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Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 4, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Environmental


Two Decades of Legal Wrangling

Dec. 4, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

A San Francisco attorney continues to battle on behalf of two Nevada ranchers, racking up rulings that could have big implicat...


Judicial Profile


Kathleen Diesman

Dec. 4, 2009
By Pat Alston

Former sex crimes prosecutor Kathleen Diesman demands respect and preparation from the lawyers who appear in her Long Beach co...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges Face Panel's Rebuke

Dec. 4, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

A San Diego judge was admonished for misusing court resources Wednesday and a Sacramento judge went before the judicial perfor...


Securities


New Costs of Doing Business Abroad

Dec. 4, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jonathan Drimmer and Christian Jordan of Steptoe & Johnson tackle the issue of insuring against FCPA liability for directo...


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


House Approves SEC Legislation

Dec. 4, 2009
By Pia Sarkarn

The House of Representatives approved legislation to give the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to issue nation...


Investments


U.S. Mulls Retrying Brocade CEO

Dec. 4, 2009
By Craig Anderson

A federal prosecutor said he would try Gregory Reyes on backdating related charges that were reversed by an appeals court, the...


Labor/Employment


D.A. 'Evades' Union Subpoena

Dec. 4, 2009
By Greg Katzn

A civil service hearing officer blasted L.A. DA Steve Cooley Wednesday for ignoring subpoenas to testify about allegations he ...


Law Practice


Justices May Lock on Land Dispute

Dec. 4, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared Wednesday to be seeking to avoid a broad constitutional ruling in a dispute over ocean-front p...


Environmental


Activists Want Further Emissions Caps

Dec. 4, 2009
By Fiona Smith

Environmentalists are pushing the Obama administration to dramatically slash heat-trapping gases through the federal Clean Air...


Law Practice


No More Plaintiffs in Wage Suit

Dec. 4, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

An Orange County judge has reversed himself and refused to allow 140 new plaintiffs into a wage-and-hour dispute after a $7.5 ...


Technology & Science


Court Eases Suits' Way Out of Texas

Dec. 4, 2009
By Craig Anderson

A federal appeals court on Wednesday made it easier for patent infringement defendants' to get out of the plaintiff-friendly E...


Entertainment & Sports


Redbox: Studios Meddled In Sales

Dec. 4, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

The low-cost DVD rental company beefed up its antitrust suits against Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. by accusing them ...


Books


Once Upon a Time, Government Worked

Dec. 4, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

William Bagley of Nossaman recounts how he was one in four Assembly Republicans to vote against housing discrimination in 1963...


Immigration


Immigration Judge Is Under Fire

Dec. 4, 2009
By John Roemer

The rocky career of Los Angeles Immigration Judge Anna Ho hit another bump Wednesday as a federal appeals court again blasted ...


California Courts of Appeal


Suit Against Simpson Is Revived

Dec. 4, 2009
By Laura Ernden

A Court of Appeal revived a malpractice lawsuit against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and two Palo Alto attorneys accused of ...


Securities


The criminal trial of Broadcom's former chief financial officer William J. Ruehle for stock option backdating nearly met an ab...


Banking


Dynamic Gains in Latin American Economies

Dec. 4, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Michael Fitzgerald of Milbank Tweed addresses the growth of Latin American economies and capital markets despite a worldwide c...


Perspective


Preclusion Rules Causes Conflict

Dec. 4, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Attorneys Benjamin Shatz and Lara Krieger ask whether alternative grounds should or should not be precluded. ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Managing a Healthy Office

Dec. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robin Samuel and Jennifer Wagman of Hogan & Hartson tell employers how to protect against the H1N1 pandemic while remainin...


Technology & Science


Dealing With Data Breaches

Dec. 3, 2009
By Pat Broderick

With high-tech scoundrels scrambling to suck up sensitive data, lawyers have been left to wade through a mire of laws and regu...


California Neutrals


Top 50

Dec. 3, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Our annual list of the state's top 50 neutrals. ...


California Neutrals


Neutrals With Specialties Stand Out in Crowd

Dec. 3, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

As the ADR market has become more saturated, lawyers and their clients who use these services have become more sophisticated i...


California Neutrals


Top Neutrals 2009

Dec. 3, 2009
By Riley Guerin

The Daily Journal highlights its picks for the state's 50 top neutrals and 10 top up and coming neutrals. ...


Perspective


20 Million Reasons to Get It Right

Dec. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Allonn E. Levy of Hopkins & Carley advises on how to get jurors to agree in complex litigation. ...


Litigation


California Tops Litigation Wave

Dec. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert W. Fischer Jr. of Fulbright & Jaworski says California is one of the most active jurisdictions in a 2009 litigation...


Constitutional Law


9th Circuit Hears Prop. 8 Case

Dec. 3, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

The U.S. appeals court appeared reluctant Tuesday to compel Proposition 8 backers to turn over internal campaign strategy to p...


Large Firms


A&P Expands In Silicon Valley

Dec. 3, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Arnold & Porter continues to show it is serious about expanding in the Golden State. It has lured patent attorney Ginger D...


Immigration


Detained Immigrants Are Scattered

Dec. 3, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

A report says immigration officials are increasingly transferring foreign nationals from urban areas to remote areas where leg...


Law Practice


Firms to Hike Billing Rates in 2010

Dec. 3, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

A survey suggests law firms won't head pressure from corporate clients to hold the line or give discounts on legal pricing nex...