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Insurance industry representatives found themselves speaking alongside the Consumer Attorneys of California in advocating tha...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


New ethics guidelines set to go into next month governing California arbitrators has drawn fire both from leading dispute reso...


Judicial Profile


George W. Berenson

Jun. 19, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Commissioner George Berenson has learned to change courtrooms and assignments with ease.


Education


Across the country, a small but growing corps of law faculty are using the technique or creating courses that include instruct...


Perspective


The first steps of education reform?

Jun. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

While Vergara works its way through the appeals process, AB 215 is waiting for the governor's signature. By Michele M. ...


Perspective


Vergara is an invitation for collaboration

Jun. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The decision is an invitation for unions to come to the table and talk seriously about addressing those aspects of collective ...


Law Practice


Heller ruling aids partner mobility

Jun. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

A California court recently ruled that a dissolved law firm is not entitled to a share of the profits realized by a successor ...


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


A Southern District trial court got it wrong when deciding a group of truck drivers were properly classified as independent co...


California Courts of Appeal


A disgruntled employee crossed the line into extortion when he threatened to expose his boss for criminal malfeasance unless h...


Community News


Locke Lord LLP celebrates new SF office

Jun. 18, 2014
By John Michael

Locke Lord LLP chairwoman Jerry K. Clements, left, joined San Francisco managing partner Matthew K. Blackburn to celebrate the...


Mergers & Acquisitions


SanDisk Corp. made a $1.1 billion bid to bolster its data center business with the acquisition of flash memory technology deve...


Government


California's beleaguered High Speed Rail project may get a $250 million boost from this year's budget. But the plan, which wou...


Civil Rights


In a rare settlement of a voting rights case, the Santa Clarita Community College District will now elect board of trustee mem...


Criminal


The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in Riley v. California would not only impact arrests across the country, but could si...


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


Corporations or associations can hide the identity of individual backers as they collect signatures to place initiatives on th...


Judicial Profile


Gary M. Picetti

Jun. 18, 2014
By Laura Hautalan

Judge ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 17, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Education


Money Matters: Debt drags down law grads

Jun. 17, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

Rising student debt loads and a tough legal job market are forcing recent law school graduates into difficult choices, as many...


Corporate Counsel


Robert C. Chesnut

Jun. 17, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

Senior Vice President, General Counsel Chegg Inc. Santa Clara ...


Intellectual Property


The piecemeal approach to patent reform

Jun. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The next wave of patent reform is coming from the courts, not the Congress. By David S. Bloch ...


Perspective


Eternal sunshine of the spotless search

Jun. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The recent European ruling that EU citizens can ask Internet search engines to delete certain search results about them has be...


Military Law


Policy implications of Bergdahl swap

Jun. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The trade of Sgt. Bergdahl for the Gitmo Five, and the way it went down, has touched off a fire-storm of criticism and raised ...


Law Practice


Randolph A. Rogers and John-Patrick Reardon recall the effort to save Deputy Public Defender Francis Stewart. ...


A group of drivers are duking it out with Lyft Inc. over whether California law can apply to out-of-state drivers in briefs fi...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based OpenTable Inc., the online restaurant reservation service, sold to The Priceline Group Inc. in a deal anno...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Randall R. Rader will resign from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at the end of the month, just weeks ...


Law Practice


When police advocacy firm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir APC closed its doors last year amid a billing scandal, its 21 a...


Government


Former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno will be ceremoniously sworn in Thursday as U.S. ambassador to Belize at ...


Frank H. McCourt, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, testified Friday that he "wasn't aware" that the stadium parking lo...


Litigation


A complaint alleging four California men traded on non-public information at Ross Stores Inc. demonstrates that a few trial lo...