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Judicial Profile


Jesse Rodriguez

Feb. 23, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...


Judicial Profile


George J. Abdallah Jr.

Feb. 22, 2015
By Laura Hautalan

Judge George Abdallah Jr. helps attorneys grow by challenging the foundation of their arguments.


Law Practice


Program boosts law students’ experience

Feb. 21, 2015
By Alison Frost

A highly competitive fellowship teams graduate students seeking business experience with companies eager to gain extra hands o...


Criminal


Finally joining the aid-in-dying crowd

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, three cancer patients and three physicians sued in superior court asserting that the state Constitution assures men...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Keys to successful mediation — Part II

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Once you have properly and fully prepared for the mediation, what next? By Charles G. "Skip" Rubin ...


Criminal


Cloud coverage under the California Constitution

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Californians may enjoy more protective rights to stored Web-based electronic communication to the extent federal law purports ...


Entertainment & Sports


And the Most Litigated Oscar goes to...

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The Oscars are around the corner, so here's a review of some of the more interesting intellectual property disputes involving ...


Corporate


Auction.com names new chief legal officer

Feb. 21, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Auction.com Inc. named Lee Leslie as executive vice president and chief legal officer after serving as the company's interim g...


Community News


Irell & Manella hosts diversity scholarship ceremony ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Attorneys caught between an ethical demand to withdraw from a case and a court order to disclose the confidential reasons must...


Litigation


A federal judge has filed a wrongful death suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the alleged driver in a hit-and-r...


Public Interest


Legal nonprofits in Southern California appear to be going through a bit of a shake up, with a slate of leaders departing rece...


Solo and Small Firms


Tech Titans

Feb. 21, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Kronenberger Rosenfeld LLP was one of the first Internet litigation boutiques in the San Francisco Bay Area and quickly establ...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appellate court sides with Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP and orders Guam-based attorney David Lujan to pay the firm for...


Judges and Judiciary


The Van Nuys and downtown Stanley Mosk Courthouse were the recipients of suspect-looking letters. ...


Video


VIDEO: Foreclosure challenges in high court

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Claifornia's support of secured lenders has meant that the well-publicized 'robo-signing' cases that appeared nationwide sever...


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


Baffled federal appellate judges asked the state Supreme Court for help Thursday in solving a labor law puzzle over the meanin...


California court leaders said Thursday they would reform executive compensation packages and reduce their fleet of 66 vehicles...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Feb. 20, 2015
By Don Debenedictisn

Among a recent batch of lawyers disciplined by the state Supreme Court and the State Bar Court, nine got into trouble for larg...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court's sustained pushback against blanket enforcement of arbitration agreements is about to come under fede...


Corporate Counsel


Gail S. Cooper

Feb. 20, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

General Counsel of Pasadena Area Community College District ...


Perspective


The review procedures created by the America Invents Act often involes a complicated and unpredictable inquiry. By Clem Robert...


There is at least one area of campaign finance law that remains unscathed by Supreme Court's recent precedents: the strictly c...


GC Email


The Antitrust Division's new message

Feb. 20, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The latest from the Antitrust Division is a refinement of its "carrot and stick" - with an emphasis on new "sticks." By Roxann...


Litigation


A Taco Bell franchisee and a restaurant manager are the defendants in a racial discrimination, racial harassment and wrongful ...


Law Practice


Christopher J. Lovrien was named partner in charge of the California region, while David C. Kiernan was appointed administrati...


After years of complaints, the judicial branch is looking seriously at pegging funding for court-ordered dependency counsel to...


Criminal


The owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse became the latest to plead guilty to participating in a gruesome scheme to sell misbran...


Judges and Judiciary


Federal judges based along the Southwest border, including California's Southern District, sentence more criminal defendants t...


A former Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising creative director filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles after being ...