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Law Practice


Glaser Weil picks up L.A. IP boutique

Nov. 17, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Century City-based Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP has merged with Pruetz Law Group, the El Segundo in...


Entertainment & Sports


Musicians like the sound of royalty suits

Nov. 17, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

Digital royalties claims are beating against the music industry's major labels. Joining the choir this week, legendary 1960s r...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kenneth R. Feinberg has taken on some of the grimmest and thankless tasks in recent history, yet they were also some of the mo...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge confirmed to Northern District

Nov. 17, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to the federal bench in the Northern Dist...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Despite objections by prosecutors who said the punishment was too light, a former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorney was sen...


Corporate


LinkedIn GC to sell shares

Nov. 17, 2011
By Saul Sugarman

Erika F. Rottenberg, general counsel for Mountain View-based social networking company LinkedIn Corp., is planning to sell off...


Energy Law


After nearly a decade, a law allowing municipal governments to compete with public utilities and develop their own power purch...


Criminal


As counties begin to absorb a massive influx of state prisoners, local authorities say they've become especially concerned abo...


Judicial Profile


Joni T. Hiramoto

Nov. 17, 2011
By Laura Ernden

Despite being robbed in Richmond, Judge Joni T. Hiramoto is committed to serving there.


Obituaries


San Diego prosecutor was 'hard-charging'

Nov. 17, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

San Diego County's criminal justice community is mourning the death of Christine I. Trevino, a county prosecutor who died last...


Litigation


O'Melveny and MGA settle legal differences

Nov. 17, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and former client MGA Entertainment settled their legal beef Tuesday over the law firm's claims that...


Government


Ten months into serving as attorney general, Kamala Harris has staked a bold claim to consumer causes with a national platform...


Perspective


Write-offs of medical bills recoverable

Nov. 16, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

The 5th District finds that "gratuitous write-offs" of medical bills are recoverable under the collateral source rule. By Will...


The greenhouse gas cap is real and will affect us all. By Malcolm C. Weiss and Ian M. Forrest of Hunton & Williams LLP ...


Perspective


In court, much like life, you may be judged on your moral rather than legal obligations. By Mary Dollarhide of Paul Hastings L...


Intellectual Property


A provision of the patent reform act that limits the number of defendants that can be tried in a single case already is having...


Criminal


California counties struggling to find creative ways to come up with revenue in the battered economy are keeping a close eye o...


Litigation


Medi-Cal cuts put on hold

Nov. 16, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

California has put on hold its 10 percent reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursements pending court review. ...


Criminal


A former San Francisco Giants payroll manager pleaded guilty Monday in San Francisco federal court to embezzling $2.2 million ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court's announcement that it will take up the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law ...


Law Practice


Locke Lord adds to SF office

Nov. 16, 2011
By Kevin Lee

Locke Lord LLP continued its expansion into California with the hiring of insurance regulatory attorney Elizabeth A. Tosaris a...


Law Practice


Silver & Freedman to dissolve in spring

Nov. 16, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Century City-based Silver & Freedman APLC, a well-established and highly-respected business law firm, announced Monday tha...


Mergers & Acquisitions


VeriFone buys Point International

Nov. 16, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP led an international deal team for San Jose-based VeriFone Systems Inc. on its $818 million acquis...


A team of attorneys who took on the nursing home industry in a landmark case over staffing has won Consumer Attorneys of Calif...


California Supreme Court


State Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu spoke to the Consumer Attorneys of California on Saturday, focusing as much on the leg...


Criminal


Judge rejects lawyer's plea agreement

Nov. 16, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

Federal prosecutors became ensnared in a rare standoff Monday with a district judge who rejected a plea agreement in the prose...


Law Practice


D.C. firm in merger talks with Luce Forward

Nov. 16, 2011
By Casey Sullivan

Washington D.C.-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is now in ongoing merger negotiations with San Diego-based Luce Forward ...


Judicial Profile


Ioana Petrou

Nov. 16, 2011
By Fiona Smith

Judge Ioana Petrou sought a seat on the bench to have a more active role in her community.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Pierce

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


U.S. Supreme Court


US Supreme Court grants

Nov. 15, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

A roundup of cases agreed to be reviewed by the high court.