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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Feb. 4, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Administrative/Regulatory


What's behind FDA's sudden soda interest?

Feb. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

In January, the FDA announced that it will be reviewing caramel coloring of several soft drinks. But why? By Peter Arhangelsky...


Perspective


Bitcoin arrest shows risk of virtual currency

Feb. 4, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The recent arrest of bitcoin exchanger Charlie Shrem makes it clear that the federal government is not yet convinced about the...


Government


Bill to bolster Brady touted by defense lawyers

Feb. 4, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

An organization of criminal defense attorneys is pushing state legislation to address prosecutors' failure disclose potentiall...


Labor/Employment


Brinker class to move forward with action

Feb. 4, 2014
By Laura Hautalan

Appellate court declines to review class certification of 110,000 workers seeking damages for missed breaks. ...


Law Practice


The partner who launched Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Los Angeles corporate practice has decamped to Winston & Strawn LLP, c...


The settlement came in a case in which the plaintiff, transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, sued two former supervising surg...


The lawyer defending a judge charged with pushing and injuring a woman in a fight over dog waste tried Friday to paint the wom...


Every now and then, Thomas H. Bienert Jr. sees a news story about an Orange County business or resident going to trial in Oran...


Environmental


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has reached an $11 million settlement with a shuttered fireworks company...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The San Francisco-based video game developer announced the purchase of NaturalMotion, a mobile game maker based in Oxford, Eng...


Labor/Employment


Agency confirms it's looking into Lacy T.'s allegations that the team pays its cheerleaders $5 an hour. ...


Law Practice


The closure is the latest in a handful of departures from San Diego - what some experts say suggests a flat lateral market and...


A rare three-page veto by Gov. Jerry Brown last fall killed a bill that would've extended the statute of limitations in child ...


Judicial Profile


Cheryl Chun Meegan

Feb. 4, 2014
By Paul Jones

Cheryl Chun Meegan enjoys making an impact in her judicial work by relating to people.


Law Practice


On the Move

Feb. 3, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Jon S. Tigar

Feb. 3, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

Judge Jon Tigar is known for tentative rulings in which he brings up cases not cited by lawyers.


Judicial Profile


Carol A. Corrigan

Feb. 2, 2014
By Emily Green

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Editor's Note


Editor's Note

Feb. 1, 2014
By Karisantos


Community News


Stanford hosts real estate law meeting

Feb. 1, 2014
By Ben Adlin

Legal professionals and city leaders met Wednesday for the third annual Real Estate and Law Symposium, held at Stanford Univer...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Choose your clients wisely

Feb. 1, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

There's much to read about what type of attorney conduct leads to malpractice claims. But what about the client? By Steven W. ...


Litigation


Beware the email foot-in-mouth syndrome

Feb. 1, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

There are very few cases in which it is impossible for any email data to be forensically retrieved or restored. By Daniel B. G...


Books


A multigenerational look at women at work

Feb. 1, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

"What Works for Women at Work," by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, is a comprehensive guide for navigating office politic...


Perspective


Landowners routinely have to give up something to obtain a discretionary permit. And while there are limits, those limits only...


Chuck Reed said his only recourse for changing the language is to sue. The ballot measure aims in part to make certain parts o...


Community News


The 56th annual Grammy Awards came to Los Angeles Sunday, and a number of the city's law firms joined in the festivities by th...


Judges and Judiciary


Smaller county courts across the state stand to benefit from changes to a workload-based funding allocation method that the Ju...


Community News


The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco kicked off its 2014 "It Starts With A Day" communit...


Law Practice


Gibson Dunn lands former federal prosecutor

Feb. 1, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Eric D. Vandevelde has moved to the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as of counsel, the firm announced Th...


Government


California prosecutors and defense attorneys hailed separate moves by the U.S. Justice Department and the Senate Thursday to l...