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Eric Remensperger, partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, rocks out in the firm's band "Legally Blonde" Tuesday night at the Belasco T...


Perspective


Data privacy issues at the heart of Glass

Jul. 12, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Glass illustrates the data privacy and security risks that come with inviting wearables into business environments. By Khurram...


Banking


Passage of AB 129 falls a 'bit' short

Jul. 12, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Assembly Bill 129, California's recent attempt to "legalize" the use of digital as well as paper "community" currencies does n...


Corporate


Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates represented the company in an agreement struck with its largest ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Malcolm Wittenberg does not recognize the seriousness of his errors, a State Bar judge concluded. ...


Arbitrator Profile


Francisco F. Firmat

Jul. 12, 2014
By Paul Jones

Attorneys say Firmat's calm and amiable approach in mediation, and his extensive history working to resolve cases on the bench...


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


An appellate panel rejected claims Thursday by foreign manufacturers of liquid crystal display panels that they could not be g...


Sending a "loud message" to criminals who conspire with foreigners against the United States, a federal judge sentenced an Ori...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 11, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jul. 11, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

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


Despite the existence of teleconferencing technology and a huge demand for interpreter services, courts are only just beginnin...


Corporate Counsel


Noah D. Mesel

Jul. 11, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Assia Inc. Redwood City ...


Books


The underbelly of the global economy

Jul. 11, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

"Invisible Hands: Voices From the Global Economy," edited by Corrine Goria, is a collection of oral narratives from workers th...


Perspective


Seinfeld, tax lessons, yada, yada, yada

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

As entertainers and observers of popular culture honor the 25th anniversary of the show "Seinfeld," even a show about nothing ...


Perspective


Professional duty to nonclients clarified

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On July 3, the state Supreme Court handed down a decision providing helpful guidance on the circumstances that may render a pr...


The federal judge in Stockton's bankruptcy case implied late Tuesday that he's sympathetic to arguments that public employee p...


Corporate


Former Zynga GC to join DocuSign

Jul. 11, 2014
By Alison Frostn

In a move from online games to online signatures, Reggie Davis will start as the technology company's new general counsel star...


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


In a blow to the trucking industry, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday that federal law does not pre-empt st...


Firm leaders polled during the second quarter of 2014 were increasingly increasingly confident in their ability to grow despit...


Constitutional Law


3-day-old precedent, we hardly knew ye

Jul. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, the Supreme Court cast doubt on its own three-day-old precedent in Hobby Lobby - at least the portion of the...


Personal Injury & Torts


Stow to get about $14 million from Dodgers

Jul. 11, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

By a vote of 9-3, the jurors held the former Dodgers organization liable, but failed to hold liable former team owner Frank Mc...


Litigation


Several legal service organizations filed a nationwide class action suit in federal court Wednesday seeking to force the U.S. ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jul. 10, 2014
By Alex Shively

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


Squeezed between heightened regulatory scrutiny and investor-driven demands for more due diligence and accountability, hedge f...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


If there was ever a perfect opportunity for setting a new misappropriation of likeness standard in video games, the new lawsui...


Government


Statutory anomaly may decide public records case

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The state Supreme Court will decide whether communications of local officials via their private cellphones or email accounts o...


Perspective


Health care reform without revolution

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Health care reform is insignificant in comparison to the fundamental purpose of the system it must change. By Craig B. Garner ...


Constitutional Law


Justices get more protection than women

Jul. 10, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision striking down a 35-foot buffer zone around health care facilities that perform aborti...


Community News


Artin N. Shaverdian, of counsel at Best Best & Krieger LLP, stops for a photo at Crystal Cove State Park in Long Beach. He...


Community News


From left: Miller Starr Regalia associates Allison K. Wopschall and Katie R. Jones enjoyed some prime real estate at the O.co ...