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A possible lawsuit on behalf of an Oakland teenager who was declared brain dead last month by her doctors would be worth more ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board said it will no longer fight courts' decisions to overturn its requirement that workplaces ...


David R. Andrews, whose storied career included providing legal counsel to two presidential administrations, died Dec. 30 of a...


Colleagues and other county officials say Phyllis K. Morris has helped the department shake its troubled image through a serie...


Perspective


Success, redefined

Jan. 8, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. Treasury recently sold its last share of General Motors stock, concluding its four-year investment into the automaker...


SB 828 would ban all state agencies, officials and corporations that provide services to California from helping federal offic...


Litigation


Multiple requests for a new trial, plus a subsequent lawsuit, have been filed following a case in which a jury vindicated Toyo...


Corporate


Dealmakers

Jan. 7, 2014
By Jill Patton

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


Labor/Employment


In an effort to get engage employees, large employers have implemented software systems that let workers accumulate rewards an...


Corporate Counsel


Kenneth R. Ambur

Jan. 7, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Mainstream Energy Corp. San Luis Obispo ...


Letter to the Editor


Re: "Secrets Are the New Noncompetes," Dec. 27. By Anthony J. Oncidi ...


Perspective


Mandatory minimum history cherry picked

Jan. 7, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Re: "History Ignored by Sentencing Law Critics," Dec. 24. By Kenneth G. Petrulis ...


The mixed success of these lawsuits in 2013 suggests that courts are changing their attitudes toward "natural" allegations. By...


Perspective


Corporate counsel shift spending in-house

Jan. 7, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Corporate counsel's top goal was to control legal costs for many years, but in 2013 cost control dropped to number two and was...


Corporate


Wilson, Cooley guide $1 billion cybersecurity buy

Jan. 7, 2014
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Milpitas-based FireEye picks up competitor Mandiant in $1 billion stock-heavy deal. ...


Arguments on Friday did not immediately convince Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos to abandon her tentative ruling denying a motion f...


Obituaries


Memorial held for son of federal judge

Jan. 7, 2014
By John Roemer

David M. Pregerson, the 23-year-old son of U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson of Los Angeles, died Tuesday at UCLA Medica...


Prosecutors contend Walter Liew made $29 million by sharing the proprietary documents, flow charts and other information relat...


Defense attorneys in the Northern District say they are already seeing changes in drug prosecutions, while several attorneys i...


Judicial Profile


Kimberly E. Colwell

Jan. 7, 2014
By Fiona Smith

Judge Kimberly E. Colwell brought her goal-oriented approach to her first year on the bench.


Letter to the Editor


AOC 'reform' story misses motive issue

Jan. 7, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Re: "AOC Beginning to Quiet Critics," Dec. 27. By Michael Fischer ...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jan. 6, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

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


Judicial Profile


Timothy Frawley

Jan. 6, 2014
By Paul Jones

Timothy Frawley is known for his preparation and ability to move criminal cases at a fast clip.


Judicial Profile


Evelio M. Grillo

Jan. 5, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

Evelio M. Grillo often presides over dire situations as part of his law and motion calendar.


Personal Injury & Torts


A former Vista Murrieta high school football player is suing the school district over a concussion he suffered during PE class...


Perspective


Innocent bystanders of cybersquatting

Jan. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The 9th Circuit recently addressed wether a domain name registrar could be held liable for cybersquatting. By Teri H.P. Nguyen...


Books


How the law thinks in its search for the truth

Jan. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

In "The Legal Mind," Daniel W. Park explores how the law finds facts in the face of deliberate deception, the fallibility of m...


Litigation


While the basics of the $400 million settlement in the fuel economy class action litigation have been laid out, it is not know...


Speaking at a news conference at the start of the Association of American Law Schools' annual meeting, the group's immediate-p...


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


9th Circuit to stream live audio

Jan. 4, 2014
By John Roemer

Transmission of all public proceedings at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will begin Jan. 6 with oral argument sessions ...