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Judicial Profile


Alvin Harrell

May 7, 2014
By David Houstonn

Judge Alvin M. Harrell III of Fresno always preferred the courtroom to the partnership track.


Education


USC law dean to step down

May 6, 2014
By Don J. Debenedictis

After seven years, Robert K. Rasmussen will be stepping down as dean of USC Gould School of Law.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 6, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Data Privacy


The companies developing technology and securing patents and marketing in this space have to consider if the software applicat...


Corporate Counsel


Seth D. Krauss

May 6, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. New York ...


Contracts


Arbitration: coming to store near you?

May 6, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The food industry may be catching on to the growing trend of binding arbitration agreements. By Claudia M. Vetesi and Lisa A....


Environmental


Recently, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers jointly published proposed regulations to define those waters falling under ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Google Inc. faces further litigation over allegations it made pacts with several other tech companies to avoid recruiting each...


Law Practice


Newport Beach boutique to shutter

May 6, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Arent Fox LLP and Archer Norris PLC snagged the three name partners at Hewitt Wolensky & McNulty LLP on Thursday. ...


Intellectual Property


Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will only have to pay a fraction of the amount of damages Apple Inc. sought for infringing severa...


California Courts of Appeal


Justices of the 4th District tone down accusations in sex offender opinions ...


Community News


Learning Rights Law Center and Minds Matters hosted their second annual "A Taste for Education" benefit at Barsha Wines and Sp...


Education


The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law announced Friday that educator Charles McClintock will be their new president. ...


Law Practice


Legal market employment drops in April

May 6, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Private industry employment numbers may have finally bounced back to pre-recession levels, but the legal market last month end...


Bankruptcy


The American Bar Association waded into the debate on law firm bankruptcies Friday, filing an amicus brief that echoes argumen...


California Courts of Appeal


An attorney who advocated that a child be reunified with her mother against the recommendations of the child's court-appointed...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner erred in excluding the city of Pomona's...


Bankruptcy


Diamond McCarthy LLP added a San Francisco office with the addition of five attorneys from bankruptcy boutique Greenfield Sull...


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


Gun rights appeal could be moot

May 6, 2014
By John Roemer

Further appeals in a major California gun rights case could fizzle now that the San Diego sheriff has declined to challenge a ...


Judicial Profile


Garry T. Ichikawa

May 6, 2014
By Paul Jones

While many other bench officers try to rotate out of family law, Judge Garry Ichikawa embraces it.


Judicial Profile


Laurel D. White

May 6, 2014
By Fiona Smith

Laurel White is known for delving into details of cases while also moving her calendar quickly


Firm Watch


On The Move

May 5, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Popular mobile photo application Snapchat Inc. , based in Los Angeles, has scooped up its first in-house lawyer: Christopher T...


Judicial Profile


Allison Claire

May 4, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

After fighting for various causes, Allison Claire now directs her passion toward judicial work.


WebCast



WebCast


Mark Holscher Kirkland & Ellis LLP

May 3, 2014
By Riley Guerin



Government



Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Jurors are not your 'friends'

May 3, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

A new ABA ethics opinion reviews ethical issues arising from lawyers' review of jurors' social media, and offers lawyers and j...


Tired of waiting on school districts, some of California's top litigators are teaming with parents to fix the problems that pr...


Books


Juvenile justice meets science

May 3, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

"Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice," edited by Franklin Zimring and David Tanenhaus, provides a look at trends...