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Transportation


In the escalating national feud over former railroad rights of way, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with landowners wrestling...


Corporate


Big data startup Cloudera Inc. inked financing in a round led by T. Rowe Price. ...


Government


Business owners pressed legislators on the need to further reform the state toxics and disability access laws Wednesday as par...


Law Practice


Vedder Price to open Los Angeles office

Mar. 21, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Nearly a year after the firm opened its first California office, in San Francisco, the firm has headed south to put down roots...


Labor/Employment


A group of Mira Loma warehouse workers won tentative approval of their agreement with two staffing companies Wednesday, despit...


Corporate Counsel


Randall Cook

Mar. 21, 2014
By David Ruiz

General counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president, Advent Software Inc. San Francisco Size of legal department...


Law Practice


Kevin Rosenberg has jumped to the Los Angeles office of Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP as general counsel and chair...


Securities


Cooley LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC attorneys in Seattle and Palo Alto are helping to take antibody drug de...


Litigation


Judge extends preservation order in NSA litigation

Mar. 21, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

A federal judge Wednesday extended a previous order to the National Security Agency, preventing them from destroying evidence ...


Securities


The Supreme Court will decide whether a plaintiff can state a claim under federal securities laws regarding a statement of opi...


California Courts of Appeal


Electronic filing has arrived to the 1st District Court of Appeal, the first in the state to require lawyers to submit writ pe...


Data Privacy


In a major win for Google Inc., a San Jose federal judge has rejected class certification in a lawsuit challenging the company...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Mar. 20, 2014
By David Ruiz

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.


Law Practice


Many firms have wised up to the possible recruiting perils that come with such discussions and imposed agreements meant to ke...


Native Americans


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that state and local governments lack the power to tax permanent improveme...


Entertainment & Sports


Orca welfare law is a strong step forward

Mar. 20, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Passage of the Orca Welfare and Safety Act, banning the use of orca whales for public entertainment or breeding additional per...


Law Practice


Firms looking to add data security attorneys have deviated from standard recruiting practices due to the high demand and small...


Law Practice


Dallas-based McCathern PLLC, known for representing the Dallas Cowboys, broke into California recently by picking up an L.A. b...


Corporate


General counsel movement shot up dramatically last year, and companies have seized on the turnover as an opportunity to place ...


The two-year appellate battle in one of the state's biggest public corruption cases appears to have drawn to a close, after a ...


Intellectual Property


A federal appeals court ruled that a stock photo company can sue for copyright infringement against a publishing company even ...


Law Practice


Firms' cost-saving measures are triggering departures, and legal experts say the fallout could bode well for other firms looki...


Law Practice


Before making a lateral move...

Mar. 20, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Just as firms conduct due diligence before acquiring a lateral partner, it's equally important for you, the candidate, to do y...


A federal judge will be asked Wednesday to determined how much data relevant to ongoing litigation over the government's colle...


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


A convicted murderer who was 19 when he told police interrogators in vain to "give me a lawyer" got a rare second en banc hear...


If Malibu adopts a benchmark governing formula retail in the municipality, it could become a battleground for what some attorn...


Administrative/Regulatory


The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was granted authority to limit mandatory arbitration clauses in certain contracts. It...


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


Questions for both sides in wake of PAGA opinion

Mar. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The 9th Circuit has determined that PAGA actions are not removable to federal district court under the Class Action Fairness A...


Securities


Palo Alto-based Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Alan Seem is leading the firm's representation of the underwriters in conn...


Law Practice


Another Bingham partner heads for the exits

Mar. 19, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

Corporate securities and technology partner Alan B. Kalin left the firm for Pillsbury Winthtrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He is at lea...