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Corporate


Corporate defendants who have been hit with a wave of lawsuits for marking products with false patent numbers have been unabl...


Criminal


Man Convicted in Angels DUI Case

Sep. 29, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Orange County Superior Court jury on Monday convicted a second-time drunken driver of killing an up-and-coming Angels pitcher ...



Law Practice


Justices Restore Record Trust Judgment

Sep. 29, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

In what lawyers say could be the largest single award against a trustee in California history, the 2nd District Court of Appea...


Immigration


Immigration Lawyers Sentenced

Sep. 29, 2010
By Emily Green

One year after a jury convicted three lawyers and two interpreters of filing hundreds of false asylum claims, a federal judge ...



Judges and Judiciary


'Justice Is Not a Luxury'

Sep. 29, 2010
By David Houstonn

On Saturday, Ronald M. George returned to some familiar themes in his final speech to the State Bar convention as chief justic...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A Blowout Bash for Chief

Sep. 29, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Trial lawyer Tom Girardi staged a farewell party for Chief Justice Ronald M. George Saturday night that featured crooner Paul ...



State Bar & Bar Associations


George Blasts Budget Delays

Sep. 29, 2010
By John Roemer

Lawmakers' foot-dragging on the state budget threatens a carefully crafted deal to partly plug a $400 million gap in court fun...


Law Practice


Orrick and Akin Gump in Preliminary Merger Talks

Sep. 29, 2010
By Alexia Garamfalvin

A spokesman for San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe confirmed Tuesday that the firm is contemplating a merg...



Corporate Counsel


Thuy Thi Nguyen

Sep. 29, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

General Counsel of Peralta Community College District Oakland ...


Entertainment & Sports


'Millionaire' Award Grows With Interest

Sep. 29, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A judge awarded a production company that developed game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" $50 million in interest on a $27...



International


A Nigerian lawsuit against Chevron Corp. shows why the judiciaries in third world countries must begin standing up to foreign ...


Probate


Fear of irrevocable trusts can cost clients important benefits in estate tax and asset protection planning, by Bruce Givner an...



Government


Bradley Manning: American Hero

Sep. 29, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Accused of leaking military secrets, Bradley Manning should be honored not condemned, by Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson Sch...


Law Practice


Lewis Brisbois Taps Former Utility Chief

Sep. 29, 2010
By Pat Broderick

H. David Nahai, who headed the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, will expand the energy, water and real estate prac...



Tax


Tax Consequences for Customer Data Theft

Sep. 29, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

One instance of alleged customer data theft by an employee of a major financial institution profoundly changes the face of int...


After a Marin County judge refused to halt the scheduled execution Wednesday of Albert Greenwood Brown Jr., Gov. Arnold Schwar...



Letter to the Editor


Protecting Personal Data From Online Access

Sep. 29, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Justice Terence L. Bruiniers of the 1st District Court of Appeal comments on "Redact Online Court Records to Better Protect Co...


Executions may be resuming now that a state appellate court, last week, removed one of the few remaining roadblocks, by Harvey...



Judicial Profile


Stephanie M. Bowick

Sep. 29, 2010
By Pat Alston

Being raised by educators and serving a stint with the LAUSD helped Los Angeles County Judge Stephanie M. Bowick to guide deli...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Sep. 28, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The latest transactions by California attorneys.



Large Firms


Firm Gets Flexible With In-House Temps

Sep. 28, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Fenwick & West has become the first traditional law firm to run its own temp agency for in-house legal departments. The se...


Corporate Counsel


John Sommer

Sep. 28, 2010
By Anna Scott

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for Stussy Inc. Irvine ...



Corporate


SEC Fails to Prove Fraud

Sep. 28, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

The Securities and Exchange Commission failed to convince a jury that the former controller of Embarcadero Technologies Inc., ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Companies Settle 'Cold-Calling' Suit

Sep. 28, 2010
By Craig Andersonn

Five Silicon Valley technology heavyweights, along with Walt Disney Co.-owned Pixar Animation, settled a Justice Department an...



Personal Injury & Torts


Justice Association President Retires

Sep. 28, 2010
By Emily Green

Longtime president of the Civil Justice Association of California John Sullivan unexpectedly announced his retirement at the o...


Real Estate/Development


Brown Rebukes Mortgage Lender

Sep. 28, 2010
By Richie Duchonn

California Attorney General Jerry Brown issued an ultimatum to one of the country's largest private mortgage lenders. ...



Health Care & Hospital Law


San Diego Not Liable for Pension

Sep. 28, 2010
By Pat Broderick

The city's beleaguered retirement system got a setback Friday when a judge ruled that city employees don't have a vested right...


Intellectual Property


New President to Lead Beverly Hills Bar

Sep. 28, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Stephen Raucher, the president-elect of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's board of governors, plans to focus on membership a...



Military Law


'Don't Ask' Foes Get Boost

Sep. 28, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Further intensifying gay advocates' battle to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," a federal judge in Washington state Friday order...


Litigation


Judge Considers Sending Case to France

Sep. 28, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge on Friday told the attorneys litigating dozens of wrongful death cases involving Air France Flight 447, which ...