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Judges and Judiciary


Judge braves through court cuts

Oct. 28, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

A print of the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in the chambers of San Francisco County Superior Court Pres...


Letter to the Editor


Statute does not provide for proportional liability

Oct. 28, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Readers respond to "Release of one is release of all - but not for much longer." ...


Government


A plea for progressive jurisprudence

Oct. 28, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

In this political climate, it is essential for the president to make as many progressive judicial appointments as possible. By...


Law Practice


DLA Piper seeks leadership outside firm

Oct. 28, 2011
By Kevin Lee

DLA Piper partners are reportedly prepared to add a new global co-chairman for the firm and, in an unusual move for the legal ...


Labor/Employment


State prisons settle discrimination case

Oct. 28, 2011
By Brian Sumersn

A Sikh man denied work as a state corrections officer because of his long beard will receive $295,000 and a desk job as part o...


Litigation


Judge disqualifies attorney for conflict

Oct. 28, 2011
By Don De Benedictis

A federal judge has disqualified a lawyer from representing two clients suing each other in the same case. ...


Civil Rights


Antioch settles housing discrimination suit

Oct. 28, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

In a settlement likely to draw the attention of other municipalities, the city of Antioch will submit to federal court oversig...


Energy Law


Renewable energy company executives warned that California is losing clean tech manufacturing to other states, and urged lawma...


Law Practice


Pillsbury opens office in Abu Dhabi

Oct. 28, 2011
By Kevin Lee

San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is the latest big-name law firm to open its doors in the Middle East. ...


Environmental


State AG sues over plastic bottles

Oct. 28, 2011
By Fiona Smith

California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a suit Wednesday claiming that "biodegradable" and "recyclable" labels on cert...


A blind law school graduate's two-year battle with bar exam testing authorities over accommodations for her disability came to...


Law Practice


Darryl Steinhause, who played a lead role in restructuring the Sunwest Management Co. bankruptcy, has left Luce, Forward, Hami...


Bankruptcy


Involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for five companies controlled by embattled film financier David Bergstein will g...


Labor/Employment


When are employers not liable for sexual harassment?

Oct. 28, 2011
By Genevieve Knollen

It takes more than bad manners to hold employers liable for sexual harassment. By Frances E. Rogers of Liebert Cassidy Whitmor...


Corporate


Article One opens Palo Alto office

Oct. 28, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

A growing number of patent litigation cases have been boosting business for Article One Partners LLC, which recently opened a ...


Obituaries


Dennis Eugene Kinnaird

Oct. 28, 2011
By David Mc Afee

1936-2011 ...


Litigation


Lawyers who lost national class certification at the U.S. Supreme Court in June will announce Thursday a renewed effort to go ...


Intellectual Property


Judge proposes dividing Oracle-Google trial

Oct. 28, 2011
By Craig Anderson

The judge presiding over Oracle Corp.'s copyright and patent infringement trial against Google Inc. proposed Wednesday dividin...


Perspective


Why we should consider a pilot mediation program for young, violent offenders charged with gang and gun enhancements. By Scot...


Criminal


Threatening to seize assets of landlords who rent to medicinal marijuana cultivators and collectives, U.S. attorneys in Califo...


Litigation


The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Department of Justice Wednesday in San Francisco federal court seeking information...


Litigation


Santa Monica Lawyer sues Nixon Peabody

Oct. 27, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

A former Nixon Peabody LLP partner accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of manipulating evidence on behalf of a B...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Oct. 27, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

UBS Realty Investors bought the Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens in downtown Los Angeles for a reported $45 million.


Real Estate/Development


Vacancies spur a discount boom

Oct. 27, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

As discount variety stores put down stakes in centers in more affluent areas across the state, lawyers negotiating the leases ...


Judicial Profile


Richard E. Mills

Oct. 27, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Judge Richard E. Mills turned to a car dealer for advice on how to build his law practice.


Don't forget these key issues when negotiating retail green leases. By C. Gregg Ankenman and Daniel B. Myers of Wendel, Rosen,...


Real Estate/Development


Governmental requirements, investment concerns, and tenant demand are adding to the need for green leases. By Richard C. Mallo...


Perspective


Federal prosecutors are pressuring landlords who rent to marijuana dispensaries to shutter the operations. By Stephen K. Light...


Due to the unprecedented secrecy, we still do not know the full extent of what has been done under the USA Patriot Act. ...


Litigation


Dole sees objection to pesticide settlement

Oct. 27, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Occidental Chemical Corp. has objected to a global settlement between Dole Food Co. Inc. and plaintiffs who claim they were in...