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Law Practice


The marketing concept, which incorporates ads directly into the original content of a host website, is raising issues for law...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Drug tracking laws good for all

Oct. 3, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Just this week, Gov. Brown signed new legislation to upgrade and expand the PDMP and CURES. By Bradley I. Kramer ...


Perspective


Everyone wants to be a reality TV star

Oct. 3, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

With the continued growth in reality TV, the nature of negotiations has evolved. By Leigh Leshner ...


Securities


For bondholders, it is exceedingly difficult to prove that a statement made at the time of issuance is a substantial factor th...


Judges and Judiciary


Tips from the bench: sealing records

Oct. 3, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Lawyers don't enjoy the record sealing process, and they can make things worse by their efforts to comply with the sealing ru...


The number of initial public offerings worldwide saw a whopping 79 percent year-over-year increase in the third quarter, accor...


Bankruptcy


Katten Muchin Rosenman and Latham & Watkins are among the more than half-dozen firms working on Fresh & Easy's Chapter...


Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block voters from being given the option to decide next summer on creating a ...


Corporate


Los Angeles-based Global Eagle Entertainment Inc., a provider of airline entertainment and Wi-Fi connectivity, has named its f...


Law Practice


Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Tuesday that Jami Wintz McKeon will replace Francis M. Milone as chair on Oct. 1, 20...


Intellectual Property


An attorney representing a Cupertino patent holding company argued Tuesday that Cooley LLP lawyers for smartphone company HTC ...


Law Practice


Labor and employment attorney Charles S. Birenbaum joined Greenberg Traurig LLP Tuesday as the chair of Northern California, m...


Law Practice


The latest arrival to the world of Swiss vereins burst onto the scene Tuesday with Littler Mendelson PC's announcement that it...


The four-attorney team, led by incoming partners Patrick McCabe and Richard Kinyon, follows a real estate group that made the ...


Former state senator and appellate court justice George N. Zenovich died last week in a hospice in his hometown of Fresno. He ...


Perspective


Like, that's protected speech

Oct. 3, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

It doesn't take a law degree to know that "liking" any page or post communicates something. By David Greene ...


Prosecutors are petitioning the state Supreme Court to review such issues in the first case to challenge California's long hel...


Observers say the most difficult aspect of compliance will be how to interpret the phrase in the law "directed to a minor." Si...


Perspective


In review: the America Invents Act 1 year later

Oct. 2, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Just over one year ago, the AIA established a new post-grant review procedure available to entities sued for infringement of s...


Perspective


Come out a winner when leaseholds are condemned

Oct. 2, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Freeway expansion, subway development and the bullet train all guarantee one thing: more government takings of private propert...


Government


Tension in district attorney race

Oct. 2, 2013
By Katie Lucia

Grover Merritt toyed with the idea of running for San Bernardino County's top prosecutor position before he was fired from the...


Litigation


Arguments are set to continue Tuesday in a $20 million wrongful death case against Toyota Motor Corp. alleging the company's f...


Litigation


NCAA beefs up counsel in student-athletes' suit

Oct. 2, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

The NCAA added a team of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP attorneys to its counsel in a suit brought by former student-athletes,...


Law Practice


Head rush

Oct. 2, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Take a look inside the battle for one of the world's most dominant sports: Formula One. By Jonathan Michaels ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Vista Equity Partners in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Active Network Inc., a San Diego-ba...


According to the city's plan, one of two Wall Street insurers has reached a preliminary agreement with the city over $45 milli...


Judicial Profile


Vance W. Raye

Oct. 2, 2013
By Hadley Robinson

Justice Vance Raye shows pride in his court's past and is studious about statutory interpretation.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 1, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Real Estate/Development


Office developers are beginning once again to build on spec, a move lawyers say is a result of loads of cash in the hands of d...


Corporate Counsel


Don O. Del Rio

Oct. 1, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Los Angeles ...