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Eric C. Jensen

Feb. 5, 2014
By Pat Broderick

Cooley LLP Palo Alto


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Jorge A. del Calvo

Feb. 5, 2014
By Pat Broderick

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Palo Alto


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Alison S. Ressler

Feb. 5, 2014
By Andrew Mcintyre

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Los Angeles


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Gordon K. Davidson

Feb. 5, 2014
By Pat Broderick

Fenwick & West LLP Mountain View


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Michael A. Woronoff

Feb. 5, 2014
By Andrew Mcintyre

Proskauer Rose LLP Los Angeles


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Richard Capelouto

Feb. 5, 2014
By Fiona Smith

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Palo Alto


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James W. Loss

Feb. 5, 2014
By Giles Clarke

Bingham McCutchen LLP Costa Mesa


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Schools paying more attention to export controls laws, which can apply simply to a discussion between and U.S. citizen and a f...


Bankruptcy


One auction house recently opined that the works could bring as much as $867 million - and here is the part that is shocking -...


Perspective


Anti-SLAPP splits expanded in 2013

Feb. 5, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Decisions in 2013 saw the opening of two significant splits in authority on anti-SLAPP issues. By Michael Shipley ...


California Courts of Appeal


The widow of entertainer Bing Crosby and her children are the sole owners of Crosby's publicity rights, an appellate court has...


The lawyer defending a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge against charges he pushed a woman to the ground after an argume...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham & Watkins LLP advised medical device manufacturer ArthroCare Corp. in its $1.7 billion sale to Smith & Nephew P...


Law Practice


Robert L. Kahan rejoined longtime colleague Stanton "Larry" Stein at Liner LLP on Monday. He leaves Eisner Kahan Gorry Chapman...


Law Practice


Downey Brand LLP managing partner Kevin M. O'Brien stepped down from his role Monday, the same day a group of mining and land ...


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


Private citizens will find it harder to use the Clean Air Act to force governments to confront climate change thanks to a 9th ...


Environmental


Environmentalists accuse Stanislaus County of failing to look at the effects of increased well drilling. ...


Litigation


Time to put the demurrer out to pasture?

Feb. 5, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

One of the great ironies of modern litigation practice is the origin of the word "demur," which comes from the Middle English ...


A proposed settlement in a lawsuit involving allegations of inflated fuel economy by automakers Hyundai Motor America and Kia ...


Intellectual Property


Legal experts say that the recent patent deal Twitter Inc. struck with computer giant International Business Machines Corp. se...


Judicial Profile


Katherine L. Lucero

Feb. 5, 2014
By Craig Andersonn

From early activism to a willingness to reconsider court rules, Katherine Lucero challenges the status quo.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Feb. 4, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Administrative/Regulatory


What's behind FDA's sudden soda interest?

Feb. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

In January, the FDA announced that it will be reviewing caramel coloring of several soft drinks. But why? By Peter Arhangelsky...


Perspective


Bitcoin arrest shows risk of virtual currency

Feb. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The recent arrest of bitcoin exchanger Charlie Shrem makes it clear that the federal government is not yet convinced about the...


Government


Bill to bolster Brady touted by defense lawyers

Feb. 4, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

An organization of criminal defense attorneys is pushing state legislation to address prosecutors' failure disclose potentiall...


Labor/Employment


Brinker class to move forward with action

Feb. 4, 2014
By Laura Hautalan

Appellate court declines to review class certification of 110,000 workers seeking damages for missed breaks. ...


Law Practice


The partner who launched Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Los Angeles corporate practice has decamped to Winston & Strawn LLP, c...


The settlement came in a case in which the plaintiff, transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, sued two former supervising surg...


The lawyer defending a judge charged with pushing and injuring a woman in a fight over dog waste tried Friday to paint the wom...


Every now and then, Thomas H. Bienert Jr. sees a news story about an Orange County business or resident going to trial in Oran...