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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 4, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 4, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

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


The pharmaceutical industry, hoping to stop a novel drug take-back program in Alameda County, is pinning its hopes on a case p...


Corporate Counsel


Brandon F. Lombardi

Apr. 4, 2014
By Chris Gilfillan

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. Phoenix ...


Perspective


Rein in the abuse of an elder abuse statute

Apr. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

While there can be no question that the private enforcement is important, there can also be no question that one statute has l...


Family


If you can't swindle them, marry them

Apr. 4, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The low level of mental competence required for marriage has made this a fertile field for a new form of financial elder abuse...


Environmental


The 'founding parent of American environmental law'

Apr. 4, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

David Sive is dead - the boy from Brooklyn who helped shape the environment of his country and through it, the world. By Nicho...


Law Practice


Downey Brand loses eight more partners

Apr. 4, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

A former firm managing partner and four former executive committee members were among those to announce their plans to leave t...


Education


Two law schools shift course to shore up enrollment

Apr. 4, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

A pair of low-ranked California law schools are taking contrary approaches to tackle the problems of high tuition and unfair "...


Securities


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


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 ...


Law Practice


Alan Jackson, whose 2012 bid for Los Angeles County's top prosecutor spot fell short, moved to Brown White & Newhouse LLP ...


Law Practice


The combination brings together Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, which was founded in 1918, and Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley ...


Perspective


Can crowdfunding handle success?

Apr. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The problem is that many supporters of crowdfunding refuse to acknowledge that the so-called "New Economy" is still governed b...


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...


Intellectual Property


And the software patent saga continues

Apr. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in CLS Bank, a case that could decide the extent to which software can...


Morrison & Foerster LLP partner and legal titan James J. Brosnahan will defend a former San Francisco school board preside...


Criminal


A suspended California lawyer was sentenced to ten years in federal prison Wednesday for money laundering. ...


California Supreme Court


In the case, the plaintiff claims his one-time employer is trying to dodge responsibilities for its civil rights violations by...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Apr. 3, 2014
By David Ruiz

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


Litigation


Attorneys are undermining the testimony of expert witnesses by conducting simple Google searches. ...


Law Practice


Wilson Elser absorbs San Francisco boutique

Apr. 3, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

The New York-based firm expanded in the Bay Area on Monday with hire of lawyers from Hake Law, an eight-attorney litigation bo...


Litigation


Claims of fraud are false, Snapchat attorneys say

Apr. 3, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

In a demurrer filed Monday, attorneys for the mobile application Snapchat refuted claims that its founders committed fraud by ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


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

Apr. 3, 2014
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

Apr. 3, 2014
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


An actress suing Google Inc. over its hosting on YouTube of a virulent anti-Muslim video in which she unwittingly appeared got...


Labor/Employment


While technically the decision only applies to Northwestern University, it could potentially affect all private universities. ...


Obituaries


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


There were slightly fewer instances last year of judges being censured for inappropriate behavior than there were in 2012, acc...