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Top Deals

Jun. 5, 2008
By David Houstonn

Could private equity be making a comeback?


Litigation


Law Firms 'Adopt' Skid Row Residency Hotels

Jun. 5, 2008
By Anat Rubinn

The cases were overwhelming. Hundreds of evictions, thousands of citations and countless arrests. Stroock & Lavan's Debora...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 5, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

The dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business is set to join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in July.


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court is ready to settle once and for all whether businesses can put narrow restrictions on the career moves...



Appellate Practice


Plaintiffs suing Metrolink for wrongful death and personal injury over a multiple-fatality 2005 train crash in Glendale lost o...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


It's Getting Easier Being Green

Jun. 5, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

As the public becomes duly alarmed over the projected disastrous worldwide impacts of unchecked global warming, regulatory pro...



Appellate Practice


Timing of Doll Launch Challenged

Jun. 5, 2008
By Jason W. Armstrong

A former manager for Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment told jurors Tuesday that the company had decided to market the ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Crime and Punishment - and Rehabilitation

Jun. 5, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

In a system that espouses the hope of reformation, it makes no sense to rely exclusively on the one thing that cannot change d...



A proposed settlement in the litigation over California's crowded prisons does not include the early release of prisoners, alt...


Criminal


Pellicano Meets Privately With Judge

Jun. 5, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

Convicted sleuth Anthony Pellicano had a private hearing before a federal judge Tuesday, and their discussion will remain betw...



Law Practice


Henry T. Nicholas III, the 6-foot-6 billionaire engineer and former Broadcom CEO, spent several hours in the Santa Ana federal...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


For years, strict privacy laws in California have put a virtual padlock on patients' medicine cabinets. Now, state lawmakers a...



Law Practice


Proposed Bar Rule Changes Drawing Ire

Jun. 5, 2008
By Zack Vaneyckn

The State Bar's process for revising its code of professional conduct has flown under the radar of many attorneys. ...


Judges and Judiciary


L.A. Judge Made Practicing Law a Family Affair

Jun. 5, 2008
By Cortney Fieldingn

Retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Einstein, 1924-2008, died Monday morning in Long Beach after a long ill...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Is a SAG deal imminent? Not likely. Instead, we may be sliding toward another Hollywood work stoppage, writes Jonathan Handel....


Judicial Profile


In the 1970s, U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte moved to San Jose from Southern California in part to get out from under the...



Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 4, 2008
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Chicago-based Chapman and Cutler has nabbed a public finance partner from Nixon Peabody.


Law Practice


Litigation Giant Gets 30-Month Sentence

Jun. 4, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

Melvyn I. Weiss, the class-action lawyer who represented Holocaust survivors, aggrieved investors and other victims with great...



U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected a bid by a Beverly Hills-based erotic-photo publisher that sought to hold Visa and Mast...


Intellectual Property


Citing a landmark ruling last year by the U.S. Supreme Court, a San Francisco federal judge has invalidated three Stanford Uni...



Law Practice


Although its formal launch has been pushed back to the fall, Houston-based Baker Botts' new Palo Alto office is up and running...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The Black and White of Self-Policing

Jun. 4, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The benefits of a policy that allows for a company to predict with certainty how it will be treated if it confesses will lead ...



U.S. Supreme Court


Baseball Stats Are Fair Game for Fantasy

Jun. 4, 2008
By David Houstonn

Weakening Major League Baseball's grip on companies that offer fantasy baseball leagues to the public, the U.S. Supreme Court ...


Law Practice


Anthony T. Falzone, who directs the Fair Use Project at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, won a free spee...



Focus (Forum & Focus)


Illusory Protections

Jun. 4, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Proposition 99's transparent purpose is to confuse the voters and divert their attention from the competing Proposition 98, wr...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Since its first gay-related ruling in 1951, the state high court has been inching its way toward the strict scrutiny standard ...



Appellate Practice


"The prosecution will prove to you beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Dorothy Gale, is guilty of murder in the firs...


California Supreme Court


Proposition 115 was touted as a hard-nosed measure that cracked down on criminal defendants. ...



Law Practice


Brocade to Pay $160 Million in Options Case

Jun. 4, 2008
By Craig Andersonn

In the largest-ever class-action settlement of a backdating case, Brocade Communications Systems announced Monday it had reach...


Web Exclusive - A proposed settlement in the litigation over California's overcrowded prisons was released late Monday. ...