Corporate lawyers say nuanced legal questions about a section of the JOBS Act allowing general solicitation for securities off...
Senior Vice President, legal and public affairs; General Counsel and Secretary at Provide Commerce Inc. San Diego ...
Perspective
Cultural literacy helps lawyers in a multiculutural community
By Ben Armisteadn
As our world grows smaller attorneys who are able to understand and work with cultural nuances will be more competitive in an ...
Perspective
Federal immigration reform must address disproportionate penalties
By Ben Armisteadn
The law should distinguish between minor crimes and more serious offenses that should trigger deportation. By Jeff Rosen ...
State Senate Judiciary Committee member Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, a strong ally of trial attorneys and an influential member...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP represented John Hancock, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corp., in its $135.5 million...
Litigation
Differing interpretations of health law at heart of autism lawsuit
By Chase Scheinbaum
Two state agencies that regulate health care take opposing views on a law that governs coverage of autism treatments. The rift...
Corporate
Online lender names former consumer bureau attorney as GC
By Caitlin Johnson
San Francisco-based online microlender BillFloat Inc. announced Wednesday that it had named a prominent consumer credit advoca...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Piano maker Steinway sells to a hedge fund with Skadden's help
By Dominic Fracassan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates lawyers in California counseled a special committee to the board...
Litigation
Plaintiffs' attorneys may whittle claims against Toyota in 'sudden acceleration' trial
By Omar Shamout
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed when her Toyota Camry accelerated and smashed into a tree appeared ready to drop th...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council committee recommends allocation of $93M to special court programs
By Paul Jones
The distribution of funding for programs such as self-help legal services is essentially flat from last year.
A bill to cut off state funding to charter cities that don't pay prevailing wages passed a vote by the Assembly Labor and Empl...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New ABA president weighs in on hot-button legal issues
By Emily Green
New York attorney James R. Silkenat took over this week as president of the influential American Bar Association. He spoke wit...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Obstruction statute doesn't apply to FBI investigations, panel rules
By Hamed Aleazizn
In a move that sets precedent throughout the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel ruled Wednesday that "a criminal inves...
Education
Chapman receives $55 million gift from local real estate investor
By Don Debenedictisn
Chapman University School of Law will receive a $55 million gift from a real estate develope in what it believes is the second...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Immigration judges push for reforms that include more of them
By John Roemer
Overworked immigration judges watch closely as reform efforts proceed in Congress. Among the items in the senate bill passed i...
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