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Intellectual Property


Patent Pending: Reform Eludes IP

Jan. 3, 2009
By David Houstonn

While the legal industry was rattled as the economy drifted into recession and then a shock, intellectual property attorneys f...


Federal agents raided Julia and B.J. Davis' hope in August 2005. The couple have filed a lawsuit accusing the government of re...



Litigation


Bratz and Barbie will share toy aisle space a while longer. ...


Litigation


A. David Kagon, 1918-2008

Jan. 3, 2009
By Noah Barronn

A. David Kagon, the lawyer who defeated the first so-called "palimony" suit, filed against actor Lee Marvin in 1976, has died....



Employment (Focus & Forum)


Downsizing Layoffs

Jan. 3, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

If companies are capable of reducing personnel without making layoffs, they can look to less draconian options to save on cost...


Appellate Practice


Pamela Dunn, 1949-2008

Jan. 3, 2009
By Sara Randazzon

Pamela Dunn, a noted Pasadena appellate attorney who won a surprise victory in a recent arbitration case, has died. She was 59...



Forum (Forum & Focus)


Farewell to Fear

Jan. 3, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Let us all hope that 2009 ushers in a new era of American confidence, writes Mark A. Neubauer. - Forum Column ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Goodwill Hunting

Jan. 3, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

A recent appellate decision confirmed that developers of raw land cannot recover anticipated future development profits by cha...



Verdicts


One month after a crowded Metrolink train collided with a freight train during rush hour, killing 25 commuters and injuring 13...


Zoning, Planning and Use


The controversy over the new housing density law involves the two competing interests of affordable housing development and lo...



Discipline


Celebrity Lawyer Faces State Bar Discipline

Jan. 3, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

Santa Fe Springs defense attorney Brian Oxman is known for representing celebrity clients, including (briefly) Michael Jackson...


Law Practice


Lone Objector Holds Up $96M Tobacco Funds

Jan. 3, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Some $96 million in settlement funds from a smokeless tobacco class action in California is being held up by a lone objector. ...



Corporate


Top Deals

Jan. 2, 2009
By Jonathan Vaniann

Lawyers from Latham & Watkins can breathe easier after finishing a deal worth up to $900 million between London-based phar...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 2, 2009
By Jonathan Vaniann

Los Angeles-headquartered Northrop Grumman Corp. has selected a Sheppard Mullin partner as the company's corporate vice presid...



Civil Rights


Unrepresented Citizen Fights to Stay in U.S.

Jan. 1, 2009
By Sandra Hernandezn

In September, Jose Ledesma was sent to a Southern California immigration detention center, marking the second time in three ye...


Judicial Profile


Top of the Charts

Jan. 1, 2009
By Pat Alston

Gale E. Kaneshiro's detailed guides help simplify complex felony cases and draw praise from lawyers. ...



Education


A rapidly constricting law firm job market has prompted top law schools such as Harvard to aggressively shop their students to...


Law Practice


Some legal observers said they expect President Obama to steer sharply away from pre-emption through his policy directives, an...



Law Practice


White-Collar Lawyers Go to Sheppard

Jan. 1, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

In a blow to Chicago-based Mayer Brown's white-collar practice in Los Angeles, prominent litigators Bryan Daly and Chuck Krein...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Giving Tree

Jan. 1, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

The 1st District Court of Appeal recently issued a wakeup call to attorneys: You need to add techniques from the worlds of bus...



Forum (Forum & Focus)


Are Lawyers Birds of a Feather?

Jan. 1, 2009
By Sara Libbyn

Lawyers are often characterized as vultures — and those who scrounge for business following a disaster make that stereotype mu...


Law Practice


Headliners: Lawyers That Made it Happen

Jan. 1, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Read more about the lawyers who shaped the California legal landscape this year. ...



To put it mildly, 2008 was not a rosy one for the legal industry. Sub-prime woes and the credit crunch tempered the demand for...


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


It is cruel and unusual punishment to make a Los Angeles man convicted of attempted rape serve 28 years to life for failing to...



Forum (Forum & Focus)


A recent appellate case disproves what is often called the "CSI effect" — the perception that DNA evidence is infallible, writ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 31, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

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



Law Practice


Countrywide Case Goes to State Court

Dec. 31, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

In a little-noticed order being cheered by the California attorney general, a federal judge in San Diego sent a class-action c...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 31, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Davis Wright Tremaine adds a health care partner in its Los Angeles office.



Civil Rights


A growing number of green card holders now find themselves trapped in federal immigration detention centers for years while ba...


Judicial Profile


For the People

Dec. 31, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

Doing painstaking research as a Fulbright scholar at Oxford quickly persuaded Judge Elia Weinbach to trade the musty halls...