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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 22, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Education


Law schools increasingly funding graduates' jobs

Apr. 22, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Although the total is still small, the number of full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar exam passage that are funded by law s...


Corporate Counsel


Deborah T. Chen

Apr. 22, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel for Idealab Pasadena ...


Perspective


To sit, or not to sit? Questions remain

Apr. 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

How the state high court answers questions about California's "suitable-seating" requirement may have class action consequence...


Insurance


After filing an insurance claim, it is not uncommon for an insured to receive unfair treatment from the claims adjuster assign...


Perspective


Here's my number, so text me maybe

Apr. 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Recent decisions show courts' reluctance to find TCPA liability where businesses send texts to customers who voluntarily provi...


Corporate


23andMe fills general counsel position

Apr. 22, 2014
By David Ruiz

After 10 months without a chief legal and regulatory officer, Mountain View-based personalized health company 23andMe Inc. hir...


Law Practice


Former U.S. ambassador jumps to Arnold & Porter

Apr. 22, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

David Huebner, who was the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, will handle international arbitration and security matters in ...


Litigation


In another chapter relating to one of the state's biggest government corruption cases, Upland reached a $4.7 million settlemen...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based online file storage company Dropbox Inc. tapped longstanding counsel at Fenwick & West LLP to handle a...


Perspective


Protecting our power grid

Apr. 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On April 16, 2013, at 1 a.m., a stealth attack on a major substation serving Silicon Valley began by breaking into an undergro...


The only female Article III judge on the Eastern District has been selected to sit on a panel overseeing a solution to Califor...


Intellectual Property


The winner of the last two trials between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is sticking with its tried-and-true game...


Judicial Profile


Robert S. Draper

Apr. 22, 2014
By Henry Meier

Robert Draper, a former business litigation heavyweight, is getting acquainted with dependency court.


Law Practice


On the Move

Apr. 21, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Charlaine F. Olmedo

Apr. 21, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

Supervisor of LA criminal court requires formalities but offers personal advice and sports talk


Judicial Profile


Deborah A. Ryan

Apr. 20, 2014
By John Roemer

Santa Clara County Judge Deborah Ryan is known for her brisk yet compassionate approach.


The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case which questions whether employees of companies like Amazon must be paid ...


Litigation


Civil Code Section 1717 applies to any "action on a contract" if the contract provides for an award of attorney fees. By Gary ...


Community News


Legal group honors 'Women of Achievement'

Apr. 19, 2014
By Ben Adlin

Legal Momentum, a women's legal defense and education fund, recently bestowed its 2014 Women of Achievement award to a group o...


Law Practice


Two decades in, firm still thrives on risk

Apr. 19, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP was founded in 1994 with 16 lawyers in Los Angeles. The firm now boasts five ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Detroit judge kicked off the bench for taking bribes lost his second attempt to regain the right to practice in California. ...


Community News


Loyola hosts criminal justice conference

Apr. 19, 2014
By Ben Adlin

Loyola Law School's eighth annual Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice brought in Los Angeles legal heavyweights to discuss cr...


Community News


Martin R. Glick recently received the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award from the American Bar Associa...


Government


Candidates' positions on the state's policy that shifted thousands of inmates to county jails took top billing at a debate bet...


Solo and Small Firms


Quality in the Bargain Bin

Apr. 19, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

The Quinn Emanuel spinoff Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado LLP, which handles complex business litigation, relies on an expe...


Community News


Some of the latest innovations in robot technology were on display April 9 at a "robot block party" hosted by Wilmer Cutler Pi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Scott Bloch should be suspended from practice in California for 30 days and serve two years of probation based on his misdemea...


Real Estate/Development


Residents of a rundown Hollywood apartment complex recently gained a nearly $4 million settlement with landlords in a case law...


Community News


The San Diego County Bar Association held its annual judicial reception on the Fountain Terrace at the Westgate Hotel. Over 20...