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Real Estate/Development


Factions Split In Real Estate Patent Case

Jul. 12, 2008
By Peter Matuszakn

One of the nation's top real estate agents has settled his part of an industrywide patent dispute, siding with plaintiffs who ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Families Awarded $29 Million for Fire

Jul. 11, 2008
By Greg Katzn

An arbitrator has awarded $29 million to the families of five people killed by an apartment fire in the Kings County city of L...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Jul. 11, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Kaye Scholer nabs a corporate partner from Winston & Strawn.


Government


DOJ Announces Changes to Privilege Waiver Policy

Jul. 11, 2008
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The Justice Department announced Wednesday proposed changes to its policy of seeking attorney-client privilege waivers in corp...



Insites


FORECLOSURE

Jul. 11, 2008
By Carla Pinedan

RealtyTrac's monthly report found a 3 percent decrease in foreclosure activity for June when compared with the previous month,...


Law Practice


Michael Steel, a prominent environmental litigator and onetime managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's San Franc...



Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Candidate Amassing Fines

Jul. 11, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

A Westminster city councilman and local Republican official running for Orange County judge has filed campaign finance reports...


Law Practice


Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added three Wilson Sonsini outsourcing lawyers to various offices on Wednesday, including on...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


In the Dog House

Jul. 11, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Being overly antagonistic and aggressive at trial can do more damage than good to your case, writes G. Christopher Ritter. - F...


Law Practice


Shooting Death of Attorney Comes as Shock

Jul. 11, 2008
By Dhyana Leveyn

Legal professionals and academics were shocked last week by the death of one of their own, Xia Zhao, 1969-2008, a Sillicon Val...



Entertainment & Sports


Actors Group OKs Pact With Studios

Jul. 11, 2008
By Nicolas Taborekn

In a blow to the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved its labor agreement...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Is Silence Always Golden?

Jul. 11, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A recent decision in Delaware case is an emphatic statement on the boundaries of securities holders' rights and importance of ...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Given the unpredictable nature of this election, America could witness the first modern electoral tie, which would trigger an ...


Immigration


Labor Officials Target Foreign Worker Visas

Jul. 11, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

An immigration law firm and a San Francisco software company are the latest targets of a federal investigation involving appli...



California Supreme Court


Attorneys for Ford Motor Co. convinced the California Supreme Court Wednesday to reconsider an $82.6 million judgment against ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Jack A. Draper has the solution for lawyers worried about their carbon footprints: mediate online.



Firm Watch


On the Move

Jul. 10, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

A longtime O'Melveny & Myers labor and employment partner has jumped to Jones Day.


Law Practice


Rachel Folberg put her law career on the line to testify in Sacramento against the appointment of her former boss, Robert A. J...



Judicial Profile


Stepping Up to the Plate

Jul. 10, 2008
By Pat Alston

Superior Court Judge David. S. Wesley displays the same talents on the bench that he showed as a sandlot ballplayer - speed an...


Litigation


A former San Diego Chargers linebacker, who contends that his football career was ended when he was shot by an off-duty police...



Healthcare/Hospital Law


The state's largest for-profit health insurer has agreed to pay $11.8 million to California hospitals for unpaid medical bills...


Law Practice


Out-of-state law firms remain keenly interested in acquiring or merging with California firms, consultants say. But statistics...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Good for the Planet, or Good for Business?

Jul. 10, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

A rising tide of consumer disgust with "greenwashing" - false, deceptive or simply meaningless environmental marketing claims ...


Judges and Judiciary


Dealing With the Dolls and Death Docket

Jul. 10, 2008
By Jim Adamekn

U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson of Riverside is presiding over two high-profile cases, the business dispute over who own...



Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court officials are investigating how a former family law commissioner piled up 31 undecided cases before retiring, c...


Law Practice


Prison officials routinely deny crucial testing and treatments to the thousands of inmates who are infected with the hepatitis...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Danger Zones

Jul. 10, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

In creating "free speech zones" where protestors are confined to a particular, often isolated location, the government is miss...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Rather than eliminate subject tests, UC schools should work with high schools to make sure that qualified students understand ...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Jul. 9, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Seyfarth Shaw grabs DLA Piper's labor and employment chair.


Law Practice


Howrey attorney Daniel Shvodian was on the legal team that seized on the Supreme Court’s “obviousness” test for patents to cha...