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Mergers & Acquisitions


Morrison & Foerster LLP advised Santa Clara-based Intel Corp. in its $650 million cash acquisition of LSI's Axxia Networki...


Community News


Holly M. Riccio, pictured, assumed office as president of the American Association of Law Libraries during the organization's ...


Technology & Science


A new breed of access lawsuits

Aug. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Increasing numbers of actions alleging businesses are violating the ADA by failing to have accessible websites means the ADA m...


Intellectual Property


In a victory for Google Inc. and other defendants in a patent infringement case, a San Francisco-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart ...


California Supreme Court


When courts make decisions legislators don't like, the fallout can sometimes be felt in the judiciary's budget or bills affect...


Litigation


On The Move

Aug. 18, 2014
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Judicial Profile


Griffin M.J. Bonini

Aug. 18, 2014
By Kevin Lee

Prosecutors praise Santa Clara law and motions Judge Griffin Bonini, public defenders don't.


Judicial Profile


Raoul M. Thorbourne

Aug. 17, 2014
By Laura Hautalan

Judge Raoul M. Thorbourne is known for flexibility with lawyers and taking his time in rulings.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar has been working since 2000 to rewrite its discipline rules to align with ABA model rules. The enormous final pr...


Perspective


To avoid delay, submit to arbitration

Aug. 16, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Sophisticated parties and seasoned lawyers are often negotiating submission agreements these days - and for good reason. By Th...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


How to ethically withdraw from a case

Aug. 16, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

While clients have an absolute right to fire their counsel at any time, lawyers do not always have a reciprocal right to withd...


Law Practice


Do you know if your firm is sinking?

Aug. 16, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Law firm failures often catch partners by surprise. So can you make an informed evaluation of how your firm is doing? There ar...


Community News


The Landau Lawyers League crowned three champions Sunday, concluding the organization's summer softball season. The winning te...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


David J. Meadows

Aug. 16, 2014
By Craig Andersonn

Attorneys often hire David J. Meadows, a former Keker & Van Nest LLP litigator and managing partner, to handle business di...


A San Francisco-based lawyer who accuses her former firm of wrongful termination is a step closer to getting job performance d...


David Cooper joins the firm in a nonlegal capacity, as head of strategy and innovation for a branding practice group. ...


A judge's ruling denying class certification in a lawsuit accusing two San Francisco law schools of puffing up job placement d...


Government


Plaintiffs' attorneys may secure a legislative victory in a fight to force rideshare companies to carry commercial insurance f...


Law Practice


Revenue growth exceeded the rate of expense growth at U.S. law firms in the first half of 2014 due to increased demand and hou...


Real Estate/Development


The practice, led by Lewis Feldman, may be one of the few in the state to emphasize specific knowledge of the developing world...


The unusual settlement linking plaintiffs in a shareholder class action with defendant Hewlett-Packard Co. as they unite to su...


Community News


Legal community raises nearly $20,000 for SF bar association center ...


Students Matter announced that Laurence H. Tribe, a constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School, is joining the group t...


Solo and Small Firms


Taylor & Ring

Aug. 16, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Personal injury firm Taylor & Ring prides itself on standing up to bullies, especially in cases that tug at the heart stri...


Administrative/Regulatory


California is one of only a dozen states that still imposes stiffer punishments for crack cocaine. ...


Intellectual Property


The true threshold of patent eligibility

Aug. 16, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

A recurring theme in each of the U.S. Supreme Court's six patent decisions from this past term was the court's attempt to rein...


California appears ready to offer the electric car maker relief from CEQA in hopes of landing the $5 billion "gigafactory," re...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Thursday that a person involved in a serious car accident can be convicted based in part ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Aug. 15, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

Post your M&A, IPO and financing deals at www.dailyjournal.com/dealmakers.


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Aug. 15, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...