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Law Practice


The firm found a short summer stint gave students an artificial experience of litigation. It will spend money on signing bonus...


Perspective


Broad virtual currency regulation proposed

Jul. 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

A draft bill marks Sacramento's first comprehensive attempt to significantly address "virtual," "digital" or "crypto" currenci...


Perspective


A fundamental right to marry for all

Jul. 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Until last week, almost every court chose to use equal protection to explain why it violated equality principles to prevent sa...


Government


A 4th District Court of Appeal panel ruling late Monday brings some clarification to a murky area of Proposition 47. ...


Obituaries


Michael W. Emmick 1953-2015

Jul. 2, 2015
By David Houstonn

The former federal prosecutor who gained national notoriety as part of Kenneth W. Starr's team that investigated President Cli...


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


A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Army has an "ongoing duty" to provide medical treatment to veterans who pa...


Law Practice


Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, the 107-year-old law firm known for its work in digital media and entertainment, announc...


Environmental


Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Wednesday rejected claims by environmentalists that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issu...


Three former undergraduate students who claim they were sexually assaulted while attending UC Berkeley are suing the school an...


Constitutional Law


The chains of doctrine

Jul. 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The majority's approach in a recent First Amendment case, doctrinally correct as it is, leads to quite absurd results. By Ashu...


California Courts of Appeal


Scorched earth ploys are not new in an era of cutthroat litigation, but a pair of Los Angeles and Irvine law firms went too fa...


The federal government and a whistle blower entered a $75.5 million settlement with VMware Inc. Tuesday, resolving allegations...


Labor/Employment


The case could determine whether it is unconstitutional to make all unionized public sector workers pay collective bargaining ...


Intellectual Property


Oracle, Orrick prepare next round in Java row

Jul. 1, 2015
By Philip Johnsonn

Fresh off a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in its copyright infringement battle against Google Inc., Oracle Corp....


Corporate Counsel


Melissa Goldenberg

Jul. 1, 2015
By David Houstonn

General Counsel Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and U.S. Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona ...


Perspective


With the ongoing drought in California,some developers may consider establishing a privately held mutual water company to serv...


Perspective


The development of the modern business judgment rule has occurred in cases involving takeovers. By D. Gordon Smith ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Raisin ruling will have broad implications

Jul. 1, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. high court's recent ruling in Horne v. Department of Agriculture will have several important consequences rela...


A former Broadcom Corp. employee has filed suit against the Orange County semiconductor company for gender discrimination and ...


Corporate


Realty Mogul Co., an online peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, has brought in Ryan T. Sakamoto as the company's new...


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


A man convicted of smuggling 50 kilos of marijuana across the Mexican border had his conviction vacated Friday after a 9th Cir...


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


A group of iPhone customers suing Apple Inc. for antitrust violations got good news Monday when a 9th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 ...


As federal and state officials examine UCLA and other univerisities, the complaint alleges that school did not have the person...


The state Supreme Court reaffirmed that personal opposition to the death penalty is not automatic grounds for disqualifying pr...


Judicial Profile


Thomas A. Glazier

Jul. 1, 2015
By Don Debenedictisn

OC Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Glazier is a legal veteran who can fill in wherever he's needed.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 30, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


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


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday revived a civil rights suit by a transgender inmate allegedly suffering fr...


Judicial Profile


Charles Fuertsch

Jun. 30, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Commissioner Charles Fuertsch is comfortable in the courtroom, boardroom, or hockey arena.


Perspective


What we learned in the Obamacare decision

Jun. 30, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

At a less-in-the-weeds level, the case is of immediate legal significance in three ways. By Glenn C. Smith ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Last week, Justice Elena Kagan used this idea, derived from Spider-Man comics, to try to explain the Supreme Court's muddled j...