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Arnold & Porter LLP's San Francisco office hosted a panel discussion Monday aimed at providing an update on recent regulat...


Litigation


MGA may take Bratz doll fight to state court

Dec. 21, 2013
By Giles Clarke

Should the feuding toymakers Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. wish to continue their decadelong battle of the dolls, the...


Community News


San Francisco bar installs officers

Dec. 21, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Bar Association of San Francisco held its annual membership luncheon and officer installation Dec. 17 at the Westin St. Fr...


Real Estate/Development


Firms guide $4.3 billion REIT merger

Dec. 21, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP are among the firms who worked on Essex Property Trust Inc.'s approximately $...


Firm Profile


With well over 200 bench and jury trials between them to date, the name partners at Marcin Lambirth LLP pride themselves on th...


Another federal judge opted out of a case Thursday because 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski inserte...


Law Practice


As practice group leaders take on greater responsibility for strategy and business development, firms are increasingly opening...


Insurance


The Affordable Care Act's rollout has generated substantial legal work for attorneys in the health care industry. While some o...


California Supreme Court


A California law professor seeking to study what he contends are harmful effects of affirmative action policies on minority st...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Dec. 20, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


James Ware

Dec. 20, 2013
By Emily Green

One year after retiring from the bench, Ware is diligently trying to drum up business for himself in the saturated world of ne...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Dec. 20, 2013
By Seena Nikravan

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


Labor/Employment


Fuzzy law on employers' use of arrest records

Dec. 20, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The state of Texas sued the EEOC requesting a federal district court to declare invalid the EEOC's enforcement guidance the us...


Securities


Day of reckoning for securities class actions

Dec. 20, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

After years of growing attacks, the efficient-market hypothesis, along with the fraud-on-the-market theory, is now on the chop...


California Supreme Court


The outcome could drastically alter the punitive damage landscape in the state. ...


Law Practice


Akin Gump sets sights on Orange County

Dec. 20, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

As part of a plan to capitalize on Southern California's growing intellectual property market, the firm intends to open an off...


Obituaries


M.O. Sabraw, 1926-2013

Dec. 20, 2013
By Emily Green

The longtime California jurist, who presided over a famous kidnapping case and whose descendents include several judges, died ...


Labor/Employment


The big box retailer and a class of women lay out an unusually tailor-made system for awarding damages to individual class mem...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Korean media concern waived right by delaying arbitration request, appeals court says. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Acquisition of IMG by William Morris Endeavor and its backer Silver Lake is estimated to be valued at $2.4 billion ...


The public needs to hold their politicians directly accountable for the runaway sentences, not the prosecutors who must play o...


Litigation


Panish, Shea & Boyle calls O'Melveny's bill for fighting Michael Jackson's wrongful death suit 'excessive' and 'unreasonab...


Intellectual Property


Senators are drawing partisan lines in the sand over legislation to curb frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, two weeks aft...


Corporate Counsel


Cheree L. McAlpine

Dec. 20, 2013
By David Ruiz

General Counsel and Vice President of the Americas for Avnet Inc. Milpitas ...


Litigation


Plaintiffs in privacy lawsuits against technology companies have often been stopped cold by the significant hurdle of establis...


Litigation


Orange County judge tosses 884-count fraud indictment

Dec. 19, 2013
By Don J. Debenedictis

Court rules prosecutors failed to present exculpatory evidence to a grand jury in a $17 million fraud case against two doctors...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Dec. 19, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

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


Law Practice


Privacy at the fore in 2013

Dec. 19, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

Privacy took center stage in 2013 as a topic of public discourse. Companies' online privacy policies became a subject of great...


Law Practice


Lockyer prepares political exit, joins law firm

Dec. 19, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

California Treasurer Bill Lockyer plans to wrap up his last year in public office working part-time with Brown Rudnick LLP. Th...


Education


Law school enrollment continues to drop

Dec. 19, 2013
By Don J. De Benedictis

The number of people beginning law school in the U.S. has fallen 24 percent since 2010, according to figures released Tuesday ...