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Law Practice


New Laws of 2010

Dec. 30, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

New Laws of 2010 ...


California Courts of Appeal


Court Upholds Pot Ban

Dec. 30, 2009
By Laura Ernden

A divided San Francisco-based appellate court Monday sided with a judge who revoked a defendant's medical marijuana card as a ...


Judges and Judiciary


Full Plate For Presiding Judge

Dec. 30, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

San Bernardino County Superior Court will have a new presiding judge Jan. 1: Judge Douglas M. Elwel. Judge James C. McGuire ...


Insurance


Studios Win Piracy Suit

Dec. 30, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

A federal judge has granted summary judgment to several movie studios in their lawsuit against the operator of file-sharing We...


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


Cop Denied Immunity

Dec. 30, 2009
By John Roemer

A Coronado cop who tasered from behind a man dressed only in boxer shorts must answer the man's civil lawsuit, a 9th U.S. Circ...


Technology & Science


'Discovering' Social Media Content

Dec. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Ana Tagvoryan and Joshua Briones of DLA Piper delve into the largely uncharted territory of e-discovery and social networking ...


Labor/Employment


Class Arbitration After Gentry

Dec. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Richard Kellner and Karen Liao of Kabateck Brown Kellner ask why there have been so few class action arbitrations since Gentry...


Perspective


E-Discovery Cost and Benefits

Dec. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Daniel Garrie of Alternative Resolution Centers provides guidance on maintaining effective information management for e-discov...


Perspective


Women's Rights as Human Rights

Dec. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

M.C. Sungaila of Horvitz & Levy says a landmark human rights decision against Mexico further defines women's rights and re...


Administrative/Regulatory


Judges Predict Deeper Cuts in 2010

Dec. 30, 2009
By Cat Ho

It was an unprecedented year for the California courts, which for the first time in history shut their doors once a month to m...


Government


Congressional Law Reform Bills May Sit Out 2010

Dec. 30, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

Congress introduced a host of legislation during 2009 with the potential to impact the practice of the law on many fronts. But...


Government


U.S. Erases $7.4M in Debt for Vets

Dec. 30, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

In the midst of a recession in which millions of Americans are struggling to keep up on credit card and mortgage debt, the fed...


Corporate


Regulators Pounce on Franchisors

Dec. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Rochelle Spandorf of Davis Wright Tremaine examines California regulators' enforcement of franchise disclosure requirements. ...


Community News


Dec. 29, 2009
By STEPHEN LARSON

The Los Angles County Public Defender’s Office held its first annual holiday celebration for juvenile detainees at Sylmar Juve...


Military Law


Simply Surviving, 40 Years After War

Dec. 29, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

Second of Five Parts. At 63, Ron Varela lives in his 1990 Toyota pickup and subsists on monthly stipends of $179 in food stamp...


Corporate Counsel


Mike Sarrao

Dec. 29, 2009
By Evan George

Vice president and general counsel of Prime Healthcare Inc. Ontario ...


Law Practice


Luiseno Indians Get Ousted

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

A federal appellate court has upheld a trial court decision ousting 16 people from the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, which...


Civil Rights


AG Remains Defendant in Prop. 8

Dec. 29, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

California Attorney General Jerry Brown will stay put - at least in his position as a defendant in the lawsuit challenging the...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Small Deals May Outpace Big Ones

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Uncertainty characterized the deal climate this year for mergers and acquisitions, regardless of size. But that dubiety was mo...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Deal Climate Likely to Thaw in 2010 ...

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Many of California's corporate lawyers agree that mergers and acquisitions will pick up in 2010, though they expect economic f...


Large Firms


Berkshire's Railroad Deal Lifts M&A

Dec. 29, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

When Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced it was acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. for $26.3 billion, the ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Daewoo Breaks Into U.S. Market

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jill Redhage

When a Korean shipbuilding company bought the German windpower subsidiary of a U.S. company this fall, it illustrated how fore...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Roche Purchase Tops California Deals

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Attorneys for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Latham & Watkins shepherded Genentech's sale to Roche for $46.8 bil...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Health Reform Spurs Deals

Dec. 29, 2009
By Evan George

As President Barack Obama's phantasmagoric plan to overhaul the nation's health care system nears a final vote in Congress, i...


Energy Law


CleanTech Shined Brighter in 2009

Dec. 29, 2009
By Fiona Smith

Clean technology attracted feverish investment in recent years but weathered a tough year in 2009. Lawyers working in the sect...


Entertainment & Sports


Film Money To Remain Dry

Dec. 29, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

First, the bad news - securing money to make films next year will probably be almost as hard as it was in 2009. Unfortunatel...


Technology & Science


Uncertainty, but Potential, in Biotech

Dec. 29, 2009
By Pat Broderick

The sour economy, coupled with recent mega-mergers of big pharmaceutical companies, can actually spell opportunity for biotech...


Investments


IPOs Poised for Comeback

Dec. 29, 2009
By Craig Anderson

Silicon Valley attorneys say the IPO will make a comeback after two grim years, driven by a rising market but also a fear that...


Law Practice


Compensation Viewed In A New Way

Dec. 29, 2009
By J Lin

Law firms across the nation tightened their purse strings this year amid the economic slump. Many downsized their ranks, froze...


Criminal


Birotte Nominated U.S. Attorney

Dec. 29, 2009
By Christian Berthelsenn

Los Angeles Police Department Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. has been nominated by President Obama to be U.S. attorney fo...