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Solo and Small Firms


Family Affair

Mar. 29, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

Emison Hullverson LLP is based in San Francisco but its roots stretch across the nation and over decades of family experience ...


Community News


The California Minority Counsel Program and Oakland city attorney's office on Wednesday held a series of continuing legal educ...


Community News


Loyola Law School's Fashion Law Project hosted a symposium titled "One Channel Does Not Fit All: The Fashion Law Implications ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Attorney prevails on malpractice appeal

Mar. 29, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

A 4th District Court of Appeal panel reversed a judgment last week against a San Diego attorney over claims related to the neg...


State Bar & Bar Associations


To expand access to legal help, the legal profession must allow corporate ownership of law firms, the sharing of fees with non...


Data Privacy


Google's 'ordinary course of business'

Mar. 29, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Google scans emails because advertising is more than just a "business purpose" for Gmail; it is its only commercial purpose, f...


Entertainment & Sports


Can copyright laws keep up with cloud computing?

Mar. 29, 2014
By Sarah Parvinin

As entertainment and technology giants make a dramatic move toward cloud services, one company has major broadcasters up in ar...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a criminal defendant's plea for a new trial because the judge overseeing his case...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Mar. 28, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

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


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 28, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Patrick J. Mahoney

Mar. 28, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

Mahoney draws on 30 years of experience as a litigator and 13 as a judge in San Francisco Superior Court in his new role as a ...


Litigation


A lawsuit filed in San Mateo County Superior Court marks the latest attempt for plaintiffs to reclaim access to a popular Half...


Intellectual Property


The 'Twiharder' Saga: criticism or copying?

Mar. 28, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

A recent lawsuit filed by the producers of the film "Twiharder" against the producers of "The Twilight Saga" film franchise br...


Perspective


Court throws out lawsuit against farmworkers' union

Mar. 28, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The 6th District Court of Appeal held that a union cannot be held liable for breach of contract for cooperating with governmen...


Litigation


Pasadena firm sought payment for work of associates in unpaid fee case against client ...


James V. Reiss took $2M in fraudulent pay from LA County transit authority ...


Government


Bill revives failed GMO food-labeling push

Mar. 28, 2014
By Paul Jones

SB 1381 would require manufacturers to indicate on packaging when an item sold in California contains genetically modified org...


Perspective


How will Mt. Gox's bankruptcy shake out?

Mar. 28, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox recently filed a civil rehabilitation proceeding under Japanese law, and subsequently filed a compani...


Litigation


A potentially groundbreaking lawsuit that could change how teachers are fired or retained is nearing completion in Los Angeles...


Affidavits used to secure approval had omissions, misstatements: defense ...


Corporate Counsel


Lee Bendekgey

Mar. 28, 2014
By Salvador Mares

General counsel of InVitae Corp. ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Mar. 27, 2014
By David Ruiz

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


Top firms are actively recruiting managers - many of them nonlawyers - to help run what are increasingly billion-dollar global...


Perspective


Tactic to sidestep medical damages limits shutdown

Mar. 27, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Last month, the 2nd District threw a roadblock in the way of a particular maneuver intended to avoid limits on medical expense...


Perspective


A corporation's right to free exercise

Mar. 27, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

To say that corporations can form moral views about ethical or environmental concerns, but not about religious ones, flies in ...


Perspective


Top level domain name pickiness will pay off

Mar. 27, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

In the coming months, it is expected that there will be hundreds of new generic top level domains available for use on the Int...


For years, courts have been grappling with when an insurer must provide a defense for an additional insured. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Fenwick & West LLP advised Facebook Inc. in its $2 billion acquisition of Irvine-based virtual reality technology develope...


Judges and Judiciary


A drop in judicial branch revenue could be a sign that increased user fees and fines have deterred would-be litigants from usi...


Product Liability


After just 20 minutes of deliberation Thursday, a Los Angeles jury unanimously delivered a defense verdict in favor of Riddell...