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Government


While the enormous solar plants rising in the California desert are key to the state's push to boost renewable power, Governor...


With hackers now targeting cell phones, are there any legal remedies for victims? By Peter J. Toren of Shulman, Rogers Ganal P...


Perspective


Attempts to reform California's system for laying off teachers are misguided. By James Baca and Anthony P. DeMarco of Atkinson...


Perspective


New legal theories are being developed that extend accessibility to websites, particularly in the retail space. By Roland Juar...


Constitutional Law


A cheerleader is disciplined for refusing to cheer for a varsity basketball player after he allegedly sexually assaulted her. ...


Corporate


Auto industry: The pain is far from over

Oct. 5, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

For U.S. automotive dealers, the pain of the 2008 financial crisis is far from over. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Grou...


California Supreme Court


At oral argument in a closely watched wage-and-hour case, the state Supreme Court on Monday seemed ready to overturn a lower c...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Governor signs bar bill

Oct. 5, 2011
By Don De Benedictis

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday reducing the number of lawyers elected to the board that governs the State Bar. ...


Law Practice


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday the hiring of five partners to its New York acquisition finance practi...


Litigation


Dodger beating victim's suit shrinks

Oct. 5, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Recent rulings in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from the opening day beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stad...


Intellectual Property


A San Jose federal judge will consider arguments from two major cell phone carriers in a patent infringement case between Appl...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court punts on cell phone search case

Oct. 5, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the California Supreme Court judgment allowing police to search the ...


Litigation


A federal judge contemplated Monday whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC should benefit from a recent U.S. Supreme Cou...


Tax


Agents swept through Orange County and the Inland Empire arresting more than a dozen people indicted on federal charges in wha...


Law Practice


Wilson Sonsini adds partner in DC

Oct. 5, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has hired a new Washington D.C.-based partner to boost the firm's expertise in federal re...


Real Estate/Development


Brown vetoes redevelopment bills he backed

Oct. 5, 2011
By Emily Green

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills Monday aimed at abolishing redevelopment agencies or forcing them to pay a "voluntary" fee t...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether a local government's decision to subsidize retiree health care benefits t...


Law Practice


Law firm mergers more popular now than in 2010

Oct. 5, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

The number of law firm mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2011 has spiked from last year's figures, a...


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


A massive antitrust lawsuit by California's attorney general against makers of flat-screen electronic displays got a boost Mo...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court waded into the battle over California's budget deficit Monday, signaling it wouldn't allow the state to...


Government


State AG exits talks with mortgage lenders

Oct. 5, 2011
By Emily Green

When the attorney general exited settlement talks with major mortgage lenders, the move showed California's top lawyer breakin...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 4, 2011
By Robert Pierce

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activities and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Peter D. Steckelman

Oct. 4, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Senior vice president of business and legal affairs for Tennis Channel Inc. Santa Monica ...


Perspective


Does your bank loan pass the securities test?

Oct. 4, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board explains when its rules will apply to bank loans. By Hardy Callcott and Andrew B. Ka...


Perspective


Firms that don't seek fees for work done by law students may be losing out - big time. By Matt Brinton of Southwestern Law Sch...


Media


While Western media is consolidating and imploding, China's media is quickly expanding. By Patrick Mattimore of Tsinghua Unive...


California Courts of Appeal


Sex, lies and videotape combined in an explosive mix Friday as a state appellate panel held a judge went too far in dismissing...


Law Practice


Lawyer does more international work

Oct. 4, 2011
By Henry Meier

Terree Bowers, a former U.S. attorney for the Central District and a current Arent Fox LLP partner in Los Angeles, has used hi...


Government


California AG rejects banks settlement

Oct. 4, 2011
By Emily Green

State Attorney General Kamala Harris has rejected a wide-ranging settlement with banks over controversial foreclosure practice...


Government


The fight between local governments and Internet providers over who should govern the nation's broadband networks is heating u...