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Companies are becoming major players in California's renewable energy market, with several long-term deals to buy wind and sol...


Corporate Counsel


Lisa C. Gerhauser

Feb. 25, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

Vice President and General Counsel for Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corporation - San Francisco ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Precision medicine packs patent problems

Feb. 25, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The president recently announced a "Precision Medicine Initiative" to accelerate the discovery of strategies for preventive me...


Perspective


The IEEE began considering changes because of calls from competition regulators for standard-setting organizations to provide ...


U.S. Supreme Court


A chance to stop gun seizure abuse

Feb. 25, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Forced firearms forfeitures are just one example of a much larger national problem of abusive property seizures and compelled ...


Litigation


A federal judge has decertified a class of consumers who had sued over the allegedly deceptive marketing of an herbal suppleme...


The state will pay $24 million to settle a lawsuit brought by private investors whose plans to buy 11 government-owned parcels...


Litigation


Sidley, firm partner hit with negligence suit

Feb. 25, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

Sidley Austin LLP and firm partner Stephen D. Blevit are two of the named defendants in a law suit filed in a Los Angeles Coun...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn last fall formed a new enforcement unit within the bar to pursue the unauthorized practice o...


As jury selection began in a high-profile gender discrimination trial Monday, the prominent role of the technology industry in...


Judicial Profile


Richard J. Guiliani

Feb. 25, 2015
By John Roemer

From prison guard to public defender, San Joaquin County Judge Richard Guiliani has a range of experience.


Transactions


Dealmakers

Feb. 24, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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


Intellectual Property


Whether a Marvin Gaye classic can be played at trial this week sheds light on a larger issue plaguing copyright law. ...


Perspective


Shelters are good, but only if supportive services - including mental health treatment - are mandatory. By Michael D. Antonovi...


Perspective


As a female attorney with my own firm, I found the article titled "Female attorneys strike out on their own" (Feb. 12), circli...


Litigation


A recent decision takes an unprecedented step towards narrowing the application of the anti-SLAPP statute in mixed cause of ac...


U.S. Supreme Court


The plaintiff in Kerry v. Din, to be argued Monday, has the right to require the government to make its allegations lea...


Perspective


Bending law to control yoga

Feb. 24, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

News that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to take over yoga through some kind of geographical indication came as...


Government


A report by the Legislative Analyst's Office Friday urged lawmakers to require courts to provide more information about how th...


Law Practice


Brown, White & Newhouse LLP name partner George Newhouse Jr. is leaving the criminal defense and business litigation bouti...


Public Interest


Pass the bar at the bar

Feb. 24, 2015
By Alison Frost

Educational advocacy group Raising the Bar LLC is hosting an event Tuesday in which 20 Bay Area academics will lead discussio...


Letter to the Editor


LETTER: Courts must unite to fight for funding

Feb. 24, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

I urge my colleagues from courts that are underfunded, but less so than ours, to join those of us who work in courts with an e...


Intellectual Property


An influential not-for-profit organization has finalized new policy guidelines that experts say may discourage future lawsuits...


A former Central District of California judge, one of nine former directors of the Drug Enforcement Administration to sign a b...


Judicial Profile


Victor E. Chavez

Feb. 24, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

LA County Judge Victor Chavez takes a cerebral approach to the involved cases that he handles.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Feb. 23, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Judicial Profile


Jesse Rodriguez

Feb. 23, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...


Judicial Profile


George J. Abdallah Jr.

Feb. 22, 2015
By Laura Hautalan

Judge George Abdallah Jr. helps attorneys grow by challenging the foundation of their arguments.


Law Practice


Program boosts law students’ experience

Feb. 21, 2015
By Alison Frost

A highly competitive fellowship teams graduate students seeking business experience with companies eager to gain extra hands o...


Criminal


Finally joining the aid-in-dying crowd

Feb. 21, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, three cancer patients and three physicians sued in superior court asserting that the state Constitution assures men...