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Biotech


Biotech companies target counterfeiters

Aug. 11, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

Most pharmaceutical and medical device companies rely on law enforcement to police counterfeiters. But some are asserting thei...


Biotech


Barbara A. Kosacz

Aug. 11, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn


Biotech


Biotech

Aug. 11, 2011
By Riley Guerin

A look at 25 of the state's leading biotech attorneys. ...


Perspective


What to know about uninsured motorist lawsuits

Aug. 11, 2011
By Genevieve Knollen

Insurers, don't be blindsided by bad faith lawsuits arising out of uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. By Thomas Proct...


Perspective


Why the debt-ceiling crisis is "the mother of all teaching moments." By Glenn C. Smith of California Western School of Law ...


The Copyright Act's termination provisions have become an increasing source of dispute in content industries, where the stakes...


Law Practice


Research directed to improving admission decision-making in law schools reveals two new tests for gauging job effectiveness. B...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Fight against health care fraud gets results

Aug. 11, 2011
By Sharon Liangn

Coordinated approach to fighting health care fraud gets unprecedented results. By Tony West of the U.S. Department of Justice ...


California Courts of Appeal


Discrimination suit against lawyer revived

Aug. 11, 2011
By Laura Ernden

A former Bakersfield law firm receptionist will get a second chance to prove to a jury that her boss discriminated against her...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Simpson Thacher advises in $1.8 billion buy

Aug. 11, 2011
By Robert Pierce

San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC turned to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to buy the hig...


Litigation


Apple sued over price of electronic books

Aug. 11, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP filed suit Monday against Apple Inc. and five top publishing companies, accusing them of illeg...


Biotech


M. Wainwright "Wain" Fishburn, Jr.

Aug. 11, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn


Energy Law


Solar power companies reach settlement

Aug. 11, 2011
By Fiona Smith

Two major solar power companies announced Tuesday they had reached a settlement with environmental groups over plans to build ...


Zoning, Planning and Use


City law barring urban sprawl affirmed

Aug. 11, 2011
By Anna Scott

Whether local governments want to foster densely packed urban development or pristine rural environments, they have wide latit...


Mergers & Acquisitions


More companies put off IPOs

Aug. 11, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Two more companies put off IPOs this week, waiting for stability. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Golden Globes suit proceeds to trial

Aug. 11, 2011
By Erica Phillips

The dispute between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions Inc. over rights to the Golden Globe aw...


State Bar & Bar Associations


ABA president decries state court cuts

Aug. 11, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

Leaders of the American Bar Association called for improved funding for state courts and adopted a proposal suggesting ways co...


Judges and Judiciary


State court officials have quietly dropped a proposal that would have made it easier to televise trials. ...


Government


Yolo to hold all-mail elections

Aug. 11, 2011
By Ben Adlin

After twice being rejected by then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yolo County finally got permission this week to conduct all-mai...


Government


California sues for-profit college company

Aug. 11, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

California joined the Justice Department's suit alleging that for-profit college company Education Management Corp. fraudulent...


Litigation


Toyota wants acceleration suit moved to Utah

Aug. 11, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

As Toyota Motor Corp. awaits several court trials on claims its vehicles are prone to sudden acceleration, the company's lawye...


Biotech


Gordon K. Davidson

Aug. 10, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn


Biotech


Juanita R. Brooks

Aug. 10, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn


Biotech


Editors' Note

Aug. 10, 2011
By STEPHEN LARSON

A note from the editors.


Litigation


The Republic of Ecuador and a group of Amazonian plaintiffs have won a small victory in their attempt to exonerate the country...


Intellectual Property


The fashion world's anxious anticipation for a law that will protect their designs may soon come to an end. By Robert Darwell ...


Perspective


Converting the masses one iPhone at a time. By George Brandon of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP ...


Bankruptcy


Central District leads in bankruptcy filings

Aug. 10, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

California's Central District has emerged as a hotbed for bankruptcies, where filings spiked by 13 percent over the past year,...


Entertainment & Sports


Action film's legal maneuver falls flat

Aug. 10, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

The studio behind last year's action film "The Expendables," filed an unusual, hulking copyright lawsuit against more than 23,...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday ended an investigation of Howard Solomon, CEO of Forest Laboratorie...