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Judicial Profile


'Complete Package'

Oct. 6, 2009
By Laura Ernden

Judge Carrie McIntyre Panetta has a worked as a civil litigator and a county prosecutor - experience that lawyers say makes he...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Oct. 5, 2009
By Lisa Kestenbaumn

Disciplinary Actions Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Co...


Law Practice


On the Move

Oct. 5, 2009
By Jill Redhage

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


The Outsider

Oct. 5, 2009
By Gabe Friedmann

Commissioner Steven Berman, Los Angeles County (Torrance) Superior Court Commissioner, ...


Government


U.S. Public Defender Reappointed

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

United States Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of California Daniel Broderick was reappointed to a second four...


Natasha Minsker of the American Civil Liberties Union says Governor Schwarzenegger can act to achieve what the Legislature wou...


California Supreme Court


High Court Takes Up Speedy Trial Dismissals

Oct. 3, 2009
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court this week granted review in two cases dismissed for lack of a courtroom. ...


Juvenile


New Court for Teen Girls

Oct. 3, 2009
By Don Debenedictisn

The Orange County Juvenile Court is launching a unique program today to help teenage girls in trouble, giving evaluation, over...


Contracts


Consumer ZIP Codes Are Free Game

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

David Faustman and Cristina Armstrong of Fox Rothschild says businesses may ask credit card purchasers for their ZIP codes. ...


Civil Rights


Disabled Sue to Block Budget Cuts

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evan George

Seniors, disabled patients and unions for in-home health workers sued California officials on Thursday in San Francisco federa...


Personal Injury & Torts


Protecting Good Samaritans

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

James Nelson of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold says the Good Samaritan law set by Van Horn v. Watson is no more. ...


Criminal


Attorney Misspent Settlement

Oct. 3, 2009
By Evelyn Larrubian

A former plaintiffs' attorney from Irvine has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for squandering nearly all of...


Intellectual Property


Federal Circuit Rewrites Fraud Standard

Oct. 3, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jennifer Taylor of Morrison & Foerster says proving fraud in trademark cases is now tougher. ...


Government


San Bernardino Graft Probe Widens

Oct. 3, 2009
By Jason W. Armstrong

Kendall H. MacVey, a partner at Best Best & Krieger represents San Bernardino government agencies in a lawsuit against the...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Love of Argument Led to Law Career

Oct. 3, 2009
By Cat Ho

Bob Steinberg's experience in tax and business law makes him a stronger negotiator in business disputes. ...


Discipline


Lawyers Get Discipline Hearing

Oct. 3, 2009
By John Roemer

Heavyweight plaintiffs' litigators Thomas V. Girardi and Walter J. Lack face a disciplinary hearing over their alleged unethic...


Government


Feinstein Dilutes Safeguards

Oct. 3, 2009
By Robert Iafolla

California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein won concessions Thursday to water down civil liberties safeguards in legislation to ...


Large Firms


Palo Alto-based Cooley Godward Kronish laid off 58 staff members, constituting a 7 percent reduction of its staff workforce na...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Writers' Settlement

Oct. 3, 2009
By Jean Luc Renault

A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between screenwriters and the Writers Guild of America West over tens o...


Environmental


EPA Pushes New Emissions Rule

Oct. 2, 2009
By Fiona Smith

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson released a proposed rule Wednesday aimed at curbing climate change. ...


Military Law


Fighting for Veteran Benefits

Oct. 2, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

David Ackerly of Inner City Law Center says the battle between veterans and obtaining service-related disability compensation ...


Military Law


Former Prisoner of War Serves the Troops

Oct. 2, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Thomas Penfield of Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield tells the story of Lester Tenney, a Japanese prisoner o...


Corporate


Stanford Loses HIV Patent Dispute

Oct. 2, 2009
By Craig Anderson

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against Stanford University in its patent infringement lawsuit on Wednes...


Labor/Employment


Pay for Commuting And 'Off-the-Clock' Work

Oct. 2, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Jeffrey Freedman and Elizabeth Avedikian of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore address the effect of Rutti v. Lojack Corp., Inc. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court Takes on Guns

Oct. 2, 2009
By Lawrence Hurleyn

The explosive issue of gun rights is back at the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices agreed Wednesday to hear whether the 2n...


Litigation


Court Allows Lawyer's Suit Against Landlord

Oct. 2, 2009
By Dhyana Levey

Lawyers representing a landlord in her fight against a high-profile plaintiff's attorney show they are ready to go all the way...


Criminal


Court Won't Review Assault Case

Oct. 2, 2009
By Laura Ernden

The California Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to hear criminal defense attorney Dennis Riordan's complaint about a flaw i...


Law Practice


O'Melveny Is Shrinking Its L.A. Headquarters

Oct. 2, 2009
By Rebecca U. Cho

O'Melveny & Myers has begun returning four floors in its original Los Angeles headquarters to building owner Tishman Speye...


Bankruptcy


Anna Nicole Smith Was No Jimmy Stewart

Oct. 2, 2009
By Sharon Liangn

Lawrence McQuillan of the Pacific Research Institute says forum shopping and lawsuit abuse has made a game out of the bankrupt...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediation Advocacy

Oct. 2, 2009

Marco Turk of California State University Dominguez Hills says creative lawyering skills are needed to resolve disputes in med...