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Securities


While companies prize legal counsel with intimate knowledge of their businesses, some still choose to engage a new firm when r...


Data Privacy


Case bolsters FTC's data security role

Apr. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Numerous parts of the federal government are gearing up to take action on cyber and data security, but little concrete has mat...


Efforts to introduce mental health treatment into California's criminal justice system are proceeding fitfully, with zeal and ...


Transportation


Heroes and villains in Tesla's fight

Apr. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Tesla is frequently in the news of late - not about celebrity CEO Elon Musk or for stellar reviews of its luxury, zero-emissio...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Randall W. Wulff

Apr. 18, 2014
By John Roemer

Randall W. Wulff is well aware of his nickname, the Velvet Hammer. "I've read that," he said. "It's mildly embarrassing, but i...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 18, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

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


Investments


Dealmakers

Apr. 18, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups, will soon be looking to throw its weight behi...


Corporate Counsel


Max P. Ochoa

Apr. 18, 2014
By David Ruiz

General Counsel and corporate secretary at Turn Inc. Redwood City ...


Labor/Employment


Equal pay: accountability through visability

Apr. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Increased corporate accountability benefits us all. America is a nation founded on ideals of hard work and meritocracy. By Kat...


Intellectual Property


Piracy in mobile app space — a sign of success?

Apr. 18, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

In March, the U.S. government secured its first guilty plea from two individuals accused of distributing copyrighted mobile ap...


Perspective


ITC reasserts itself in electronic transmissions

Apr. 18, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

When basically everything can be downloaded off the Internet and manufactured using 3D printers, it means goods that infringe ...


Securities


A new decision holds that if parties have not made a written agreement to arbitrate, a forum selection clause will operate as ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


The federal government must look at how its long-term water delivery contracts could harm fish struggling to survive in the Sa...


Labor/Employment


Judge certifies class in 10-year-old overtime suit

Apr. 18, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

A federal judge granted class certification to 200 employees of Chinese Daily News Inc. in a lawsuit in which the workers sued...


Law Practice


Firm enters California with two from Steptoe

Apr. 18, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA made its first foray onto the West Coast this week with the launch of a Los Angeles office. The ...


Lawmakers are considering a bill that would have death certificates reflect an individual's self-identified gender, part of a ...


Law Practice


Stutman Treister & Glatt to close its doors: sources

Apr. 18, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Stutman Treister & Glatt, a 66-year-old Los Angeles-based firm known for handling exclusively bankruptcy and corporate res...


Labor/Employment


A huge antitrust class action against big name tech companies is likely to wind up soon with a settlement with a price tag tha...


Law Practice


With the job market improving slowly, Inland Empire firm leaders say they're facing an increasing exodus of talented lawyers ...


A court ruling unsealed Tuesday in the case of a former Stanford University student barred from the United States revealed the...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Apr. 17, 2014
By David Ruiz

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.


Government


San Francisco's new top financial regulator, Jina L. Choi, is one of several Securities and Exchange Commission regional direc...


Perspective


Preemption ruling could affect certain class actions

Apr. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The U.S. high court unanimously held that the Airline Deregulation Act can preempt even common law claims of breach of the imp...


Perspective


General Motors bankruptcy 2.0: lessons learned

Apr. 17, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

GM's recall of millions of cars has prompted confusion about the impact of the company's 2009 bankruptcy on consumers' remedie...


A San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit alleges pharmacy company Medivation Inc. screwed the University of California ou...


Litigation


In a rare green light for a convicted killer's lawsuit against Ventura County authorities who put him on trial, a 9th U.S. Cir...


Litigation


Judge denies $35 million insurance claim

Apr. 17, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

The court found Monday that four insurance companies were right to deny the claim filed by a bankruptcy trustee handling the d...


Administrative/Regulatory


Regulators more active in 2013, survey says

Apr. 17, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

Despite leaner economic times, federal regulators appear to be mounting an increasing number of investigations and actions, ac...


Labor/Employment


Ten years after the state Legislature empowered citizens to sue their bosses for labor violations as so-called private attorne...