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Large Firms


Thelen Class Action Dismissed

Jan. 15, 2010
By Jill Redhage

The former employees of San Francisco-based law firm Thelen voluntarily dismissed an $18 million class action lawsuit this wee...


Civil Rights


Walker Withdraws Video Request

Jan. 15, 2010
By Rebecca Beyer

Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker on Thursday asked 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski t...


Securities


Prosecutor Urges Cooley's Removal

Jan. 15, 2010
By Craig Anderson

A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the thorny question of whether a law firm could defend a former technology company exec...


Criminal


Lawyer Admits Misusing Settlement

Jan. 15, 2010
By David Houstonn

A former Irvine attorney who squandered nearly all of a $2.7 million settlement he won for his class action plaintiffs pleaded...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Cuts in Autism Care Prompts Suit

Jan. 15, 2010
By Evan George

The class action alleges East Los Angeles Regional Center terminated a common and vital therapy called DIR to close its budget...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


MRI Drug Bellwether Case Settles

Jan. 15, 2010
By Evan George

The leading maker of a medical imaging drug linked to a rare and potentially fatal disease settled with a San Francisco man, e...


Perspective


Who Took the 'Me' Out of Mediation?

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Mediator and arbitrator Deborah Rothman says "litigization" of the mediation process has resulted in less client satisfaction ...


Large Firms


Firms Help Haiti Quake Victims

Jan. 15, 2010
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho

Law firms may have spent the past year scrimping and saving, reducing head counts and cutting costs across the board, but days...


Books


Hollywood, a Reflection of American Society?

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Justice Eileen Moore of the Court of Appeal compares Hollywood's movie industry with the U.S. Supreme Court's treatment of rac...


Perspective


Juvenile Defense Attorneys Speak Out

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Sue Burrell of the Youth Law Center concludes her piece on the need to increase and expand specialty training efforts for juve...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper has died, two months before she was set to retire. She was 69. Cooper was undergoing...


Labor/Employment


The California Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed an attorney's $871,000 fee request for winning an employment discrimination ...


Criminal


Charges Against L.A. Judge Shrink

Jan. 15, 2010
By Greg Katzn

An Orange County judge has dismissed charges of Penal Code violations against Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Harvey S...


Environmental


Judge Strikes SoCal Water Contracts

Jan. 15, 2010
By Fiona Smith

A Sacramento Superior Court judge invalidated a set of contracts Thursday that threatens to unravel a hard fought plan to divv...


Civil Rights


Blunder Haunts San Diego Agencies

Jan. 15, 2010
By John Roemer

Three innocent teens wrongly accused of killing the 12-year-old sister of one of the accused can sue two San Diego County citi...


Constitutional Law


Why We Need a Federal Solution

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Patricia Cain of Santa Clara University says a uniform rule for same-sex unions is needed as state action has created a legal ...


Letter to the Editor


Gary Paul of Water, Kraus & Paul comments on asbestos litigation in California.


Law Practice


Mixing Profits With Social Good

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sara Randazzon

California could soon create a new type of corporate entity that includes social good in its mandate if a 10-attorney working ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Robert Letteau

Jan. 15, 2010
By Cat Ho

Lawyers say ADR Services neutral Robert Letteau has the quality that makes a mediator shine: He not only listens, but can pers...


Perspective


To Mark, Or Not to Mark

Jan. 15, 2010
By Sharon Liangn

Chris Holm of Milbank Tweed explains the benefits and risks for marking "patented" on products as well as the consequences of ...


Corporate


Fenwick Lawyers Aid Virgin America

Jan. 14, 2010
By Jill Redhage

Northern California-based Fenwick & West lawyers helped privately held Virgin America secure $68.4 million in debt financi...


Intellectual Property


Firm Accuses China of Cyber Attack

Jan. 14, 2010
By Evan George

Repercussions form a $2.2 billion software piracy lawsuit against the Chinese government hit close to home for the lawyers at ...


Public Interest


Grants For Legal Service Groups

Jan. 14, 2010
By Amy Yarbroughn

More than a dozen legal service organizations - many in rural areas of the state - have received a financial boost from the Ca...


Judges and Judiciary


Northern District Gets New Magistrate

Jan. 14, 2010
By Pat Alston

Professor Donna M. Ryu of UC Hastings College of the Law will take the bench in the Oakland federal courthouse on March 1.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Enforcers Discuss Guidelines

Jan. 14, 2010
By Robert Iafolla

The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy at Stanford University is hosting a public workshop today to discuss issues involve...


Labor/Employment


Appellate Court Reinstates Libel Suit

Jan. 14, 2010
By Laura Ernden

A state appellate court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday brought against a prominent San Francisco employment lawyer by one of h...


Immigration


Asylum Allowed For Whistle Blowers

Jan. 14, 2010
By Sandra Hernandezn

The 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals reversed an immigration court and found whistle blowing against government corruption is groun...


Criminal


Few Clues in O'Donnell Case

Jan. 14, 2010
By Evelyn Larrubian

A Ninth Circuit appeals panel played its cards close to the vest Wednesday, not giving any clear signs during oral arguments w...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


No Score Yet in NFL Case

Jan. 14, 2010
By Lawrence Hurleyn

Neither side scored a decisive touchdown Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the National Footb...


Entertainment & Sports


Lionsgate Lead Bidder for Terminator

Jan. 14, 2010
By Jean Luc Renault

Movie studio Lionsgate Entertainment has emerged as the leading bidder to take over the rights to the Terminator franchise wit...