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U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court Takes on Guns

Oct. 2, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The explosive issue of gun rights is back at the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices agreed Wednesday to hear whether the 2n...


Litigation


Court Allows Lawyer's Suit Against Landlord

Oct. 2, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

Lawyers representing a landlord in her fight against a high-profile plaintiff's attorney show they are ready to go all the way...


Criminal


Court Won't Review Assault Case

Oct. 2, 2009
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to hear criminal defense attorney Dennis Riordan's complaint about a flaw i...


Law Practice


O'Melveny Is Shrinking Its L.A. Headquarters

Oct. 2, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

O'Melveny & Myers has begun returning four floors in its original Los Angeles headquarters to building owner Tishman Speye...


Bankruptcy


Anna Nicole Smith Was No Jimmy Stewart

Oct. 2, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Lawrence McQuillan of the Pacific Research Institute says forum shopping and lawsuit abuse has made a game out of the bankrupt...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediation Advocacy

Oct. 2, 2009

Marco Turk of California State University Dominguez Hills says creative lawyering skills are needed to resolve disputes in med...


Government


Plea to Senate: New Judges Needed

Oct. 2, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

A California federal judge told a Senate panel Wednesday that the state's Eastern District is the most overloaded in the count...


Criminal


The State Supreme court on Wednesday set a date for oral arguments in a two-year-old challenge to Jessica's Law, after an arti...


Securities


A unanimous U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a district judge's decision to suppress all statements tha...


Criminal


Sex Offenders Avoid Housing Rule

Oct. 1, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Trial judges have quietly been allowing paroled sex offenders to live near places where children gather, as they await directi...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Reining in Digital Books Space

Oct. 1, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Duane Valz of Chadbourne & Parke addresses the ramifications of the Google settlement and the future of digital book distr...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear 10 cases for the fall term ...


International


Tiff Over Tire Tariffs

Oct. 1, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

James Wong of Chinney Capital Ltd assesses the China tire tariffs from the Chinese perspective. ...


Government


Bill Aims to Repeal Telecom Immunity

Oct. 1, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

The legislation could revive suits in San Francisco against telecommunications companies over the Bush administration's warran...


Entertainment & Sports


Paul Hastings Ran Offense for Steelers

Oct. 1, 2009
By Pat Broderick

The San Diego office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker represented owners in the reorganization of the Pittsburgh Steel...


Judges and Judiciary


State Gets New Bankruptcy Judges

Oct. 1, 2009
By Pat Alston

Ronald H. Sargis will hear cases in the Eastern District; Catherine E. Bauer and Deborah J. Saltzman will hear cases in the Ce...


Technology & Science


Industry Reacts to Net Neutrality

Oct. 1, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Joseph Rosenbaum of Reed Smith says an attempt to regulate Internet neutrality may risk unintended consequences. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge: Disney Owns Rights to Pooh

Oct. 1, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

The decision by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ends an 18-year battle over the rights to the Winnie the Pooh franch...


Immigration


Court Rejects Late Deportee Appeals

Oct. 1, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

A federal court has rejected the appeals of two immigrants who tried but failed to get their petitions to a lower court in tim...


Criminal


BioPharm Exec Is Convicted

Oct. 1, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

In a big win for the Northern District U.S. attorney's office, InterMune's CEO was found guilty of charges stemming from a fal...


Law Practice


On average this year, offers were extended to just 79 percent of summer associates among 14 major law firms surveyed; that's 1...


Judicial Profile


JAG to Judge

Oct. 1, 2009
By Greg Katzn

Bernie C. LaForteza, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge ...


Criminal


Chad Hummel filed motions on behalf of fugitive film director Roman Polanski that may have nudged the L.A. County district att...


Securities


Firm Cleared in Document Case

Sep. 30, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge in San Diego has given the class action firm Milberg LLP a clean bill of health after examining allegations th...


Education


Consider This Before Slashing Services

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Areva D. Martin of Martin & Martin says cutting education cuts may be risky for state and school districts. ...


Corporate


Vantress Starts Another New Shop

Sep. 30, 2009
By Jill Redhage

San Jose-based lawyer Robert Vantress has opened a litigation boutique aimed at making legal services affordable for small and...


Litigation


Murdered Marine's Widow Sues County

Sep. 30, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Cynthia Sommer, convicted of murdering her Marine husband and then freed, filed a $20 million lawsuit against San Diego County...


Worker status as an employee or independent contractor is not simply a matter of contract. ...


Criminal


Toyota Accuser Faces Bar Inquiry

Sep. 30, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

A judge says a former Toyota lawyer may have client privilege when he accused the automaker of concealing evidence in rollover...


Intellectual Property


The Dirty Dozen

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Rob Darwell, Edwin Komen and Thomas Leo of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's roundup review and analysis of copyright ch...