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Law Practice


Lawyer does more international work

Oct. 4, 2011
By Henry Meier

Terree Bowers, a former U.S. attorney for the Central District and a current Arent Fox LLP partner in Los Angeles, has used hi...


Government


California AG rejects banks settlement

Oct. 4, 2011
By Emily Green

State Attorney General Kamala Harris has rejected a wide-ranging settlement with banks over controversial foreclosure practice...


Government


The fight between local governments and Internet providers over who should govern the nation's broadband networks is heating u...


Government


The Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion for a court-appointed trustee to take over Solyndra, the solar panel manufa...


Real Estate/Development


Federal loan limit downgrade spurs industry fears

Oct. 4, 2011
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Real estate agents are bracing for a hit as the Federal Housing Agency lowered the mortgage price that it will back by more th...


Government


SF superior court employees get the ax

Oct. 4, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

In its effort to cope with a $6.23 million shortfall, San Francisco County Superior Court laid off 67 employees Friday and wil...


Law Practice


Online legal services expanding

Oct. 4, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Just as the Internet changed how people interact, prominent venture capital firms think it will change the way legal work is d...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The Department of Justice nailed its first defendant in an investigation of price-fixing and bid-rigging in the optical disk d...


Law Practice


North Carolina-based firm adds Cupertino office

Oct. 4, 2011
By Craig Anderson

North Carolina-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC became the latest out-of-state firm to open a Silicon Valley off...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term today reviewing a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but that sh...


Litigation


OC DA's case against Toyota set for 2012

Oct. 4, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Toyota Motor Corp.'s response to the unintended acceleration scandal, and not the particular details of an accident allegedly ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Oct. 3, 2011
By Bill Richardson

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


U.S. Supreme Court


Appellate Lawyers' Roundtable

Oct. 3, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

Two groups of California appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles, the other in San Francisco - recently sat down with the Daily...


Law Practice


On the Move

Oct. 3, 2011
By Connie Lopezn

Paul Hastings LLP has snagged Holly House as partner in its San Francisco office. Her focus is on antitrust and global competi...


Judicial Profile


Paul R. Bernal

Oct. 2, 2011
By Craig Anderson

Some call Superior Court Judge Paul R. Bernal compassionate and innovative, others biased.


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

On Sept. 23, as part of its 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance Initiative, the Los Angeles office of Holland & Knight lau...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Marsha S. Berzon and state Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu study their notes befor...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

The California Bar Foundation gave away $257,500 in scholarships to 44 aspiring lawyers Sept. 22 at the offices of Reed Smith ...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Attorney Thomas Klitgaard was awarded the Magnolia Silver Award by the Shanghai Municipal Government at a ceremony at the city...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Lawyers from four law firms with offices in Los Angeles teamed up on Sunday for some friendly competition in the 8th annual Am...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

The Latina Lawyers Bar Association held its 14th annual awards and scholarship dinner on Sept. 16 at the Millennium Biltmore H...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Members of the Beverly Hills Bar Association gathered at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel Tuesday to welcome incoming asso...


Community News


Sep. 30, 2011
By David Mcafeen

Harvey K.S. O’Melveny addressed a group of history buffs at the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery last Saturday. The only problem was ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Trial bar groups split on joint fees

Sep. 30, 2011
By Ciaran Mcevoyn

In the wake of recent political and legal setbacks, some have called for greater unity among the plaintiffs' bar, but efforts ...


Perspective


The man behind New York Times v. Sullivan

Sep. 30, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

The story of L.B. Sullivan and how he became the catalyst for one of the most memorable decisions in U.S. Supreme Court histor...


Merck becomes one of the first Fortune 100 companies to diversify its executive officer team, making the company stand out fro...


Perspective


Illegal importation, a costly mistake

Sep. 30, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

It can be easy to violate trade laws when importing products - don't be the next target. By F. Gordon Lee of Nossaman LLP


Fed up with the lack of a comprehensive push to curb climate change, a group of children is pushing a novel legal argument in ...


Government


High court to weigh retiree health benefits

Sep. 30, 2011
By Ben Adlin

The state Supreme Court will hear opening arguments next week in a case that could settle the question of whether retired publ...


Litigation


The legal risks of tell-all books

Sep. 30, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

In response to news that the writer-creator of "Two and a Half Men" may be working on a tell-all book, lawyers examine the leg...