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Entertainment & Sports


Must Athlete Endorsers Answer to SAG?

Aug. 5, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

The Screen Actors Guild is trying to enlarge its piece of the $1 billion pie that companies spend on athlete endorsements. ...


A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals beaned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday for bri...


Law Practice


Survey May Not Tell Whole Story

Aug. 5, 2009
By Amanda Becker

The National Association for Law Placement released its annual survey of law firm associate compensation last week, but the st...


Immigration


Foreign Service

Aug. 5, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

U.S. employers laying off foreign workers should be careful to comply with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulatio...


Perspective


Put on Hold(en)

Aug. 5, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Richard Posell discusses the rationale behind a judge's order halting an unauthorized sequel to "A Catcher in the Rye." ...


Law Practice


Unusual Allies Seek Review of Immigration Law

Aug. 5, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the ACLU, among other groups, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Arizona law requiring...


Criminal


Reasonable Doubt About Reasonable Doubt

Aug. 5, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Instructions on the "reasonable doubt" standard can be ambiguous and confusing, writes Dean D. Pregerson. ...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Plotting a Fresh Attack on Damage Caps

Aug. 5, 2009
By Evan George

The Consumer Attorneys of California has begun a new push to topple the state's restrictive cap on damages in medical malpract...


California Supreme Court


Court Allows Hidden Cameras In Workplace

Aug. 5, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Employers can set up hidden cameras in the workplace, but they'd better have good reasons for doing it and tread carefully to ...


Corporate Counsel


Deal Spotlights Yahoo's Legal Team

Aug. 4, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Yahoo's general counsel, Mike Callahan, talks about why the Justice Department should approve the Yahoo-Microsoft search partn...


Civil Rights


In July, the justice bus delivered a load of law students and attorneys to provide pro bono help to residents of Marin County,...


Low-income citizens in need of legal services got free advice this week from lawyers and summer associates who volunteered to ...


Solo and Small Firms


Los Angeles personal injury firm Michels & Watkins, which employs a physician on staff, specializes in medical malpractice...


Large Firms


Attorneys in the Southern California offices of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton and Sullivan & Cromwell played key r...


Bankruptcy


Learn From Britain's Mistake

Aug. 4, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Britain went through a routine similar to the one unfolding between the U.S. government and GM, only to wind up with no automo...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association's House of Delegates meets in Chicago today and Tuesday to consider a host of policy recommendati...


Environmental


There is a huge unrealized opportunity to save energy starting today if the country could overcome regulatory, financial and c...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


ESI: California

Aug. 4, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

California's new rules governing electronically stored information differ from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, write Dav...


Law Practice


Randy Berholtz, lawyer, businessman and teacher, tries hard to keep aspiring life science entrepreneurs from screwing up. And ...


Technology & Science


Site Unseen

Aug. 4, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Some law firms haven't touched their Web site in years—or worse, they don't have one at all, writes Sharon Berman. ...


Government


The Redlands courthouse, which handles probate and traffic cases, will close down on October 12, San Bernardino County Superio...


Public Interest


Making Summer Associates Useful

Aug. 4, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Giving summer associates pro bono provides them a meaningful experience instead of a treadmill of memoranda, write Brent D. So...


Judges and Judiciary


President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn H. Nguyen as a U.S. district cour...


Litigation


Thousands of people each year sell a portion of the annuities they receive as court awards or in settlements to a specialized ...


Judicial Profile


Rock to Robe

Aug. 4, 2009
By Pat Alston

Earlier in life, William R. Redmond gave tours of Alcatraz as a park ranger and later prosecuted offenders as a deputy distric...


Judicial Profile


Maximum Ron

Aug. 4, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen rises at 2:30 a.m., so he can start lifting weights by 3 a.m. Perhaps lawyers sho...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 3, 2009
By Christian Berthelsenn

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...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Aug. 3, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

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


Criminal


Women Lining Up for U.S. Attorney Post

Aug. 1, 2009
By Rebecca Beyer

The search for a new U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California is heating up, and so is speculation that a woman wi...


Capitalizing on a budget crisis not seen since the Great Depression, a coalition of community justice and human rights organiz...