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Editor's Note

Sep. 23, 2009
By Susan Mcraen

The Daily journal compiled its first list of the leading lawyers in California in 1997. It quickly became a key indicator of w...


Top 100


Top 100

Sep. 23, 2009
By STEPHEN LARSON

The Daily Journal publishes its 12th annual listing of the most influential legal leaders in the state.


Litigation


U.S. Lawyers Seek Damages From Wildfire Culprits

Sep. 23, 2009
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

As wildfires become increasingly destructive, leveling homes, causing mass evacuations and decimating hundreds of thousands of...


Litigation


Retailers can't record your e-mail address when they run your credit card, a San Diego state appellate panel held Monday in le...


Corporate


Gibson Dunn Advised on Debt Refinancing

Sep. 23, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co. announced it will conduct a private offering of $450 million in 10-year notes, in a de...


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


Nigerians Appeal Chevron Verdict

Sep. 23, 2009
By John Roemer

Nigerian protesters who lost their civil rights lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in a federal jury trial here last December tried...


Government


Suit Revived Over Spying on City Officials

Sep. 23, 2009
By Laura Ernden

A state appellate court Monday vindicated a Morgan Hill attorney who took it upon himself to investigate rumors of a sex scand...


Perspective


How 'Thin' Is Your Copyright?

Sep. 23, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

James Juo of Fulwider Patton LLP says works meeting the bare minimum of creativity may only be protected from virtually identi...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Two acquisitions last week are signs of a thaw in the Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions market, which was dormant during...


Energy Law


Government Support For Energy Efficiency

Sep. 23, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Richard M. Gittleman and Hank A. Terhune of Akin Gump Struass Hauer & Feld LLP says apply early as tough competition is ex...


Criminal


Judge Tosses Mogul's Conviction

Sep. 23, 2009
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Striking another blow at a long-troubled prosecution, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled that supermarket mogul Georg...


Criminal


Trial Lawyer Faces Theft Charges

Sep. 23, 2009
By Pat Broderick

Veteran San Diego trial lawyer David G. Ronquillo has been charged with five felony counts stemming from allegations that he s...


Securities


Rights Complicate Comic Book Deal

Sep. 23, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

The children of late comic book artist Jack Kirby have moved to claim ownership of several Marvel Comics characters he helped ...


Technology & Science


The U.S. Justice Department's decision to oppose Google Inc.'s creation of a digital library in its current form creates a maj...


Criminal


The Los Angeles County Superior Court suspended Commissioner Lori-Ann C. Jones following an article in the Daily Journal about...


Judicial Profile


Calendar Momentum

Sep. 23, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

During her career as a solo practitioner, Gloria Trask handled sailors' divorces in Honolulu and personal injury cases in Hac...


Perspective


The Dirty Dozen

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Robert Darwell, Edwin Komen and Thomas Leo of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton address copyright chain of title.


Large Firms


Thelen Files for Bankruptcy

Sep. 22, 2009
By Jill Redhage

Thelen filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, becoming the second San Francisco law firm to go bankrupt since De...


Government


The state of California submitted a plan to reduce its prison population Friday, but the numbers it proposed are nowhere near ...


Securities


The New SEC: Is It An Improvement?

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Patrick Coughlin, co-founder of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP asks: Where is the SEC on current enforcement? ...


Environmental


While the Legislature recently rejected the idea of expanding oil and gas drilling in state waters to boost state revenues, th...


Perspective


Get Involved

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Cynthia Kaiser for Rutan & Tucker LLP says take time to join organizations and social media networking Web sites; it pays ...


Corporate


Inspired by Family

Sep. 22, 2009
By J Lin

The son of a Ford River Rouge auto plant worker, Chris Reynolds now helps oversee Toyota's legal department. ...


International


Advising a Korean company looking to buy an American business with German subsidiaries made for plenty of sleepless nights for...


Education


A Lesson From Berkeley on School Desegregation

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Greta Hansen, former fellow of ACLU, says look to the Berkeley Unified School District to achieve student diversity. ...


Probate


Going Once, Twice, Sold

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Gregg Garfinkel of Nemecek & Cole says failure to properly execute a lien could subject warehousemen to civil liability. ...


Perspective


Wait Before You Use That Shovel

Sep. 22, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Steven Otto of Law Office of Steven Edward Otto says when possible, avoid work on property prior to financing. ...


Law Practice


Firms Look To a Future Of Fixed-Fees Cases

Sep. 22, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

In a move that highlights the heavy pressure on law firms to break from the billable hour, several major U.S. firms have annou...


Discipline


Bar Names Lawyers Accused in Loan Cases

Sep. 22, 2009
By Amy Yarbroughn

Asserting that "unprecedented" complaints against some members leave it no other choice, the State Bar on Friday released the ...


Government


Senate Bill Could Revive Eavesdropping Cases

Sep. 22, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

A Democratic bill to reauthorize parts of the Patriot Act could also resurrect dozens of civil cases against telecommunication...