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Obituaries


State Bar activist Tamara Dahn dies at 67

Aug. 8, 2013
By David Ruiz

State Bar activist and legal services organizer Tamara Claudia Agnes Dahn died of cancer-related causes on Sunday in Auburn. ...


A State Bar Court judge has recommended that Mark D. Wenzel, convicted of secretly filming customers using restrooms at two Lo...


Discipline


An attorney who lured dozens of underwater homeowners into paying to join so-called "mass joinder" lawsuits against big banks ...


Law Practice


At its peak in 2006, Thelen LLP employed more than 600 lawyers and had offices abroad. Since its dissolution in 2008, many of ...


A group of San Francisco Bay Area residents sued the Association of Bay Area Governments Tuesday alleging its long-term housin...


Obituaries


Lawyer pushed for rights of small businesses

Aug. 8, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

A corporate and securities attorney with Torrance-based Petillon Hiraide & Loomis LLP and a devoted champion for small bus...


Government


Revelations of a Drug Enforcement Administration program that funnels evidence to federal and local law enforcement have raise...


A centerpiece of Toyota Motor Corp.'s defense in an upcoming trial over the carmaker's acceleration problems appears to be the...


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


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Tuesday could cost public schools a lot of money to accommodate students with ...


Litigation


A class action suit filed Tuesday alleges that California Public Employees' Retirement System badly mismanaged a $3.6 billion ...


Labor/Employment


In yet another blow to their efforts to hold Wal-Mart Stores Inc. responsible for alleged systemic gender discrimination, for...


A federal judge has awarded two Chinese women $1.2 million, finding the U.S. government liable for emotional distress they suf...


Judicial Profile


Frank J. Johnson

Aug. 8, 2013
By Ryne Hodkowski

Frank Johnson enjoys his trial assignment, a big switch from his previous general civil calendar.


Labor/Employment


The less-than-profitable resolution of the Kmart case likely indicates the popular employment lawsuits don't have any oomph be...


Perspective


The lone dissenter in the SEC warned that the new rule "will prove be a great boon to the fraudster" and could "lead to econom...


Perspective


The deadliest weapon

Aug. 7, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation that all 50 states ban any form of cell phone use while drivi...


Government


Silicon Valley vs. national security

Aug. 7, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Does the state of national security put the Silicon Valley business model in jeopardy? By Martin Kenney ...


Litigation


A judge denied a motion to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing Snapchat in litigation regar...


Intellectual Property


Riding a wave of momentum after action from the Obama administration, Apple Inc. is seeking to step up the pressure this week ...


Law Practice


Vinson & Elkins LLP has recruited the former managing partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP's Bay Area offices. ...


Litigation


Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. are fighting plaintiffs' efforts to require its top North American executive to testify in pe...


A Garden Grove lawyer already on trial for taking illegal advance fees for mortgage modification work has been put on inactive...


California Speaker of the Assembly John Perez on Monday criticized a push by trial lawyers and consumer advocates to lift the ...


Litigation


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon, who is presiding over a ream of Toyota unintended acceleration case...


In a decision expected to change how agencies must evaluate the environmental impacts of large infrastructure projects, a divi...


At the Legislature's directive, the California Law Revision Commission is set to begin studying the relationship between media...


Judicial Profile


Roger Ross

Aug. 7, 2013
By Fiona Smith

Stockton Judge Roger Ross recovered from a life-threatening illness to reassume the bench.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Aug. 6, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Entertainment & Sports


Upstart website Gigit.com allows individuals to hire bands to play shows at a private venue. But it's also gained the attentio...


Corporate Counsel


Adam J. Weiss

Aug. 6, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel for Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. Santa Monica ...