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Boutique parties into its fifth year

May 24, 2014
By John Michael

Some 125 members of the legal community gathered at the Le Ka restaurant in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate litigation small...


Community News


Higgs Fletcher & Mack, a 75-year-old San Diego firm, awarded a $3,500 scholarship to Samantha McPherson, a second-year stu...


Perspective


While special masters have been utilized since the 1980s, recent developments have made the need for the services of special m...


Government


On Thursday, the Assembly subcommittee abruptly reversed course and voted to give the judiciary an additional $160 million for...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 23, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate


With their industry's business model in a near-constant state of flux, health care providers are getting creative when it come...


Corporate Counsel


Harry H. Demas

May 23, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

General Counsel Unified Grocers Inc. Commerce ...


Litigation


The plaintiffs allege that GM, under fire for faulty ignition switches, failed to inform drivers that many of its vehicles wer...


Experts said counterclaims against are a common legal tactic in cases filed against foreign consular employees by the domestic...


Litigation


Online short-term rental services like Airbnb and HomeAway are the latest craze, but lawsuits over the practice are proliferat...


California Courts of Appeal


A state court of appeal has ruled against a group of retired judges and their heirs who claimed they were collectively shortch...


Government


The state Senate budget subcommittee in charge of judicial branch funding voted Wednesday in favor of sending courts more than...


Community News


Managing partner Richard Waxman of Oakland law firm Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP paints a porch as part of the firm's p...


Litigation


An agricultural water district in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley has sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over its decision to ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The scandal-plagued suburb claims in part that the municipal law firm, which served as Bell's bond counsel and interim city at...


Community News


The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association celebrated its 39th annual installation and awards banquet May 1. The even...


Real Estate/Development, Administrative/Regulatory


Without proper insurance, it will only be a matter of time before litigation eats up Airbnb's venture capital reserves. ...


Government


After decades working out of San Francisco's Financial District, the bankruptcy court is moving in with the district court, ma...


Intellectual Property


As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee exits from the discussion of how to curb frivolous patent litigation, for now, proponen...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

May 22, 2014
By David Ruiz

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


Eight former professional football players filed a lawsuit against the National Football League Tuesday claiming they were eac...


Perspective


Basically, if I were simply to claim that I met all the requirements, the IRS would automatically grant me 501(c)(3) status. B...


Perspective


Coffeeright v. Java interoperability

May 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Green Mountain drew attention in late 2013 by announcing its intention to roll out a new platform, called Keurig 2.0. By Alex ...


Perspective


The 3rd Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing in a case which has already been highly cited and relied upon by dist...


Intellectual Property


Best venue for non-US firms' IP cases?

May 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The Central District of California has emerged over the past decade as a major hot spot for intellectual property litigation. ...


Securities


Filing comes as the market for biotech IPOs continues to cool from record-breaking pace ...


International


To forgive or forget

May 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The EU's "right to be forgotten" ruling may seem like a win for privacy, but it's far more likely to have negative repercussio...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Los Angeles jury finds two law firms aren't liable for delayed settlement talks after judge blew deadline to rule on new tri...


Medtronic Inc., one of the world's largest medical device manufacturers, agreed to pay Edwards Life Science Inc., an Irvine co...


Litigation


Folsom-based fuel cell maker Altergy Systems has won a $58 million award in legal fight with battery maker EnerSys Delaware In...