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San Diego Judge DeAnn Salcido
She takes the
suicidal
risky step of suing her own colleagues for allegedly being soft on domestic violence, and only gets a postcard from the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
State Bar
A task force studying the Bar’s Judicial Nominees Evaluation commission offers some good ideas for reform (like making ratings more transparent) and some silly ones (like changing “not qualified” to “not recommended at this time”).
Bernstein Litowitz
Along with Chitwood Harley Harnes the firm obtains a $173 million settlement against Maxim Integrated Products — the third-largest stock option backdating settlement to date.
Lynne Hermle
The Orrick partner helps deliver a rare piece of good news for Morgan Stanley & Co.: Roughly 1,600 financial advisers suing them for wage-and-hour violations are denied class certification.
