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Insurance


Courts muddle scope of disparagement coverage

Jan. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Can mere conduct that reflects poorly on a claimant trigger "disparagement" coverage? Until recently, the law seemed cl...


Although tax advisers are supposed to assume that every return is examined, there is no law against trying to make the return ...


Perspective


Creative environmental legislation for 2013

Jan. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Last year, the LA Department of Water and Power announced that it would purchase power from two Nevada locations. But why go o...


The 9th Circuit handed Warner Bros. a huge victory in the fight over whether the studio or the two comic strip writers who inv...


Litigation


A federal judge blocked implementation of a voter-approved California law regarding sexual offender reporting requirements, sa...


Silicon Valley companies advocating for tighter domestic industry requirements at the International Trade Commission were deal...


Corporate


Paul Hastings helps with Canadian purchase

Jan. 12, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Paul Hastings LLP announced Thursday it represented Fremont-based Procera Networks Inc. in its recent purchase of British Colu...


Law Practice


Longtime vets advocate retires from MoFo

Jan. 12, 2013
By Kevin Lee

Longtime Morrison & Foerster LLP litigator Gordon P. Erspamer, a renowned advocate for military veterans' rights, has reti...


Law Practice


Intellectual property litigator William S. Coats cited the firm's work with clients in the entertainment industry as a primary...


Solo and Small Firms


Redlands firm is in a class of its own

Jan. 12, 2013
By Katie Lucia

Tucked away in the second-floor corner of a Redlands office building, McCuneWright LLP attorneys quietly work on some of the n...


Litigation


Litigation is expected to create the highest number of job opportunities in 2013, according to a report released Thursday by R...


The conference is being sponsored by Virginia-based George Mason University, which will pay all food and lodging costs for 120...


A gang member-turned-lawyer who fell back in with criminal associates was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for help...


Labor/Employment


Eric Benedict alleges in his complaint that Hewlett-Packard Co. misclassified workers like himself for salary purposes, preven...


Ronald L. M. Goldman, the attorney who helped secure immunity for Linda Kasabian, the prosecution's key witness in the case ag...


Criminal


Canadian charged in visa scam

Jan. 12, 2013
By Jean Yung

The Los Angeles city attorney's office Thursday charged a Canadian national with 32 misdemeanor counts on charges of cheating ...


Instagram is adopting provisions in its revised terms of use adding a class action waiver and a clause requiring consumers to ...


Government


Trial courts avoided a feared sweep of their savings in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal Thursday, but the courthouse constr...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Deborah C. Saxe

Jan. 11, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

Deborah C. Saxe represented employers for three decades but was always able to see both sides of every dispute, an important a...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jan. 11, 2013
By David Ruiz

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Katherine E. Adkins

Jan. 11, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Toyota Financial Services ...


Law Practice


Before the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Korean firms worried that American competitors would dominate the legal marketplac...


Perspective


Russia's US-adoption ban an act of retaliation

Jan. 11, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Russia's anti-adoption legislation was introduced to Russian Parliament just days after President Barack Obama signed the Magn...


Criminal


Innocent people confess to murder, too

Jan. 11, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

In 2012 convicted murderer Glen Rogers 'confessed' to the 1994 murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman. And he...


Litigation


LSAC sues state over new standardized test law

Jan. 11, 2013
By Saul Sugarman

The Law School Admission Council has sued state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Gov. Jerry Brown in Sacramento County Super...


Family law attorneys appearing in San Francisco County Superior Court are displeased with a "revolving door" of judges handlin...


Judges and Judiciary


Despite the state's ongoing fiscal problems, the judicial branch may push for funding for 100 new judgeships this session. ...


California Courts of Appeal


Education advocates hoping to bring back state monitoring of school programs for disadvantaged children lost their appeal Wedn...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


The Internal Revenue Service has issued additional guidance intended to help employers determine whether they are subject to t...


Perspective


Punitive equitable remedy goes too far

Jan. 11, 2013
By Joey Berumenn

Homeowner's associations should be mindful of the principle that "one who seeks equity must do equity." By Kenneth Eade ...