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Only 6.7 percent of immigration cases were closed as a result of prosecutor discretion since October 2012 despite several gove...


Community News


The Encino Lawyers Association gathered at The Elbow Room on Ventura Boulevard earlier this month to help raise funds for Hope...


Community News


Bar group lauds top volunteers

Apr. 26, 2014
By Ben Adlin

The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco celebrated the top 15 percent of its volunteers at ...


California Courts of Appeal


Court expands coverage for autism treatment

Apr. 26, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

In a case that's drawn the attention of medical professionals in California, a state appellate panel this week expanded insura...


Firm Profile


A Righteous Cause

Apr. 26, 2014
By Paul Jones

David Smith and Elisa Zitano had to overcome their own qualms and the doubts of others before opening a two-lawyer medical mal...


Community News


Alston & Bird LLP hosted more than 200 guests at an April 17 open house to celebrate the firm's newly renovated downtown L...


Community News


A wide swath of Hollywood talent, producers and attorneys turned out to honor attorney L. Lee Phillips, partner at Manatt, Phe...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Lawyers could land in discipline trouble if they botch discovery requests for email and other electronic information, accordin...


Community News


Trial lawyer group honors SF litigators

Apr. 26, 2014
By Ben Adlin

Attorneys from Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP and Mary Alexander & Associates PC took home the San Francisco Trial Law...


Arbitrator Profile


Jeannie Lowe

Apr. 26, 2014
By Henry Meier

In spite of - or maybe because of - her time as a family law bench officer, former San Diego County Superior Court Commissione...


Community News


The Anti-Defamation League's Orange County/Long Beach region honored three attorneys and civil rights advocates with the 2014 ...


Perspective


A new decision says the government may need to use eminent domain rather than "right-of-entry" statutes to gain access to prop...


Judges and Judiciary


Keeping a promise made last year, branch leaders finally approved a policy to open committee meetings to the public, a dramati...


Government


Judges in some California courts may soon have no courtrooms to call home. With several bench spots empty, Sacramento and San ...


U.S. Supreme Court


"After today's opinion all of us on the road, and not just drug dealers, are at risk of having our freedom of movement curtail...


Litigation


Tech giants settle 'no poach' case

Apr. 26, 2014
By Laura Hautalan

Google Inc., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. settled the case for an undisclosed sum. The case alleged the lead...


Intellectual Property


The entry of Rockstar US Consortium LP into the smartphone patent wars has reopened the debate over what role patent holding c...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 25, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 25, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Bradley S. Miller

Apr. 25, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for High Noon Entertainment Sherman Oaks ...


Real Estate/Development


Late last year, Facebook hit the ground running with plans to create workforce housing near the social media giant's headquart...


Intellectual Property


Justices tackles plague of vague patents

Apr. 25, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in yet another patent case, the fifth of the term - but it could be the sleeper c...


Perspective


New USPTO guidelines on laws of nature

Apr. 25, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued guidelines implementing a new procedure for patent examiners. By Jeffrey...


Law Practice


Jenner & Block has seen steadfast growth during its five years in the city, growing from two attorneys to nearly 35 after ...


Government


California lawyers cheer clemency plan

Apr. 25, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

California prosecutors and defense attorneys are applauding a new U.S. Department of Justice initiative encouraging qualified ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Irvine-based cosmetic drug developer Allergan Inc. announced late Tuesday that the company's board of directors had adopted a ...


UC Berkeley School of Law's acting dean Gillian Lester has been appointed the next dean of Columbia Law School, Columbia annou...


Government


In an era of smartphones and online tracking, a state Senate bill meant to shield people's personal data from tracking by yet ...


Perspective


The question before the U.S. high court is whether the 9th Circuit erred in holding that a private party cannot bring a Lanham...


Christopher J. Warner, a former San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, filed an opening appellate brief Wednesday in his ...