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Government


Urban Renewal Takes $1.7 Billion Hit

May 12, 2010
By Greg Kanen

Redevelopment agencies across California began submitting $1.7 billion in supplemental tax payments to the state on Monday aft...


Government Contracts


Witness Recants in MTA Case

May 12, 2010
By Gabe Friedmann

The man who accused local transit officials of taking him off his job in retaliation for his testimony at an upcoming trial is...


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


Randall Edwards and Patricia Hsue of O'Melveny & Myers say Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will likely lead to furthe...


Construction


Pipe Maker Settles a Battle of Inches

May 12, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

JM Eagle, the nation's largest plastic pipe manufacturer, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit in which six coun...


Entertainment & Sports


Media Mogul+Gambling Debts = Crime?

May 12, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A Las Vegas prosecutor has filed criminal charges and an arrest warrant against Los Angeles film financier David Bergstein ove...


Litigation


Fraud Claim Opens Dole Verdict Case

May 12, 2010
By Cat Ho

Hearings on whether to dismiss a $2.3 million verdict against Dole Food Co Inc. began Monday, with Dole lawyers calling plaint...


Health Care & Hospital Law


A lawsuit over a controversial database which many insurers have long used to calculate payments to providers who treat patien...


Judicial Profile


Timothy R. Volkmann

May 12, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Superior Court Judge Timothy Volkmann brings his Wisconsin charm to his courtroom.


Judicial Profile


Daniel Nishigaya

May 12, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Daniel Nishigaya, who once worked as an aide to O.J. Simpson's criminal defense team, spent 14 years as a prosecutor before ta...


Litigation


CNET Founder Sues Auction Houses

May 11, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Richard Prince's "Nurse in Hollywood #4" (2004) is at the center of a lawsuit filed by CNET Network founder Halsey Minor again...


Corporate Counsel


David R. Holmquist

May 11, 2010
By Rebecca U. Cho

General Counsel of the Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles ...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner in Sacramento Friday announced the formation of a new unit to handle international and domestic ...


Entertainment & Sports


Lions Gate's Poison Pill Squashed

May 11, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A court in British Columbia Friday denied Lions Gate Entertainment's effort to use a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover...


Technology & Science


Lawyers Aid in AOL Spin-Off

May 11, 2010
By Jill Redhage

A team of Palo Alto-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyers represented New York-based web services company AOL Inc. as i...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An Unavoidable Conflict of Interest

May 11, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Private lawyers exercising the power of the state under contingency fee contracts cannot be expected to act in the public's in...


Solo and Small Firms


Father Knows Best

May 11, 2010
By Susan Mcraen

Two years after selling his practice to devote himself fully to his pro-bono work, Michael Rapkin decided to hang out another ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Challenge to Patent Could Bring More

May 11, 2010
By Mandy Jacksonn

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a long-held patent covering the critical building blocks for genetic science...


Books


How Dickie Scruggs Lost It All

May 11, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

"Kings of Tort" chronicles the sordid tale of judicial bribery and political intrigue in Mississippi, long known as one of the...


Law Practice


Legal Jobs Dip, Bucking General Trend

May 11, 2010
By Anna Scott

The legal industry continued to shed jobs in April according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor, counter ...


Perspective


Collaborative Practices Work

May 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Kathleen Clark of Servant Lawyership catches up with the players in James Woods medical malpractice action that arose from the...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Considers New Rules

May 11, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

The State Bar Board of Governors will consider more than a dozen new rules, many of which have stirred controversy, when it me...


Law Practice


Heller Estate Seals Deals with Clients

May 11, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Last-minute scrambling in the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy last week led the firm to six settlements with former clients as it clo...


Labor/Employment


California, Home of Wage and Hour Lawsuits

May 11, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Jerold Oshinsky and Kenneth Lee of Jenner Block discuss the surge of wage and hour class action lawsuits in California. ...


Product Liability


The fight to take control of potentially the largest mass tort in U.S. history heated up last week, as lawyers divided into tw...


Large Firms


Franklin Mint Case May Cost Manatt

May 11, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

An appellate court's reinstatement of a malicious prosecution claim against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips dealt a blow to the ...


Judges and Judiciary


Obama Picks Kagan for U.S. Supreme Court

May 11, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Kagan, 50, was seen as the frontrunner for the position ever since Stevens announced his retirement in April. ...


Community News


May 10, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

Miriam A. Vogel, retired 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice and senior of counsel at Morrison & Foerster, spoke of her l...


Community News


May 10, 2010
By STEPHEN LARSON

The attorneys of boutique Cypress welcomed colleagues, clients and art-lovers to a Duo Artists Exhibit on Thursday at their Lo...


Law Practice


On the Move

May 10, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Sheppard Snags Manatt Bankruptcy Co-Chair Bankruptcy partner Alan M. Feld moved to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's ...


Judicial Profile


Robert J. Kearney

May 10, 2010
By Pat Broderick

Superior Court Judge Robert J. Kearney said he tries to create a stress-reducing atmosphere and listen to all sides in the cri...