Justice Anthony Kennedy, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
and Attorney General Eric Holder will all be on hand this week for the American
Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco—and so will The Recorder.
Our reporters will be dropping in to hear from Silicon Valley GCs, pick up
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CA Supreme Court Entertains Prop 8 Backers’ Stay Request
By The Recorder
[Cheryl Miller]
In what appears to be a last-gasp effort to save Proposition 8, same-sex marriage opponents have asked the California Supreme Court to immediately ban county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. The Supreme Court’s response? Make your argument — quickly. The high court ordered Governor Jerry Brown to file his opposition…
Name Surfaces For Fogel’s Seat
By The Recorder
[Vanessa Blum]
The White House at long last is closing in on a pick to fill the Northern District judicial seat once held by U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman is the administration’s new leading contender to replace Fogel, who has been on leave as director…
Technology Revolution a Challenge Even for Larry Sonsini
By The Recorder
[Scott Graham]
The lawyer most responsible for developing Silicon Valley’s culture of entrepreneurship is feeling
the pressure of disruptive change.
Speaking to Santa Clara University law students this week, Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati chairman Larry Sonsini described a legal
profession under siege by an information revolution, globalization, alternative
fee requests and commoditization…
DA Regrets Misconduct, Supreme Court Says Not So Fast
By The Recorder
[Scott Graham]
When the Sixth District Court of Appeal found “flagrant” prosecutorial
misconduct in the case of Daniel Shazier last December, the Santa Clara County district
attorney’s office was contrite.
“Based on the court’s opinion, if I had it to do over
again, I would make my arguments differently,” Chief Assistant DA Jay…
Budget Chair Slams Courts for ‘Irresponsible’ Spending
By The Recorder
[Cheryl Miller]
Wednesday’s hearing of the subcommittee overseeing California courts started off like so many others have -– with another sad recital of the suffering that years of budget cuts have brought to the judiciary.
And then Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield crashed the party.
Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, is not a regular member of the…
Budget Chair Slams Courts for ‘Irresponsible’ Spending
By The Recorder
[Cheryl Miller]
Wednesday’s hearing of the subcommittee overseeing California courts started off like so many others have -– with another sad recital of the suffering that years of budget cuts have brought to the judiciary.
And then Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield crashed the party.
Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, is not a regular member of the…
Meet Tigar, Hear Him Purr
By The Recorder
[Vanessa Blum]
There was a yin and yang to U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar’s investiture ceremony Thursday afternoon at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. The Northern District’s newest judge was lauded first by a lover — longtime friend Dacher Keltner, director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and an expert in…
Meet Tigar, Hear Him Purr
By The Recorder
[Vanessa Blum]
There was a yin and yang to U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar’s investiture ceremony Thursday afternoon at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. The Northern District’s newest judge was lauded first by a lover — longtime friend Dacher Keltner, director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and an expert in…
Lucasfilm Pregnancy Case Heading Back to Trial Court
By The Recorder
[Scott Graham]
The California Supreme Court may be feeling some pregancy discrimination fatigue.
Six weeks after handing down its blockbuster decision in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the high court on Wednesday said no thanks to a bitterly fought contest between Angela Alioto and Altshuler Berzon on one side and Lucasfilm…