Mergers & Acquisitions
Fenwick, Bingham, Goodwin advise in $2B Facebook buy
By Salvador Mares
Fenwick & West LLP advised Facebook Inc. in its $2 billion acquisition of Irvine-based virtual reality technology develope...
Judges and Judiciary
Court leaders want $70M more to cover dip in receipts
By Paul Jones
A drop in judicial branch revenue could be a sign that increased user fees and fines have deterred would-be litigants from usi...
Product Liability
Football helmet maker defeats product liability trial
By Chase Scheinbaum
After just 20 minutes of deliberation Thursday, a Los Angeles jury unanimously delivered a defense verdict in favor of Riddell...
Former deputy Los Angeles County public defender and veteran criminal defense attorney passed away after battling cancer for t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Tech giants seek to throw out high-stakes antitrust case before trial
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys for Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel will try to convince a judge that the plaintiffs don't have the evidence to prove...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham, Bingham handle $500 million sale of Maker Studios to Disney
By Sarah Parvinin
The deal includes an earn-out of up to $450 million, which could lead to a final price tag as high as $950 million if Maker hi...
The San Diego County Superior Court is warning the public to be on guard against fraudsters pretending to be officials or poli...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court's burglary ruling questioned
By Emily Green
A defendant may be convicted of multiple counts of burglary for entering different rooms in the course of a crime, a state cou...
Investments
Goodwin Procter helps Hortonworks with $100M funding round
By Salvador Mares
Goodwin Procter LLP represented data analytics software developer Hortonworks Inc. in a $100 million funding round led by Blac...
Litigation
Class counsel seek mediation to resolve Kozinski's objection
By Hadley Robinson
In the latest complication caused by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski's objection to a settleme...
Litigation
Narrow ruling brings cases against Bryan Cave back to life
By Kylie Reynolds
Two legal malpractice lawsuits seeking more than $100 million from the firm may be revived following a 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...
Judicial officers at all levels routinely push for settlements. However, some judges have been pushing in opposite direction w...
St. Luke's Health System was recently ordered to unwind a merger with the Saltzer Medical Group - on a horizontal theory. By T...
A look at how courts have been sorting through class certification in the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark 2013 decision. ...
The issuance of tax-exempt state and local governmental debt obligations historically has been an important tool for providing...
Let's hope that the strength in municipal bond performance will sustain and lead to an increase in municipal bond issuances, b...
Loyola Law School suffered a self-inflicted data breach earlier this month when the school's financial aid office inadvertentl...
Litigation
Health care consolidation getting tested on antitrust grounds
By Hadley Robinson
While government-sponsored health care reform sends a message to hospitals, physician groups and other providers to consolidat...
Consumer attorneys as of late Monday appeared almost certain to push forward with a voter initiative to raise the state cap on...
Red-hot online storage company Box Inc. tapped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to ready its highly anticipated initial...
Administrative/Regulatory
Venture capital attorneys back bill to tweak finance regulations
By Salvador Mares
A new bill currently winding its way through the state Legislature is poised to have a small but significant impact on Califor...
Administrative/Regulatory
State oversight of zip lines is 'underground regulation,' attorney says
By Chase Scheinbaum
Attorneys and business owners say the state lacks jurisdiction over the cable-rides, but regulators say zip lines have flown "...
Perspective
Religious liberty should trump Affordable Care Act's mandate
By Katharine Malonen
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialt...
Labor/Employment
Judge points to weakness in worker-friendly employment claim
By Laura Hautalan
Employers won a victory against one of the state's most formidable employment statutes last week, with a federal judge finding...
Law Practice
In new post, former FBI director to visit California 'regularly'
By Kylie Reynolds
Robert S. Mueller joined WilmerHale on Monday as a Washington, D.C.-based partner. But with a teaching appointment at Stanford...
James Humes, Gov. Jerry Brown's longtime trusted adviser, is making his mark on the appellate court.
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel for American Technologies Inc. Orange ...
Environmental
Proposed toxic warning law rules stir concern among industry attorneys
By Fiona Smith
California regulators are proposing a major overhaul of how companies warn the public about toxic chemicals under the state's ...
Letters, Constitutional Law
Re: Six Problems With 'Six Californias' Initiative," March 11. ...