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Government


Alameda County To Accomodate Voters

Jul. 7, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

Alameda County has agreed to accommodate Spanish- and Chinese-speaking voters in a deal to settle a lawsuit alleging civil rig...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Wilson Sonsini Advises Go Daddy

Jul. 7, 2011
By Robert Pierce

The internet domain name manager Go Daddy Group Inc. turned to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC for its recent sale to ...


Environmental


Enviro Groups Can Push Forward Claims

Jul. 7, 2011
By Fiona Smith

Environmental groups pushing the federal government to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes, marine vessels an...


Litigation


Although an Ecuadorean judge ruled in February that Chevron Corp. should pay $18 billion for alleged environmental harm to the...


Civil Rights


ADA Class Certified in Angels Suit

Jul. 7, 2011
By Don J. De Benedictis

A federal judge has certified a class action against the Angels baseball team and the city of Anaheim for having too few wheel...


Government


Redevelopment Change Could Spur Lawsuits

Jul. 7, 2011
By Anna Scott

New laws passed last week to curtail redevelopment agencies could lead to not one suit but a slew of offshoot litigation by de...


Immigration


Bar May Deny Membership to Undocumented Lawyer

Jul. 7, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

A California State Bar panel is weighing whether to deny an undocumented immigrant admission to the bar solely on the grounds ...


Judicial Profile


JoAnn Johnson

Jul. 7, 2011
By Pat Alston

Reaching ever higher has taken JoAnn Johnson from grocery store box girl to Superior Court Commissioner.


Law Practice


Law Firms Create 21st Century Libraries

Jul. 6, 2011
By Susan Mcraen

With the death of the traditional library in the Internet age - and the interaction that went along with it - law firms are re...


Corporate Counsel


Laura A. Fennell

Jul. 6, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Senior Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary for Intuit Inc. ...


Intellectual Property


The legality of Google's sale of search terms is questioned. By Nick Solish of Bryan Cave ...


Perspective


Masquerade: Identifying the Genuine Judgment

Jul. 6, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Discerning the difference between an "order" that is not appealable and a judgment that is appealable is not always an easy ta...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Health insurers have too long ignored California's longstanding medical necessity standard. By William M. Shernoff and Samuel ...


The first major overhaul of the U.S. patent system in over 50 years is on the horizon. By Andrei Iancu and Maclain Wells of Ir...


Intellectual Property


Will the Real Team Lotus Please Stand Up

Jul. 6, 2011
By Genevieve Knollen

Highly-charged battle over the car company's name speeds off the racetrack and into the courtroom. By Jonathan Michaels of Mic...


Intellectual Property


The successful $4.5 billion bid by a consortium led by Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for a portfolio of 6,000 patents and ap...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dewey Gets Name on Blackboard Deal

Jul. 6, 2011
By Robert Pierce

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP advised education software company Blackboard Inc. in its $1.64 billion all-cash acquisition by Rhode ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Martha E. Bellinger, supervising judge of Los Angeles County's East District juvenile courts, retired Friday after 20 ye...


Civil Rights


The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Friday a Michigan ban on affirmative action in college admissions, putting i...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Fogel, a respected mainstay of the South Bay judiciary for three decades, is leaving San Jose th...


Labor/Employment


American Apparel Says It Disclosed Risks

Jul. 6, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

In American Apparel Inc.'s first response to an unusual securities lawsuit against it, the company's lawyers argue shareholder...


Securities


Zynga Seeks $1 Billion

Jul. 6, 2011
By Robert Pierce

There were no surprises in San Francisco-based Zynga Inc.'s long awaited initial public offering filed Friday. ...


Law Practice


On The Move

Jul. 5, 2011
By Casey Sullivan


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 5, 2011
By Robert Pierce

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


Discipline


Discipline

Jul. 5, 2011
By David Houstonn


Judicial Profile


Samuel Conti

Jul. 5, 2011
By John Roemer

Samuel Conti once sent draft dodgers to jail. Now, he's presiding over a landmark veterans' case.


Judicial Profile


Thomas Holman

Jul. 2, 2011
By Emily Green

Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Holman rules on cases with caution and precision.


Government


A new law that seeks to force online-based businesses like Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect sales tax in California cou...


Litigation


A Northern District judge approved $22 million in settlements Wednesday in a consolidated lawsuit against Citibank NA, Foley &...


Solo and Small Firms


Wendy York started out on her own as a young attorney. Now, she is a leading plaintiffs' attorney in elder abuse cases. ...