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Judicial Profile


Stephen P. Acquisto

Aug. 20, 2015
By Fiona Smith

Sacramento County Judge Stephen Acquisto says he likes being able to make objective decisions.


Transactions


The online retailer, which went public just two years ago, tapped Weil and Cooley in its sale to Liberty Interactive, which al...


Entertainment & Sports


Just like companies adopt HR policies to save money in the long run, so too should studios adopt policies and protocols to pro...


GC Email


The 9th Circuit recently weighed in on the issue. By Laura W. Brill and Nicholas F. Daum ...


Judges and Judiciary


Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 560, a bill barring the consideration of immigration status of child...


Law Practice


Bill will lighten load for trial courts

Aug. 19, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that clarifies when objections not ruled on by a trial court are preserved for appell...


Law Practice


King & Spalding snags product liability veteran

Aug. 19, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Prominent trial lawyer Alexander G. Calfo joined King & Spalding in Los Angeles as partner in its product liability practi...


Intellectual Property


Nero Inc. successfully won a patent infringement lawsuit filed by consumer electronics manufacturer JVC Kenwood Corp., followi...


Corporate Counsel


Sarah E. Agudo

Aug. 19, 2015
By Banks Albachn

Head of Legal A Medium Corp. San Francisco ...


Law Practice


US Attorney joins Hogan Lovells

Aug. 19, 2015
By Steven Crightonn

Hogan Lovells US LLP announced today that it has signed former U.S. District Attorney Stephanie Yonekura as a partner at its L...


Obituaries


Robert Wenke 1926 - 2015

Aug. 19, 2015
By Crogjtpm

Robert A. Wenke, the former Los Angeles Superior Court presiding judge who conducted the second gun inquiry in the assassinati...


Litigation


John Kagel of Palo Alto will handle the first step before binding arbitration in the suit over the firing of former State Bar ...


California Supreme Court


New rule for mentally disordered

Aug. 19, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

The state Supreme Court, in companion cases Monday ruled that a trial judge must personally advise a mentally disordere...


Judicial Profile


Mickie Reed

Aug. 19, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Commissioner Riverside County (Indio) ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Aug. 18, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Environmental


Observers are skeptical about the chances of a lawsuit by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP against President Barack Obama an...


Banking


The myth of the virgin financial crisis

Aug. 18, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Are we to believe that the Great Recession was conceived without sin in the C suite? By William K. Black ...


California Supreme Court


VIDEO: Long-awaited answer on will reformation

Aug. 18, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The California Supreme Court has expanded the rules regarding the admission of extrinsic evidence in matters relating to wills...


Perspective


Eternal sunshine of the corporate legacy

Aug. 18, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Public companies increasingly have shed takeover defenses in recent years, on the theory that such defenses reduce share price...


Perspective


New 'waters of the United States' up ahead

Aug. 18, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In June, the EPA issued the final rule defining what qualifies as "waters of the United States" for the purposes of the federa...


Litigation


Federal life sentences lowest in ten years

Aug. 18, 2015
By Gautham Thomas

A recent government report says that federal courts imposed fewer life sentences this year than at any time since 2004. But ab...


California Supreme Court


The State Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of a San Quentin inmate whose excessive force suit against prison officials ...


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


Attorneys must clearly inform defendants when a plea bargain will result in certain deportation under the law, a three-judge p...


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted habeas relief Friday to a young man sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder a...


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


Officials at Los Angeles' Los Padrinos Juvenile Court drew judicial disapproval Friday for a petty spat that mushroomed into a...


Litigation


BP wins Arco wholesale pricing trial

Aug. 18, 2015
By Andy Serbe

A jury here Friday rejected all claims by four Arco gas station owners that supplier BP's wholesale prices were unfair or set ...


Judicial Profile


Charlene Padovani Kiesselbach

Aug. 18, 2015
By Philip Johnsonn

San Francisco County Judge Charlene Kiesselbach is known for advocating for women lawyers.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 17, 2015
By Steven Crighton

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Christina L. Hill

Aug. 17, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Judge Christina Hill isn't fazed by troubled teens in Los Angeles County's juvenile mental health court.


Technology & Science


Dot-law up for grabs, but efficacy doubted

Aug. 15, 2015
By Steven Crightonn

The introduction of a dot-law domain extension reserved specifically for the legal industry may be an appealing opportunity fo...