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Corporate


Dealmakers

Apr. 30, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

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


Litigation


Every track laid down by The Beatles, The Doors and Jimi Hendrix, along with every recording from the legendary Woodstock and ...


Corporate Counsel


David J. Harshman

Apr. 30, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappch

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. Irvine ...


Perspective


An elephant in the CLE room

Apr. 30, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

When comes to continuing education requirements, the legal community is for continuing the status quo. By Kurt Osenbaugh ...


Perspective


Silicon Valley artists need IP protection, too

Apr. 30, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Today's artist drives revenue primarily through licensing of content. And more often than not, today's artist - not the label ...


Litigation


When a plaintiff makes two Section 998 settlement offers, both of which expire, which is the operative offer for purposes of c...


Perspective


A class-action game changer

Apr. 30, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Some commentators have focused on language from the dissent to argue that Comcast v. Behrend was actually a nonevent th...


Corporate


After the 2008 financial crisis, amid an unstable lending market, buyers had the upper hand when negotiating deal terms. ...


Intellectual Property


Microsoft Corp. scored a victory in a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, avoiding the bulk of royalties the Google Inc.-subsid...


A state appellate court justice who wants to retire early took the stand Friday to fight a law that could prevent judges from ...


Corporate


Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Cooley LLP represented the company and underwriters, respectively, regarding Receptos ...


Law Practice


Oakland-based Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP has added three partners in the past two weeks, nearly doubling its trusts and...


Litigation


A Los Angeles jury ordered Asia's largest pharmaceutical company to hand over $6.5 million Friday to a plaintiff and his wife ...


Community college administrators throughout California may be at risk of losing their pension eligibility, according to a warn...


Law Practice


Silicon Valley corporate law firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigan LLP is hoping that new offices i...


Government


Courts to get funding based on workload

Apr. 30, 2013
By Paul Jones

The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded court...


Judicial Profile


Debre Katz Weintraub

Apr. 30, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

Los Angeles County (Mosk) ...


One of California's largest plaintiffs' firms lost its bid Friday to force arbitration in a San Francisco County Superior Cour...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Apr. 29, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Sanjay Bhandari joined Ballard Spahr LLP as a partner in San Diego. He has tried criminal cases involving charges of bribery, ...


Judicial Profile


Bunmi O. Awoniyi

Apr. 28, 2013
By Paul Jones

A UK exchange program led Bunmi Awoniyi to become the first state judge of Nigerian descent.


On Sunday, more than 3,000 financial titans, policymakers and innovators from across the globe will gather in West Los Angeles...


Tax


Stay healthy with new Medicare taxes

Apr. 27, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Medicare funding is getting a booster shot by subjecting most earned and unearned income to an increased tax. By Stefanie J. L...


Perspective


The recently appointed chairman of the SEC, Mary Jo White, has stated in Senate hearings that enacting rules per congressional...


Perspective


The Boy Scouts have already released files relating to sexual abuse allegations that occurred between 1965 and 1985. Now a cou...


California Supreme Court


The high court will decide whether insureds can bring claims under the Unfair Competition Law when the challenged conduct also...


Community News


In early April, Los Angeles held its ninth annual Mediation Awareness Week. Participants highlighted the importance and value ...


Bankruptcy


O'Reilly & Collins estate gets contested trustee

Apr. 27, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

A trustee to the O'Reilly & Collins bankruptcy case was elected during a disputed trustee election April 17, according to ...


Government


State Bar adopts changes to open meeting rules

Apr. 27, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

Responding to an angry legislator and the demands of a 2011 statute, the bar's governing board voted Thursday to match its rul...


The Center for Civic Mediation posthumously awarded the Louis M. Brown Conflict Prevention Award to the late U.S. Ambassador J...


The Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to review an appellate court decision that would starkly limit...