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California Courts of Appeal


The OC Register fought and won an appeal from a disgruntled reader who claimed the newspaper violated the terms of its user ag...


For years, San Bernardino County court officials have eagerly awaited the opening of a new courthouse. But the facility's plan...


Intellectual Property


As Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. open a patent damages retrial in San Jose, observers said a jury verdict is unl...


Corporate


MoFo guides Tsinghua Unigroup's $910 million buy

Nov. 13, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Firm represents investment arm of Tsinghua University in its purchase of RDA Microelectronics Inc., a Shanghai-based and U.S.-...


Law Practice


Pepper Hamilton moves into Silicon Valley

Nov. 13, 2013
By David Ruiz

Pepper Hamilton LLP has opened its third California office in Redwood Shores with three partners from Goodwin Procter LLP's Me...


U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal is giving Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP a ch...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 12, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Litigation


As the explosion of cases claiming food companies mislabel products make its way through the courts, Northern District judges,...


Corporate Counsel


Michael C. Ray

Nov. 12, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Western Digital Corp. Irvine ...


Letter to the Editor


Glass deserves a second chance, minus the soup

Nov. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

By James Grafton Randall ...


Law Practice


Courts marshaled to empower veterans

Nov. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The misimpression that veterans are passive recipients of state and federal dollars denies the agency of our veterans and the ...


Perspective


Delaware courts rein in overzealous shareholders

Nov. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent decision by a Delaware court is confirmation of courts' willingness to rein in plaintiffs' firms who attempt to push ...


Opponents of the state's troubled $68 billion high speed rail project may have failed to convince a Sacramento County judge Fr...


A federal judge on Friday certified a class of all current and former Division I college football players who claim the Nation...


Law Practice


Report: Legal sector lost jobs in October

Nov. 12, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

The nationwide legal sector lost jobs in October, according to a government report, making it the first month the industry has...


Corporate


Zynga general counsel steps down

Nov. 12, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

The departure of the gaming giant's chief legal counsel, Reginald D. Davis, comes in wake of a companywide reorganization. ...


Law Practice


Attorneys earn accolades for assisting veterans

Nov. 12, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hewlett-Packard Co. and the National ...


Criminal


Man who spent 34 years in prison wins release

Nov. 12, 2013
By Hamed Aleazizn

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Thursday threw out the conviction of 53-year-old Kash Delano Register, who was wr...


Law Practice


IP practitioner swaps Weil for WilmerHale

Nov. 12, 2013
By Kevin Lee

Jason D. Kipnis has joined the Palo Alto office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner after spending the vast ...


Litigation


Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & Lucey reached a $20.4 million settlement with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Who is a gang member?

Nov. 12, 2013

The 9th Circuit recently imposed long-overdue limits on the use of gang injunctions. By Erwin Chemerinsky ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


California's bustling biotechnology industry saw another multi-billion dollar deal last week with the announcement of San Dieg...


Criminal


Case against pot dealer presses on

Nov. 12, 2013
By Henry Meier

For almost exactly one year — from April 2006 until March 29, 2007 — Lynch was the driving force behind a marijuana operation ...


Judicial Profile


Elisabeth Sichel

Nov. 12, 2013
By Katie Lucia

Riverside criminal judge Elisabeth Sichel is a people pleaser known for her courtroom hospitality.


Judicial Profile


H. Clay Jacke II

Nov. 12, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

Los Angeles County (Compton) ...


Law Practice


Former Southern District chief judge jumps to JAMS

Nov. 11, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

Irma E. Gonzalez is the second federal judge from the Southern District ever to take on a role as a neutral, having started on...


Law Practice


Former Southern District chief judge jumps to JAMS

Nov. 11, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

Irma E. Gonzalez is one of the rare federal judges from the Southern District to take on a role as a neutral, having started o...


Law Practice


On the Move

Nov. 11, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

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


Judicial Profile


Gary Nadler

Nov. 11, 2013
By Saul Sugarman

Judge Gary Nadler frequently starts his hearings with a speech to litigants, attorneys or jurors.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Often issues from years past become magnifi ed, clouding the pressing legal issues. By Joan B. Kessler ...