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Alameda Judge Named to First District
The governor picked Henry Needham Jr. to fill a vacancy on the appellate bench. Nine new superior court judges were also named around the state.Calif. State Bar Pushes Diversity -- and Civility
Worried about the lack of diversity and growing lack of civility in the legal profession, the California State Bar is taking steps to remedy both problems. The Diversity Pipeline would set up a support network to help guide poor kids of all races into a legal career. Meanwhile, President-elect Sheldon Sloan wants the State Bar to adopt a civility code, although he knows that lawyers could simply ignore it. "It's like an enema for a dead person," Sloan said. "It might not help, but it won't hurt."Bar Aims Fat Fee Hike at Inactive Lawyers
Bar dues could be going up, with the heftiest increase being borne by lawyers who don't practice law. On Saturday, State Bar President John Van de Kamp announced that the organization is seeking to increase Bar dues by $5 per year for the state's 150,000 active members and a whopping $85 for more than 34,000 inactive attorneys.Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a)
Notice to the bar.Back on Track: The percentage of minority lawyers at large firms edged up in 2011
It's not much, but it's enough to make diversity advocates in the legal profession let out a collective "phew" According to the latest Diversity Scorecard complied by The American Lawyer, a Daily Report affiliate, in 2010 big firms increased their percentage of minority attorneys by 0.2 percent, to 13.9 percent.A split Ninth Circuit panel has decertified a nationwide false advertising class action against Honda's U.S. subsidiary, ruling that California's consumer protection law is too different from those in other states to permit class litigation. Mayer Brown partner Donald Falk represented Honda, which was accused of including a feature on its Acura luxury cars that didn't work as promised.
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