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2011
Supreme Court Issues Split Ruling on
Redevelopment Agencies
(December 30, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Denial of Parole to Elderly
Wife-Killer
(December 30, 2011)
Former Superior Court Presiding Judge
Thomas T. Johnson Dead at 88
(December 30, 2011)
Judge Declares Mistrial in Suit Against
Girardi | Keese
(December 30, 2011)
Arbitrator May Decide Employment Dispute
After Worker Retires
(December 29, 2011)
Judge Grants Limited Evidentiary Hearing
on Motion To Recuse City Attorney in
Billboard Case
(December 29, 2011)
City, County Share $2 Million Settlement
From Blue Shield
(December 29, 2011)
Governor Names Six to Los Angeles
Superior Court Judgeships
(December 28, 2011)
City Illegally Fired Police Chief
Without Notice—C.A.
(December 28, 2011)
C.A. Annuls Denial of Benefits to
Firefighter Hurt Doing Yard Work
(December 28, 2011)
Prosecutors Cannot Exclude Victim
Advocates From Interviews
(December 27, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Panel Upholds County’s
Blocking of Church Services in
Residential Zone
(December 27, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Rejects ‘Birther’
Challenge to Obama’s Presidency
(December 23, 2011)
C.A. Rules in Favor of Lawyer Who Sued
Adverse Party Over Direct Settlement
With Clients
(December 23, 2011)
Dykema Appoints Local Attorneys to
Leadership Posts
(December 23, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Suit Against Canadian Firm
Over Exploding Jet Ski
(December 22, 2011)
Court Revives Bid to Block Foreclosure
on Home of Man Claiming Enticement to
Take Out Unaffordable Loan
(December 22, 2011)
Report: Statewide Superior Court Filings
Again Over 10 Million
(December 22, 2011)
S.C. Declines to Hear Case on
Corrections Furloughs
(December 22, 2011)
Brown Taps Law School Graduate For
Managed Care Post
(December 22, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Suit Against
Online Video Site Operator
(December 21, 2011)
Documents Identifying Suppliers of
Execution Drugs Are Public Record, Court
of Appeal Rules
(December 21, 2011)
Attorney Mark Houle Appointed Central
District Bankruptcy Judge
(December 21, 2011)
Dina Tecimer Elected Chair of Local
Chapter of National Multiple Sclerosis
Society
(December 21, 2011)
Services Today for Workers’ Compensation
Attorney Randal I. Klein
(December 21, 2011)
Football Great Willie Gault, Five Others
Named in SEC Stock Fraud Lawsuit
(December 21, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Woman
Who Killed Her Children
(December 20, 2011)
California Judicial Nominees Stranded as
Senate Recesses for Year Amidst Partisan
Rancor
(December 20, 2011)
Prosecutor Says She Will Not Run Against
Colleagues for Judgeship
(December 20, 2011)
State Not Liable for CHP Officer’s Loss
of Evidence—C.A.
(December 19, 2011)
Beverly Hills Attorney Thomas Hoberman
Named to Chair Southwestern’s Board of
Trustees
(December 19, 2011)
Brown Names Orange County Lawyer as
Corporations Department Counsel
(December 19, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit Upholds Arbitration Award in
Favor of Iran
(December 16, 2011)
C.A. Rebukes Clerk’s Office for Refusing
to File Motion By Inmate Alleging
‘Mental Disabilities’
(December 16, 2011)
U.S. Senate Confirms Morgan Christen to
Ninth Circuit Seat
(December 16, 2011)
Lawyer Joins Southwestern Law School as
Assistant Dean
(December 16, 2011)
San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Plans Aid for Homeless
(December 16, 2011)
Homeowners Not Required to Post Bond
Under New Foreclosure Law—C.A.
(December 16, 2011)
S.C. Denies Review of Ruling That Suit
Against GOP Was SLAPP
(December 15, 2011)
Judge Vander Lans Says She is Not
Seeking Re-election
(December 15, 2011)
Southwestern Slates Groundbreaking for
First On-Campus Housing
(December 15, 2011)
Tenants File Lawsuit Against Owners of
Downtown Hotel
(December 15, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Order Barring Lawyer From
Representing Son
(December 14, 2011)
Judge Ronald Coen and Prosecutor Son May
Face Parallel Election Campaigns in Next
June’s Primary
(December 14, 2011)
Judicial Council Approves Legislative
Priorities, Opposes AB1208
(December 14, 2011)
Former Gov. Pete Wilson to Back Alan
Jackson for D.A.
(December 14, 2011)
Attorney Malcolm McNeil Honored by Bar
Association in Pakistan
(December 14, 2011)
C.A. Uphold’s Church’s Firing of Teacher
for Living With Boyfriend
(December 13, 2011)
Local Lawyers Gearing Up for 2012
Judicial Contests
(December 13, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Panel Revives Rights Suit
Attacking Search Warrant
(December 12, 2011)
Court Declares Attorney Kinney a
Vexatious Litigant
(December 12, 2011)
State Board Approves Potential Site for
New Juvenile Courthouse
(December 12, 2011)
Alliance Asks Council for Neutrality on
AB1208
(December 12, 2011)
Governor Taps Attorney for ALRB Staff
Counsel Position
(December 12, 2011)
Cooley Rebukes Mario Trujillo Over
Campaign E-Mail
(December 9, 2011)
Bond Not Required for Order Shielding
Community Property
(December 9, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Deputy Sheriff’s Conviction
in Murder of Wife
(December 8, 2011)
Panel Says Lawmakers, Not Courts, Must
Determine Whether Heat-Protection Rules
Are Adequate
(December 8, 2011)
Los Angeles Attorney Set to Lead
Sheppard Mullin’s New Seoul Office
(December 8, 2011)
Bar Association Leaders Urge Appointment
of Latino Judge
(December 8, 2011)
Court of Appeal Orders Mother to Return
Abducted Child to Italy
(December 7, 2011)
C.A.: Ineffective Assistance Warrants
Habeas Relief
(December 7, 2011)
Governor Taps San Francisco Attorneys
for State Posts
(December 7, 2011)
S.C. Tosses Death Sentences, Says Juror
Improperly Removed
(December 6, 2011)
C.A. Finds Fault With Will Leaving
Millions to Charity
(December 6, 2011)
Abraham Lincoln Exhibit Set to Open at
Federal Courthouses
(December 6, 2011)
Snell & Wilmer Adds Commercial
Litigation Associate
(December 6, 2011)
New York Appellate Division Justice
Cardona Dead at 70
(December 6, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Global Warming Challenge to
Playa Vista Project
(December 5, 2011)
Court Vacates Protective Order Awarded
to Assaulted Lawyer
(December 5, 2011)
Court Denies Public Access to Domestic
Violence Registry
(December 5, 2011)
Local Man Who Claims He was Delusional
Loses Bid to Have Dissolution of
Marriage Set Aside
(December 5, 2011)
Snell & Wilmer Adds Four Attorneys
to Los Angeles Office
(December 5, 2011)
Paying Marrow Donors Does Not Violate
Organ Trafficking Law
(December 2, 2011)
Ex-CEO Ordered Disbarred Over Mail Fraud
Conviction
(December 2, 2011)
C.A.: Improper Courtroom Demonstration
Not Prejudicial Error
(December 1, 2011)
Officials Prepared to Respond if Occupy
LA Came on County Premises After Camp
Dispersal, Emails Show
(December 1, 2011)
C.A. Revives Marijuana Sellers’
Challenge to Closings in San Jose
(December 1, 2011)
Judge Edmon Names Supervising and Site
Judges for 2012
(December 1, 2011)
Services Set for Mary Cooley, Mother of
District Attorney
(December 1, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Agrees to Second En Banc
Rehearing in Gun Case
(November 30, 2011)
C.A. Sanctions Orange Attorney Who
Submitted Brief Copied Verbatim From
Another Case
(November 30, 2011)
C.A.
Applies Anti-SLAPP Statute to Proceeding
in Foreign Court
(November 29, 2011)
S.C.
Upholds Death Sentence in Fresno
Jailhouse Murder
(November 29, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds Class Action Denial in Suits
Over Car Battery Sales
(November 28, 2011)
C.A.
Reverses Order Stripping Rights of
Kidnapped Child’s Mother
(November 25, 2011)
Grocers
Ask Supreme Court to Block Los Angeles
Worker Retention Ordinance
(November 25, 2011)
Governor
Names Lawyers to Regional Water Quality
Control Boards
(November 25, 2011)
S.C.
Declines to Review Court Interpreter
Licensing Requirement
(November 23, 2011)
Nine
Superior Court Commissioners to Step
Down Under Voluntary Separation Program
(November 23, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds Sanctions Against Swim
Federation in Molestation Suit
(November 23, 2011)
Brown
Names Roz Wyman to California Arts
Council
(November 23, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit Overturns Approval of AOL Class
Action Settlement
(November 22, 2011)
State Bar July Pass Rate Is 54.8
Percent, Same as Last Year
(November 21, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Award of Fees to City
Defendant in SLAPP
(November 21, 2011)
S.C. Will Decide if ‘Fabulist’ Stephen
Glass Is Morally Fit for Law Practice
(November 21, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Rejection of
Race Bias Suit Against LAUSD by Former
Educator
(November 21, 2011)
Initiative Sponsor May Appeal Ruling
Striking Down Measure
(November 18, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Wrongful Termination
Verdict for Former Los Angeles Housing
Authority Attorney
(November 18, 2011)
Antonovich Denounces Transfer of
Mentally Ill Prisoner Under AB 109
(November 18, 2011)
C.A.: Legal Fees May Be Awarded for
Temporary Conservatorships
(November 17, 2011)
Court Upholds Sexual Harassment Verdict
Against AutoZone
(November 17, 2011)
C.A.:
Client Must Show ‘Actual Innocence’ to
Sue Attorney
(November 16, 2011)
Senate
Confirms Alameda Judge to Federal Court
Bench
(November 16, 2011)
Out-of-State
Attorneys Challenge District Court
Admission Rules
(November 16, 2011)
Governor
Names Former Justice Carlos Moreno to
State Bar Commission
(November 16, 2011)
Orange
County Judge Tapped for Veterans Council
(November 16, 2011)
Judge
Denies Discovery on Motion to Recuse
City Attorney’s Office
(November 15, 2011)
Veteran
Cannot Sue Supervisors for Anti-Military
Bias
(November 15, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Award of Fees to Firm
Represented by Of Counsel
(November 14, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Citizen’s Right
to Enforce Open-Meetings Provision of
Government Contract
(November 14, 2011)
Seyfarth Shaw Firm Adds Partner in Los
Angeles
(November 14, 2011)
C.A.
Revives Suit Against Deputy Who Shot
Fleeing Car Thief
(November 10, 2011)
Court
Upholds City Ban on Medical Marijuana
Dispensaries
(November 10, 2011)
Narcotics Officers Group Honors Carmen
Trutanich
(November 10, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Backpay Award to Former
O.C. Assistant Sheriff
(November 9, 2011)
Panel: Attorney’s Marriage to Bigamist
Wife Was Valid
(November 9, 2011)
County Counsel Andrea Ordin to Resign in
February
(November 8, 2011)
Court Rejects Lawsuit by Former McAfee
General Counsel
(November 8, 2011)
Legal Aid Foundation to Honor Lee Edmon
With Maynard Toll Award
(November 8, 2011)
Conference May Resume Joint Meetings
With State Bar
(November 8, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Denial of Relief in Brown
Act Suit Against Board
(November 7, 2011)
Court Revives Suit by Parents of Boy
Killed by Police
(November 7, 2011)
Hearing Slated in Class Action Against
Law Library Trustees
(November 7, 2011)
Commissioner Michael Kautz Set to Retire in December
(November 3, 2011)
C.A.
Strikes Down Injunction Against Petition
Activity at Target Stores
(November 3, 2011)
AOC
Seeks Feedback on Impact of Branch
Budget Reductions
(November 3, 2011)
Lawyers
Admitted Out of State Sue for Right to
Practice Here
(November 2, 2011)
C.A.:
Drug Seizure Not ‘Theft’ Under
Homeowners Policy
(November 2, 2011)
Late
D.A. Race Entrant Missed Chance to Join
Forum, Sponsor Says
(November 2, 2011)
C.A.
Says Insurer Had No Duty to Defend
Record Label From Suit by Lounge Singer
‘Richard Cheese’
(November 2, 2011)
Molina
Appoints Retired Justice Carlos Moreno
to County Panel
(November 2, 2011)
Justices
Overturns C.A. Ruling on Private
Attorney General Law
(November 1, 2011)
Yaroslavsky
Appoints Retired Judge Lourdes Baird as
Second Member of Special Jails Panel
(November 1, 2011)
Use
of Drunk Driving Suspect’s DNA Not a
Search, C.A. Says
(October 31, 2011)
Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani Sets April
Retirement
(October 31, 2011)
Court of Appeal Justices Hill and Robie
Honored by Judicial Council
(October 31, 2011)
Council Approves New Process for Funding
Requests
(October 31, 2011)
Claim for Motorcycle Injuries Held
Barred by Assumption of Risk
(October 28, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Tosses Sanctions, Says
Deputy City Attorney Did Not Commit
Violation He Admitted to
(October 28, 2011)
C.A. Faults Lack of Jury Instruction,
but Agrees That ‘Ecstasy’ Is Illegal
(October 28, 2011)
S.C. Rejects Challenges to Senate,
Congressional Remap Plans
(October 27, 2011)
C.A.: Motion to Enforce Choice of Law
Provision After 19 Months of Litigation
Came Too Late
(October 27, 2011)
Justice Maria Rivera Selected to Receive
2011 Aranda Award
(October 27, 2011)
Heath Care Attorney Elizabeth Elson
Returns to Firm
(October 27, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Revives War Crimes Suit
Against Mining Company
(October 26, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing to Former
Sheriff Carona
(October 26, 2011)
Alliance Director Fisher Criticizes
Legislative Analyst Report
(October 25, 2011)
Judge Jay Bybee Reports Receiving Over
$3 Million in Free Services From Latham
& Watkins
(October 25, 2011)
Federal Judge Sentences Former
Commissioner Tony Luna to Prison
(October 25, 2011)
Arent Fox Adds Automotive Attorney Rob
Cohen
(October 25, 2011)
CJP
Sets Oral Argument on Charges Against
Veteran Judge
(October 25, 2011)
Court Says D.A. Cannot Be Forced to
Prosecute School Bond Case
(October 24, 2011)
C.A. Upholds $8 Million Award in
Partnership Dissolution
(October 24, 2011)
Governor Taps Four Northern California
Attorneys for State Posts
(October 24, 2011)
S.C. to Decide Whether Arrestees Must
Give DNA Samples
(October 21, 2011)
Neal Bason Chosen as Central District
Bankruptcy Judge
(October 21, 2011)
C.A. Rules Employment Claims Against
Retailer Should Be Arbitrated
(October 21, 2011)
Judge Continues Hearing on Conflict of
Interest Charge Against Los Angeles City
Attorney’s Office
(October 21, 2011)
Governor Taps Attorney Alexander Tsao
for State Post
(October 21, 2011)
Court Orders Hearing for Man Convicted
of Bribing Congressman
(October 20, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Dismissal of Legal
Malpractice Case as Sanction for
‘Underhanded Litigation Tactics’
(October 20, 2011)
C.A. Revives Suit Over Lawyers’
Mishandling of Oregon Estate
(October 19, 2011)
Walnut Creek Lawyer Says He Will Fight
Sanctions Imposed by Appeals Court in
9/11 ‘Truther’ Case
(October 19, 2011)
Overseas Shipper Cannot Be Forced to
Arbitrate, Ninth Circuit Rules
(October 19, 2011)
Board Denies Parole for Ailing ‘Onion
Field’ Killer
(October 19, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Lays Out Constitutional
Limits on Use of Tasers
(October 18, 2011)
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on
Stolen Valor Act
(October 18, 2011)
Obama Nominates Local Attorney Paul
Watford to Ninth Circuit
(October 18, 2011)
Former Commissioner Wada Explains
Decision to Become Supervising Probate
Attorney
(October 18, 2011)
Man Who Tried to Block Visitation Not
Acting in Children’s Best
Interests—Court of Appeal
(October 18, 2011)
Antonovich May Appoint Tevrizian to Jail
Violence Commission
(October 18, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Leaves Ruling on Mount
Soledad Cross Intact
(October 17, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Standard
Instructions on Imperfect Self-Defense
(October 17, 2011)
Commissioner Stanley Genser to Leave
Office at End of Year
(October 14, 2011)
Southwestern Professor Emeritus John
Gallagher Dead at 80
(October 14, 2011)
Judge Jacqueline Connor Set to Retire
Early Next Year
(October 14, 2011)
Saenz to Be Recognized by White House
Today
(October 14, 2011)
Pines to Step Down From Superior Court
at End of Year
(October 13, 2011)
Billboard Company Charges City
Attorney’s Office With Conflict of
Interest, Seeks Recusal
(October 13, 2011)
Cantil-Sakauye, Deukmejian Designated
2011 ‘Persons of the Year’
(October 13, 2011)
S.C. Declines to Review Dispute Over
Payment of Former City of Bell
Official’s Legal Fees
(October 13, 2011)
S.C. Declines to Review Dispute Over
Payment of Former City of Bell
Official’s Legal Fees
(October 13, 2011)
Gordon Named to Lead Superior Court
Family Law Departments
(October 12, 2011)
State Bar Court Judge Recommends
Disbarment for San Fernando Lawyer
(October 12, 2011)
Commissioner Robert Axel Says He Will
Step Down in December
(October 12, 2011)
Gov. Brown Signs Bill Mandating
Anti-Bias Training For State Bar JNE
Commissioners
(October 12, 2011)
Two Commissioners Say They Are Undecided
About Buyout Offer
(October 11, 2011)
Perry Seeks Council Backing for State’s
Withdrawal From Nationwide Mortgage
Settlement Talks
(October 11, 2011)
Superior Court Offers Commissioners
Incentive to Step Down
(October 7, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Conviction in Home Invasion
Murder
(October 7, 2011)
Julie Wagner Brand Named Bankruptcy
Judge for Central District
(October 7, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Libel Suit Over Claim
School Was ‘Degree Factory’
(October 6, 2011)
Court Throws Out Gang Members’ Murder
Convictions, Cites ‘Inflammatory,’
‘Irrelevant’ Testimony
(October 6, 2011)
Bingham McCutchen Banking Lawyer Moves
to Buchalter Nemer
(October 6, 2011)
C.A. Throws Out City Attorney’s Suit
Against Controller as Moot
(October 5, 2011)
Governor Brown Signs Bill Restructuring
State Bar
(October 5, 2011)
Justices Say Long Beach Marijuana
Ordinance Preempted by U.S. Law
(October 5, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds State Furloughs
of Corrections Officers
(October 4, 2011)
U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Bay
Area City’s Appeal of Rights Ruling in
Favor of Megachurch
(October 4, 2011)
Supreme Court Asks U.S. for Views on
California Shipping Pollution Rules
(October 4, 2011)
C.A.: Prosecutor’s False Testimony Not
Cause for Dismissal of Case
(October 3, 2011)
Chief Justice Says Budget Has Priority
Over Analyst Report
(October 3, 2011)
National Prosecutor’s Group Honors
Carmen Trutanich
(October 3, 2011)
Attorney Paul F. Cohen Practices Law,
Sings While Drumming
(The Legal Community,
October 3, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Deems Challenge to ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’ Moot
(September 30, 2011)
Supreme Court Releases Annual Workload
Statistics
(September 30, 2011)
Trial Courts Need Tighter State
Oversight—Legislative Analyst
(September 29, 2011)
Judges Cannot Be Disciplined for
Authorizing Their Own Benefits, CJA
Tells Attorney General
(September 29, 2011)
S.C. Denies Review in Suit Over Failure
to Explain Arbitration Clause
(September 29, 2011)
Manatt’s Biederman Joins CASA/LA Board
of Directors
(September 29, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Attorney Fee Award in
Dispute Over Hotel Lighting
(September 28, 2011)
Judicial Branch Taps Private Fund for
History Project Honoring Ex-Chief
Justice George
(September 28, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Conviction of
Economic Spy for Chinese
(September 27, 2011)
Panel Tosses Challenge to Law on Phony
Military Medals
(September 27, 2011)
Panel Upholds Sentence Increase Based on
Uncharged Murder
(September 26, 2011)
Silberman Consultants Draw Fines for
Election Conspiracy
(September 26, 2011)
Judge Jacqueline Nguyen Nominated to
Ninth Circuit
(September 23, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Blocks Gang Member’s
Deportation, Citing Fear of Torture Over
Tattoos
(September 23, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Appeals Judge Pamela Ann
Rymer Dies at Age 70
(September 23, 2011)
Family Law Supervising Judge Steinberg
to Retire
(September 23, 2011)
Court Rejects Bid to Disqualify Attorney
From Class Action
(September 22, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Orders Redaction of
Priest-Abuse Claims In Bankruptcy
Discovery Documents
(September 22, 2011)
Venable Adds Handzlik to White Collar
Practice in Los Angeles Office
(September 22, 2011)
‘Actual
Notice’
Insufficient to Confer Personal
Jurisdiction—C.A.
(September 21, 2011)
Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Ruling for
Law Firm in Dispute With Talent Agency
(September 21, 2011)
Court Tosses Suit Over Injuries Said to
Be Caused by Makeup Injection
(September 21, 2011)
Beverly Hills Bar Association Set to
Install 80th President
(September 21, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Constitutionality of ‘Top
Two’ Primary Amendment
(September 20, 2011)
Court Upholds Discharge of Lawyer’s Debt
to Receiver
(September 20, 2011)
Services Tomorrow for Retired
Commissioner Fried
(September 20, 2011)
Court of Appeal Says Lawyer’s Anti-Bias
Suit May Be SLAPP
(September 19, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Challenge to Presumption of
Paternity
(September 19, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Judicial Council
Interpreter Licensing Requirement
(September 16, 2011)
Trutanich Campaign Treasurer Disputes
Claim of Illegal Donation of Space
(September 16, 2011)
S.C. to Decide Whether GIS Database
Exempt From Public Records Act
(September 16, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Says 365-Day Jail Term
Makes Defendant a Felon
(September 15, 2011)
High Court Will Not Review Law Student’s
Suspension
(September 15, 2011)
Bingham McCutchen Adds Partner to
Structured Transactions Practice
(September 15, 2011)
Children’s Law Center to Honor Moreno at
Event Tonight
(September 15, 2011)
Marcus, Trutanich to Be Honored With
Arabian Awards
(September 15, 2011)
L.A. Superior Court to Host Panel
Discussion on Process for Judicial
Appointments
(September 15, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Upholds Conviction in
‘American Beauty’ Murder
(September 14, 2011)
CJP
Admonishes Judge for Abuse of Contempt
Power
(September 14, 2011)
Mike Feuer Files Paperwork to Run for
Los Angeles City Attorney
(September 14, 2011)
State Bar Names Joan Dempsey Klein as
Bernard Witkin Medal Recipient
(September 14, 2011)
Court Allows Suit Against DEA Agent Over
Seizure From Travelers
(September 13, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Borrowers’ Challenge to
Standing to Foreclose
(September 13, 2011)
State Bar Charges Northern California
Lawyer With Stealing, Fraud
(September 13, 2011)
City Attorney Addressing Audit
Complaints—Spokesperson
(September 13, 2011)
Governor Brown Names Two Lawyers to
Environmental Posts
(September 13, 2011)
Judicial Council Seeks Executive Search
Firm Proposals
(September 13, 2011)
Senate Passes Bill Making Big Changes to
State Bar Governance
(September 12, 2011)
Judicial Council Resolves Impasse Over
S.F. Emergency Funding
(September 12, 2011)
State Bar Board Names Angela Davis, Mark
Robinson to Judicial Council
(September 12, 2011)
Judith Chirlin to Head Western Justice
Center Foundation
(September 12, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Gang Members’ Conviction in
Pasadena Shooting Deaths
(September 12, 2011)
C.A. Upholds
Prison Sentence for Drunk Driver Who
Killed Two
(September 9, 2011)
USC Law
School Dean Named to New Five-Year Term
(September 9, 2011)
Lester Named
Executive Director Of Coastal Commission
(September 9, 2011)
Brown Signs
Bill Making Write-in Challenges to
Judges Harder
(September 8, 2011)
Ninth Circuit
Overturns Death Sentence, Says
Prosecutors Knew Witness Was Lying
(September 8, 2011)
Trutanich Not
Commenting on Election
Charge—Spokesperson
(September 8, 2011)
DLA Piper
Adds Partner to Labor and Employment
Practice
(September 8, 2011)
Court Upholds
Poizner’s Rejection of Insurance Company
Sale
(September 7, 2011)
C.A.
Overturns City’s Grant of Use Permit to
Synagogue
(September 7, 2011)
USC Law
Faculty Member Appointed Magistrate
Judge
(September 7, 2011)
Manatt Phelps
& Phillips Adds Partner to Los
Angeles Office
(September 7, 2011)
Cruise Line
Not to Blame for Swimming Mishap,
Appeals Court Rules
(September 6, 2011)
Ninth Circuit
Upholds Orange County Death Sentence
(September 6, 2011)
Trutanich
Signs Come Down, Two Years After
Election
(September 6, 2011)
C.A. Revives
Antitrust Suit Over Movie Theater
Bookings
(September 2, 2011)
State Senate
Approves Judicial Data Collection Bill
(September 2, 2011)
Goodwin Liu
Confirmed to California Supreme Court
(September 1, 2011)
State Bar
Names Kim as Interim Chief Trial Counsel
(September 1, 2011)
Suspended
Valley Attorney Convicted of Extortion,
Obstructing Justice
(September 1, 2011)
C.A.:
Employees of Constitutional Officers
Subject to Furloughs
(August 31, 2011)
County
Officials Blast Criminal Justice
Realignment
(August 31, 2011)
A.G. Rejects
Private Tour of Water Facility for City
Officials
(August 30, 2011)
C.A. Says
Retirement Plan Must Disclose Members’
Names
(August 30, 2011)
S.C. Upholds
Death Sentence for Murder of Fresno
Teenager
(August 30, 2011)
Court Revives
Excessive Force Claim Against Sheriff’s
Department
(August 29, 2011)
Council
Rejects Proposal for Complex Litigation
Fees
(August 29, 2011)
Governor Taps
Bakersfield Lawyer as Inspector General
for Prisons
(August 29, 2011)
CJA Gives
Witkin Humanitarian Award to Ross Klein
(August 29, 2011)
Local
Superior Court Leaders Say They Will Lay
Off Over 1,000
(August 26, 2011)
S.C. to
Consider Disclosure of State Bar
Admission Records
(August 26, 2011)
High Court
Upholds Death Sentence in Torrance Home
Invasion
(August 26, 2011)
AOC Launches
Redesigned Online Self-Help Center
(August 26, 2011)
Leftover
Trutanich Signs Not Illegal
Advertisements, Officials Say
(August 26, 2011)
Countrywide
Not Liable for Depression in State
Housing Prices
(August 25, 2011)
C.A. Rejects
O.C. Lawyer’s Bid to Block Child Support
Levy
(August 25, 2011)
Retired
Fourth District Presiding Justice David
G. Sills Dead at 73
(August 25, 2011)
S.C. Denies
Review to Man Who Sued Employer of
Wife’s Paramour Over Breakup of Marriage
(August 25, 2011)
Courthouse
Projects Recognized for Design
Excellence
(August 25, 2011)
AOC
Responsible for Court’s Dire Financial
Straits—Judge Feinstein
(August 24, 2011)
C.A. Says Law
Firm’s Fee Arbitration Agreement Was
Invalid
(August 24, 2011)
MALDEF to
Grant Highest Honor to Antonia
Hernández
(August 24, 2011)
Governor Taps
Local Attorney as General Counsel for
ALRB
(August 24, 2011)
Supreme Court
Upholds Death Sentence for Two Banning
Killings
(August 23, 2011)
Ninth Circuit
Revives Civil Rights Suit by Nevada Man
Arrested for Scalping Tickets to State
Fair
(August 23, 2011)
Attorney May
Recover Fees for Representing Spouse in
Rights Action
(August 22, 2011)
Court Tosses
Suit Accusing Teacher of Violating First
Amendment By Disparaging Religion
(August 22, 2011)
Governor Taps
Two Attorneys for State Boards
(August 22, 2011)
High Court
Limits Recovery of Medical Costs by
Insured Plaintiffs
(August 19, 2011)
Los Angeles
Prosecutors Vote to Form ‘Agency Shop’
(August 19, 2011)
C.A.
Reinstates Bid to Certify Class in Suit
Over Mouthwash Claims
(August 19, 2011)
Nathan
Hochman Confirmed as Newest Member of
Los Angeles City Ethics Commission
(August 19, 2011)
S.C. Declines
to Hear Appeal of Phil Spector Murder
Conviction
(August 18, 2011)
Court Rules
Law Clerk Qualified as Exempt Employee
(August 18, 2011)
Judge Joan
Comparet-Cassani Admonished for Abusing
Authority
(August 17, 2011)
Covina Police
Search of Teacher’s Home Violated Fourth
Amendment—Ninth Circuit
(August 17, 2011)
Cooley Urges
State Supreme Court Review of
Proposition 69 Case
(August 17, 2011)
Judicial
Council Says Meetings to Be More
Accessible
(August 17, 2011)
C.A. Rejects
Free-Speech Challenge to Sexual Predator
Law
(August 16, 2011)
Memo Accusing
College Professor Held Protected Speech
(August 16, 2011)
Chief
Justice Set to Meet with Attorneys to
Discuss Budget Crisis
(August 15, 2011)
State Bar Selects Karen Nobumoto to
Receive Diversity Award
(August 15, 2011)
Sheppard Mullin Expands Global Reach
With New Beijing Office
(August 15, 2011)
Services Set for Long-Time MALDEF
Employee
(August 15, 2011)
Site Selection Approved for New Siskiyou
Superior Courthouse
(August 15, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Ruling for Latham &
Watkins in Discrimination Suit
(August 12, 2011)
National LGBT Bar Group Honors Two From
Los Angeles
(August 12, 2011)
Governor Taps Attorney for Managed
Health Care Board
(August 12, 2011)
Court Rules Partnerships Require a
Minimum of Two People
(August 11, 2011)
Judges Champagne, Injejikian Set Sept.
Retirements
(August 11, 2011)
Best Best & Krieger Adds Associate
in Los Angeles
(August 11, 2011)
Governor Taps Sacramento Attorney for
Parole Board
(August 11, 2011)
C.A. Tosses Verdict in Favor of Attorney
in Discrimination Suit
(August 10, 2011)
No
Right to Counsel in Guardianship Cases,
Court Rules
(August 10, 2011)
Court Issues Dual Rulings on Suing
Non-Residents for Online Acts
(August 9, 2011)
Most
Donors to Lacey’s Campaign Not Lawyers,
Reports Show
(August 9, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Injunction Barring Tobacco
Sales on Tribal Land to Non-Indians
(August 9, 2011)
Perkins Coie Adds Litigation Partner
From Latham & Watkins
(August 9, 2011)
Court Overturns Injunction Against
Online Critic of Law Firm
(August 8, 2011)
Reports: Legal Community Does Not Back
Trutanich
(August 8, 2011)
C.A. Reverses Enhancement for Riverside
Woman’s Fraud Sentence
(August 8, 2011)
Court Tosses Order Confirming Attorney
Fee Arbitration Award
(August 5, 2011)
Ipsen, Grace Report Low Contributions
For D.A. Bids
(August 5, 2011)
Pierce O’Donnell Pleads Guilty to Making
Illegal Campaign Contributions
(August 5, 2011)
Former TroyGould Litigation Attorney
Returns to Firm
(August 5, 2011)
C.A. Rules Consumer Expectation Test Not
Met in SUV Rollover
(August 4, 2011)
CJP
Sets Oral Argument for Jurist Accused of
Favoritism
(August 4, 2011)
Loeb & Loeb Promotes Seven
Attorneys, Two in Los Angeles Office
(August 4, 2011)
Stanley Mosk Courthouse Cafeteria Opens
Its Doors
(August 4, 2011)
Walnut, Justice Department Reach
Settlement in RLUIPA Suit
(August 4, 2011)
Obama Nominates Vietnam-Born Lawyer to
U.S. District Judgeship
(August 4, 2011)
C.A. Says Police Department Must Answer
Grand Jury Subpoena
(August 3, 2011)
Trujillo Raises $250,000 for District
Attorney Campaign
(August 3, 2011)
Superior Court Judge Harvey Silberman
Found Not Guilty of Bribery Charge
(August 2, 2011)
Reports: Meyers, Jackson Raise
Substantial Funds From Lawyers in
District Attorney Bids
(August 2, 2011)
Partnership,
Not Individuals, Liable to Dissociating
Partner—C.A.
(August 1, 2011)
Court Upholds Firing of Police Officer
in Solicitation Case
(August 1, 2011)
Court Says New Cafeteria Will Produce
Needed Revenue
(August 1, 2011)
Retired Attorney Sheppard Dies at 76
(August 1, 2011)
Lawyers Duel Over Credibility as
Silberman Case Goes to Jury
(July 29, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in
Machine-Gun Killing
(July 29, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds
Officer’s Firing for Lying About Suicide
Attempt
(July 28, 2011)
Hearing
Set on Liu Nomination to California
Supreme Court
(July 28, 2011)
Trutanich
Still
Looking at D.A. Run, Advisor Says
(July 28, 2011)
Governor
Appoints
Attorney to Welfare Agency Post
(July 28, 2011)
Brown Nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme
Court
(July 27, 2011)
Silberman Defense Rests After Tillmon
Testifies
(July 27, 2011)
Trutanich Declines Comment on Reports He
Will Not Run for D.A.
(July 27, 2011)
Newly Elected Court Commissioner
Declines to Take Office
(July 27, 2011)
Judge Tillmon Moves to Quash Subpoena to
Testify for Colleague
(July 26, 2011)
Ronald Overholt Named Interim Director
of the Courts
(July 26, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Warrantless Search Based on
Alert by ‘Reliable’ Dog
(July 26, 2011)
Aguirre Explains Decision to Quit State
Bar Race
(July 26, 2011)
Jon Streeter Elected 87th President of
State Bar
(July 25, 2011)
Judicial Council Allocates $350 Million
in Funding Cuts
(July 25, 2011)
Association
of
Deputy District Attorneys Readies for
‘Agency Shop’ Vote
(July 25, 2011)
Foulup
in Loo Race Was ‘My Mistake,’ Consultant
Alexander Admits
(July 22, 2011)
Judges’
Groups
Seek to Restore Trial Court Funding
(July 22, 2011)
Valencia
Attorney
Due in Court On Grand Theft Charges
(July 22, 2011)
Critics
Say They Will File Recall Petitions
Against Judge Feffer
(July 22, 2011)
Judge
Approved
Paying Opponent’s Filing Fee, Consultant
Says
(July 21, 2011)
Obama
Nominates
Michael Fitzgerald for U.S. District
Court
(July 21, 2011)
Support
for Administrative Funding Cuts Growing
Within CJA, Judges Say
(July 21, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Throws Out Conviction for Threatening
Obama
(July 20, 2011)
Silberman Did Not Say He Would Pay
Opponent to Quit Race, Former
Commissioner Jones Testifies
(July 20, 2011)
Revocation of California Lawyer’s
Federal Bar Membership Reversed
(July 20, 2011)
Arent Fox LLP Adds Partner In LosAngeles
Office
(July 20, 2011)
AOC
Review Panel Seeks Input Through
Questionnaires
(July 20, 2011)
Supreme Court Upholds L.A. Grocery
Worker Retention Ordinance
(July 19, 2011)
Jury Seated, Testimony Underway in
Silberman Trial
(July 19, 2011)
Eleven San Francisco Hearing Officers,
Commissioners Laid Off
(July 19, 2011)
Dykema Gossett Adds Lawyer to Los
Angeles Office
(July 19, 2011)
Brown Appoints Director of Workers’
Compensation Division
(July 19, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Honors
USC School of Law
(July 19, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Exclusion of Expert
Testimony on False Confessions
(July 18, 2011)
CJA Says It Will Seek Jobs for Laid-Off
Judicial Officers
(July 18, 2011)
C.A. Publishes Ruling on Anti-AIDS
Regulations for Adult Film Industry
(July 18, 2011)
Entertainment
Specialist Joins Southwestern Faculty
(July 18, 2011)
San Francisco Court to Lay Off 200,
Including Commissioners
(July 15, 2011)
Supreme Court Upholds City’s Ban on
Plastic Grocery Bags
(July 15, 2011)
S.C. to Decide Whether L.A. City
Employees May Arbitrate Furloughs
(July 15, 2011)
Nathan Hochman Tapped for City Ethics
Commission
(July 15, 2011)
CJP Admonishes O.C. Jurist for
Stereotypically Racist Remarks
(July 14, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Law Allowing Political
Party Committees To Use Sample Ballot
Inserts for Fundraising
(July 14, 2011)
Panels Recommend Yearlong Implementation
Delay for CCMS
(July 14, 2011)
Judges Skeptical of Suit Challenging
Health Care Law
(July 14, 2011)
Insurer Held Not Required to Defend Man
Who Attacked Friend
(July 14, 2011)
C.A. Revives Vote Fraud Charges Against
Rod Wright
(July 13, 2011)
Court Reinstates Revocation of Local
School’s Charter
(July 13, 2011)
Panel to Consider AOC’s Cost-Cutting
Plan in Light of Budget Hit
(July 13, 2011)
Chief Justice Creates Court Facilities
Working Group
(July 13, 2011)
Governor Brown Names Lawyer to
Environmental Protection Agency
(July 13, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for White
Supremacist Inmate
(July 12, 2011)
C.A. Revives Anti-SLAPP Bid Over Failed
Property Sale
(July 12, 2011)
ADDA Head Clarifies Comparison of
Prosecutors’ Salaries
(July 12, 2011)
Silberman Voir Dire Set to Begin
Tomorrow
(July 12, 2011)
C.A. Says Some Employees May Have Been
Furloughed Illegally
(July 11, 2011)
Craig Holden Elected to State Bar Board
of Governors
(July 11, 2011)
State Board Approves Site Acquisition
for Two Courthouses
(July 11, 2011)
State
Bar Undergoes Shakeup as Top Trial
Lawyers Are Fired
(July 8, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for ‘Cold
Storage Killer’
(July 8, 2011)
Fox Rothschild Adds Alan Chen to
Partnership
(July 8, 2011)
C.A. Revives Suit Claiming Man Drove
Stepdaughter to Suicide
(July 7, 2011)
Council Set to Take Up Code Enforcement
Proposal
(July 7, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Revives Sweeping
Injunction Against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell’
(July 7, 2011)
D.A.’s Office Says It Is Investigating
Richardo A. Torres II
(July 7, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Ruling That Suit Against
Doctor Was Harassment
(July 6, 2011)
C.A. Reverses Fee Award Where Part of
Lawyer’s Work Unrelated to Anti-SLAPP
Motion
(July 6, 2011)
Justices Miller, Hull Tapped to Head
Judicial Council Committees
(July 6, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Bid to Count Online
Signature on Initiative Petition
(July 5, 2011)
Bershon, Phillips Elected Superior Court
Commissioners
(July 5, 2011)
‘Venue’
Clause
Not Consent to Personal
Jurisdiction—Court of Appeal
(July 5, 2011)
Visitors Get Rare Look at Expanse of
County’s Law Library
(July 5, 2011)
Bankrupt Same-Sex Couple Seeks Immediate
Review by Ninth Circuit
(July 5, 2011)
Judge Susan Lopez-Giss Named to Alliance
Board
(July 5, 2011)
S.C. Applies State Overtime Law to
Non-Residents Working Here
(July 1, 2011)
Look to History for Inspiration, New
President Tells County Bar Members at
Installation
(July 1, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence in Murder at
Gardena Doughnut Shop
(July 1, 2011)
L.A. Law Library Celebrates 120th
Anniversary Today
(July 1, 2011)
S.C. Declines to Reconsider Disbarment
of Arcadia Lawyer
(June 30, 2011)
Judge John Shook Slates Retirement Next
Month
(June 30, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Delay in Trial of Defendant
Quarantined With Virus
(June 30, 2011)
Court of Appeal Throws Out Default
Judgment Against Sacramento Lawyer
(June 30, 2011)
C.A. Rules Attorney’s Spoken
Communications Were Privileged
(June 29, 2011)
Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to
Arbitration Award
(June 29, 2011)
Former Federal Judge Who Left Girardi |
Keese Joins Arent Fox
(June 29, 2011)
Brown Taps Two Attorneys for
Re-Appointment to Parole Board
(June 29, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Arbitration Award Against
Ex-Beverly Hills Attorney
(June 28, 2011)
Lawyers Who Represented Each Other Not
Entitled to Fees
(June 28, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Holds Memorial For Judge
Cynthia Holcomb Hall
(June 28, 2011)
Judicial
Council
Commends African-American Jurists
(June 28, 2011)
Governor Taps Los Angeles Attorney for
Athletic Commission
(June 28, 2011)
Court Report Endorses Decentralization
of Branch Governance
(June 27, 2011)
C.A. Declines to Disqualify Firm Over
Fee Arrangement
(June 27, 2011)
Lawmakers Postpone Date for State of the
Judiciary Address
(June 27, 2011)
Investigators’
Group Honors Los Angeles Deputy District
Attorney
(June 27, 2011)
A.G. Seeks Input on Questions Regarding
Judicial Benefits
(June 24, 2011)
S.C. Allows Disbarred Attorney’s Claim
for Fees to Proceed
(June 24, 2011)
C.A. Rejects Bid for Attorney Fees Based
on Different State’s Laws
(June 23, 2011)
Court Leaders Voice Objection to
Proposed Budget Cuts
(June 23, 2011)
LAPD Inspector Nicole Bershon on Court
Commissioner Ballot
(June 23, 2011)
ADDA Leaders Celebrate Affiliation,
Prepare for Agency Shop
(June 23, 2011)
Attorney Resigns From Harbor Commission
(June 23, 2011)
ADDA Members Vote for Affiliation With
National Labor Union
(June 22, 2011)
Restitution
Order
Not Offset by Security Fund Payment
(June 22, 2011)
Court of Appeal Announces New Approach
to Probation Orders
(June 22, 2011)
Governor Brown Promotes Parole Official
to New Post
(June 22, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Suit’s Dismissal Based on
Attorney-Client Privilege
(June 21, 2011)
S.C. Upholds Traffic Stop Based on
Possible Fishing Violation
(June 21, 2011)
Former McGuire Woods Partner Sentenced
on Tax Charge
(June 21, 2011)
Officer’s Mistake of Law Made Traffic
Stop Unreasonable—C.A.
(June 20, 2011)
Lawyer Had No Duty to Explain
Arbitration Clause to Sophisticated
Clients, Court of Appeal Says
(June 20, 2011)
Alston & Bird Receives ACLU
Foundation’s Religious Freedom Award
(June 20, 2011)
Los Angeles Superior Court to Elect Two
Commissioners
(June 20, 2011)
S.C. Allows Suit Over Claim Debt
Collector Disclosed Medical Data
(June 17, 2011)
County Cannot Be Forced to Adopt AIDS
Prevention Rules For Pornographic Film
Workers—Court of Appeal
(June 17, 2011)
Lawmakers Pass Budget, Cut Another $150
Million From Courts
(June 16, 2011)
State Bar Chief Trial Counsel Towery
Resigns
(June 16, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds Law School Suspension for
Plagiarism, Academic Dishonesty
(June 16, 2011)
Central District Bankruptcy Judges Hold
DOMA Unconstitutional
(June 15, 2011)
Judge Michael Latin Sets September
Retirement Date
(June 15, 2011)
Two Lawyers Join Local Office of Venable
LLP
(June 15, 2011)
Schnider Joins Levitt & Quinn Family
Law Center Board
(June 15, 2011)
UC
Irvine Law School Earns Provisional ABA
Accreditation
(June 15, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Nonsuit in
Action Over LAPD SWAT Raid
(June 14, 2011)
Equally Divided High Court Rejects
Citizenship Law Challenge
(June 14, 2011)
Southwestern
Law School Selects Four for
Professorships
(June 14, 2011)
Candidates
Respond to: ‘What Makes You the Best
Suited, Among the Present Candidates, to
Be DA?’
(June 14, 2011)
C.A.: State Bar Admission Records
Potentially Subject to Disclosure
(June 13, 2011)
Rival Factions of ADDA Battle Over
Affiliation, Agency
(June 13, 2011)
Sheriff Baca Endorses Movement to
‘Draft’ Trutanich for D.A.
(June 13, 2011)
Deputy D.A. Banished From Public
Integrity Division
(June 13, 2011)
ABA
to Honor LAFLA General Counsel Toby
Rothschild
(June 13, 2011)
Suspended Los Angeles Attorney Sentenced
to Prison for Tax Fraud
(June 13, 2011)
Six
Candidates for Post of Los Angeles
County District Attorney Discuss
Limiting Terms, Death Penalty, Role
Models
(June
13, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit Revives Claims by Publishers
Jailed Over Story
(June
10, 2011)
Court of
Appeal Rules Juvenile’s Life
Sentence Unconstitutional
(June
9, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit Chides Judge Real for Lack
of Decorum
(June
9, 2011)
Dykema
Adds Transactional Attorney to Los
Angeles Office
(June
9, 2011)
O’Melveny & Myers Names
Scholarship Recipients
(June
9, 2011)
Five
Candidates Seeking District Attorney
Post in First Open Contest in 48
Years Set Forth Views
(June
9, 2011)
Court
Blocks State From Selling Orange
County Fairgrounds
(June
8, 2011)
ALJ’S
Personal Problems Held No Excuse for
Decision Delay
(June
8, 2011)
San Diego
Superior Court Judge David Rubin
Elected CJA President
(June
8, 2011)
ADDA Says
It Will Push for ‘Agency Shop’
Election
(June
8, 2011)
U.S. High
Court Declines to Hear Challenge to
Alien Tuition Law
(June
7, 2011)
Ricardo
Torres II Agrees to Disbarment for
Stealing
(June
7, 2011)
Sheppard
Mullin Adds Art Law Attorney to
Century City Office
(June
7, 2011)
Rylaarsdam
Named
Acting Presiding Justice
(June
7, 2011)
Services
Saturday for Glendale Attorney Don
Lemmer
(June
7, 2011)
Services
Set for Former State Treasurer Fong
(June
7, 2011)
Income
Tax Refund Suit Not Triable by
Jury—Supreme Court
(June
7, 2011)
Two From
Los Angeles Among Four Seeking State
Bar Presidency
(June
6, 2011)
Consultant
Enters
Plea, Agrees to Testify Against
Judge
(June
6, 2011)
Jury
Awards Plant Manager $5.4 Million
for Retaliation
(June
6, 2011)
Sixteen
Los Angeles Judges Resign From
California Judges Association
(June
3, 2011)
State
Supreme Court Revives Conviction of
Man Who Stole Victim’s Car, Then Ran
Her Over
(June
3, 2011)
S.C.
Upholds Death Sentence for Woman
Convicted of Killing Infant
(June
3, 2011)
Firm
Adds Corporate Partner, Former
Indiana A.G
(June
3, 2011)
Homeowner May Be Liable for Shooting
of Neighbor’s Cat—C.A.
(June
2, 2011)
Attorney, Former State Treasurer
Matt Fong Dies at 57
(June
2, 2011)
Chief
Justice Names Ashmann-Gerst, Two
Others to Judicial Council
(June
2, 2011)
Criminal
Justice Center Transitions to State
Management
(June
2, 2011)
C.A.
Throws Out Indictment, Says Grand
Jury Was Compromised
(June
1, 2011)
GIS
Database Exempt From Public Records
Act—C.A.
(June
1, 2011)
Lawyer,
Client Charged in Newport Beach Home
Break-in
(June
1, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects CHP Officer’s Anti-SLAPP
Motion
(June
1, 2011)
Brown
Taps Attorney for Commission on
Credentialing
(June
1, 2011)
Court of
Appeal Throws Out Drug Evidence From
Traffic Stop
(May
31, 2011)
Court
Upholds Sanctions for Conduct at
Deposition
(May
31, 2011)
Southwestern
Law School Honors Three for
‘Excellence in Teaching’
(May
31, 2011)
Judge
Martha Bellinger to Retire at End of
July
(May
31, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects Consumer Suit Over Fiji
Water Bottle
(May
27, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds Fee Award in Legal
Malpractice Case
(May
27, 2011)
D.A.’s
Office Awards Scholarships to High
School Students
(May
27, 2011)
C.A.
Affirms Potential Life Sentence for
Dissuading Witness
(May
26, 2011)
Ten
Added to Local Criminal Justice Wall
of Fame
(May
26, 2011)
Davis
Wright Tremaine LLP Gains Media
Attorney
(May
26, 2011)
National
LGBT Bar Association Recognizes
Burbank Attorney
(May
26, 2011)
Attorney
and Judicial Appointments Advisor
John Davies Dies at 76
(May
26, 2011)
No
Quantum Meruit Where Fiduciary Duty
Breached—C.A.
(May
25, 2011)
Court
Clarifies Rule on Service of
Administrative Record
(May
25, 2011)
No
Attorney Fees in Suit Over Dog
Barred From MTA Bus—C.A.
(May
24, 2011)
Panel
Upholds Sanctions for Asking
Prohibited Question
(May
24, 2011)
Los
Angeles Superior Court Commissioner
Torres to Retire
(May
24, 2011)
Brown
Appoints Deputy A.G. to Marin
Supervisor Vacancy
(May
24, 2011)
Executive’s
Suit Against Union Over Leafletting
No SLAPP—C.A.
(May
23, 2011)
Calderon
Draws
Fire From State Bar President Over
Comments
(May 20, 2011)
GOP Filibuster Derails Goodwin Liu
Nomination to Ninth U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals
(May 20, 2011)
High Court Upholds Death Sentence in
Sacramento McDonald’s Murder
(May 20, 2011)
Judges Elect Emma Castro as Superior
Court Commissioner
(May 20, 2011)
Court Revives Suit Over Alleged
Involvement in ‘Dirty War’
(May 19, 2011)
S.C. Depublishes Ruling on Search of
Car’s Data Recorder
(May 19, 2011)
CJP Slates Hearing for Orange County
Judge Accused of Favoritism
(May 19, 2011)
Alaska Supreme Court Justice Nominated
to Ninth U.S. Circuit
(May 19, 2011)
C.A. Upholds Schwarzenegger Three-Day
Furlough Program
(May 18, 2011)
Senators Back Legislation to Create More
U.S. Judgeships
(May 18, 2011)
CJA
President, Judge Herman Say Differences
Have Been Resolved
(May 18, 2011)
Dykema Adds Attorney to Los Angeles
Office
(May 18, 2011)
Central District Extends Civil Consent
Pilot Project
(May 18, 2011)
LACBA Removes Link From Its Website to
Campaign Page
(May 18, 2011)
Cooley Will
Not Run, Endorses Jacquelyn Lacey as
Successor
(May 17, 2011)
S.C. Revives
Suit Against Attorney Over Petition
Activity
(May 17, 2011)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Conviction for Hacking
School Computers
(May 17, 2011)
Newsom
Appoints Ex-Genentech Counsel To
Governing Board of Stem Cell Institute
(May 17, 2011)
Suspended
Attorney Sentenced to Nine Years in
Prison
(May 17, 2011)
CJA Board
Member Draws Fire Over Letter to Chief
Justice
(May 16, 2011)
State Bar
Reports Higher Pass Rate for February
Bar Exam
(May 16, 2011)
Governor
Proposes Eliminating Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board
(May 16, 2011)
Superior
Court Commissioner Burt Barnett to
Retire
(May 16, 2011)
Public
Works Board Approves Location for Santa
Clara Courthouse
(May 16, 2011)
Judges in
Smaller Counties Support AOC, CJA Board
Member Says
(May 13, 2011)
Corona
Courthouse Is Open to the Public,
Executive Assures
(May 13, 2011)
State Bar
Initiates Disciplinary Proceedings
Against ‘ Tax Lady’
(May 13, 2011)
Governor
Appoints Two to Commission on Judicial
Performance
(May 13, 2011)
Pension Data
Held Not Exempt From Disclosure
Requirements
(May 12, 2011)
Insurer Need
Not Pay Lawyers for Representing
Selves—C.A.
(May 12, 2011)
Obama
Nominates Magistrate to District
Judgeship
(May 12, 2011)
Candidate
for Superior Court Commissioner Position
Bows Out
(May 11, 2011)
CJA Provides
Member Survey Comments to Chief Justice
(May 11, 2011)
Senate Votes
to Confirm Edward Chen as Judge for
Northern District
(May 11, 2011)
Bankruptcy
Attorney Joins Venable LLP as Partner
(May 11, 2011)
Court: Firm Not Disqualified by Receipt
of ‘Privileged’ Email
(May 10, 2011)
C.A. Declines to Revive Suit Over
Cleanup of Carson Landfill
(May 10, 2011)
Criminal Courthouse Building Slated to
Reopen Today
(May 10, 2011)
C.A. Sends ‘Three-Parent’ Dependency
Case Back to Superior Court
(May 9, 2011)
Ex-MLB All-Star Dykstra Indicted for
Bankruptcy Fraud
(May 9, 2011)
C.A. Declines to Revive Glendale
Attorney’s Suit Against Client
(May 6, 2011)
LACBA Selects Ordin to Receive
Shattuck-Price Award
(May 6, 2011)
C.A. Rules Governor Cannot Order
Furlough of Insurance Fund Workers
(May 6, 2011)
Services Set for Former LACBA President
Roy H. Aaron
(May 6, 2011)
Officers Immune From Liability For
Arrest of Merced Attorney, Ninth Circuit
Panel Says
(May 6, 2011)
State Bar: Santa Barbara Attorney Will
Be Placed on Inactive Status
(May 6, 2011)
DLA
Piper Team Helps Guyana Modernize Its
Courts
(May 6, 2011)
Court Revives Suit Over ‘Ghost Hunters’
Television Show
(May 5, 2011)
Superior Court Judge Horan Set to Retire
Tomorrow
(May 5, 2011)
Gambler’s Use of Phony Name Was Probable
Cause for Arrest—Court
(May 5, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Teacher Firing
Over Sex Ad on Craigslist
(May 4, 2011)
Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against
Attorney Held SLAPP by Third District
Court of Appeal
(May 4, 2011)
Assembly Judiciary Committee’s Vote
Advances AB 1208
(May 4, 2011)
Lawyers Philharmonic Lights Up Law
Library
(May 4, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Judges Question Standing
in Latest ‘Birther’ Appeal
(May 3, 2011)
Judge Can’t Give City Break on Legal
Fees, C.A. Rules
(May 3, 2011)
Governor Selects Suzanne Murphy as
General Counsel for PERB
(May 3, 2011)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Adds
Seven Attorneys
(May 3, 2011)
Presiding Justice David G. Sills to
Retire Next Month
(May 2, 2011)
C.A.: No Constitutional Right to Keep
Pets Unaltered
(May 2, 2011)
Court of Appeal Rejects ‘Rescuer’ Suit
Over Off-Road Vehicle Event
(May 2, 2011)
Public Meeting Thursday on New Courthouse
in South Gate
(May
2, 2011)
nsurer
Need Not Pay Lawyers for Representing
Selves—C.A.
(May 12, 2011)
Obama Nominates Magistrate to District
Judgeship
(May 12, 2011)
Candidate
for Superior Court Commissioner Position
Bows Out
(May 11, 2011)
CJA Provides
Member Survey Comments to Chief Justice
(May 11, 2011)
Senate Votes
to Confirm Edward Chen as Judge for
Northern District
(May 11, 2011)
Bankruptcy
Attorney Joins Venable LLP as Partner
(May 11, 2011)
Court: Firm Not Disqualified by Receipt
of ‘Privileged’ Email
(May 10, 2011)
C.A. Declines to Revive Suit Over
Cleanup of Carson Landfill
(May 10, 2011)
Criminal Courthouse Building Slated to
Reopen Today
(May 10, 2011)
C.A. Sends ‘Three-Parent’ Dependency
Case Back to Superior Court
(May 9, 2011)
Ex-MLB All-Star Dykstra Indicted for
Bankruptcy Fraud
(May 9, 2011)
C.A. Declines to Revive Glendale
Attorney’s Suit Against Client
(May 6, 2011)
LACBA Selects Ordin to Receive
Shattuck-Price Award
(May 6, 2011)
C.A. Rules Governor Cannot Order
Furlough of Insurance Fund Workers
(May 6, 2011)
Services Set for Former LACBA President
Roy H. Aaron
(May 6, 2011)
Officers Immune From Liability For
Arrest of Merced Attorney, Ninth Circuit
Panel Says
(May 6, 2011)
State Bar: Santa Barbara Attorney Will
Be Placed on Inactive Status
(May 6, 2011)
DLA
Piper Team Helps Guyana Modernize Its
Courts
(May 6, 2011)
Court Revives Suit Over ‘Ghost Hunters’
Television Show
(May 5, 2011)
Superior Court Judge Horan Set to Retire
Tomorrow
(May 5, 2011)
Gambler’s Use of Phony Name Was Probable
Cause for Arrest—Court
(May 5, 2011)
Court of Appeal Upholds Teacher Firing
Over Sex Ad on Craigslist
(May 4, 2011)
Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against
Attorney Held SLAPP by Third District
Court of Appeal
(May 4, 2011)
Assembly Judiciary Committee’s Vote
Advances AB 1208
(May 4, 2011)
Lawyers Philharmonic Lights Up Law
Library
(May 4, 2011)
Ninth Circuit Judges Question Standing
in Latest ‘Birther’ Appeal
(May 3, 2011)
Judge Can’t Give City Break on Legal
Fees, C.A. Rules
(May 3, 2011)
Governor Selects Suzanne Murphy as
General Counsel for PERB
(May 3, 2011)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Adds
Seven Attorneys
(May 3, 2011)
Presiding Justice David G. Sills to
Retire Next Month
(May 2, 2011)
C.A.: No Constitutional Right to Keep
Pets Unaltered
(May 2, 2011)
Court of Appeal Rejects ‘Rescuer’ Suit
Over Off-Road Vehicle Event
(May 2, 2011)
Public Meeting Thursday on New
Courthouse in South Gate
(May 2, 2011)
Attorney With ‘Fool for Client’
Sanctioned for Frivolous Appeal
(April 29, 2011)
Bar Court Lifts License of Break-in
Lawyer Michael Pines
(April 29, 2011)
Court Revives Malpractice Action Against
Girardi | Keese
(April 28, 2011)
S.C. Turns Down Case on Retroactive
Pension Benefits
(April 28, 2011)
Delay in
Seeking Lawyer’s Disqualification Held
Unreasonable
(April 27, 2011)
C.A.: Suit
Over Contract to Film Rapper’s Story Not
SLAPP
(April 27, 2011)
C.A. Throws
Out Discovery Order in Starbucks Class
Action
(April 26, 2011)
Kronstadt
Sworn in as U.S. District Court Judge
(April 26, 2011)
Privilege
Did Not Override Director’s Inspection
Rights—C.A.
(April 26, 2011)
Arent Fox
Adds Employment Attorney to Local Office
(April 26, 2011)
LACBA
Selects McCoy as Outstanding Jurist of
2011
(April 26, 2011)
Court of
Appeal Upholds Disability Bias Verdict
for LAPD Officer
(April 25, 2011)
Panel
Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Sex
Predator Law
(April 25, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit Seeks Applications For
Bankruptcy Judgeship
(April 25, 2011)
AOC’s CCPOR
Computer Program Honored
(April 25, 2011)
Valley
Community Legal Foundation to Honor
Arabian, Nash
(April 25, 2011)
C.A.
Overturns Sanctions Against Widow
Abandoned by Lawyer
(April 22, 2011)
Justices
Affirm Convictions in East L.A. Gang
Murders
(April 22, 2011)
Attorney
Brad Hertz Joins S.F.-Based Sutton Law
Firm
(April 22, 2011)
Superior Court
Executive Committee Votes to Back AB
1208
(April 21, 2011)
Rape Victim
May Verify Papers Under Fictitious Name
(April 21, 2011)
A.G. Harris
Asks Court to Jail ‘Tax Lady’ for
Contempt of Court
(April 21, 2011)
Court Revives
Malpractice Action Against Gibson, Dunn
& Crutcher
(April 20, 2011)
Appellate
Court Adopts Subjective Putative Spouse
Test
(April 20, 2011)
Superior
Court Commissioner Martin Green Slates
June Retirement
(April 20, 2011)
Chief
Justice Appoints New CCMS Oversight
Committee
(April 20, 2011)
C.A. Upholds
Arbitrator’s Order to Retract Libelous
Statements
(April 19, 2011)
Superior
Court Judge William Birney to Retire in
July
(April 19, 2011)
Trutanich
Forms Committe to Explore D.A. Campaign
(April 18, 2011)
Judge
Kauffman to Retire, Join Private Judging
Firm
(April 18, 2011)
Dykema Adds
Commercial Litigator to Los Angeles
Office
(April 18, 2011)
Sheri Pym
Named Magistrate Judge for Central
District of California
(April 18, 2011)
Chief
Justice Appoints Two Judges to New Terms
on Judicial Council
(April 18, 2011)
C.A. Upholds
Termination of Bipolar Court Clerk Over
Threats
(April 15, 2011)
Court
Revives Claim Auditor Abetted Broadcom
Fraud
(April 15, 2011)
City
Attorney Files Suit Over 'Supergraphic'
Advertisements
(April 15, 2011)
S.C. Denies
Review of Ruling on Orange County
Pensions
(April 14, 2011)
C.A. Rejects
Disclosure Order in Suit Over Syphillis
Treatment
(April 14, 2011)
Governor
Names Two Lawyers to Compensation
Commission
(April 14, 2011)
Intellectual
Property Attorney Joins Davis Wright
Tremaine
(April 14, 2011)
Armenian Bar
Association Honors Sherman Oaks Attorney
(April 14, 2011)
Veteran
Jurist Charged by CJP With Mishandling
Traffic Tickets
(April 13, 2011)
Senate
Confirms Kronstadt to Fill District
Court Vacancy
(April 13, 2011)
C.A.
Overturns Suppression Ruling, Revives
Drug Charge
(April 13, 2011)
Ninth Circuit
Says Facebook Settlement With Twins
Enforceable
(April 12, 2011)
Judge House
to Face S.D. Jurist for CJA Presidency
(April 12, 2011)
Appeals Court
Upholds Injunction Against Arizona Law
on Immigrants
(April 12, 2011)
C.A.
Reverses Trial Court, Says Insured Must
Reimburse Insurer Who Settled
Non-Covered Claim
(April 12, 2011)
C.A.
Clarifies Time Limit for Suit to Enforce
Decedent's Promise
(April 11, 2011)
Court
Upholds Tenth Parole Denial Arising From
1978 Shooting
(April 11, 2011)
Panel
Declines to Revive Suit Over Queen Mary
Improvement Project
(April 11, 2011)
Judges
Association Survey Results Show
Restlessness With AOC
(April 8, 2011)
New
Courthouse Will Be Tribute to Branch
Leadership, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye
Says
(April 8, 2011)
Teacher
Could Not Stop Termination by Avoiding
Service, C.A. Rules
(April 8, 2011)
C.A. Justice
Richard Huffman to Resign From Judicial
Council
(April 7, 2011)
Shutdown
Would Not Close U.S. Courts, Officials
Say
(April 7, 2011)
CHP Officer
Held Not Liable for Fatal Shooting at
End of Car Chase
(April 7, 2011)
Contractor
Held Liable for Calabasas Home Fire
Caused by Workers
(April 6, 2011)
Superior
Court Judge Marlene Kristovich Retires
(April 6, 2011)
Studio City
Talent Manager Faces Criminal Charges
(April 6, 2011)
Governor
Taps Attorney for Tahoe Planning Agency
(April 6, 2011)
C.A. Revives
Bid to Force State To Write Drinking
Water Plan
(April 6, 2011)
Four Seek
District Seven Seat on State Bar Board
of Governors
(April 5, 2011)
U.S.
Justices Revive Death Sentence in
Tarzana Murders
(April 5, 2011)
Local
Attorney Named to Contractors License
Board
(April 5, 2011)
Pepperdine
Professor Joins LACBA Board of Trustees
(April 5, 2011)
Court Blocks
Deportation of Man Claiming Fear of
Leftists
(April 4, 2011)
Glendale
Attorney Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud
Charges
(April 4, 2011)
Federal
Prosecutor Michael R. Wilner Named
Magistrate Judge
(April 4, 2011)
Howard
Miller to Receive Learned Hand Award
(April 4, 2011)
Calderon
Refutes Reports of Willingness to
'Shelve' AB 1208
(April 1, 2011)
State Held
Not Liable for Blundered Release of
Prisoner
(April 1, 2011)
Venable LLP
Adds GOP Operative to Legislative
Affairs Practice
(April 1, 2011)
Wesley
Hsu, New President of the Southern
California Chinese Lawyers Association
(Personality Profile,
April 1, 2011)
S.C.
Declines
Torres'
Resignation
From
State
Bar
(March 31, 2011)
Retired
Superior
Court
Judge
Howard
Thelin Dead at 90
(March 31, 2011)
Sandra
Klein
Appointed
to
Bankruptcy
Court for Central District
(March 31, 2011)
Allen
Matkins
Elects
New
Partner
at Los Angeles Office
(March 31, 2011)
Superior
Court
Commissioners
DeVoe,
Goestsch
to Retire
(March 31, 2011)
MacLaughlin,
Chirlin
to
Serve
on
Committee
Reviewing AOC
(March 30, 2011)
Alhambra
Suit
Against
Ex-Firefighter
Held
Not SLAPP
(March 30, 2011)
LACBA
Committee
Nominates
Richard
Burdge
as President-Elect
(March 30, 2011)
Southwestern
Salutes
Two
Attorneys
as
Alumni of the Year
(March 30, 2011)
AOC
Regional
Director
Sheila
Calabro
Announces Retirement
(March 30, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Upholds
State's
Rules
on
Pollution From Vessels
(March 29, 2011)
Current
and
Former
Judges
Urge
Defeat of AB 1208
(March 29, 2011)
Ex-Judge,
Former
Mayor
Dorn
Accepts
Public Reproval From S.C.
(March 29, 2011)
Manatt,
Phelps
&
Phillips
Adds
Insurance Partner
(March 29, 2011)
L.A.
City
Employees
Cannot
Arbitrate
Furloughs—Court
of Appeal
(March 28, 2011)
Three
More
Former
Presiding
Judges
Endorse AB 1208
(March 28, 2011)
Man
Who
Impregnated
Girl,
12,
Caused 'Great Bodily Injury'—C.A.
(March 28, 2011)
Four
Ex-Presiding
Judges
Endorse
Bill
Limiting
AOC Authority
(March 25, 2011)
C.A.
Overturns
Order
for
Separate
Penalty
Trial in Shooting
(March 25, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects
Conflict-of-Interest
Claim
in
Environmental
Case
(March 24, 2011)
S.C.
to
Decide
Whether
Party
Host Responsible for Drunk Driving by Guest
(March 24, 2011)
Governor
Taps
Caballero
for
Consumer
Services Agency
(March 24, 2011)
AOC
Administrative Director Vickrey to Retire
(March 23, 2011)
Attorney
Pleads
Guilty
to
Making
Illegal Bank Deposits
(March 23, 2011)
U.S.
Supreme
Court
Revives
Conviction
of
Sacramento Rapist
(March 22, 2011)
Judge
Hatter
Sentences
Former
ICE
Lawyer to Nearly 18 Years in Prison
(March 22, 2011)
Ninth
U.S.
Circuit
Denies
En
Banc Rehearing in 'Stolen Valor' Case
(March 22, 2011)
UC
Berkeley
Law
School
Honors
Arent Fox Partner
(March 22, 2011)
C.A.:
Insurer
Had
No
Duty
to
Defend Sexual Battery Action
(March 21, 2011)
Court
Throws
Out
Representation
Suit
Against Union
(March 21, 2011)
Sidley
Partner
Richard
Grad
Named
to MOCA Board
(March 21, 2011)
DOJ
Says
Lengthy
Term
Expected
For Government Lawyer
(March 21, 2011)
ADDA
Hit
With
$100,000
Fee
Award
in Suit by Dissident Member
(March 18, 2011)
Court
Places
Burden
on
Employers
in Family Leave Cases
(March 18, 2011)
Order
Granting
Retrial
to
Gay
Ex-LAPD Officer Stands
(March 18, 2011)
Superior
Court
Judge
Harvey
Giss
Rebuked
Over KKK 'Joke'
(March 17, 2011)
S.C.
Won't
Hear
Challenge
to
Ruling on Judicial Benefits
(March 17, 2011)
Services
Today
for
Retired
Magistrate
John Kronenberg
(March 17, 2011)
Breakfast
Club
Endorses
Craig
E.
Holden
For State Bar Board of Governors
(March 16, 2011)
Retired
Magistrate
Judge
John
Kronenberg
Dies at 87
(March 16, 2011)
McKenna
Long
&
Aldridge
Adds
Two Corporate Partners
(March 16, 2011)
Court
Declines
to
Revive
Suit
Over
Military Helicopter Crash
(March 15, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds
Multimillion
Dollar
Herpes
Award
(March 15, 2011)
Former
Honda
General
Counsel
Joins
Hogan Lovells in Los Angeles
(March 15, 2011)
Court
Revives
Suit
Over
Profits
From
Ving Rhames Movie
(March 14, 2011)
State
Bar
Charges
Carlsbad
Lawyer
Who Urged Clients To Break Into Their Foreclosed
Homes
(March 14, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
for
This
District Tosses Postjudgment Attorney Fee Award
(March 14, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects
Claim
Lawyer,
Doctor
Conspired
Against Patient
(March 11, 2011)
Kronstadt
Nomination Clears Judiciary Committee
(March 11, 2011)
Howrey
LLP
Winding
Down
After
Partners Vote to Dissolve
(March 11, 2011)
Disbarred
Lawyer
From
Beverly
Hills
Indicted in Investment Scheme
(March 11, 2011)
Justice
Huffman,
in
Newspaper
Piece,
Blasts
Decentralization Bill
(March 10, 2011)
C.A.
Allows
Suit
Over
Pellicano
Wiretapping to Proceed
(March 10, 2011)
Bruiniers
Defends
Cost-Benefit
Analysis
Against
Auditor's
Criticism
(March 9, 2011)
Court
Rejects
Defendant's
Claim
Based
on Alleged Conflict
(March 9, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Upholds
Cost
Award
for Document Translation Services
(March 9, 2011)
Attorney
General
Harris
Backs
Health
Care Reform
(March 9, 2011)
Former
McGuire
Woods
Partner
Pleads
Guilty to Tax Charge
(March 9, 2011)
LACBA
Corporate
Law
Section
Honors
Rebecca Prentice
(March 9, 2011)
C.A.
Says
Alameda
Court
Illegally
Refused
to Bargain Over Layoffs
(March 8, 2011)
Court
Rejects
Claim
That
Lawyer's
Purchase of Debt Was in Anticipation of Lawsuit
(March 8, 2011)
C.A.
Rules
That
Sprint's
Early
Termination
Fees Were Illegal
(March 7, 2011)
Court
Tosses
$200,000
Sanctions
Order
in Divorce Case
(March 7, 2011)
Funeral
Services
Friday
for
Judge
Robert Mackey
(March 7, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Rules
for
Incumbents
in GOP Leadership Battle
(March 4, 2011)
Auditor:
CCMS Cost-Benefit Analysis 'Unrealistic'
(March 4, 2011)
Los
Angeles
Center
for
Law
And Justice Receives Grant
(March 4, 2011)
Divergent
Proposals
Mark
Bar
Governance
Task
Force Meeting
(March 3, 2011)
Jacquelyn
Lacey
Named
Chief
Deputy
District Attorney
(March 3, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Says
Pet
Store Protesters Were Discriminated Against
(March 3, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Rejects
Defamation
Action
Over 'CSI' Script
(March 2, 2011)
Sixth
District
Upholds
Parole
Release
For 1984 Murder
(March 2, 2011)
Ninth
U.S.
Circuit
Senior
Judge
Cynthia Holcomb Hall Dies at 82
(March 2, 2011)
Retired
Superior
Court
Judge
Robert
D. Mackey Dies at 74
(March 2, 2011)
S.C.
Revives
Lawsuit
Against
Ralphs
by
Widow of Negligent Driver
(March 1, 2011)
Services
Thursday
for
Retired
Judge
Bernard
Kemper
(March 1, 2011)
Pierce
O'Donnell
Suspended
Over
Illegal
Campaign
Contributions
(March 1, 2011)
California
Courts Launch Redesigned Website
(March 1, 2011)
Bench
Diversity
Continues
to
Rise,
AOC
Reports
(March 1, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds
Schwarzenegger
Veto
of
Mental
Health Funding
(February 28, 2011)
Court
Upholds
Ban
on
Misdemeanants
Possessing Arms
(February 28, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Grants
Reprieve
to
Genetically Engineered Beet Seedlings
(February 28, 2011)
MALDEF
Head
Tapped
for
Federal
Education Commission
(February 28, 2011)
Lawmakers
Call
For
Vickrey's
Removal
Over
'Mismanagement'
(February 25, 2011)
S.C.
Upholds
Death
Sentence
for
Moreno Valley Man
(February 25, 2011)
Services
Set
for
Retired
Los
Angeles Attorney Howard Swainston
(February 25, 2011)
Sheppard
Mullin
Partner
Named
to
Export Post
(February 25, 2011)
S.C.
to
Consider
Liability
for
Molestation
by Guidance Counselor
(February 24, 2011)
Court:
Family
of
Betty
Boop
Creator Does Not Own Rights
(February 24, 2011)
S.C.
Again
Upholds
Sentence
in
Killing
of Desert Filmmakers
(February 23, 2011)
Services
Set
for
Senior
Ninth
Circuit Judge Thompson
(February 23, 2011)
Former
State
Bar
Board
Member
Ann Ravel Named FPPC Chair
(February 23, 2011)
Arent
Fox
Names
Bowers
Head
of White Collar Practice
(February 23, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects
Challenge
to
Nonjudicial
Foreclosure
Proceeding
(February 22, 2011)
Judge
Orders
Sheppard
Mullin
to
Produce Retainer Agreement in Cudahy Suit
(February 22, 2011)
S.C.:
Insureds
Whose
Son
Started
Fire
Entitled to Coverage
(February 18, 2011)
Court
Revives
Suit
Against
Motocross
Track Operator
(February 18, 2011)
Dykema's
Los
Angeles
Office
Gains
New Associate
(February 18, 2011)
Court
Upholds
Order
Ousting
Hamas
Sympathizer
From U.S.
(February 17, 2011)
CCMS
Oversight
Chair
Responds
to
Czuleger Criticisms
(February 17, 2011)
S.C.
to
Decide
Whether
Proposition
8 Sponsors May Intervene in Suit
(February 17, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Revives
Church's
Challenge
to
Rezoning Denial
(February 16, 2011)
C.A.
Allows
Band's
Lawsuit
Over
Videogame
to Proceed
(February 16, 2011)
Suit
Against
Game
Maker
Threatens
First
Amendment, Lawyer Tells Court
(February 16, 2011)
S.C.
Rejects
Sentence
Challenge
Based
on
Comment to Bartender
(February 15, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Awards
Attorney
Fees to Party Committee
(February 15, 2011)
AOC
Agrees
to
Fully
Implement
Auditor's Recommendations on CCMS
(February 15, 2011)
Retired
Municipal
Court
Judge
Juaneita
Veron Dies at 85
(February 15, 2011)
State
Bar
President's
Governance
Reform
Proposal
Draws Fire
(February 14, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Revives
Suit
Against
Baca Over Jail Beating
(February 14, 2011)
Court
Declines
to
Revive
Gun
Shop Owners' Suit Against LAPD
(February 14, 2011)
Supreme
Court:
Retailers
Cannot
Ask
for
Customer ZIP Codes
(February 11, 2011)
Federal
Jurist
Selected
as
Pepperdine
Law School Dean
(February 11, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Upholds
Injunction
Against Dispensaries in County Areas
(February 11, 2011)
Ventura
Lawmaker
Introduces
Bill
on
Court Construction
(February 11, 2011)
Blank
&
Rome
Partner
Moves
to Michelman & Robinson
(February 11, 2011)
Moreno
Successor
Might
Not
Be
a Judge—Chief Justice
(February 11, 2011)
Judge
Dukes
Rebukes
Chair
of
CCMS
Oversight Committee
(February 10, 2011)
C.A.
Overturns
Attorney
Fee
Award
Against DFEH
(February 10, 2011)
C.A.
Takes
Strict
View
of
Time Limit to Sue for Sexual Molestation
(February 10, 2011)
Consultant
Pleads
No
Contest
in
Judicial
Candidate Bribery Case
(February 9, 2011)
State
Auditor
Criticizes
AOC's
Handling
of CCMS
(February 9, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Throws
Out
Warrantless Search of Car's Data Recorder
(February 9, 2011)
Sheppard
Mullin
Elevates
Two
to
Partner in Los Angeles
(February 9, 2011)
C.A.
Clarifies
ADR
Legislation
on
Home
Construction Defects
(February 8, 2011)
Court:
Apartment
Owners
Not
Liable
For Tenant's Fall
(February 8, 2011)
Lawmaker
Introduces
Bill
to
Allow
Defense to Appeal Class Action Rulings
(February 8, 2011)
Cooley
Blasts
Governor's
Budget
Plan,
Baca
More Receptive
(February 7, 2011)
Increased
Sentence
After
Retrial
Not
Double Jeopardy, Court of Appeal Rules
(February 7, 2011)
Chief
Justice,
Edmon
Pay
Tribute
to Minority and Women 'Trailblazers'
(February 7, 2011)
S.C.
Upholds
Death
Sentence
in
Killing
of High School Student
(February 4, 2011)
Flight
From
Officer
Held
Cause
to Stop and Search
(February 4, 2011)
EEOC
Says
It
Has
Settled
Harassment Case With Bus Company
(February 4, 2011)
MALDEF
Appoints
Nina
Perales
Director
of Litigation
(February 4, 2011)
Deputy
D.A.
Trujillo
to
Run
for
District Attorney
(February 3, 2011)
Appeals
Panel
Broadens
Rule
on
Attorney Disqualification
(February 3, 2011)
Supreme
Court
Rejects
'Birther'
Challenge
to Obama's Election
(February 3, 2011)
Parents
Held
Not
Liable
for
Murders by Autistic Son
(February 3, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Upholds
$2.5
Million
Verdict in Retaliation Case
(February 2, 2011)
Court
Rejects
Alien's
Persecution
Claim
Based on Father's Attempt to Publish Book on
Separatists
(February 2, 2011)
GRAMMY
Foundation
Selects
Loeb
&
Loeb Attorney for Service Award
(February 2, 2011)
Jury
Tackles
400-Year-Old
Murder,
Pronounces
Prince Hamlet 'Criminally Responsible' in Death
of Polonius
(February 2, 2011)
S.C.
Rejects
Claim
of
Racial
Bias
in Death Penalty Jury Selection
(February 1, 2011)
AOC
Announces
Governance
Structure
for
CCMS Program
(February 1, 2011)
C.A.
Says
San
Francisco
Officials
Not Responsible for Gang Killings
(February 1, 2011)
C.A.
Says
Fee-Sharing
Arrangement
in
BP
Litigation Invalid
(January 31, 2011)
Court
Holds
Labor
Picketing
Laws
Unconstitutional
(January 31, 2011)
Superior
Court
Judges
Aichroth,
Aragon
Set February Retirement Dates
(January 31, 2011)
Court
Allows
Foreclosed-Upon
Homeowner
to
Sue Bank for Fraud
(January 31, 2011)
Legislature
Cannot
Dictate
Ballot
Language
on
Initiative—C.A.
(January 28, 2011)
S.C.
Takes
Liberal
View
of
Standing
Under Proposition 64
(January 28, 2011)
Ninth
U.S.
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
Revives Claims in Toxic Tort Suit
(January 28, 2011)
C.A.
Rejects
Retroactive
Pension
Benefits
for
'Safety' Workers
(January 27, 2011)
Court
Upholds
Sanction
Order
Against
Disbarred Attorney
(January 27, 2011)
Judge
Wright
Certifies
ADDA
Suit
Against
Cooley as Class Action
(January 26, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Panel
Rejects
Yagman's Bid for Fees From Ex-Client Under
Arbitration Statute
(January 26, 2011)
Governor
Taps
Two
Attorneys
for
Public Utilities Commission
(January 26, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Orders
New
Hearing
on Juror Misconduct Claim
(January 25, 2011)
Firefighter
Layoffs
Held
Not
Subject
to Mandatory Bargaining
(January 25, 2011)
Brevity,
Levity
Mark
Presentations
at
'Persons
of the Year' Dinner
(January 25, 2011)
BuckleySandler
Gains
New
Attorney
in
Los Angeles Office
(January 25, 2011)
Wright
Delays
Class
Action
Ruling
in
ADDA Suit Against Cooley
(January 24, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Affirms
Conviction
in
'Supernotes' Conspiracy
(January 24, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Names
Three
New
Bankruptcy Judges in Central District
(January 24, 2011)
Consumer
Advocate
Calls
for
Major
Structural
State Bar Changes
(January 21, 2011)
Court
Tosses
Fee Award Against Former Arizona Jurist
(January
21, 2011)
Supreme
Court
Approves
Background
Checks
for
JPL Workers
(January 20, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds
$20
Million
Judgment
in Vehicle Rollover
(January 20, 2011)
Jan.
30
Services
Set
for
Attorney James Robie
(January 20, 2011)
C.A.
Revives
Action
Charging
Advertiser
Under
Anti-Spam Law
(January 19, 2011)
FCC,
DOJ
Approve
Comcast
Acquisition
of
NBC Universal
(January 19, 2011)
Services
Pending
for
Los
Angeles
Attorney James Robie
(January 19, 2011)
Dissident
Judges
Organization
Calls
on
Chief Justice to Divert Technology Funds, Cut
Staffing Costs
(January 19, 2011)
Court
of Appeal Upholds Judgment Against Lawyer for
Elder Abuse
(January 18, 2011)
C.A.
Tosses Convictions Over Prosecutor's Misconduct
(January 18, 2011)
LGLA
Selects
Hasencamp
for
2011
Co-Presidents Award
(January 18, 2011)
S.C.
Applies
Mediation Confidentiality to Lawyer-Client
Dispute
(January 14, 2011)
Justice
McAdams Sets Feb. 28 Retirement
(January 14, 2011)
C.A.:
Client's
Emails
to
Attorney
From
Work Computer Not Privileged
(January 14, 2011)
Judge
Orders
More
Briefing
in
Qui
Tam Action Against Sheppard, Mullin, Richter
& Hampton
(January 14, 2011)
California
Supreme
Court
Agrees
to
Decide
Speedy Trial Issue
(January 13, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Says
Judge
May Compel Homeowner to Grant Access to Criminal
Defense Counsel
(January 13, 2011)
Judge
From
San
Diego
Chosen
to Preside Over Arizona Shooting Case
(January 13, 2011)
Chief
Justice
Appoints
Hull
to
Judicial Council
(January 13, 2011)
Century
City
Plaintiffs' Attorney Fights in Courtroom, Boxing
Ring
(Person of the Year, January 13,
2011)
Southwestern
Law
School
Dean
Sees
Bright
Future for 'School of Opportunity'
(Person of the Year, January 13,
2011)
Los
Angeles
Lawyer Brings Harmony to Legal Community
(Person of the Year, January 13,
2011)
C.A.
Upholds
Ruling
Allowing
Libel
Action
by Bay Area Sikh
(January 12, 2011)
Court
Revives
Suit
by
Parents
of
Girl Thrown From Horse
(January 11, 2011)
Maxcy
Filer,
Persistent
Tackler
of
Bar Exam, Dies at 80
(January 11, 2011)
Seyfarth
Shaw
Adds
Real
Estate
Partner to Downtown Los Angeles Office
(January 11, 2011)
Court
of
Appeal
Upholds
Murder
Conviction
in Traffic Death
(January 10, 2011)
En
Banc
Court
Tosses
ADA
Action Against Pier 1 Imports
(January 10, 2011)
Fox
Rothschild,
Best
Best
&
Krieger, MoFo Gain New Partners
(January 10, 2011)
Court
Upholds
Conviction
of
'America's
Sheriff'
Michael Carona
(January 7, 2011)
Retired
Officers Cannot Own Assault Weapons—A.G.
(January 7, 2011)
Moreno
Confirms
Retirement,
Says
He
Is
Headed to Private Sector
(January 7, 2011)
Court
Reverses
Ruling
Allowing
Cross-Gender
Strip
Search
(January 6, 2011)
Justice
Moreno to Retire
(January 6, 2011)
Jackie
Lacey
Says
She
Will
Explore District Attorney's Race
(January 6, 2011)
Brown
Names
Top
Attorney
General
Aides to Posts in Governor's Office
(January 6, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Panel
Rejects
Bid
to
Retain Cross in San Diego
(January 5, 2011)
Court
Orders
Accommodations
for
Blind
Bar Examinee
(January 5, 2011)
Ninth
Circuit
Asks
S.C.
to
Weigh in on Standing in Proposition 8 Case
(January 5, 2011)
Ex-LACBA
President
Danette
Meyers
Says
She
Is Running for D.A.
(January 4, 2011)
More
Than
One-Third
of
Judges
Appointed During Schwarzenegger's Tenure Were
Women, Data Shows
(January 4, 2011)
Outgoing
Governor
Taps
Three
Local
Attorneys for State Panels
(January 4, 2011)
Court:
Prior
Domestic
Violence
Acts
Admissible
at Burglary Trial
(January 3, 2011)
C.A.
Upholds
Fee
Award
Against
Lawyer
in Copier Dispute
(January 3, 2011)
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