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Litigation


A Setback for Civil Litigation Reform

Oct. 14, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

A case empowering government agencies to retain private counsel in civil actions raises ethical issues. By Thomas Gede and Nim...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Challenges to Health Cuts Expected

Oct. 14, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Now that the belated budget has been released, health care lawyers are weighing the winners and losers, as well as the possibl...



U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the California Supreme Court Tuesday, focusing on whether summary denials of habeas corpus ...


Judicial Profile


Rita Miller

Oct. 14, 2010
By Pat Alston

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court Judge ...



Labor/Employment


Housekeepers Need Immigration Checks

Oct. 13, 2010
By Cat Ho

In the political blame game over her hiring of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper, legal experts said Meg Whitman and ...


Corporate Counsel


R. William Bowen

Oct. 13, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Gen-Probe Inc. San Diego ...



Real Estate/Development


State Selling Buildings for $2.33B

Oct. 13, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

State officials Monday approved real estate partnership California First, LLC, as buyer for 11 state office properties in a $2...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Coastal Commission Sued

Oct. 13, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A San Luis Obispo family is suing the California Coastal Commission, accusing the agency of trying to illegally grab its land ...



Mergers & Acquisitions


L.A. Leaders Tapped to Expand Kroll

Oct. 13, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Earlier this summer, risk-consulting firm Altegrity Risk International gobbled up Kroll, its biggest competitor, for $1.13 bil...


Criminal


ACLU Moves to Shield Inmates

Oct. 13, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed an unusual motion for protective order seeking to shield L...



State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar President Emphasizes Clients First

Oct. 13, 2010
By John Roemer

His father's murder a decade ago in a small Iowa town helped new State Bar President William N. Hebert see the legal system fr...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Applying Mediation to Bullying

Oct. 13, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

A program run by the Los Angeles County Bar Association has taught school teachers, administrators and students in middle scho...



Perspective


Slammed with the largest jury verdict ever in an employment discrimination case, what Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. did wrong...


Law Practice


There's Nothing Wrong With Me

Oct. 13, 2010
By Genevieve Knollen

A lament about the distressing decline in proper grammar in both written and spoken English. By Paul Von Blum of Loyola Law Sc...



Labor/Employment


Equal Pay for Equal Work: Not Just a Goal Anymore

Oct. 13, 2010
By Seena Nikravann

Female employees still earn less than their male counterparts, but the pay gap continues to get smaller each year. By English ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Gymboree Sale Highlights Buyout Surge

Oct. 13, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Bain Capital Partners further drove the upward trend in private equity-backed acquisitions when it announced plans Monday to b...



Government


Two death row inmates whose executions were put on hold by a federal judge have renewed a challenge to the state's lethal inje...


Letter to the Editor


Lateral Hiring Is An Art Form

Oct. 13, 2010
By Alexander Phersonn

Larry S. Watanabe responds to article, "Law Firms Wary of Lateral Hires." ...



Perspective


When voting for a new attorney general, factor in the candidate's business, not just criminal, policies. By John H. Sullivan o...


Law Practice


From Private Practice to Academia

Oct. 13, 2010
By Seena Nikravann

Demystifying the transition from private practice to academia. By Briana Rosenbaum of Stanford Law School. ...



Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Oct. 12, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The latest transactions by California attorneys.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Cooley Grapples With M&A Loss

Oct. 12, 2010
By Jill Redhage

When a duo of senior lawyers left Cooley for Dewey & LeBoeuf, Cooley's chairman said the departures would have "a liberat...



Corporate Counsel


Michael Tyler

Oct. 12, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

General Counsel of Sanmina-SCI Corp.San Jose ...


Labor/Employment


Health Union Rift Continues

Oct. 12, 2010
By Cat Ho

Incumbent labor union Service Employees International Union bested its rival, National Union of Healthcare Workers, in a an el...



Government


Budget Preserves Court Funding Deal

Oct. 12, 2010
By Emily Green

Lawmakers passed a budget early Friday morning - 100 days into the new fiscal year - and in it preserved a deal brokered in J...


Litigation


Some Cry Foul Over Farmers Settlement

Oct. 12, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Days after a $545 million settlement was announced that would resolve a nationwide class action against Farmers Group Inc., pl...



Law Practice


Legal Job Market Shows Movement

Oct. 12, 2010
By Anna Scott

The legal sector gained 2,500 jobs nationwide in September, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the U.S. Depa...


Administrative/Regulatory


Fairground Fundraising Plan Fails

Oct. 12, 2010
By Pat Broderick

An attempt by Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, to authorize the sale of the fabled Del Mar Fairgrounds, home to thoroughbre...



Real Estate/Development


Halted Sales Create Opportunity

Oct. 12, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Bank of America's decision to suspend foreclosure sales of under-water homes in all 50 states reflects the nation's broad conf...


Litigation


Malicious Prosecution Suit Ends

Oct. 12, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge has dismissed the single narrow claim that remained in Chevron Corp.'s malicious prosecution lawsuit against a...