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Environmental


Delayed ban of crocodile skin is a crock

Oct. 9, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On Sept. 29, California made an unfortunate move away from meaningfully protecting endangered and threatened species when Gov....


Elder Law


California has just enacted a far-reaching set of laws which grants many new statutory rights for patients in private resident...


Law Practice


Justice Department official heads to Pepsi

Oct. 9, 2014
By Alex Shively

PepsiCo Inc. has named Associate Attorney General Tony West as the company's next general counsel. West is a former San Franci...


Obituaries


Richard J. Welch: 1952-2014

Oct. 9, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Richard J. Welch, co-chairman of Bingham McCutchen LLP's corporate practice, former managing partner of the firm's L.A. office...


Law Practice


Solar company announces general counsel

Oct. 9, 2014
By Alison Frost

Santa Monica-based solar technology company SolarReserve LLC announced Tuesday the appointment of its first vice president and...


Criminal


Setback in borrower cases

Oct. 9, 2014
By Paul Jones

Despite an unusual high-profile loss in a recent mortgage fraud case, U.S. Attorney Ben Wagner is pressing forward with his ag...


A former vice president of a San Francisco-based bank pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to produce false notes and statemen...


Judges and Judiciary


Veteran Northern District judge stepping down

Oct. 9, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

A mainstay of the Northern District bench, D. Lowell Jensen, will step down at the end of October after a storied career that ...


NBCUniversal, GE alum Laura Black Dawson joined studio this week ...


Law Practice


Wilson Sonsini opens second Delaware office

Oct. 9, 2014
By Alex Shively

William B. Chandler III, who joined the firm in 2011 after retiring from a chancellorship on the Delaware Court of Chancery, ...


California Courts of Appeal


An Oakland firm is entitled to recover interest on attorney fees awarded in a lawsuit that it brought in Alameda County Superi...


Data Privacy


Twitter Inc. sued the federal government Tuesday in San Francisco over its restrictions on allowing technology companies to di...


A federal district judge's recent ruling rejecting a proposed class action settlement involving several well-known technology ...


The Irvine-based drugmaker filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking a Santa Ana federal court judge to block the hedge...


Intellectual Property


New ammo for Apple in patent trial

Oct. 9, 2014
By Kevin Lee

An ongoing $94 million patent trial Hawaii-based patent asserter GPNE Corp. is pursuing against Apple Inc. may have a late plo...


Judicial Profile


Sherri L. Honer

Oct. 9, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Orange County Judge Sherri Honer has considerable experience, in practice and for the court.


Corporate Counsel


Clarissa Cerda

Oct. 8, 2014
By Chris Gilfillan

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary LifeLock Inc. ...


GC Email


Amid stiff competition for viewers, companies like Disney and DreamWorks Animation are betting on YouTube channel aggregators ...


Constitutional Law


Sighting the homemade gun threat

Oct. 8, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Two bills recently vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown deserve our attention as they provide interesting insights into some of the crit...


Criminal


When Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that equalizes criminal penalties for many crack and powder cocaine offe...


Perspective


Behind the FTC's new 'truth-in-shipping' regulation

Oct. 8, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

If your company takes orders over the by telephone, by mail or online, the FTC's Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandis...


Transportation


Self-driving cars: 20 years out, still

Oct. 8, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Carmakers have been waxing on about self-driving automobiles for the past 80 years with the same conclusion: They are about 20...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court declines to review Superman case

Oct. 8, 2014
By Matthew Blaken

By not taking a case between Warner Bros. and the heirs of a Superman co-creator, the U.S. Supreme Court has begged off on con...


The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Wage Justice Center represent two plaintiffs fired after parti...


Law Practice


Zillow names new general counsel

Oct. 8, 2014
By Alison Frost

Online real estate company Zillow Inc. announced Monday the promotion of its assistant general counsel to general counsel. Bra...


Corporate


M&A activity highest since early 2008

Oct. 8, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Merger and acquisition activity through the first three quarters of the year in the U.S. reached levels not seen since before ...


Constitutional Law


As the new U.S. Supreme Court term commences, public attention is inevitably focused on the potential blockbuster cases. But p...


Criminal


Public defenders clamoring for more social workers to achieve better outcomes - both legally and socially - for adults. They a...


A federal judge has denied certification of several classes of purchasers that claimed they were overcharged because of price ...


Judicial Profile


Mark A. Talamantes

Oct. 8, 2014
By Fiona Smith

Mark A. Talamantes, who took the Marin County bench in 2012, pushes hard for settlements. -->