A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Emergency regulation may change narrow networks
By Kibkabe Araya
While lawyers who represent consumers and medical providers agree that the narrow network model is in need of an overhaul, oth...
Last month, the Office of Administrative Law approved the final regulations on well stimulation treatments, or fracking, that ...
A recent 2nd Circuit decision is a harsh reminder that even a $1.5 billion mistake could have been avoided with thorough due d...
The Sony hack and other data breaches have focused attention back on cyber threat information sharing, but the real culprit - ...
U.S. Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo, a former Marine lawyer, fines himself $25 for delaying a telephone conference 10 minut...
Litigation
Former Anaheim city attorney says her firing was retaliatory
By Laura Hautalan
The Anaheim City Council retaliated against Cristina Talley, its former city attorney, for saying she thought courts would fin...
Martha Fay Africa, a leading figure in recruitment, networking and diversity in the legal industry, died last week after a len...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Retired NFL players to appeal painkiller decision to 9th Circuit
By Hadley Robinson
A group of retired professional football players will appeal a district judge's decision that their proposed class action invo...
Litigation
Trial date set for Justice Department's $5 billion case against S&P
By Henry Meier
Settlement talks are reportedly heating up between S&P's parent company, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., and the U.S. Departme...
The Supreme Court's decision Holt v. Hobbs tells us a great deal about our longstanding national commitment to diversit...
Judges and Judiciary
California judges fourth highest paid in country, with a big caveat
By Paul Jones
Judges in California saw a pay raise in 2013, and are now the fourth highest paid in the nation, according to a recent survey....
Judges and Judiciary
Influential Delaware judge blasts U.S. Supreme Court corporate rulings
By David Houstonn
Leo E. Strine Jr., chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, is continuing to publicly criticize a spate of pro-business de...
Commissioner Rocky Crabb has taken the time to peruse filings so he can keep hearings short.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Under pressure from 9th Circuit, murder-for-hire conviction reversed
By John Roemer
Misconduct by Riverside County prosecutors has forced the reversal of a 1998 conviction in a case that raised the ire of Circu...
Does antitrust crime pay? Despite escalating corporate fines and longer jail sentences, it is widely acknowledged that cartel ...
U.S. antitrust law is enforced by both the DOJ and the FTC. Critics argue the result at times depends upon which agency review...
Perspective
Taking it to the streets: freedom of assembly and worker mobilization
By Ben Armisteadn
What vehicles for worker advocacy and representation are most likely to advance economic security and democratic engagement? B...
While Silicon Valley has long been known as one of the greatest centers of technology and business model innovation in the wor...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will decide the constitutionality of state same-sex-marriage bans, the j...
Labor/Employment
Teachers who sued union petition U.S. Supreme Court for review
By Laura Hautalan
A group of teachers who filed suit against the California Teachers Association petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to rev...
The search for a solution to fulfill data storage needs is leading more and more law firms to cloud computing - using a networ...
Corporate
After long delay, Box Inc.'s IPO could signal another strong year for exits
By Joshua Seboldn
Commercial cloud storage company Box Inc.'s initial public offering went live Friday, raising $175 million, as prices on its s...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs' lawyers score win for workers, themselves in Pep Boys settlement
By Laura Hautalan
Plaintiffs' counsel for a group of mechanics will receive more than $1.1 million in attorney fees and costs in a settlement wi...
The court battle between San Jose-based electronic chip rivals Power Integrations Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor Internation...
The impending nomination of Eileen M. Decker as U.S. attorney for the Central District highlights a longstanding trend in the ...
John C. Crow has moved in-house to VRDT Corp. from Jones Morrison LLP. ...
Vice President and General Counsel of Ooma Inc. Palo Alto ...