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Law Practice


Boutin Reaps From McDonough's Woes

Aug. 3, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

In the weeks since Sacramento stalwart McDonough Holland & Allen announced it would wind down operations, firms around the...


Administrative/Regulatory


Bill May Spark Real Estate Investment

Aug. 3, 2010
By Jason W. Armstrong

Regional housing authorities would be required to replace every affordable residential unit that gets demolished or becomes un...


Discipline


Beleaguered Lawyer Alleges Misconduct

Aug. 3, 2010
By Don Debenedictisn

A lawyer who lost his right to practice and lost a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for allegedly defrauding homeowners wantin...


Criminal


Rule Fix Aids Judge's Bid for P.D.

Aug. 3, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter P. Espinoza may not be out of the running for Public Defender after all thanks to a mot...


Perspective


With discrimination class actions on the rise, employers are wise to keep their pay and promotion practices as balanced as pos...


Corporate


Somebody Tell Them the Party's Over

Aug. 3, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Will GM, Ford and Chrysler regain their status as the industry's top automakers or will they slip into irrelevance? By Jonatha...


Criminal


New Jury Instruction Struck Down

Aug. 3, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

An appellate specialist who has spent the last year trying to topple a client's sexual assault conviction by attacking a jury ...


A cab driver fires one shot after a passenger assaults him. Can the liability insurer of the cab company deny coverage by argu...


Entertainment & Sports


Sheppard Mullin Worked Miramax Sale

Aug. 3, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Construction magnate Ronald Tutor and a group of investors have acquired Miramax Films from the Walt Disney Co. for $660 milli...


U.S. Supreme Court


Although the U.S. Supreme Court issued three rulings last term trimming defendants' protections during police interrogations, ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Aug. 2, 2010
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

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


This second installment in opposition criticizes the proposed new Rules of Professional Conduct as suffering from wordiness an...


Law Practice


On the Move

Aug. 2, 2010
By Kari Hamanakan

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...


Judicial Profile


David A. Hoffer

Aug. 2, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

Judge David A. Hoffer's career prosecuting white-collar criminals helped prepare him for his new role of reforming juvenile of...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Class Action Waivers Challenged

Jul. 31, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

California attorneys are hammering out a significant amount of case law on a high-profile issue: class action waivers in manda...


Government


Suit Seeks to Block Open Primary

Jul. 31, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

Critics of Proposition 14, the open primary initiative approved by voters this past June, filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Sup...


Environmental


EPA Rejects Greenhouse Gas Challenges

Jul. 31, 2010
By Fiona Smith

The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday rejected state and industry group petitions to back down from its finding that gr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dewey Does Zynga Deal

Jul. 31, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyers in East Palo Alto did another deal for online social game developer Zynga Game Network, this time ...


Personal Injury & Torts


U.S. Sued Over Jet Crash Deaths

Jul. 31, 2010
By Pat Broderick

A man whose family perished when a Marine Corps jet crashed into their home has filed suit in federal court against the United...


Environmental


Bill Would Allow Green Trucks Program

Jul. 31, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A New York congressman introduced a bill Thursday that would remove the legal blockades preventing the Port of Los Angeles fro...


International


Armenians Sue Turkey Over Genocide

Jul. 31, 2010
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Armenian descendants living in the United States sued the Republic of Turkey in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday, seeking...


Personal Injury & Torts


U.S. Court Guards Get Day in Court

Jul. 31, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Three federal court security guards will be allowed to go forward with many of their claims that they were retaliated against ...


Insurance


Police Sued Over Services for Deaf

Jul. 31, 2010
By Emma Gallegosn

Disability rights advocates are taking aim at local law enforcement agencies for allegedly failing to provide qualified interp...


Letter to the Editor


Comparing Eco-Disasters: Chevron v. BP

Jul. 31, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

Karen Hinton of Hinton Communications ...


Books


Accidents happen. Learn your rights or those of a lost one when tragedy hits. By Reza Torkzadeh of Slaughter & Slaughter a...


Perspective


Does invalidation of the Federal Communications Commission's "fleeting expletives policy" really matter? By Michael E. Fox of ...


Law Practice


McDonough Lawyers Jump Ship

Jul. 31, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

Twelve attorneys from McDonough Holland & Allen and one from Hanson Bridgett will launch an Oakland office for Burke, Will...


California Supreme Court


The last time Tani Cantil-Sakauye went before the State Bar's judge-vetting commission five years ago she received a lackluste...


Perspective


Haste Makes Waste: Charging for Cloud Computing

Jul. 31, 2010
By Carla Pinedan

The benefits of storing data remotely are plentiful but cloud computing also carries various legal and business conflicts, by ...


Perspective


How is emotional distress assigned a dollar value in employment and personal injury cases? By Milan Slama. ...