This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
News

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


Labor/Employment


Lynne C. Hermle, the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP labor and employment partner, maintained her undefeated jury trial...


Securities


It's a familiar scenario: A company conducts an initial public offering; a quarter or two later, it stumbles. There might be a...


Government


Broadly construe laws requiring openness

Apr. 1, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a pending case, our state high court has the opportunity to prevent a Clinton-type email scandal from cropping up right her...


StubHub Inc. aims to keep a vast and valuable market from closing up to competition with its antitrust lawsuit against competi...


Law Practice


Dynamic litigation duo moves to Sheppard Mullin

Apr. 1, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

A dynamic Los Angeles litigation duo has left Loeb & Loeb LLP to join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Centu...


Two agents were charged and arraigned Monday after prosecutors unveiled an indictment alleging fraud and money laundering the ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Attorneys from Cooley LLP advised two companies on two separate acquisitions announced Monday in the pharmaceutical spectrum w...


Transactions


Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. announced Monday the appointment of George K. Ng as its new executive vice president and chief lega...


Law Practice


Goodwin Procter LLP snagged long-time partner Chauncey M. Swalwell from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in Los Angeles, ...


U.S. Supreme Court


A tangled web of patent and antitrust law

Apr. 1, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

At the center of a case set for argument Tuesday at the U.S. high court, is a Spider-Man toy - a glove that shoots foam string...


Entertainment & Sports


An Egyptian composer's heirs seek a slice of the album sales and concert revenue that Jay-Z earned after 2004 from a 1999 hit ...


Labor/Employment


No-poach deal gets new objector

Apr. 1, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

A Google software engineer claims his cut of the $415 million settlement is paltry compared to what he allegedly lost due to S...


Judicial Profile


Ursula Jones Dickson

Apr. 1, 2015
By Fiona Smith

Alameda County Judge Ursula Dickson maintains a kind and even temperament in the courtroom.


Transactions


Dealmakers

Mar. 31, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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


Despite not getting what she wanted to in the courtroom, Ellen Pao's complaint will have an impact that will echo across the e...


Letter to the Editor


Opinion misguided on officer indemnification

Mar. 31, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Professor Joanna Schwartz recently wrote a guest column suggesting that law enforcement officers are unconcerned about possibl...


GC Email


Last week, the SEC took another important step in breathing life into government-approved crowdfunding, easing the way for sma...


Administrative/Regulatory


Privacy in the age of drone fever

Mar. 31, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The commercial use of drones is not yet broadly authorized in the U.S., but it will be very soon. By Lisa Ellman ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law, Administrative/Regulatory


A proposed law, Senate Bill 277, will be considered by three California Senate committees in April. The law is aimed at curbin...


Government


New judges have been named to the Alameda, San Francisco, Tulare, Los Angeles and San Diego county superior courts. ...


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


A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming Judge Otis Wright had no authority to sanction them in conn...


Litigation


Citing past whistleblower cases centered on the same allegations, a California federal judge has thrown out a False Claims Act...


Law Practice


Six patent litigation partners will join prominent practitioners Yar R. Chaikovsky and Blair M. Jacobs in their move from McDe...


Perspective


How to preserve instructional errors

Mar. 31, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

If properly preserved, an instructional error can easily result in a new trial. But preservation is not automatic. By Scott A....


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


A Mexican man who has been repeatedly tortured by police in his home country should be granted asylum in the U.S., the 9th Cir...


Labor/Employment


Muddied pregnancy disability standard

Mar. 31, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a decision last week, the U.S. high court crafted a middle-ground approach to accommodating pregnancy-related limitations, ...


Litigation


Zynga can't shake investor lawsuit

Mar. 31, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Zynga Inc. and several of its current and former officers failed to escape from a case brought by shareholders when a federal ...


Judicial Profile


William Liebmann

Mar. 31, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Ventura County Judge William Liebmann helps family law litigants to see each other's perspective.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Mar. 30, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Judicial Profile


Michael Cowell

Mar. 29, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Criminal court Judge Michael Cowell of Los Angeles thinks deeply about the law and the death penalty.