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Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jul. 3, 2014
By Alex Shively

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jul. 3, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

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


Judges and Judiciary


Central district gets new magistrate judge

Jul. 3, 2014
By Henry Meier

Kenly Kiya Kato, a sole practitioner in Riverside County, will sit in the court's Eastern Division. ...


Corporate


San Diego Gas & Electric's general counsel to retire

Jul. 3, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

W. Davis Smith's tenure was marked by a rapidly evolving energy industry as well as challenges to some of the company's bigger...


To resolve federal and state lawsuits against HP and many of its executives for the botched acquisition of Autonomy Corp. the ...


Constitutional Law


Unanimous high court rulings hit recent high

Jul. 3, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued opinions in the remaining civil cases it had on its docket this term. Here's a summar...


Mergers & Acquisitions


With a whopping $1.57 trillion worth of deals announced worldwide, M&A valuations in the first half of the year reached le...


Government


Executive retiring from state court

Jul. 3, 2014
By Paul Jones

Retired judge Steven Jahr will go back to retirement following a two-year stint spent stewarding reforms to the Administrative...


Judicial Profile


Michael Virga

Jul. 3, 2014
By Paul Jones

Judge Michael Virga will work long hours to get a civil case in his court resolved before trial.


Bankruptcy


New York's highest court ruled the estates of bankrupt firms can't claim profits from matters begun there before being taken e...


Defense lawyers are scouring their cases for constitutional violations by investigators and prosecutors thanks to a months-lon...


Education


Databases put schoolchildren at risk

Jul. 3, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The creation of Common Core databases is a double whammy danger to our children and their teachers. By Betty Raskoff Kazmin ...


Labor/Employment


Case may embolden undocumented

Jul. 3, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

In a decision with far-reaching implications, the state Supreme Court allowed an undocumented employee's discrimination case f...


Criminal


San Diego attorney found guilty of tax evasion

Jul. 3, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Lloyd Irving Taylor, a former tax lawyer, was convicted of 19 federal charges in an elaborate scheme that involved opening ban...


A federal judge is expected to decide next month whether state prosecutors in one of California's biggest public corruption sc...


Civil Rights


Advocates for poor strike $7.9 million deal with residents ...


Law Practice


Neustar in-house counsel rejoins MoFo

Jul. 3, 2014
By Alex Shively

A Palo Alto corporate partner has returned to the firm after a brief foray at the legal department of a Northern Virginia tech...


Corporate Counsel


Craig Missakian

Jul. 2, 2014
By Alex Shively

General Counsel of Westland Real Estate Group Long Beach ...


Judicial Profile


Richard Seeborg

Jul. 2, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

Northern District Judge Richard Seeborg is known for his incisive questioning of arguments.


Litigation


CFPB could be teeing up wave of civil litgation

Jul. 2, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

Plaintiffs' and defense attorneys are keenly aware that the young bureau's findings could become a new engine for civil litiga...


Criminal


The epicenter of homeless jurisprudence

Jul. 2, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The city of Los Angeles has been at the center of the jurisprudence on homeless issues now for almost a decade. By Thomas Rice...


U.S. Supreme Court


Securities laws exist largely to promote honest and transparent market information and investor confidence; they are not bad f...


U.S. Supreme Court


Aereo gets it right for the wrong reasons

Jul. 2, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Let economic reality seep in, and both the majority and dissent in the high court case fade in relevance. By Daniel Brenner ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A federal judge in Sacramento was too quick to toss a lawsuit contesting the state Legislature's Medi-Cal budget cuts, a 9th U...


UC Hastings College of the Law professor Robin C. Feldman, left, and Google Inc. General Counsel J. Kent Walker Jr. discuss re...


Intellectual Property


Nearly five years after sending a demand letter to Apple Inc. alleging patent infringement, Israeli patent holder Emblaze Ltd....


Corporate


Financial sector IPOs lead the way

Jul. 2, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Global initial public offering activity in the second quarter of the year was dominated by new issuances in the financial sect...


Law Practice


Joseph M. Alioto Jr., the lawyer who won $47 million in attorney fees last year, is being evicted from his Nob Hill apartment ...


Appellate Practice


Justices ease some class cases

Jul. 2, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

The state Supreme Court ruling centered on rights of common law employees. ...


Obituaries


Jon J. Gallo: 1942-2014

Jul. 2, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Gallo, a nationally recognized trust and estates attorney who spent more than 45 years at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman &...