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It is time for employers to let go of invalid and liability-inviting non-solicitation clauses, by Matthew F. Miller and Erik S...


Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy Judge Orders Retraction

Sep. 23, 2010
By Richie Duchonn

Bankrupt downtown Los Angeles real estate developer Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. was ordered by a judge to retract a press r...



Education


No Power Trip

Sep. 23, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Veteran Los Angeles attorney Felix Grossman is 76 years old, has two artificial knees and two artificial hips, still competes ...


Military Law


Senate Deals Setback to Gay Soldiers

Sep. 23, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Groups pushing for a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" said the Senate's failure Tuesday to drum up support for a vote conside...



Perspective


The state Supreme Court has essentially neutered California's post-conviction discovery statute, by Maurice Possley and Kathle...


Perspective


Why a Yuan Revaluation Will Hurt the U.S.

Sep. 23, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Congress' approach to the yuan-dollar exchange rate situation misses the point and will only hurt U.S. consumers, by James Won...



Judges and Judiciary


Retired O.C. Judge Honored by CJA

Sep. 23, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Jack Mandel has won the California Judges Association's humanitarian award for his ...


Large Firms


Sidley Nabs Hedge Fund Lawyers

Sep. 23, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Sidley Austin's hedge fund practice will be adding Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin directors Mark Whatley and ...



Law Practice


O'Melveny, RiceHadley Team Up

Sep. 23, 2010
By Anna Scott

O'Melveny & Myers is teaming up with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former U.S. National Security Adv...


Labor/Employment


Unions Mixed on Cooley

Sep. 23, 2010
By Cat Ho

Last fall, the union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors slapped District Attorney Steve Cooley with a lawsuit, accusi...



California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court could be signaling it's trying to cut down on the immense work associated with death penalty appe...


Perspective


Grading System Changes Lead to Confusion

Sep. 23, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Will Harvard Law School's new grading system help or hinder students in the job market? By Severin Randall of Harvard Law Scho...



Judicial Profile


John J. Kralik

Sep. 23, 2010
By Pat Alston

After a 30-year civil litigation career, Los Angeles County Judge John Kralik has a reputation as an 'extremely positive perso...


Energy Law


Storage Drives Green Energy Future

Sep. 22, 2010
By Fiona Smith

It's being touted as essential to California's push to build a greener and more efficient electric system, but it's not solar ...



Top 100


Top 100 California's Leading Attorneys of 2010

Sep. 22, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

The list, plus the 10 lawyers who influenced the decade.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Makers

Sep. 22, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The latest transactions by California attorneys. ...



Criminal


The judge who on Friday ordered lawyer Richard I. Fine freed from jail after serving a year and a half on contempt charges exp...


Litigation


Broadcom Legal Costs Rising

Sep. 21, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. has now spent more than $200 million on legal costs defending stock option-related litigation, a l...



Discipline


Attorney Sentenced in Tampering Case

Sep. 21, 2010
By Brandon Ortiz

A Los Angeles-area criminal defense attorney will be disbarred after a judge Monday sentenced him to probation for witness tam...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge Approves SAG Settlement

Sep. 21, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A judge signed off on the deal between the union and 70,000 actors, ending a three-year lawsuit that accused the guild of fail...



U.S. Supreme Court


Scalia Not Starry-Eyed for Stare Decisis

Sep. 21, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Justice Antonin Scalia took aim Friday at Roe v. Wade, telling students at Hastings College of the Law the 1973 decisio...


Litigation


AB 2284: An Analysis of Expedited Jury Trials

Sep. 21, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Legislation to reconfigure California’s civil trial process may dramatically increase jury trials from 1,800 to 13,000 per yea...



Judges and Judiciary


The political blockage of U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward Chen’s nomination to the U.S. District Court is a scandal when consider...


Judges and Judiciary


California’s bench boasts its election procedure is independent of politicized judicial elections, except for the for the Supe...



Perspective


Will legislation to broaden the Food and Drug Administration’s powers to mandate recalls be a significant step in addressing f...


Government


Words Matter

Sep. 21, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

The scarcity of private projects is driving more firms to bid on public works, adding complexity to an already convoluted proc...



Constitutional Law


The social acceptance of homosexuality is seemingly steamrolling through well-established constitutional rights, by Dean R. Br...


September 21, 2010 The Securities and Exchange Commission has started the clock on new rules brought on by the Dodd-Frank Wal...



Mergers & Acquisitions


L.A. Lawyers Lead Internet Brands Sale

Sep. 21, 2010
By Anna Scott

California lawyers at two firms nabbed work representing the Internet media company Internet Brands, Inc. in a $640 million de...


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


Brief: Ruling Ignored Marriage's True Purpose

Sep. 21, 2010
By John Roemer

Defenders of Prop 8 say Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker blinded himself to marriage's true purpose: procreation, an...