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Litigation


Netlist wins computer chip sales ban

Jan. 15, 2015
By Kevin Lee

An Irvine-based cloud computing chip manufacturer secured a rare sales ban on memory controller chipset produced by Canada-bas...


Jeffrey D. Adelman, 48, died Saturday after more than 14 years with j2 Global Inc., the Los Angeles-based technology company a...


News of the Charlie Hebdo slayings struck a raw nerve for retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris H. Cordell, ...


Administrative/Regulatory


With Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Leondra Kruger and Goodwin Liu on the bench, the court is much younger and is perceived to be...


Government


Who should replace AG Harris?

Jan. 15, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Attorney General Kamala Harris' announcement Tuesday that she would seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer h...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Jan. 14, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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


U.S. Supreme Court


A 9th Circuit ruling protecting tiny fish and upholding water pumping restrictions from the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta...


Corporate Counsel


Paul Najar

Jan. 14, 2015
By Alexandra Schwappach

General Counsel Gafcon Inc. San Diego ...


Labor/Employment


While employers can't deduct pay from an exempt employee's salary if they work less than a full eight-hour day, California emp...


Perspective


Devil's in the cellular lease details

Jan. 14, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

There are many possible pitfalls for the unwary landowner when negotiating a cellular lease buyout or a communications easemen...


A federal judge kept the pressure on plaintiffs Monday in the long-running False Claims Act case brought against JM Manufactur...


Data Privacy


President Obama follows California on privacy

Jan. 14, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

President Barack Obama followed California's lead Monday when he called for new national legislation that mirrors privacy laws...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected en banc review of Nevada and Idaho gay marriage decisions that provoked con...


Entertainment & Sports


Plaintiffs' lawyers want Keller Rohrback, Girard Gibbs, and Leiff Cabraser to take the lead. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge rules plaintiff can look at over ten years of the rappers concert revenue in epic copyright battle. ...


Judicial Profile


Mary E. Wiss

Jan. 14, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

Mary Wiss' complex courtroom assignment came as a surprise, but she wasted no time catching up


Administrative/Regulatory


With billions in public and private energy investments on the line, lawyers, renewable energy developers, clean tech companies...


Perspective


Who decides if class arbitration is OK?

Jan. 13, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Courts are increasingly called upon to determine whether a dispute is covered by an arbitration agreement. By Douglas Winter ...


Intellectual Property


Grape farmers lose patent appeals ruling

Jan. 13, 2015
By Kevin Lee

California farming companies lost a bid to invalidate two grape crop patents held by a federal agency in an appellate court ru...


Corporate


Glendale-based Public Storage has appointed longtime Ingram Micro Inc. attorney Lily Yan Hughes as senior vice president, chie...


Law Practice


Well known probate litigator to join ARC

Jan. 13, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Bruce S. Ross, chair of the firm's national private wealth services dispute resolution team, will join the probate, trusts ...


Law Practice


Legal industry sees slight growth in December

Jan. 13, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

After zero growth in November, the legal industry added 500 new jobs nationwide in December with over 1.13 million positions, ...


Litigation


Judge's objection prompts sweeter deal

Jan. 13, 2015
By Hadley Robinson

In addition to making headlines, it appears that federal appellate judge Alex Kozinski's objection to a settlement also booste...


A recent 9th Circuit opinion calls into question the ironclad nature of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a lin...


Government


But Brown's $3.7 billion budget for the judicial branch didn't fulfill courts' wish list - they'd hoped for an increase of $61...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Jan. 12, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Judicial Profile


Douglas F. McCormick

Jan. 12, 2015
By Don Debenedictisn

U.S. Magistrate Douglas McCormick questions policies and procedures, looking for inefficiencies.


Judicial Profile


John C. Cope

Jan. 11, 2015
By Fiona Smithn

Longtime prosecutor and part-time woodworker, John Cope is thriving as a Contra Costa judge.


In labeling cases filed in the Northern District of California, federal judges have yet to approve of an adequate method of de...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Ethical negotiation, successful negotiation

Jan. 10, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Despite an affirmative ethical duty to encourage clients to settle and to not delay resolution, consensual dispute resolution ...