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Commercial Law


Auto Dealers Beware: Big Brother Is Looming

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group examines "S. 3217," which would create an agency charged with overseeing virtually all...


Perspective


What's in Your Wallet, Job Applicant?

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

With the economic crisis taking a toll on a huge segment of the population and adversely affecting credit ratings, D. Gregory ...


Environmental


Climate Bill Would Trump State Plans

May 14, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Senate unveiled an energy bill Wednesday that would replace California's cap-and-trade plan with a federal alternativ...


Perspective


A recent decision unsettles the market for the development of drugs based on owning the rights to certain genes, writes Tamir ...


Government


Panel: Prisoner Entitled to Parole

May 14, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

A man who shot and killed a security guard in an attempted robbery of an adult bookstore is entitled to parole, a unanimous st...


U.S. Supreme Court


Kagan Will Move Supreme Court To the Right

May 14, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says Elena Kagen cannot fill Justice John Paul Stevens' mighty shoes. ...


Entertainment & Sports


MGM May Avoid Bankruptcy

May 14, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, weighed down with nearly $4 billion in debt, could get some temporary relief this week if cr...


Large Firms


Orrick Dumps Partner Profit as Success Metric

May 14, 2010
By Alexia Garamfalvin

San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced Wednesday it will no longer be using profits per equity partn...


California Courts of Appeal


Court Castigates Defense in Fee Dispute

May 14, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

A state appellate panel this week strongly castigated an attorney on the losing end of a breach-of-contract lawsuit for fighti...


Letter to the Editor


Letter to the Editor

May 13, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Diversion of court funds is shortsighted and will worsen fiscal difficulties, says Bob Balgenorth, President of State Building...


Top Women Lawyers


The List

May 13, 2010
By Cat Ho


Large Firms


Northrop Won't Cut Ties on Moving

May 13, 2010
By Anna Scott

Northrop Grumman Corp. may be relocating its corporate headquarters to Virginia later this year, but the company says it will ...


Top Women Lawyers


Name Partner Makes History in Big Law

May 13, 2010
By Laura Ernden

Kathleen M. Sullivan is reminded that she shattered a glass ceiling in Big Law every time she walks off the elevator and sees ...


Top Women Lawyers


Jockeying for Power

May 13, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

It may be informal, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Patricia Gillette calls it the two-seater rule: "Most law firms do...


California Courts of Appeal


Judge's Writ of Mandate Denied

May 13, 2010
By Pat Broderick

San Diego Superior Court Judge DeAnn Salcido's unusual petition for a writ of mandate - to force her colleagues to impose mand...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham Leads Intuit Deal

May 13, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Latham & Watkins lawyers led by Menlo Park corporate partner Luke J. Bergstrom and associate Michelle Bushore helped Mount...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Candidate Ratings Released

May 13, 2010
By Pat Alston

The Los Angeles County Bar Association announced Tuesday its ratings of candidates vying for judicial office in the upcoming e...


Intellectual Property


Patent Holding Cos. Sue Trust

May 13, 2010
By Craig Anderson

Two patent holding companies filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York accusing the Allied Security Trust and sev...


Law Practice


No Retroactivity for Custody Credits

May 13, 2010
By John Roemer

A January 2010 legislative change awarding some California prison inmates more custody credits so they will get out of prison ...


Entertainment & Sports


Don Johnson, Producers Head to Trial

May 13, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

A dispute over tens of millions of dollars between actor Don Johnson and three companies with ownership interests in the telev...


Product Liability


Pipe Maker Seeks To Dismiss Suit

May 13, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

Pipe manufacturer JM Eagle has asked a federal judge to dismiss a multi-million dollar whistleblower lawsuit that accuses the ...


Litigation


CNET Founder Testifies In Art Flap

May 13, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

CNET Networks Inc. founder Halsey Minor took the stand Tuesday in a case that pits him against auction house Christie's Inc. i...


Large Firms


The Boutique Firm Lawyer

May 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

As one of the largest female-owned family law firms in Southern California, Felicia Meyers of Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers ...


Perspective


The Large Firm Lawyer

May 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

It is unfortunate that so many articles disparage the experience of working at a global law firm, writes Kim Dunne of Sidley A...


Civil litigators have many skills to serve them well in trust and estate litigation, but peculiar features of this practice ar...


Perspective


The Government Lawyer

May 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Christine Ewell of the U.S. Attorney's Office reflects on her challenging career, fueld by luck and hard work, each in some me...


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


Storm Threatens 9th Circuit Nominee

May 13, 2010
By John Roemer

Before the Arizona immigration firestorm exploded, U.S. District Judge Mary Helen Murguia of Phoenix looked like a safe Obama ...


U.S. Supreme Court


When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that a cross on federal land in the Mojave Desert could remain standing while low...


Government


P.D. Warns of Hole in D.A.'s Policy

May 13, 2010
By Dhyana Levey

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, one of District Attorney Kamala Harris's fiercest critics, spared a few words of pr...


Solo and Small Firms


The Small Firm Lawyer

May 13, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

As a lifelong solo small firm lawyer, Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino gave up the comfort and security of a paycheck for control ...