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Government


A move by Democratic lawmakers earlier this week to introduce net neutrality legislation was viewed widely by telecommunicatio...


Despite reaching a milestone agreement last week with its largest creditor, city of San Bernardino took heat Thursday for the ...


When NCAA President Mark Emmert took the stand Thursday in a potentially groundbreaking antitrust trial, he spoke of dramatic ...


Richard Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP discuss how to negotiate a request for a consequential damages...


Intellectual Property


Abstract software patents get the ax

Jun. 21, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Should patents be issued on business ideas that are implemented using conventional software and hardware techniques? The U.S. ...


Government


With their savings gone, trial courts are looking at an all-too-familiar playbook since it appears they're not going to get th...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 20, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Kay L. Tidwell

Jun. 20, 2014
By Alex Shively

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. Los Angeles ...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice Marvin Baxter's announcement came as a surprise, and his departure has the potential to ideologically transform the st...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


In a recent U.S. high court ruling, Justice Thomas noted that there were two threats constituting cause for concern under an O...


Government


Brown appoints 15 new judges across state

Jun. 20, 2014
By Paul Jones

Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of 15 new judges Wednesday, including eight for Los Angeles County Superior Court. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Valeant Pharmaceuticals took its roughly $51 billion unsolicited buyout offer directly to Allergan's shareholders on Wednesday...


The 2nd District Court of Appeal wrote in a lengthy, published opinion Wednesday that a jury should not have inflated lawyer H...


Litigation


Upon exiting Dodger Stadium, Bryan M. Stow was yelling with his arms raised, according to testimony Wednesday from one of the ...


Litigation


Plaintiffs claim they were trafficked from Indonesia to labor without pay for a Los Angeles couple, according to a lawsuit fil...


Litigation


A superior court judge voiced skepticism Thursday that an unlicensed lender could levy high interest rates on more than $15 mi...


Personal Injury & Torts


Los Angeles law firm Taylor & Ring reached the deal this week with the Moraga School District, which agreed to pay $7 mill...


U.S. Supreme Court


The short answer: yes. By Scott L. Nelson ...


Law Practice


Osborne Clarke in Palo Alto staffs no U.S. attorneys, but its strong referral network and expertise in Europe has brought it h...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court's eternal goat, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, wasn't the only circuit to suffer significant re...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jun. 19, 2014
By Alex Shively

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.


Large Firms


Littler seeks to retell the story of the Swiss verein

Jun. 19, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

From the recent wave of mergers that have created gargantuan 4,000-lawyer international firms has emerged what some are callin...


Product Liability


Until recently, most high-tech companies have succeeded in defeating product liability claims in the traditional tort world. B...


Perspective


FAA needs to stop 'droning' along

Jun. 19, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The Federal Aviation Administration is ever so slowly putting together regulations for commercial drone use. By Doug Griffith ...


Plaintiffs' lawyers could still nab $1.2 million in attorney fees in their lawsuit that accuses the State Bar of unfairly with...


Revelations about delayed benefits for veterans seeking treatment through the Department of Veterans Affairs have garnered nat...


Litigation


A San Francisco federal judge Tuesday refused to certify a nationwide class of online video watchers claiming Hulu LLC shared ...


California Courts of Appeal


Salmon were the victors in a court of appeal decision Thursday that pitted their livelihood against the rights of wine grape g...


Law Practice


Real estate finance lawyer heads to Latham

Jun. 19, 2014
By Alex Shively

Scott A. McPhee is defecting from Morrison & Foerster LLP to join Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in the firm's fina...


Intellectual Property


Yahoo wins patent case against Acacia

Jun. 19, 2014
By Kevin Lee

A group of defendants led by Yahoo Inc. secured a stipulated judgment of noninfringement against a subsidiary of Acacia Resear...