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Administrative/Regulatory


Legislators shouldn't approve the State Bar's annual dues bill until the "rogue agency" addresses some of the criticisms raise...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court decided last week to consider whether private law firms working for Los Angeles County should have the...


Litigation


Bellwether BP trial kicks off

Jul. 14, 2015
By David Houstonn

A subsidiary of the energy giant BP saddled its franchises with inferior gas at inflated prices and a computer software system...


Judicial Profile


Kenneth C. Twisselman II

Jul. 14, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jul. 13, 2015
By Steven Crighton

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


New lawyer Theodore J. Boutrous laid out Wednesday why driver claims against the rideshare company should not be treated on a ...


GC Email


Digital health - the broad term encompassing fields at the intersection between healthcare and technology, including mHealth, ...


Judges and Judiciary


The hated, caustic and honest Scalia

Jul. 11, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

His loudest critics should treat his work more seriously and Scalia less like their favorite punching bag. If they did, the pu...


Perspective


A recent opinion is a rare finding of statutory intent that precludes delegation of tort law duties to independent contractor....


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Playboy recently sued a law firm in a case that serves a cautionary reminder about overestimating a client's odds at the so-ca...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys for lead singers of the '60s pop band The Turtles on Wednesday filed an injunction to halt a proposed $210 million s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Failing to oversee e-discovery of electronically stored information properly can amount to incompetence in some situations. At...


Arbitrator Profile


Mark E. Fingerman

Jul. 11, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

ADR Services Inc. ...



Broad Reach, Grand Ambitions

Jul. 11, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

From employment disputes to municipal squabbles to civil rights and criminal defense, attorneys at Los Angeles' Sanders Robert...


Intellectual Property


A medical device manufacturer could be on the hook to pay tens of millions of dollars in royalties for infringing a patent for...


Government


The court rejected an appeal by the city of Azusa that argued that over $8 million in loan money from the city's utility provi...


Law Practice


The urge to break away from a larger firm and hang up a shingle has enticed two Los Angeles lawyers to start their own busines...


Corporate


San Diego biotech company names new GC

Jul. 11, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

After a year of representing Human Longevity Inc. in private practice, Kurt A. Oreshack has left Gunderson Dettmer Stough Vi...


Government


Victory for California voters, too

Jul. 11, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Arizona voters' victory in a recent Supreme Court case was also a victory for California voters because they too enacted an in...


Carefully gauging where to place an armed robber's getaway driver on a spectrum of culpability, the state Supreme Court on Thu...


Seeking to shed light on a secret government drug enforcement effort involving citizen phone records, a watchdog group sued Th...


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


A federal appellate court on Thursday gave a reprieve to a woman facing deportation, allowing her to stay in the country if sh...


California Supreme Court


Six months after they donned their robes, the two new justices on the state Supreme Court have inspired a little-noticed proce...


Perspective


A recent case determines the level of constitutional scrutiny a city needs to meet in adopting an affordable housing ordinance...


Transactions


Earlier this year, the state Supreme Court announced a legal framework for evaluating "reverse payment patent settlements" rev...


Administrative/Regulatory


Just about any smartphone manufactured on or after July 1 and sold in California now must come equipped with software or hardw...


Intellectual Property


Jawbone sues rival Fitbit in ITC

Jul. 10, 2015
By Kevin Lee

Jawbone Inc. bolstered its litigation campaign against wearable technology rival Fitbit Inc. by filing a complaint with the U....


Administrative/Regulatory


The number of private companies using non-generally accepted accounting principles, or the process of shaving off certain cost...


Litigation


UC system trying to throw out suit, claiming they breached Confidentiality of Medical Information Act by allowing rogue employ...


Litigation


A case brought against BP West Coast Products in May 2011 alleging bad faith business practices concerning point-of-sale and i...