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Another plea deal in Broadcom case

Posted on November 10, 2008
An aide to embattled Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts on Friday and agreed to work with prosecutors seeking to charge Nicholas with drug and fraud violations. Attorney Craig Gunther, who managed the Nicholas' family...

Brand name or generic, drug makers are liable

Posted on November 10, 2008
In a shocking decision that made ripples on Friday, San Francisco's First District Court of Appeal ruled that drug manufacturers can be held liable for harm caused by both their own name-brand products and competing companies' generic versions. The case...

Supreme Court allows use of video "victim impact evidence"

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Supreme Court denied appeals today in two California capital cases where "victim impact evidence" was suggested to have gone far beyond the limits set in 1991 by then-Chief Justice Rehnquist, who described the potential for such evidence to be...

Canyon Lake says no SLAPP-happy Sky Blue shining on them

Posted on November 10, 2008
A battle has been raging for months in Canyon Lake over whether or not the three-man investment group known as Sky Blue can push forward with excavating and terracing the area known locally as "Goat Hill" to build a shopping...

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Nixon throws Thelen lawyers a lifeline

Posted on November 07, 2008
Although the proposed merger between the firms failed to materialize, Nixon Peabody voted to admit close to 100 former Thelen attorneys in a partnership vote yesterday. According to a press release, the new hires will triple the size of the...

Calif.'s 'suspected child abusers' list violates due process, 9th Circuit rules

Posted on November 07, 2008
California's use of a list of "suspected child abusers" violates constitutional due process protections because those identified are given no fair opportunity to challenge the claims and get off the list, a federal appeals court held on Wednesday. The California...

Berkeley wants admission research to go national

Posted on November 06, 2008
Rightly or not, the LSAT has been king in law school admissions. Now, UC-Berkeley School of Law researchers say they have identified tests that could be used along with it to better predict success in the practice of law. And...

Post-Lerach securities litigation forecast the center of PLUS conference

Posted on November 06, 2008
In the wake of the final Milberg convictions and the Democrats regaining control of the White House and Congress, a fascinating discussion was sparked about the future of securities litigation and in particular the plaintiffs' securities bar at the PLUS...

The Proposition 8 civil and family law firestorms

Posted on November 06, 2008
As challenges and support pour in, theories abound this week as to why Proposition 8 gained so much traction in recent days. The question also arises en masse � la Bill McKay: what do we do now? Brian McDonough at...

Partner James J.S. Holmes Named Sectional Liaison to ABA's Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Posted on November 05, 2008
Jim Holmes, a partner in Sedgwick's Los Angeles office, has been appointed to serve as a liaison from the Torts, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) to the ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), according to a...

Busy volunteer lawyers report voting glitches on Election Day

Posted on November 05, 2008
Lawyers who volunteered to take calls and monitor polling locations nationwide on Tuesday reported voting machine malfunctions, polling places opening late and numerous incidences of names missing from voter registration rolls. Voting machine breakdowns also were reported in New Jersey...

Final two Milberg defendants sentenced, judge calls it "a tragedy"

Posted on November 04, 2008
After an extensive nine-year probe, the last two defendants in the Milberg kickbacks case were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John Walter. Former Beverly Hills eye doctor Steven Cooperman, who initially proffered details about the scheme back in 1999...

ACLU wins victory for religiously observant women

Posted on November 04, 2008
Jameelah Medina was arrested in June 2005 for an invalid train pass and subsequently incarcerated for 12 hours. During her stay in jail, she was forced to remove her headscarf in accordance with San Bernardino County's safety concerns and in...

Prosecutors' liability tactics under review

Posted on November 04, 2008
WASHINGTON ? Jailhouse snitches and error-prone crime labs ? problems that continue to bedevil the nation's criminal justice system ? form the backdrop to two U.S. Supreme Court cases with huge implications for the rights of defendants and the role...

Ten years after, Rocha is going home

Posted on November 03, 2008
Having served ten years in prison for a murder he insisted he did not commit and threatened for two more years with the possibility of a retrial, Mario Rocha last week heard the charges against him dismissed by Superior Court...

Credit-rating crisis triggers suits by cities

Posted on November 03, 2008
The $2.6 trillion municipal bond market has been brought to its knees by the loss of triple-A credit ratings on the bond insurance sold to cities, rendering the policies worthless and prompting a wave of lawsuits by California cities against...

Heller chairman joins Dechert

Posted on October 31, 2008
Heller Ehrman chairman Matthew L. Larrabee has joined the San Francisco office of Dechert. A Dechert spokeswoman, Beth Huffman, said Larrabee declined to comment. On Sept. 26, Heller's partners voted to dissolve the firm, which had about 550 attorneys...

David Sudeck joins Jeffer Mangels as of counsel in L.A.

Posted on October 29, 2008
David Sudeck joined Jeffer Mangels' Los Angeles office as of counsel.Sudeck was previously the principal broker and owner of BRIX Realty Inc. He focuses on the forming and registering of condominiums, timeshares, private residence clubs, as well as fractional interest...

Former Heller partner Kirt Shuldberg joins Sheppard Mullin

Posted on October 29, 2008
Former Heller partner Kirt Shuldberg joined Sheppard Mullin's San Diego/Del Mar office as a partner.Shuldberg focuses corporate and securities law. He is the twelfth Heller partner to join Sheppard Mullin this year.

Maria Rodriguez joins Winston & Strawn in L.A. as partner

Posted on October 29, 2008
Labor and employment litigator Maria Rodriguez joined Winston & Strawn's Los Angeles office as a partner.Rodriguez, who was previously at Seyfarth Shaw, represents clients in all aspects of employment law -- focusing on wage and hour class action defense...

Thelen to vote on firm closure

Posted on October 29, 2008
Management at San Francisco's Thelen LLP has recommended that the firm close its doors on Dec. 1, according to the law firm. The full partnership of the firm has seven days to vote on the recommendation, which the partnership council...

Schwarzenegger brushes aside judge's contempt threat over inmate medical care

Posted on October 28, 2008
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and prison officials brushed aside a federal judge's looming threat on Monday to hold him in contempt of court for failure to release $250 million to a court receiver as down payment for improved inmate medical...

Judge denies Christensen's bid for a new trial

Posted on October 28, 2008
A federal judge has denied a set of motions for a new trial filed by Terry Christensen, the lawyer who was convicted two months ago on charges of hiring private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap his opponent in a high-profile...

Two former Milberg partners sentenced to 6 months for kickback scheme

Posted on October 28, 2008
A federal judge has sentenced David Bershad, a former senior partner at Milberg, and Steven Schulman, another former Milberg partner, each to six months in prison. The two are the last of the four former partners at Milberg, previously called...

Goodwin Procter hires seven more Heller attorneys

Posted on October 28, 2008
Days after hiring five attorneys from Heller Ehrman, Goodwin Procter has hired seven more from the defunct firm who specialize in real estate investment management and hospitality. But, as is the case at other firms, the announcement indicates that former...

Digging in: Jacobs stands by speech, Chemerinsky stands by criticism

Posted on October 28, 2008
Reaction to Erwin Chemerinsky's op-ed in this week's NLJ has run the gamut from strongly worded to gentler incredulity. Judge Jacobs' own response arrived in the form of an update on the WSJ blog, in which the chief judge (through...

Chemerinsky slams judge for ridiculing pro bono work as anti-social

Posted on October 24, 2008
UC-Irvine School of Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote in this week's NLJ that 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chief judge Dennis Jacobs "should be ashamed of himself." In a speech earlier this month, Jacobs said "that much of what...

Jerold Oshinsky to head L.A. office of Gilbert Randolph

Posted on October 24, 2008
Insurance attorney Jerry Oshinsky joined Gilbert Randolph as head of its Los Angeles office. The firm's name will also change to Gilbert Oshinsky. (press release)Oshinsky has over four decades of experience in insurance law, focusing on insurance coverage litigation on...

Heather McCloskey and Paul Menes join Sedgwick Detert as special counsel

Posted on October 24, 2008
Intellectual property attorneys Heather L. McCloskey and Paul Menes joined Sedgwick Detert's Los Angeles office as special counsel. (press release)McCloskey focuses on copyright, trademark and general business litigation. She also counsels clients on ways to avoid litigation...

O'Melveny moves ahead with cost-cutting measures

Posted on October 24, 2008
O'Melveny & Myers has reduced its staff and associate headcount amid cost cutting measures that were announced this week, according to the firm and other sources. According to the legal blog Above the Law, O'Melveny also has laid off five...

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