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Perspective


Just Say 'Yes'

Sep. 30, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Judith Posner and Zareh Jaltorossian of Reed Smith says an aggrieved party has options to maximize its chances of relief from ...


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


Onerous Rent Control May Be a Taking

Sep. 30, 2009
By John Roemer

A federal appeals court ruling that rent control may violate "Takings" Clause is likely to shake up laws controlling mobile ho...


Securities


Broadcom Shareholder Deal Gets Tentative OK

Sep. 30, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

A federal judge preliminarily approved a $118 million partial settlement in the Broadcom shareholder derivative litigation. ...


Judicial Profile


Personalizing Probate

Sep. 30, 2009
By Pat Alston

Robert S. Wada used to pour over documents behind the scenes as a probate attorney for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


An Unexpected Journey to the High Court

Sep. 29, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

ACLU lawyer Peter J. Eliasberg never dreamed a dispute over a cross erected on federal land would be his first U.S. Supreme Co...


Perspective


Earn on hour of MCLE credit by reading 'Update on DNA Evidence' by Hon. Mark E. Windham and answering the questions that follo...


U.S. Supreme Court


Update on DNA Evidence

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Hon. Mark E. Windham examines the California Supreme Court's decision in People v. Nelson. ...


Law Practice


Restoring Public Trust in Corporations

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert R. Denham of The Conference Board Task Force presents five principles to assist companies in execution of their compens...


Labor/Employment


Suit Claims Weight Watchers Stiffed Workers

Sep. 29, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

About 1,000 current and former Weight Watchers team leaders and location coordinators filed a class action claiming the weight...


The parties battling over whether gays and lesbians have a right to marry are also battling over what kinds of materials they ...


Judges and Judiciary


For the second time in two months, a judicial confirmation hearing turned into a skewering of the State Bar's judge-vetting or...


Product Liability


Drowning Out Unwanted Noise

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson reviews Bose's new noise canceling headphones. ...


Law Practice


Allen Matkins Pushes For Diversity

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Law firm hires new director of diversity. ...


Perspective


Hollywood Producers Snared

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jonathan Drimmer and Christian Jordan of Steptoe & Johnson says the Foreign Practices Act has its eye on the entertainment...


Civil Rights


State Will Pay Unprecedented Sum to Inmate

Sep. 29, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

In what's being called the largest settlement ever for a prisoner-employee, California prison authorities agreed this month to...


Law Practice


Full Service

Sep. 29, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

A desire to help criminal defendants in all aspects of their legal problems led three federal public defenders to form their o...


Corporate Counsel


Sunny Outlook

Sep. 29, 2009
By Fiona Smith

In 2007, Bruce Ledesma took over as general counsel of San Jose-based SunPower Corp., putting him at the legal helm of an ind...


Insites


CORPORATE REAL ESTATE

Sep. 29, 2009
By Carla Pinedan

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California chapter of CoreNet Global is accepting nominations for its Remmy Awards through Oct. 2. ...


Energy Law


Delivering on Renewable Energy

Sep. 29, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Joel H. Mack and Mark T. Campopiano of Latham & Watkins expect rapid shifts in California's regulatory and legal landscape...


Criminal


A casual e-mail between political consultants - contained in recently-released records of a bribery prosecution - speaks volum...


Law Practice


Federal Judge Stephen G. Larson, who earlier this month announced he was leaving the bench because of financial constraints, i...


Judicial Profile


Judicial Rx

Sep. 29, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

Judge Christopher J. Warner's love of science first steered him toward a medical career. Now he enjoys hearing medical expert...


Judicial Profile


Exercising Patience

Sep. 29, 2009
By Pat Alstonn

Judge Teresa Beaudet is known for being patient and meticulous. An English lit major, she compares reading cases to reading sh...


Law Practice


On the Move

Sep. 28, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


Large Firms


A Year After Heller Went Under

Sep. 26, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Former lawyers at Heller Ehrman reflect on what led up to the firm's historic bankruptcy a year ago. M. Laurence Popofsky was ...


California Courts of Appeal


Poochigian Confirmed to Court

Sep. 26, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Despite controversy, former Sen. Charles Poochigian was confirmed Thursday to a seat on the 5th District Court of Appeal. ...


Arbitrator Profile


A Cooling Presence for Hot Tempers

Sep. 26, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

Lawyers say Jon M. Mayeda is good at calming people in heated adversarial situations and helping them ditch emotional baggage....


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


A while back in a 10-year-old case over gun shows, Donald E. Kilmer's co-counsel Donald B. Kates Jr. urged Kilmer not to raise...


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


Showdown at 9th Circuit Over Gun Show Ban

Sep. 26, 2009
By John Roemer

Firearms advocates battled local lawmakers who want to keep gun shows off county property Thursday at oral argument before an ...


Perspective


Why Retail Businesses Are Leaving

Sep. 26, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Andrew F. Puzder of CKE Restaurants, Inc. says California's unfriendly business environment needs to be improved. ...