Law Practice
Native advertising's blurred lines raising legal concerns
By Alexandra Schwappach
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
By Ben Armisteadn
Just this week, Gov. Brown signed new legislation to upgrade and expand the PDMP and CURES. By Bradley I. Kramer ...
With the continued growth in reality TV, the nature of negotiations has evolved. By Leigh Leshner ...
For bondholders, it is exceedingly difficult to prove that a statement made at the time of issuance is a substantial factor th...
Lawyers don't enjoy the record sealing process, and they can make things worse by their efforts to comply with the sealing ru...
Corporate
More initial public offerings, but smaller ones, in third quarter
By Salvador Mares
The number of initial public offerings worldwide saw a whopping 79 percent year-over-year increase in the third quarter, accor...
Katten Muchin Rosenman and Latham & Watkins are among the more than half-dozen firms working on Fresh & Easy's Chapter...
Litigation
LA sues over ballot initiative to create citywide health department
By Chase Scheinbaum
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
In-flight entertainment provider installs chief legal counsel
By Caitlin Johnson
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 names SF litigator as new firm chair
By Joshua Seboldn
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Tuesday that Jami Wintz McKeon will replace Francis M. Milone as chair on Oct. 1, 20...
Intellectual Property
Patent licensing is legitimate, holding company's attorney argues
By Craig Andersonn
An attorney representing a Cupertino patent holding company argued Tuesday that Cooley LLP lawyers for smartphone company HTC ...
Law Practice
Greenberg Traurig gains management veteran for Northern California
By Laura Hautalan
Labor and employment attorney Charles S. Birenbaum joined Greenberg Traurig LLP Tuesday as the chair of Northern California, m...
Law Practice
Littler Mendelson forms Swiss verein to become Littler Global
By Kylie Reynolds
The latest arrival to the world of Swiss vereins burst onto the scene Tuesday with Littler Mendelson PC's announcement that it...
Law Practice
Shartsis Friese LLP grabs estate planning group from Morrison & Foerster LLP
By Joshua Seboldn
The four-attorney team, led by incoming partners Patrick McCabe and Richard Kinyon, follows a real estate group that made the ...
Obituaries
George Zenovich, former appellate justice and legislator, recalled as 'gentle soul'
By David Ruiz
Former state senator and appellate court justice George N. Zenovich died last week in a hospice in his hometown of Fresno. He ...
It doesn't take a law degree to know that "liking" any page or post communicates something. By David Greene ...
Criminal
Riverside prosecutors challenging California double jeopardy standard
By Katie Lucia
Prosecutors are petitioning the state Supreme Court to review such issues in the first case to challenge California's long hel...
Government
California's new online privacy law for minors creates compliance questions
By Joshua Seboldn
Observers say the most difficult aspect of compliance will be how to interpret the phrase in the law "directed to a minor." Si...
Just over one year ago, the AIA established a new post-grant review procedure available to entities sued for infringement of s...
Freeway expansion, subway development and the bullet train all guarantee one thing: more government takings of private propert...
Grover Merritt toyed with the idea of running for San Bernardino County's top prosecutor position before he was fired from the...
Arguments are set to continue Tuesday in a $20 million wrongful death case against Toyota Motor Corp. alleging the company's f...
The NCAA added a team of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP attorneys to its counsel in a suit brought by former student-athletes,...
Take a look inside the battle for one of the world's most dominant sports: Formula One. By Jonathan Michaels ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland, DLA Piper handle Vista Equity's latest billion-dollar buy
By Salvador Mares
Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Vista Equity Partners in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Active Network Inc., a San Diego-ba...
Bankruptcy
Stockton's bankruptcy plan likely to avoid precedent-setting fight
By Paul Jones
According to the city's plan, one of two Wall Street insurers has reached a preliminary agreement with the city over $45 milli...
Justice Vance Raye shows pride in his court's past and is studious about statutory interpretation.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Real Estate/Development
Speculative building returning amid real estate resurgence
By Andrew Mc Intyre
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...
General Counsel for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Los Angeles ...