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Most often the matter is left to risk management personnel responsible for buying the company's insurance, who may pay little ...


Corporate


Private equity investment falls in second quarter

Jul. 13, 2012
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Private equity investment for the second quarter was the lowest for any quarter since 2009, a Pitchbook report showed. ...


Technology & Science


Regulators warn Congress about patent 'hold ups'

Jul. 13, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

Federal regulators decried Wednesday the misuse of U.S. International Trade Commission's exclusion orders to block patent-infr...


Product Liability


An 11th Circuit decision provides some guidance for manufacturers and distributors. By Janine Schwerter of Snell & Wilmer ...


Real Estate/Development


A recent decision creates new worries for commercial mortgagors, and new opportunities for secured lenders with commercial mor...


When the San Bernardino City Council voted to pursue bankruptcy on Tuesday - becoming the third California municipality to op...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Bucking a trend set by the U.S. Supreme Court toward immunity from civil liability for government officials, a federal appella...


A class of indirect purchasers of LCD panels has reached settlement agreements totaling $571 with three defendants. ...


Discipline


An Alameda County Superior Court Judge was admonished Wednesday for inappropriately forcing an attorney to remain in court for...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jul. 12, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

In the largest U.S. industrial portfolio sale this year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP helped Sydney, Australia-based Dexus Property Group...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Seeking answers, but not often

Jul. 12, 2012
By John Roemer

Thanks to a prominent San Francisco lawyer's crusade in the 1990s, there is a way for the 9th Circuit to formally seek answer...


Appellate Practice


Appeal options are extraordinarily limited when it comes to the grant or denial of a motion to transfer venue. By Harvey Safer...


Law Practice


Estate planning firm shortens name

Jul. 12, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

Estate planning firm Weinstock, Manion, Reisman, Shore & Neumann now goes by a shorter name: Weinstock Manion, a law corpo...


Investments


Gibson Dunn, MoFo advise on Intel investment

Jul. 12, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Santa Clara-based Intel Corp. in a series of agreements with ASML Holding N.V. wo...


California's local government entities that contract with CalPERS must respond to changes to the statutory rules governing emp...


Environmental


EPA reaches settlement for superfund cleanup

Jul. 12, 2012
By Fiona Smith

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has reached a $14.6 million settlement to clean up contaminated groun...


Employee Benefits


Insurers may be forced to accept limited equitable relief in order to gain the benefits of reduced costs and preemption of sta...


Immigration


The order may have unintended consequences that are not so dreamy. By Eli M. Kantor ...


California Supreme Court


A man on death row for nearly two decades should receive a retrospective competency hearing and possibly a new trial, the stat...


Letter to the Editor


Oxymorons in mediation

Jul. 12, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Binding mediation makes no sense for a reason. By Scott Markus of PMA Dispute Resolution ...


Law Practice


The estate of defunct law firm Heller Ehrman LLP and law firms that took on former Heller partners and their work have mapped ...


Law Practice


Fewer clients and increasing specialization are prompting longtime attorneys to question the future of the banking law practic...


Government


County seeks $96 million from landowner

Jul. 12, 2012
By Paul Jones

A long-running legal battle over a Humboldt County landowner's property sales will go back to court later this month in a case...


Criminal


The new suit alleges that the district attorney's office imposes policies on its prosecutors that violate their disclosure res...


Judicial Profile


Virginia A. Phillips

Jul. 12, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

The sole district judge in Riverside, Virginia Phillips pays special attention to the juror experience.


A class of indirect purchasers of LCD panels has reached settlement agreements totaling $571 with three defendants.


A female partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm has moved one step closer to a sex discrimination trial against her ...


Law Practice


Law schools are under pressure to provide more practical training to their students, but professors seem to be left out of tha...


Law Practice


Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP announced Monday the hiring of intellectual property litigator Behrooz Shariati for th...


Criminal


San Francisco is considering adopting New York's stop-and-frisk program. By Alan Schlosser of the ACLU of Northern California ...