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Loyola throws Champions of Justice bash

Oct. 19, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Loyola Law School's Civil Justice Program recognized two Los Angeles-area lawyers during its ninth-annual Tribute to the Champ...


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


Environmental groups do not have standing to bring a case against the state agencies in Washington for failing to regulate gre...


Intellectual Property


File sharing service isoHunt to shut down

Oct. 19, 2013
By Craig Andersonn

IsoHunt Web Technologies Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against it by several major movie studios for inducing copyrigh...


Solo and Small Firms


Inventive Corner

Oct. 19, 2013
By Hamed Aleazizn

Lawyers at Mountain View-based intellectual property boutique Turner Boyd LLP appreciate the flexibility of small-firm life, w...


Community News


UC Hastings honors former mayor at gala

Oct. 19, 2013
By Ben Adlin

UC Hastings College of the Law bestowed honors on several alumni and current faculty Oct. 11 at the St. Regis Hotel in San Fra...


Labor/Employment


Legislative update: employment law

Oct. 19, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The governor signed about 800 bills in 2013 before setting down his pen on Sunday; several will impact California's private em...


Civil Rights


A state appellate court will allow a City Council election to go forward due to a drafting error by plaintiffs' error in a law...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court continued its dance with the U.S. Supreme Court on the enforceability of mandatory arbitration provisi...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 18, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Jay M. Spitzen

Oct. 18, 2013
By David Ruiz

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Vocera Communications Inc San Jose ...


While a federal appellate panel considers whether trial lawyers can exclude prospective jurors due to their sexual orientation...


Perspective


Big stakes in Coachella Valley water wars

Oct. 18, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Indeed, the Colorado River is the source of drinking water for over 33 million people. By Tiffany Keith Ackley ...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired state Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno and other members of the legal community announced Wednesday the creation of...


Government


Gov. Brown blasts the proposed law for its specific focus on private institutions ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Firm helps with the sale of 51 percent of Supercell Oy to Japanese communications giant Softbank and game developer Gungho. ...


Law Practice


The 20-attorney firm has survived multiple recessions by creating a mix of practices that keep attorneys busy during good fina...


Criminal


A San Francisco jury acquitted former AU Optronics executive Richard Bai of criminal price fixing charges last week. ...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appellate panel on Wednesday reversed a Los Angeles County judge and let go forward a wage and hour class action again...


Intellectual Property


Entrenched in a patent licensing dispute with chipmaker Realtek Semiconductor, LSI is betting it can present a more persuasive...


Law Practice


Adding to a recent string of partner defections, Jeffrey Chester, the head of Kaye Scholer LLP's renewable energy project fina...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Oct. 17, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

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


Perspective


What makes a top neutral?

Oct. 17, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Working in the alternative dispute industry for the last 21 years, I can usually spot a future top neutral from a mile away. B...


Government


Nullification and the Constitution

Oct. 17, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The current battle to fund Obamacare is as serious a breach to the structure of the Constitution as the Nullification Crisis o...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Bill untangles law for some developers

Oct. 17, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

For many years commercial developers have questioned why they were subject to regulations intended for residential association...


Labor/Employment


NFL passes cost of injuries to the public

Oct. 17, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

With the signing of AB 1309, NFL owners now can eschew responsibility for their players and send the bill to the public. By Ja...


During closing arguments, government attorneys called the customers "cherrypicked" and instead focused on the documents writte...


Judges and Judiciary


A retired superior court judge is suing the pension system for failing to reimburse him for some contributions in what he call...


Law Practice


Timothy Spangler, chairman of Kaye Scholer's investment funds group, will jump to Sidley Austin in Los Angeles in the coming w...


As experts continue to debate the value of situating the compliance function within the legal department, a new survey reveals...


Government


Brown vetos privacy measure

Oct. 17, 2013
By Paul Jones

The Legislature-approved bill would have required law enforcement to obtain warrants before asking Web companies to turn over ...