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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 8, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


U.S. Supreme Court


US Supreme Court: open for business as usual

Oct. 8, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

This term the court seems to be reprising identical cases from the past, suggesting that some precedents may be contemplated f...


Corporate Counsel


Nicola J. McDowall

Oct. 8, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel for OTA Franchise Corp. d/b/a Online Trading Academy Irvine ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Green chemistry takes hold, what now

Oct. 8, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Green chemistry dramatically differs from Proposition 65 because it requires DTSC to make a legally binding regulatory respons...


Bankruptcy


Several firms appear to be making it their practice to file class action Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act cla...


Perspective


Bringing TV, film production back to California

Oct. 8, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

LA may have a new "film czar," but bringing production back to California will require Sacramento to get busy revamping the st...


A law to reduce the interest public entities pay on lawsuits over taxes and fees was heralded by the Civil Justice Association...


Product Liability


Health care company is now weighing a global settlement that would affect more than 11,000 similar cases. ...


Intellectual Property


Irvine-based television manufacturer Vizio Inc. dodged a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Israeli company Oplus Technologi...


A special Supreme Court panel on judicial ethics has issed an opinion on what judges must do to put key statements "on the rec...


Labor/Employment


Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday fulfilled a promise to file suit against the Labor Department over the state's ability to modify wo...


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


Answering for the first time in the 9th Circuit a question that has split other circuits, a circuit panel on Friday ruled that...


Law Practice


K&L Gates adds to OC office

Oct. 8, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

David C. Lee, who was a key player in the Securities and Exchange Commission's legal department before joining Gibson, Dunn &a...


Bankruptcy


Thelen estate settles with former partners

Oct. 8, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

Settlements will bring more than $1 million into the estate's coffers ...


Judges and Judiciary


In a first, lawyer dinged over judicial race

Oct. 8, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

In a decision made public Friday, the bar court ruled that former Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Clinton E. Parish made ...


Corporate


Fenwick & West LLP advised Mountain View-based app search engine Quixey Inc. in its hefty Series C financing round, led by...


Assured Guaranty, one of the city's major debt-holders, has tentatively agreed to a deal. ...


Litigation


California's high-speed rail authority is hoping a state appellate court will give it something many project developers would ...


Litigation


Attorney Joseph W. Cotchett tried Friday to convince a federal judge to look past several Supreme Court decisions exempting ba...


Judicial Profile


Richard D. Aldrich

Oct. 8, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

With 20 years on the bench under his belt, Justice Richard Aldrich shows no signs of slowing down.


Law Practice


On the Move

Oct. 7, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

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


Judicial Profile


Charles "Ben" Burch

Oct. 7, 2013
By Fiona Smith

Judge Charles 'Ben' Burch is quick to tell lawyers what he views to be the key issues in cases.


Corporate


After months of anticipation, San Francisco-based micro blogging website Twitter Inc. finally unveiled the details of its plan...


Obama appoints Youth Law Center Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect F...


Judicial Profile


Randa Trapp

Oct. 6, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

Attorneys say Judge Randa Trapp doesn't form early 'intractable decisions' about cases she hears.


Law Practice


10 things that every new lawyer should know

Oct. 5, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

I think it's pretty safe to say that most of us didn't really know what we were doing when we first started out. By Bradley I....


Law Practice


Gregory B. Jordan is leaving the firm to join Pittsburgh, Pa.-based PNC Financial Services Group Inc. He'll be replaced by the...


Government


President Obama appoints the center's executive director to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities ...


Just days before the trial of a central figure in one of the state's biggest municipal corruption scandals, the defendant Thur...


Community News


FTC lawyer speaks at Greenberg Traurig

Oct. 5, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Greenberg Traurig LLP's East Palo Alto office hosted a presentation Thursday on privacy law by Federal Trade Commission attorn...