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Perspective


How Discoverable Is Social Media Content?

Dec. 11, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Rules on discoverability of content contained in social networking sites are gradually emerging. By Perry Viscounty and Jennif...


Perspective


Why China Is Like General Electric

Dec. 11, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

In many aspects, China behaves more like a corporate entity than like a traditional government. By James Wong of the Chinney A...


Government


State Secrets Case Appealed to High Court

Dec. 11, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Boeing Co. ...


Litigation


Legal Nonprofit Sues Business Over Name

Dec. 11, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles sues business owner for using the legal aid name to make a profit. ...


ADR Provider


Kevin W. Midlam

Dec. 11, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

Retired judge Kevin W. Midlam, a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS in San Diego, thought he'd seen it all when it came to constr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Advantest Makes Offer for Verigy

Dec. 11, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Santa Clara-based Advantest Corp. announced an unsolicited $735 million offer to acquire Verigy Ltd., a semiconductor test sys...


Civil Rights


DMV Accused of Gender Harassment

Dec. 11, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

A transgender woman has filed a claim against the California Department of Motor Vehicles, alleging that one of its employees ...


Law Practice


Manatt Fights Malpractice Claim

Dec. 11, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

If Manatt, Phelps & Phillips didn't adequately represent a class of retired National Football League players in a case aga...


Government


Public Schools Pledge End to Fees

Dec. 11, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement Thursday with state officials that gives parents and students the po...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor's Nominee Gets Pushback

Dec. 11, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's legal affairs secretary may have put politics before the law in her advice about parole, two crim...


Law Practice


Plaintiffs Waiting for Settlement Cash

Dec. 11, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

It's usually the most satisfying part of litigation for a plaintiffs' attorney - the day the settlement check arrives. But, ac...


Personal Injury & Torts


Toyota Lawsuits Roll Forward

Dec. 11, 2010
By Michael Gottliebn

Calling it a matter of public safety, a federal judge declined to dismiss 40 federal lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corp. t...


Approximately 200 attorneys gathered at a private club in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday for the 29th annual Institute for ...


Businesses must meticulously fill out their Forms 1099 or face increasing penalties. ...


Constitutional Law


A Constitutional Lesson Learned From a Practical Joke

Dec. 10, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Rather than actively trying to prove your innocence, perhaps it is best to keep your mouth shut. By Los Angeles attorney Hirbo...


Perspective


A state appellate case serves as a warning against pursuing meritless patent suits. By Martin H. Nguyen of Keller and Heckman....


Perspective


Is This Really An Emergency?

Dec. 10, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Plans to burn a private residence in San Diego County highlights the unfairness of the "emergency exception" in eminent domain...


Securities


Guilty Pleas in Biotech Insider Trading Case

Dec. 10, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

David V. Myers of Cleveland and his nephew, Brett A. Cohen of Baltimore, pled guilty on Wednesday to insider trading of stock ...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Appoints Judge

Dec. 10, 2010
By Pat Alston

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made another judicial appointment Wednesday in a series of appointments he began making last week. ...


Large Firms


Orrick Ventures Into Vietnam

Dec. 10, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe established an alliance Wednesday with LVN & Associates, a small law firm launched this...


Intellectual Property


Intellectual Ventures Files Patent Suits

Dec. 10, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

For a decade, Intellectual Ventures has acquired and licensed patents without ever filing a lawsuit. That changed Wednesday, w...


Law Practice


Optimistic Outlook on Hiring

Dec. 10, 2010
By Jill Redhage

More than 30 percent of law firms and in-house legal departments in a recent survey expected to hire legal professionals in th...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Doctor Pay Disclosures Could Help Plaintiffs

Dec. 10, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Plaintiffs like Anthony Bochene, who says he would have reconsidered a hip device had he known his surgeon had a financial sta...


Labor/Employment


More than 80 percent of the nation's 110,000 port truck drivers are classified as independent contractors - a job designation ...


Entertainment & Sports


'Sahara' Author Wins $15 Million Refund

Dec. 10, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Nearly $15 million in attorney fees that author Clive Cussler previously paid to a production company as part of the legal sag...


Criminal


City Watching for Harris' Successor

Dec. 10, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

Political watchers in San Francisco are speculating about who will replace District Attorney Kamala Harris, who becomes attorn...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Ratings Could Be Made Public

Dec. 10, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Trial court candidates who aren't qualified for the bench in the eyes of the State Bar won't be able to fly under the radar un...


Immigration


High Court Leans Toward Arizona

Dec. 10, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The coalition challenging an Arizona law that punishes businesses for employing illegal immigrants appears to face long odds f...


Administrative/Regulatory


First Diet Drug in Years Nears Approval

Dec. 10, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

An FDA advisory committee recommended on Tuesday that the agency give final approval by Jan. 31 to the drug Contrave, develop...


Securities


Investors Fleeing Countrywide Settlement

Dec. 10, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

The tab racked up by the nation's largest bank in settling a securities fraud case with former Countrywide Financial sharehold...