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Insurance


Insurance

Nov. 12, 2014
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP


Insurance


Editors' Note

Nov. 12, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Just in the past few years, cyberattacks and data breaches seem to have become commonplace. Seeking to keep pace, insurance co...


Intellectual Property


Patent litigation across the nation has experienced a recent downturn that may portend long-term changes for practitioners and...


Corporate Counsel


Sheela Tabrizi

Nov. 12, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

Head of Legal & Business Affairs of Ensighten Inc. San Jose ...


Perspective


Learning from the hope of our veterans

Nov. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Veterans also have a lot to teach us. While preparing for combat is not at all the same as preparing to be a lawyer, there are...


Perspective


Where there is a wall, there is a way

Nov. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Twenty-five years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. By James Cooper ...


Perspective


Permitting wireless sites has always been tricky business for municipalities. Wireless consumers are constituents, but the app...


Perspective


Public nuisance lawsuits are becoming a nuisance

Nov. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Two recent lawsuits brought by local prosecutors using a public nuisance legal theory - one concerning lead paint, the other o...


Corporate


Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised longtime client Hellman & Friedman on the formation of its latest fund. The San...


As companies move more of their legal work in-house, does it make sense for company counsel to move themselves into the courtr...


California Courts of Appeal


A Los Angeles County judge abused his discretion in denying class certification to employees of Joe's Crab Shack Holdings Inc....


Education


UCLA's Title IX compliance officer will now oversee the entire California State University system's sexual assault response, C...


Law Practice


Manatt attorney helps veterans collect benefits

Nov. 12, 2014
By Kibkabe Arayan

Lenard G. Weiss of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP has been working to help four former servicemen maneuver through the bene...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Shareholder advocacy groups are calling for greater transparency into how companies use nanomaterials in their products, packa...


California courts have struggled for years to collect all the fines they are owed. Now, a new report by the legislative analys...


Obituaries


Veterans' rights champion dies

Nov. 12, 2014
By Kevin Lee

Gordon P. "Gordy" Erspamer, a longtime Morrison & Foerster LLP litigator and renowned advocate for military veterans' righ...


California Courts of Appeal


Vexatious litigants can pursue an appeal without court permission so long as they are the defendants in the case, a court of a...


Transportation


Mileage missteps cost autos ...finally

Nov. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The sad truth is that automakers face little deterrent from U.S. authorities to correctly represent their vehicles' fuel econo...


Law Practice


Law firms double down on veterans pro bono

Nov. 12, 2014
By Alex Shively

Law firms have been stepping up their efforts to organize pro bono activities in support of returning military personnel. But ...


Entertainment & Sports


John Steinbeck copyright dispute erupts again

Nov. 12, 2014
By Matthew Blaken

After four years of dormancy, the heirs of John Steinbeck are ready to go back to court, with two competing lawsuits filed in ...


Judicial Profile


Frank Roesch

Nov. 12, 2014
By Fiona Smith

Alameda County Judge Frank Roesch decides tough cases but is most satisfied when settling them.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 11, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Government


San Diego-based ecoATM has 1,500 locations nationwide and scores in California, but its model has come under scrutiny because ...


Judicial Profile


Paul D. Herbert

Nov. 11, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

Judge Paul Herbert knows how to talk diametrically opposed parties into unlikely settlements.


Perspective


The legal authority for Ebola quarantines

Nov. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Federal, state and local governments are being forced to revisit their procedures for handling individuals traveling into thei...


Perspective


Smoke, mirrors and marijuana taxes

Nov. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

It sounds like an easy way to fill budget holes: let a few medical marijuana dispensaries open to serve the over 1 million act...


Bankruptcy


After a hard-fought battle, Detroit is saved

Nov. 11, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Jones Day partner Bruce S. Bennett can finally get a good night's sleep after a federal judge on Friday approved Detroit's Cha...


Defense attorneys representing a pharmacist accused of participating in a massive conspiracy to sell painkillers illegally fil...


Law Practice


In California, the legal industry lost nearly 2,600 in September from a month earlier, according to the latest data available....


Intellectual Property


Fenwick & West LLP was awarded $820,642 in fees for San Francisco-based communication application Voxernet LLC after a fed...