Real estate attorneys have been handling more positive transactions in recent months, but the majority of activity remains focused on distressed assets, according to some local attorneys.
The Lawyers Club of San Diego was founded in 1972 as a way to address discrimination and other obstacles facing women in the law, the legal profession and the community.
Anyone who has ever applied to the University of San Diego School of Law knows that admission is tough. On average, admitted students score in the 87th percentile on their LSAT and have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.5.
There is no doubt that technology has made all our lives easier in countless ways. Yet, like many things, technology is a double-edged sword, to be used with caution and good business judgment.
California Western School of Law extends its commitment to being and becoming what law school ought to be well beyond the classroom. This commitment appeals to prospective lawyers who want to make a difference in the courtroom and in the lives of others.
Gayle M. Blatt, a partner with San Diego-based Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, has been appointed by U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz to serve on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee as Liaison Counsel for the growing number of Hydroxycut personal injury cases in Multi-District Litigation (MDL 2087), now pending in the Southern District of California.
The attorneys of The Gomez Law Firm gladly step into the ring for their clients when defendants don’t pay what’s fair. A boutique firm focusing on high-value and high-profile catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, trucking litigation and elder abuse, in the last 12 months the firm’s attorneys obtained five jury verdicts in excess of $1 million, including a jury verdict in excess of $13 million. The willingness of the attorneys to go to trial, combined with their attention to detail, impeccable service and results-driven approach, have allowed the firm to obtain more than $170 million in verdicts and settlements since 2000.
So you've been working at your law firm for a few years now, have mastered the art of document review and motion writing, have learned how to surpass your annual billable hour requirement and are becoming a good lawyer. The problem is that you're stressed out. You long for summer vacation, don't get enough exercise and lose sleep at night thinking about your upcoming deadlines and whether you've propounded the right discovery.
China's image in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) is less than flattering. Seizures of China-originated IPR-infringing products at the U.S. border are about 80 percent of all such seizures. China remains the top IPR violator in the 2010 Annual Special 301 Report by U.S. Trade Representative. However, under external and internal pressures, China is rapidly improving its IPR systems. Its new Patent Law, effective Oct. 1, 2009, and other recent changes reflect China's efforts toward better IPR protection.
In February 2009, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California's Violent Video Games Act banning the sale or rental of "violent video games" to minors. While the holding is squarely in line with substantial U.S. Supreme Court precedent requiring parents -- not government censors -- to decide what is appropriate content for children, the U.S. Supreme Court just granted review. Mixed in with the legal issues are some of the most troublesome themes for free speech protection -- minors, sex and violence. The grant of review is therefore unsettling.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law will welcome its spring 2011 entering class in January with the opening of a brand new, “green” and technology-focused campus in downtown San Diego’s revitalized East Village, also home to the Padres’ Petco Park, the city’s future new central library and possibly a new Chargers’ stadium.
