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Loyola throws alumni reunion bash

Nov. 16, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Loyola Law School welcomed more than 500 alumni and guests to its 2013 Alumni Grand Reunion, held Nov. 7 at the Petersen Autom...


Community News


Scouts launch Law Merit Badge Day

Nov. 16, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Seventy-five local members of the Boy Scouts of America attended the organization's first annual Law Merit Badge Day at Loyola...


Litigation


A plaintiff suing his college fraternity brothers over an ownership stake in red-hot social media service, Snapchat Inc., says...


The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-5 Thursday to send San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Vince G. Chhabria to the Senate ...


Law Practice


Katten in a statement said its attorneys no longer need the "level of administrative support they once did" because of increas...


Community News


Orrick hosts annual diversity day

Nov. 16, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP hosted its fifth annual diversity and inclusion "dive/in" day on Wednesday. The firm's ...


Lackie Dammeier McGill & Ethir APC faces allegations of illegally tracking a city councilman by placing a GPS device on th...


Law Practice


John M. Feder, who specializes in wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits, plans to stay the organization's course as pres...


Judges and Judiciary


Committee meetings would be more open under draft rules proposed by branch leaders. But transparency proponents say the new ru...


Commercial Law


Carving out a craft brew exception

Nov. 16, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

When craft brewers begin negotiating distribution agreements, they quickly discover that the system is designed to protect dis...


Intellectual Property


Google Books saved by fair use exception

Nov. 16, 2013
By Craig Andersonn

Search giant's scanning and online posting of copyrighted book excerpts are permitted, a federal judge ruled Thursday. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 15, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Nov. 15, 2013
By Seena Nikravan

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


Attorneys anticipate a bank of new litigation as the new health care law is realized beginning in January - everything from ba...


Corporate Counsel


Douglas P. Feick

Nov. 15, 2013
By Salvador Mares

General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at IronPlanet Inc. Pleasanton ...


Judicial Profile


Helen E. Williams

Nov. 15, 2013
By Kevin Lee

Judge Helen Williams has found her time as an appellate court staff attorney useful on the bench.


Perspective


Companies increasingly look to captive insurance

Nov. 15, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Many experts report that 90 percent of Fortune 1000 companies use captives, and we are anxiously waiting for California to get...


Insurance


The ruling reconfirmed the pro-insured position that the duty to settle can be triggered even without a settlement demand. By ...


Perspective


What's material in life insurance rescissions?

Nov. 15, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Insurers argue since the carrier is the one asking the questions, performing the underwriting, and taking the risk, it - and o...


Perspective


Thou shalt not regulate insurance that way

Nov. 15, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

While the insurance commissioner must stay within the boundaries of the Insurance Code, within those boundaries the commission...


Insurance


Initial aggressors win the forum coin toss

Nov. 15, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Had the NFL been able to choose the forum for the dispute with carriers over the concussion cases, their prospects may have be...


On Friday, Brian Panish and his team from Panish, Shea & Boyle LLP filed a notice of appeal of the dismissal of CEO Randy...


Intellectual Property


Apple-Samsung patent damages retrial begins

Nov. 15, 2013
By Craig Andersonn

The companies are nearly one-third of a billion dollars apart on how much more Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. should pay for inf...


Criminal


Shahab Fotouhi, a partner at a civil firm, is accused in a Napa County criminal complaint of stalking his estranged wife, acco...


Health care giant Johnson & Johnson could be on the verge of sealing a $4 billion deal to wrap up more than 11,000 lawsuit...


While the messy rollout of Obamacare has drawn concern over how the new law will impact the cost and availability of health ca...


Corporate


Red Bull GC to take legal reins at denim maker

Nov. 15, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Following its acquisition by New York investment firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP, True Religion Apparel Inc. has named a s...


Labor/Employment


The company operates warehouses where workers load and unload merchandise for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...


Several days after accusations surfaced that state Sen. Ronald S. Calderon took bribes, his lawyer accused federal authorities...


In litigation that lawyers say reflects an expected surge in cases against insurers alleging coercion or bad faith in the wake...