Viewpoint: BAR-ometer

2013-01-11 12:06:11 PM

Hewlett-Packard

Adding to HP's woes, Lieff Cabraser hit the company with a new overtime suit.

Cotchett Pitre

The plaintiffs shop has jumped into the massive — and likely lucrative — LIBOR fray on behalf of California cities and public entities.

Judge Reinhardt

Eight conservative colleagues blasted his ruling ordering new sentencing for a defendant with dementia, saying it forces trial judges to "navigate the shoals of Scylla and Charybdis." But it stands!

The public

The governor isn't slashing courts this year, but he isn't giving them enough to open up the courtrooms and clerk windows closed in recent years.