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Law Practice


Firm Understood Importance of Being First

Mar. 12, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

They called it "The Human Side of Genius," and when it came out in 1991, the advertising campaign for the firm then known as H...


Law Practice


Why Howrey?

Mar. 12, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Former Howrey LLP partners and legal analysts opine on what led the once mighty litigation firm to dissolution. ...


Public Interest


Shades of Free Speech Visit UC Berkeley

Mar. 11, 2011
By Laura Ernden

UC Berkeley, ground zero for the free speech movement of the 1960s, is dealing with a new crop of campus protesters. Law stude...


Entertainment & Sports


Lawyers Help Studio Secure $750 Million

Mar. 11, 2011
By Jean Luc Renault

Summit Entertainment, the Santa Monica-based studio behind the hit "Twilight" movies, will use financing to pay off debts and ...


Letter to the Editor


Gary Watt of Archer Norris PLC responds to "Volunteer Attorney Program Can Alleviate Bankruptcy Court's Massive Workload." ...


Corporate


Judge Puts Kibosh on Video Rentals Deal

Mar. 11, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge denied a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and subscribers to the o...


Government


Stay Sought in Gay Benefits Case

Mar. 11, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

The Department of Justice has asked for a 60-day stay in a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act in the Northern Di...


Securities


Claims Against Schwab Dismissed

Mar. 11, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge has dismissed a case in which investors claimed the Charles Schwab Corp. violated California law by increasing...


Criminal


Another Files for L.A. DA

Mar. 11, 2011
By Brandon Ortiz

Deputy District Attorney Bobby Grace jumped into the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney on Wednesday. ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sanctions Cut for Firm That Hired Pellicano

Mar. 11, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

A state appellate court Wednesday reduced a $220,000 sanction issued against a law firm associated with imprisoned ex-private ...


Intellectual Property


The Patentability Black Hole

Mar. 11, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

It is easier to secure a patent in the bioscience field if the application is filed early with the most detail possible. By An...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Attorney May Lose License Over Marriage

Mar. 11, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

A lawyer who married "a lonely, sick old man" should be disbarred and ordered to return $339,000 to his family, a State Bar Co...


Law Practice


Perkins Coie Hires More

Mar. 11, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Perkins Coie LLP scooped up five land-use and project-development attorneys from Bingham McCutchen LLP in San Francisco. ...


Labor/Employment


Computers Don’t Sue for Overtime Pay...Yet

Mar. 11, 2011
By Genevieve Knollen

Exemption, my dear Watson - how employee classification may change with advancing technology. By Eli M. Kantor and Zachary M. ...


Law Practice


Jenner & Block Nabs Kornfeld

Mar. 11, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Linda D. Kornfeld, who managed the Los Angeles office of Dickstein & Shapiro LLP since its inception in 2005, has left the...


Government


Failed Vote Leaves Budget in Limbo

Mar. 11, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The Senate failed to pass two spending bills Wednesday, while Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart on federal funding ...


International


The Wrong Way to Prosecute Piracy

Mar. 11, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

U.S. courts have displayed a shaky grasp of the law when dealing with pirate attacks. By David Sloss of Santa Clara University...


Entertainment & Sports


Shorter Film Releases May Rewrite Rules

Mar. 11, 2011
By Jean Luc Renault

As studios look to cut theatrical runs and make money on home viewers, attorneys say it could scramble the negotiation formula...


Employee Benefits


Employers in California are starting to grapple with more costly unemployment insurance in light of the continued high rates o...


Government


Governor's Plan Could Mean Fire Sale

Mar. 11, 2011
By Anna Scott

Gov. Brown's plan to shutter redevelopment agencies calls for liquidating massive real estate holdings. ...


Law Practice


Howrey Partners Vote to Dissolve Firm

Mar. 11, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

After two poor financial years and months of serious decline that saw major rainmakers scattering to other firms, the partners...


Litigation


Suit Over Drug Pricing Fails Again

Mar. 11, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

For the second time, a Superior Court judge in Oakland has thrown out price-fixing allegations against 21 drug companies. ...


International


Challenges in Combating Somali Piracy

Mar. 11, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

With dozens of ships seized off Somalia, thousands of sailors held hostage and countless dollars paid in ransom, where are the...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers

Mar. 10, 2011
By Michael Gottliebn

White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP signed a deal to stay at its current Century City office for another 10 years.


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


Keyword Competition Not Illegal

Mar. 10, 2011
By John Roemer

Using a competitor's product name as a keyword to trigger your sponsored link on Google isn't necessarily trademark infringeme...


Judicial Profile


Nancy A. Pollard

Mar. 10, 2011
By Pat Alston

Veteran family-law judge Nancy A. Pollard has found her niche in helping parties resolve their differences before heading for ...


Law Practice


Perkins Coie is Hiring

Mar. 10, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Perkins Coie LLP's Northern California offices are on a hiring spree this week. ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


State HMO Regulator Stepping Down

Mar. 10, 2011
By Emma Gallegosn

The state agency that regulates health care insurance plans announced Tuesday that Director Cindy Ehnes is stepping down in a ...


Law Practice


Firm Opens Silicon Valley Office

Mar. 10, 2011
By Jill Redhage

Washington, D.C.-based Dickstein Shapiro LLP formally announced the opening of its Silicon Valley office Tuesday with six inte...


Government


Atttorney General Comments on Health Law

Mar. 10, 2011
By Emily Green

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday in Richmond, Va., urging the U.S. Court of Appeals ...