Mergers & Acquisitions
Munger Tolles advises on five financing events in a single day
By David Ruiz
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP represented four separate clients on five different financing deals in a week, for a combined v...
Mark Hummels, a partner at Osborn Maledon PA and president of the Phoenix chapter of the Federal Bar Association, was shot at...
Late Tuesday, a group of older actors and directors claiming movie studios systematically underpay home-video profits on their...
Intellectual Property
Judge rejects Apple bid for treble damages in Samsung patent case
By Rachel Swan
Having already denied Apple Inc. its big-prize injunction against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Ko...
Litigation
San Bernardino County tentatively loses claim against transportation agency
By Katie Lucia
A judge issued a tentative ruling Tuesday throwing out San Bernardino County's central claim in a suit seeking to recoup funds...
Winthrop Couchet PC inked a 5-year, $1.2 million lease with The Irvine Co. The 6,383-square-foot property is located at 660 N...
California Supreme Court
Interpretation of Brinker in doubt after depublication of meal and rest opinions
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys on all sides agree the depublications mean the justices want lower courts to use Brinker as precedent rather than th...
Each judicial opinion is in itself a mini primer on the subject matter involved. If you want to know about leveraged buy-outs,...
We need to ignite the fire in our young attorneys to take on even more clients who seek restitution for injury, fraud and trad...
Real Estate/Development
State power projects raise real property issues
By Ben Armisteadn
Power lawyers are seeing a wave of transactions, some of which involve the purchase and sale of existing power facilities. Alm...
A court recently held that fraud is a form of theft and that the money a borrower obtains through fraud is therefore stolen pr...
Criminal
San Francisco man sentenced to 40 months for defrauding investors
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge sentenced the former president of the Vanguard Public Foundation to 40 months in prison Tuesday for his role i...
Litigation
Company that administers law school exams loses bid to narrow discrimination lawsuit
By Hadley Robinson
The company that administers law school exams, which already faces a federal lawsuit by a California state agency claiming it ...
Law Practice
Arent Fox LLP will open San Francisco office to meet existing client demand
By Ameera Buttn
Arent Fox LLP will open up shop in San Francisco on May 1 in order to meet existing client demand, the firm announced this wee...
Real Estate/Development
Survey bullish about industrial, apartment markets in California
By Connie Lopez
California's multifamily and industrial real estate markets are looking up, according to the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderso...
An effort is under way to reduce the number judicial branch committees and working groups and increase Judicial Council oversi...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham guides OpenTable in purchase of Foodspotting for $10 million
By David Ruiz
Latham & Watkins LLP represented San Francisco-based OpenTable Inc. in its $10 million purchase of Foodspotting Inc., Open...
A California appellate court indicated Tuesday it was inclined to throw out an elderly writer's claim that ABC stole his ideas...
With state prisons already facing federal scrutiny over medical and mental health services for inmates, new reports highlighti...
Immigration
Bill shows hazy but bipartisan approach to immigration laws
By Henry Meier
U.S. immigration reform announced Monday is still very much in the abstract and experts said the provisions of the proposal co...
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Perspective
Victims not being told of their constitutional right to counsel
By Ben Armisteadn
That is what is happening on the streets and in the courtrooms across the state - the rapist is advised of his right to counse...
Commercial Law
State Supreme Court allows 'continuous accrual' in unfair competition case
By Ben Armisteadn
A unanimous state Supreme Court issued its decision in Aryeh v. Canon Business Solutions, allowing at least a portion o...
Law Practice
Power and prejudice in opening statements: Casey Anthony trial
By Ben Armisteadn
If an opening statement can decide the outcome of a criminal trial, then it behooves lawmakers to implement measures that insu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rejects effort to hold SEC liable for failing to uncover Madoff scam
By John Roemer
An effort by victims to hold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission liable for failing to detect and halt Bernard L. Mado...
Labor/Employment
Agency fines Chino warehouse operator more than $1 million
By Laura Hautalan
The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement fined a warehouse operator in Chino more than $1 million on Monday for unpaid ov...
Litigation
California municipality LIBOR cases consolidated in New York
By Hadley Robinson
Six California cases challenging banks over the alleged conspiracy to manipulate global interest rates have been consolidated ...
Intellectual Property
Munger, Tolles & Olson scores trademark case win over chair look-alike
By Rachel Swan
In a win for Emeco Industries Inc.'s lawyers at Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, Restoration Hardware agreed to stop selling i...
Litigation
Sedgwick fights back against allegations connecting it to alleged $1 billion Ponzi scheme
By Don Debenedictisn
Sedgwick LLP claims the receiver cleaning up Medical Capital Holdings Inc. has sued the law firm over more disputed loans than...
Entertainment & Sports
Ray Charles' children win copyright termination suit
By Jean Yung
Ray Charles' children have won control over the copyrights to 60 of the late, great soul singer's compositions. ...