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MOVERS: Paone joins Theodora Oringher in OC

Posted on September 14, 2009
Tim Paone, formerly a partner of Manatt Phelps & Phillips, has joined the Orange County office of Theodora Oringher, where he will oversee the expansion of the Firm?s Real Estate and Land Use Group. Paone will continue to provide entitlement...

No rescue at dawn for Greens in FCPA case

Posted on September 14, 2009
Last Friday a jury found Gerald Green, 77, and Patricia Green, 52, guilty of conspiring to bribe a former Thai government official to obtain contracts that provided for, among other things, control of the annual Bangkok International Film Festival. The...

All eyes on Pate

Posted on September 14, 2009
R. Hewitt Pate was hired in July as vice president and general counsel of Chevron Corp., the nation's third largest corporation and the target of billions of dollars worth of litigation. Now he has moved to Chevron's San Ramon, Calif.,...

MOVERS: Former associate White House Counsel Kenneth Lee joins Jenner & Block

Posted on September 11, 2009
Kenneth K. Lee, former Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush, has joined Jenner & Block?s Los Angeles office as a partner. Mr. Lee also practiced law with another prominent law firm and acted as special counsel to the Senate...

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MOVERS: Raines Law Group Elevates Three to Partnership

Posted on September 11, 2009
Beverly Hills business and real estate firm Raines Law Group LLP said Thursday that it has named Daniel Brozost, Jennifer Tullius and Randal Ivor-Smith to partner. Brozost joined the firm in 2007. He represents clients in real estate matters including...

Arson convictions overturned for Caltech student with Asperger's

Posted on September 11, 2009
A Caltech graduate student convicted five years ago of conspiracy and arson for vandalizing 125 SUVs has had his arson convictions overturned and his sentence vacated by a federal appeals court. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in...

UCI settles a dozen fertility fraud suits

Posted on September 11, 2009
The UC Board of Regents has quietly settled a dozen lawsuits stemming from fertility fraud uncovered nearly 15 years ago. In all, the University of California has paid out more than $24 million for 137 separate incidents in which eggs...

MOVERS: Khorrami Pollard chooses Kerns for Controller

Posted on September 10, 2009
Khorrami Pollard & Abir, one of the largest plaintiff-only firms in California, announced the hiring of Adam E. Kerns as Controller. Most recently, he was an associate with the law firm Saul Ewing LLP. Mr. Kerns also previously worked as...

I'll cover you: ACLU settlement with school district mandates harassment training

Posted on September 10, 2009
The ACLU's Southern California branch sued the Newport-Mesa Unified School District back in March for allegedly breeding an atmosphere hostile to female and gay students. That case has been settled, with the provision that the district will hold "mandatory training...

There and back again: suit settlement allows 'Hobbit' films to go forward

Posted on September 09, 2009
Last year, two of Tolkien's children, Christopher, 84, and Priscilla, 80, sued New Line, now a unit of Warner Bros., for an estimated $150 million that they claimed was owed from the three Lord of the Rings movies. The lawsuit,...

Recession is forcing law schools to keep it real

Posted on September 09, 2009
The movement to incorporate practical skills into legal education isn't new, but legal educators and researchers report that the floundering economy is increasing incentives for law schools to revamp their curricula to prepare students for the realities of the legal...

MOVERS: Cooley Godward's Sato joins Acucela's Board of Directors

Posted on September 09, 2009
Acucela, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, announced today the appointment of Glen Y. Sato, a partner in the Life Sciences and Corporate practice groups of the law firm Cooley Godward Kronish LLP,...

MOVERS: Schill leaves UCLA for UCLS

Posted on September 09, 2009
Michael Schill, who has served as dean at UCLA School of Law since 2004, will assume his new position as the head of the University of Chicago Law School in January. Schill replaces Saul Levmore, who has served as the...

MOVERS: Lambert's new home is Gilchrist

Posted on September 08, 2009
The law firm of Gilchrist & Rutter PC, which conducts a broad practice in the areas of real estate, business and commercial transactions, environmental law, land use and civil and complex business litigation, has announced the addition of attorney David...

MOVERS: Two new attorneys join La Bella

Posted on September 08, 2009
La Bella & McNamara LLP has added two new attorneys to its ranks, Daniel M. Benjamin and Meghan Ashley Wharton. Daniel M. Benjamin, Of Counsel, focuses his practice on commercial and complex civil litigation. Mr. Benjamin earned his J.D. from...

Law students suffer another job prospect blow with lowered associate offer rates

Posted on September 04, 2009
Summer associate offer rates are down significantly at many big California firms. Some firms are still compiling numbers, but most offer rates are in the range of 60 to 85 percent. One firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, offered jobs to...

Staffer at Wilson Sonsini charged with office supply scam

Posted on September 04, 2009
According to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, John Masakazu Tashiro, a purchasing specialist at the Palo Alto firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, helped a San Francisco office supplier defraud the company of some $1...

Researcher's survey shows death penalty issue 'much more unsettled'

Posted on September 04, 2009
Support for the death penalty has dropped from 79 percent to 66 percent in California, according to a survey conducted by Craig Haney, a UC Santa Cruz psychology professor and lawyer. Haney says the survey also shows that most Californians...

Avalon makes number 33 for BB&K

Posted on September 02, 2009
The City of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island has hired Best Best & Krieger LLP as its city attorney, becoming the 33rd city in California where the firm holds that key position. Terms of the contract were approved last night...

Out-of-state conduct and due process at issue in unpublished Cal CoA decision

Posted on September 02, 2009
The California Court of Appeal issued an unpublished decision yesterday in Walmach v. Foster Wheeler in which it decided that contrary to arguments put forth via State Farm v. Campbell, the state of California may indeed punish a defendant for...

Ruehle case raises new issues and requires supplemental advisement, say judges

Posted on September 02, 2009
Yesterday a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit in Pasadena decided outside input was necessary to help decide the case before them. The issue is whether William Ruehle, the former chief financial officer of Broadcom Corp., should have assumed that...

Schwarzenegger requests delay in inmate-release order

Posted on September 02, 2009
Yesterday the Schwarzenegger administration asked the federal courts to delay an order requiring California to reduce its inmate population over the next two years. In the filing, the administration said a court-ordered inmate release could boost California's crime rate by...

MOVERS: Allen Matkins adds Pernicka to litigation practice

Posted on September 01, 2009
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP announced today the addition of Charles Pernicka as senior counsel in the firm's San Diego office. Pernicka has represented clients in all aspects of real estate development litigation, including purchase and sale...

Former Toyota lawyer turns whistleblower on automaker with claims of concealing evidence

Posted on September 01, 2009
Dimitrios P. Biller of Pacific Palisades, a former managing counsel for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., filed a lawsuit in federal court on July 24th that legal experts predict could reopen cases that the automaker had won or settled over...

MOVERS: Cooley Godward gains White & Case IP trio

Posted on September 01, 2009
Heidi Keefe, Mark Weinstein and Mark Lambert joined Cooley Godward on Monday. The former White & Case lawyers said they were going to Cooley because of its local connections with tech companies. The three represent clients like Facebook, Cisco Systems...

MOVERS: Handzlik joins Greenberg Traurig

Posted on September 01, 2009
Greenberg Traurig announced yesterday that Jan L Handzlik has joined its Los Angeles office as a shareholder in the Litigation Group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Handzlik was a partner with Howrey LLP. He is a nationally recognized trial lawyer...

Cal Supremes to hear opinion letter confidentiality case

Posted on September 01, 2009
On Wednesday the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a years-long attorney-client privilege case arising from a 22-page opinion letter containing both legal advice and factual information. At issue will be whether or not factual information in opinion...

Supplemental benefits for judges jumps a constitutional hurdle

Posted on August 31, 2009
In an order issued Aug. 20 and released Friday, First District Court of Appeal Justice James Richman, sitting on assignment as a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, granted summary judgment in favor of Los Angeles County continuing to pay benefits...

Sands CEO sues contractor for breach of contract and negligence

Posted on August 31, 2009
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson filed a lawsuit this month in federal court in California against Linden & Associates Inc. of Los Angeles over a 12-year-old, $1.6 million construction contract for a luxury home...

Medical center in involuntary bankruptcy filing under siege by creditors

Posted on August 31, 2009
Attorneys at Carlsbad-based DiCaro, Coppo & Popcke have sued the new owners of Shasta Regional Medical Center, alleging that an attorney represented the hospital for a two-week doctor's peer review hearing last summer and was never paid for the service...

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