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Death penalty opponents gearing up for battle over their recently qualified ballot initiative have been particularly vocal abo...


Government


Violence Against Women Act and U-visa relief

May 5, 2012
By Karen Natividadn

Reuthorization of VAWA is an important step in the right direction in ensuring U-visas remain an effective tool. By Stewart Ch...


Judges and Judiciary


Four Riverside County judges are battling lawyers trying to capture their seats in the June election, with the challengers acc...


Community News


State Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu told members and guests of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association that he is...


Solo and Small Firms


Andrus Anderson LLP

May 5, 2012
By Saul Sugarmann

Lori E. Andrus and Jennie Lee Anderson joined up to form Andrus Anderson LLP after meeting as first year associates at Lieff C...


Law Practice


'How could something like this happen?' said former California Attorney General John Van de Kamp, who is counsel to the firm. ...


Law Practice


Stephen Horvath, executive partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP issued a memo to all U.S. Dewey personnel notifying them they mi...


Intellectual Property


While jurors try to decide whether Google Inc. infringed Oracle Corp. 's Java copyrights, attorneys in the case turned their...


California Courts of Appeal


Inheritance tort upheld by appellate panel

May 5, 2012
By Riley Guerin

For the first time in California, a state appellate panel has recognized the tort known as intentional interference with an ex...


Intellectual Property


In a sharply split decision, the court held that intervening rights arise in a patent reexamination only when the claims have ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Court suffers from general distrust

May 5, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

A new poll punctuates the two-decade slide in the public's view of the U.S. Supreme Court, signaling that the court has been s...


Corporate


Facebook IPO yields smaller take for firm

May 5, 2012
By Bobby Pierce

Some smaller initial public offerings garnered bigger fees for law firms. ...


Solar Trust is in bankruptcy - and the future of its solar projects is anything but clear ...


California Supreme Court


From beyond the grave, an inmate who died in his cell on San Quentin's death row asked the state Supreme Court this week - th...


Community News


May 4, 2012
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Loyola Law School hosted its sixth annual Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice on April 20 at its downtown Los Angeles campus....


Community News


May 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The San Diego County Bar Association held its annual Law Week Luncheon and Celebration of Community Service on Tuesday. There,...


Community News


May 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

Debra Wong Yang, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and former United States attorney for the Central District of Cali...


Community News


May 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank kicked off its 4th Annual Food From the Bar Campaign on April 26 at the City National Plaza...


Community News


May 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The Whittier Law School Alumni Association held an awards ceremony on April 28 to honor outstanding alumni. The Attorney of th...


Community News


May 4, 2012
By Ryne Hodkowski

The LGBT attorney group at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP held its 3rd Annual Out at Sheppard Reception on May 2 at...


Corporate


Shared experience pays off

May 4, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Scott P. Barlow and John H. Ernster met on a 45-minute flight from Los Angeles to the Bay Area in 2003. What could have been a...


Corporate Counsel


Nancy Saracino

May 4, 2012
By Paul Jones

Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Administrative Officer for California Independent System Operator Folsom ...


Intellectual Property


No verdict in Oracle-Google Java trial

May 4, 2012
By Craig Andersonn

Oracle Corp. got some promising news Wednesday in the form of jury notes in its lawsuit claiming Google Inc. infringed el...


Law Practice


SF neutral starts new firm

May 4, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

Antonio "Tony" C. Piazza , who co-founded Gregorio, Haldeman, Piazza, Rotman, Frank & Feder , started a new practice at th...


Family


Many people don't realize that California law is sufficient to protect basic assets brought into marriage. By Veronika Melamed...


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


Former Bush administration attorney John C. Yoo is off the hook in a civil suit seeking to hold him liable for the detention ...


Government


LA family court braces for changes

May 4, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Facing dual pressures of budget cuts along with state-mandated reforms, Los Angeles County's family courts are taking strong m...


Law Practice


The California Bar Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the State Bar, has awarded 15 scholarships to third-year law students ...


Corporate


Spokeo Inc., the developer of a people search engine and social network aggregator website, appointed its first general counse...


Law Practice


The five California law schools sued over their graduate employment data have turned to the same attorney to plead their case ...