A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Sealing the deal: considerations for sealing court records
By Ben Armisteadn
Sealing court records is a tricky endeavor where one false step may expose confidential information to public view. By James C...
Northwestern has until Wednesday to appeal the decision and the players are scheduled to vote on union representation April 25...
In 2013 alone, over 825,000 patent applications were filed in China, a 26.3 percent jump from 2012. By Enshan Hong and Kent Ch...
In the latest legal shot against Sutter Health, the Sacramento-based healthcare provider has been accused of unfairly dominati...
Corporate
Bazaarvoice to sell assets after losing government antitrust case
By Hadley Robinson
To untangle an acquisition that a federal judge found consolidated too much power in the online ratings and reviews market, Ba...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Boutique health firms prepare for 'Obamacare' crunch
By David Ruiz
As pressures mount from the Affordable Care Act for small physician groups to join larger organizations, boutique health firms...
Los Angeles Unified School District will have to budget roughly $25 million a year for three years to fund programs in 37 stru...
Arthur F. Silbergeld and John G. Yslas join the firm as partners, accompanied by senior associate Jennifer A. Awrey. Both Si...
AB 2332 would limit courts' ability to approve contracts with outside companies to provide services to courts and revives a si...
Criminal
Mental illness reduces chances of three strikes sentence reduction
By Hamed Aleazizn
A recent study by Stanford's Three Strikes Project asserts that three quarters of inmates who have been denied sentence reduc...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
In case echoing Kozinski's, 9th Circuit sympathetic to objectors
By John Roemer
Objectors seeking to derail a class settlement over allegedly defective Apple MacBook power cords got a cordial reception Tues...
Litigation
Lawyers say opinion could change landscape of elder abuse cases
By Chase Scheinbaum
An appellate opinion established that plaintiffs could only collect a $500 penalty for care violations once, no matter how man...
Ezra Brutzkus Gubner LLP Woodland Hills Trademark, copyright
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC San Francisco Patent
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Los Angeles Patent
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles Patent
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles Copyright
Cooley LLP San Francisco Patent, trademark
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Redwood Shores Patent
Paul Hastings LLP Palo Alto Patent, trade secrets
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park Trade secrets, patent, copyright
Keker & Van Nest LLP San Francisco Patent, trademark
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Palo Alto Patent
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jacobs Avchen & Shapiro LLP Los Angeles Patent
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles Trademark, copyright
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park Patent, trade secrets
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Menlo Park Patent
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Menlo Park Patent, copyright, trade secrets
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Los Angeles Patent