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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kevin J. Murphy

Oct. 5, 2013
By John Roemer

A retired Santa Clara County judge now at ADR Services Inc., Murphy wins praise as a mediator for methodically and calmly find...


Community News


Lawyers tee off for charity in OC

Oct. 5, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its 15th annual Charity Golf Classic and dinner...


Law Practice


Paul Hastings lays off 15 staffers in L.A.

Oct. 5, 2013
By Riley Guerin

Firm cut technology staff jobs in Los Angeles, becoming the latest law firm to trim its ranks. ...


Intellectual Property


Electronics giant and its outside counsel leaked confidential terms of licensing agreements Apple entered into with other comp...


Community News


The Legal Marketing Association's Bay Area Chapter held an in-house counsel summit in Palo Alto on Sept. 17. The event was a w...


Entertainment & Sports


Two former NBCUniversal Inc. lawyers have jumped to the Los Angeles office of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, where...


Community News


The California Supreme Court Historical Society named Jonathan Mayer, a 2013 graduate of Stanford Law School, as the first-pla...


Firm Profile


A Commodities Boom

Oct. 5, 2013
By Pat Broderick

Gordon Gerson's San Diego real estate boutique made a name for itself by handling problem loans in bulk while offering lower r...


Corporate


Wilson Sonsini, Davis Polk handle Twitter's IPO

Oct. 5, 2013
By Salvador Mares

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


Mergers & Acquisitions


When initial M&A negotiations break down

Oct. 5, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Problems arise when initial negotiations break down, and one of the parties attempts to enforce the terms of the preliminary d...


Corporate


Shareholders who want to change the way the company's top brass is compensated aren't likely to achieve their goal through a "...


California Supreme Court


The state high court has depublished one opinion out of the court, and its mulling depublishing a second. ...


Intellectual Property


The Cupertino-based plaintiff got a much smaller damages award than it sought Thursday in an infringement trial against HTC Co...


Public remarks by the jury foreman and the court's ruling that Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray was an independent co...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 4, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Discipline

Oct. 4, 2013
By Seena Nikravan

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


Corporate


Though general counsel remain outnumbered by chief financial officers and CEOs in corporate boardrooms, companies are increasi...


Corporate Counsel


Edwin B. Medlin

Oct. 4, 2013
By David Ruiz

General Counsel and Vice President of Maxim Integrated Inc. San Jose ...


Criminal


Bail: a broken system in our Golden State

Oct. 4, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

In San Bernardino more than 90 percent of alleged felons cannot make bail. By Richard La Fianza ...


Intellectual Property


The U.S. Supreme Court accepted three cases focused on intellectual property issues this week. ...


Solo and Small Firms


LA real estate boutique opens doors

Oct. 4, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

Big Law Partners APC, a real estate law firm in Los Angeles, was founded by a former law firm associate who, after a stint in-...


Law Practice


Bigger is better must be the adage on the minds of leaders at global firm Dentons and Atlanta-based McKenna Long & Aldridg...


Civil Rights


A judge ruled that the city cannot hold a November election as planned since its "at-large" voting system violates the 2001 Ca...


Attorneys for mentally ill inmates Wednesday continued their criticism of state corrections officials' use of force against th...


Government


Brown signs bills to save courts money

Oct. 4, 2013
By Paul Jones

A variety of changes to court procedures proposed by the judicial branch to save money and bring in more revenue were approved...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Monsanto's buy is the latest example of interest in California's agricultural technology as companies seek to help farmers imp...


Litigation


After five months, mountains of evidence, hundreds of exhibits and scores of witnesses, a jury Wednesday declined to hold AEG ...


Judicial Profile


Barry Baskin

Oct. 4, 2013
By Paul Jones

Barry Baskin has a different perspective on the US justice system.


Just days before the trial of a central figure in the Bell case — one of the state's biggest municipal corruption scandals — t...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Oct. 3, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.