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Civil Rights


LPGA Lifts Transgender Ban

Dec. 3, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which was sued in October by a transgender woman who was barred from comp...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham Helps Advise Baldor Deal

Dec. 3, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins corporate partner Steven Stokdyk and associate Gloria Lee provided legal counsel to UBS...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Movers And Dealmakers

Dec. 3, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Perkins Coie moved its Menlo Park office to a new location at 3150 Porter Driver in Palo Alto. ...


Law Practice


When it comes to answering the oft-asked question of how lawyers can maintain work-life balance, litigator Daralyn Durie point...


Law Practice


Munger, Tolles & Olson made former prosecutor Truc T. Do a partner. ...


Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said he likely won't seek a fourth term unless an unsuitable candidate seeks...


Law Practice


As the Los Angeles art market recovers, big players consult a select breed of lawyers for help. ...


Criminal


Chief Justice Ronald M. George said Wednesday that the biggest disappointment of his 14-year term was failing to fix Californi...


Judges and Judiciary


As oral arguments on the Proposition 8 appeal nears, conservatives in favor of the same-sex marriage ban are lashing out at Ci...


Judges and Judiciary


Committee Approves Two California Judges

Dec. 3, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia and Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge...


Real Estate/Development


Wells Fargo Lending Trial Begins

Dec. 3, 2010
By Anna Scott

Opening arguments were heard Wednesday in a class action lending discrimination case against Wells Fargo Bank, laying the grou...


Entertainment & Sports


A Civil Right to Entertainment

Dec. 3, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Is equal access to entertainment a widening civil-rights frontier? Some disability advocates leading a multi-platform charge a...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Big Pharma mega mergers dominated last year's nearly $200 billion pharmaceutical mergers and acquisitions marketplace. ...


Perspective


The latest environmental proposals take a bold step in the area of regulation. By Belynda Reck and Ian Forrest of Hunton &...


A San Francisco federal judge has ordered sugar beet farmers to rip up genetically engineered sugar beets planted this fall, r...


Large Firms


Allen Ruby, a star trial lawyer, is closing his small firm at the end of the year to join international powerhouse Skadden, Ar...


Community News


NAPABA Inspires

Dec. 2, 2010
By Riley Guerin

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) held its 22nd annual Inspire Convention at the JW Marriot at LA L...


Litigation


Maybe We Should Reconsider This

Dec. 2, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

What some clients see as their lawyer's weakness can actually be a winning strategy for them. By Farley J. Neuman of Jenkins G...


Perspective


Representing the Asian Client

Dec. 2, 2010
By Karen Natividadn

Guidance and the interplay of cultural differences in representing Asian clients. By Seong H. Kim of Steptoe & Johnson and...


Perspective


The Bulletproof Attorney Fees Award

Dec. 2, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

Steps for ensuring an attorney fees motion is granted and upheld on appeal. By Lara M. Krieger of Greines, Martin, Stein &...


Pro Bono


Streamlining Pro Bono Delivery

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

The financial crisis of the past two years has had a particularly devastating impact on the most vulnerable among us. ...


Pro Bono


A Different Kind of Outsourcing

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

Founded in 1975, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach combines the commitment of a non profit, community-based organization w...


Pro Bono


Green Acres

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

According to the California State Bar's Pro Bono Resolution, pro bono service includes "ensuring all members of the public hav...


Pro Bono


Join a DA, See a Courtroom

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

The economic crisis has had a devastating impact on communities across the nation. California has been hit particularly hard a...


Pro Bono


A Little Help From Mediation

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

Before coming to the U.S., I did not imagine that a company could successfully offer mediation as its main service. I didn't k...


Pro Bono


Concentrating On Little Big Things

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

Efrain Gomez is a popular 12 year old with a big smile, a love of baseball cards, and two hardworking parents. He also reads a...


Pro Bono


Googling Pro Bono

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

Finding the right pro bono opportunity can be a daunting challenge, especially when attorneys want to choose a cause that is m...


Pro Bono


Profile in Courage

Dec. 2, 2010
By Pia Sarkarn

On the morning of Sept. 24, Hatem Abudayyeh received a frantic call from his wife. He had been sleeping on his parents' couch ...


Pro Bono


Restoring Order

Dec. 2, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

A class action filed by Munger, Tolles & Olson against the Social Security Administration paved the way for 200,000 people...


Pro Bono


Damage Control

Dec. 2, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Reed Smith's Jayne Fleming has organized the Haiti Humanitarian Parole Program, which since March has helped dozens of Haitian...