A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Drug, biotech companies seek help to block ordinance over drug disposal
By Fiona Smith
The pharmaceutical industry, hoping to stop a novel drug take-back program in Alameda County, is pinning its hopes on a case p...
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. Phoenix ...
While there can be no question that the private enforcement is important, there can also be no question that one statute has l...
The low level of mental competence required for marriage has made this a fertile field for a new form of financial elder abuse...
David Sive is dead - the boy from Brooklyn who helped shape the environment of his country and through it, the world. By Nicho...
A former firm managing partner and four former executive committee members were among those to announce their plans to leave t...
A pair of low-ranked California law schools are taking contrary approaches to tackle the problems of high tuition and unfair "...
The U.S. market for initial public offerings so far this year was more active than any opening quarter since 2000, according t...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Lying arbitrator's awards cannot be challenged, FINRA says
By Sarah Parvinin
James H. Frank sat on nearly 50 panels in the course of his 15 years as a FINRA arbitrator, but parties must file a motion to ...
Alan Jackson, whose 2012 bid for Los Angeles County's top prosecutor spot fell short, moved to Brown White & Newhouse LLP ...
The combination brings together Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, which was founded in 1918, and Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley ...
The problem is that many supporters of crowdfunding refuse to acknowledge that the so-called "New Economy" is still governed b...
Law Practice
Report: Uptick in law firm mergers sees more small shops joining larger outfits
By Alexandra Schwappach
Of 22 law firm mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2014, more than 80 percent involved small firms jo...
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in CLS Bank, a case that could decide the extent to which software can...
Criminal
Morrison & Foerster litigation star to represent a defendant in Yee case
By Hadley Robinson
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner and legal titan James J. Brosnahan will defend a former San Francisco school board preside...
A suspended California lawyer was sentenced to ten years in federal prison Wednesday for money laundering. ...
California Supreme Court
Justices appear divided on immigrants' bid to sue employer
By Emily Green
In the case, the plaintiff claims his one-time employer is trying to dodge responsibilities for its civil rights violations by...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Attorneys are undermining the testimony of expert witnesses by conducting simple Google searches. ...
The New York-based firm expanded in the Bay Area on Monday with hire of lawyers from Hake Law, an eight-attorney litigation bo...
In a demurrer filed Monday, attorneys for the mobile application Snapchat refuted claims that its founders committed fraud by ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
M&A valuations head skyward in first quarter of the year
By Salvador Mares
Global merger and acquisition activity got off to a galloping start so far this year according to new data released Monday by ...
Real Estate/Development
Real estate forecast good news for lawyers
By Alexandra Schwappach
A U.S. real estate forecast released Tuesday by the Urban Land Institute predicts a positive future for the industry. ...
Law Practice
Monterey firm grows to 11 lawyers with acquisition
By Alexandra Schwappach
Monterey-based Hudson Martin Witten & June PC on Monday announced it had acquired Mallery & DeMaria PC to form a busin...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rejects contempt motion against Google in video case
By John Roemer
An actress suing Google Inc. over its hosting on YouTube of a virulent anti-Muslim video in which she unwittingly appeared got...
While technically the decision only applies to Northwestern University, it could potentially affect all private universities. ...
William A. Masterson, a prominent figure in the Los Angeles legal scene for more than 40 years and former appellate court just...
Judges and Judiciary
Little change in number of judicial discipline cases
By Paul Jones
There were slightly fewer instances last year of judges being censured for inappropriate behavior than there were in 2012, acc...