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State Bar & Bar Associations


The report characterizes former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn as an untrustworthy leader whose explanations were not belie...


Judicial Profile


Antonio Reyes

Nov. 20, 2014
By Brian Cardile

Tulare County Judge Antonio A. Reyes takes pride in the hard work that led him to the bench.


Judges and Judiciary


John E. Munter, a mainstay judge in San Francisco County Superior Court's complex litigation department, announced his retirem...


Judicial Profile


Stanley A. Boone

Nov. 19, 2014
By Matt Hamiltonn

He was called class clown in high school. As judge, Stanley Boone is better cast as circus director.


Litigation


New tort bar president Brian Chase struck a defiant tone Saturday night at an annual gathering of California's leading plainti...


What's going to happen now that almost two-thirds of California voters passed Proposition 47, which requires misdemeanor sente...


Perspective


Don't worry about stem cell patents... yet

Nov. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent U.S. Supreme Court petition seeks reversal of a decision by the Federal Circuit that prevented a public interest advo...


Perspective


The dangers of defense sequestration

Nov. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright recently called the world "a mess." Given all the things happening, it might be an...


Perspective


'Calvinball' with the US Constitution

Nov. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

In Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes," there's a game called Calvinball, where you make up the rules as you go. In the real ...


The majority of Bingham McCutchen LLP's partners in California have been admitted to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as part o...


Litigation


With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, MotionPoint Corp. has won more time to fight off a looming sales ban agains...


Litigation


Cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders are divided over whether to accept a $1.25 million settlement from their team in a ground...


Corporate


One of the most complex and contentious hostile takeovers in recent memory came to an end on Monday with the announcement that...


Litigation


AutoZone Stores Inc. will pay out what might be a U.S. record of $185 million in punitive damages for discriminating against a...


Rodric A. Pacheco, a former Riverside district attorney and state assemblyman, has joined Theodora Oringher PC as a senior att...


Corporate Counsel


Alan Grebene

Nov. 19, 2014
By Alison Frost

Vice President and General Counsel of Medallia Inc. Palo Alto ...


A fight over building a mansion in the Berkeley hills has sparked questions over what sorts of projects should be exempt from ...


Administrative/Regulatory


State Bar, ex-leader trade charges

Nov. 19, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Joseph Dunn's lawyer says he is representing another whistleblower. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 18, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

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


Intellectual Property


Lawmakers, lobbyists and lawyers are preparing for another round of loaded debates over whether Congress should act to reform ...


Perspective


LETTER: Clearing up facts in Malibu sign debacle

Nov. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The Nov. 6 article "Malibu voters limit formula retail development, setting stage for legal battles" needs some clarifications...


Labor/Employment


Employers may justifiably want prospective employees to waive Berman hearing rights in employment arbitration agreements, but ...


Litigation


State jurisdictions are inching closer to the federal Daubert standard governing admissibility of expert testimony. By Belynda...


Intellectual Property


Friday's ruling reveals the court's willingness to strike down patents that tie an abstract idea to its implementation on the ...


Obituaries


John Spencer Letts: 1934-2014

Nov. 18, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Senior U.S. District Judge John Spencer Letts, known throughout the Central District for the unique corporate perspective he b...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge in Oakland late Thursday ordered online language translator MotionPoint Corp. to stop selling a product that i...


A committee may recommend the state revamp judge and attorney training in the wake of a disability rights group's allegations ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Dunn's tenure atop State Bar earned mostly praises

Nov. 18, 2014
By Don De Benedictis

Joseph L. Dunn, the former state senator whose unceremonious ouster as State Bar executive director for undisclosed reasons wa...


Law Practice


Court records suggest financial issues at firm

Nov. 18, 2014
By Matt Hamiltonn

In the wake of trial attorney Raymond Boucher's departure earlier this month from Khorrami Boucher LLP - the third name partne...


Administrative/Regulatory


State Bar responds to fired director's lawsuit

Nov. 18, 2014
By Don De Benedictis

Two days after former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn filed an astonishing lawsuit against the State Bar for firing him the ...