Committee on Planning, Program Development and Budget is recommending nearly $2.8 million in upgrades and repa...


Solo and Small Firms


Flexible and Friendly

Jul. 23, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Schwartz Semerdjian Ballard & Cauley LLP, which counts cash-strapped public sector entities as clients, is willing to tigh...