Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit affirms Histogen defense win in patent case
By Kevin Lee
San Diego-based Histogen Inc. has notched another court win in a biotechnology patent infringement battle with Carlsbad-based ...
San Francisco-based Gordon & Rees LLP opened a new office in Raleigh, N.C., the firm announced Monday.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
San Francisco-based financial holding company UnionBanCal Corp., whose primary subsidiary is Union Bank N.A., has named Michae...
Hernan Vera and Mariam Krinsky are known as advocates for the disadvantaged
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sullivan, Goodwin Procter handle Amgen's $10.4 billion buy
By Dominic Fracassan
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP represented Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. in its $10.4 billion acquisition of...
Litigation
Crash victim's blood sugar levels were normal, Toyota jury told
By Omar Shamout
The blood sugar level of a diabetic Upland woman who died after driving her Toyota into a tree was within a target range advis...
Nixon Peabody LLP recently poached the head of Sedgwick LLP's employee benefits practice to become a new partner in its San Fr...
Labor/Employment
Lawyers want truck driver pay issue decided by 9th Circuit
By Laura Hautalan
A group of truck drivers argued California minumum wage laws apply to their pay Monday as they asked the federal appeals court...
California Supreme Court
Liu blasts court for pro-prosecution bias in death penalty cases
By Emily Green
State's newest Supreme Court justice says decisions are lopsided, lax and speculative
There are at least two tax implications relating to real estate that have been little noted. By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye
Without a direct window into FDA's decision-making process, it is difficult to say with any certainty the reasons driving FDA'...
Government
Push to reform state environmental law is backfiring, critics say
By Fiona Smith
Last year, business interests appeared to have the best chance in years to get major changes to the state's landmark environme...
Re: "Drug Test Doctors! Drug Test Lawyers!!," Aug. 22. By Bruce M. Brusavich
The Fair Employment and Housing Act, which prohibits harassment and discrimination in the employment arena, historically has l...
The lead lawyer for the bankrupt city confirmed the city will file a proposal to restructure its debt in September, likely ove...
Litigation
Judge: clerk must accept signatures backing recall of city attorney, councilmembers
By Katie Lucia
A judge ruled that San Bernardino's city clerk must accept petitions filed in support of the recall of its city attorney and s...
Corporate
Juvenile product company Munchkin Inc. makes big promotion
By Caitlin Johnson
Van Nuys-based infant and toddler products maker Munchkin Inc. on Thursday announced its selection of a new general counsel fa...
Government
Obamacare delay is good news for businessowners, but lawyers say, 'Don't get comfortable'
By Alexandra Schwappch
Postponement of a key element of Obamacare gives companies an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide healt...
The Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate filed 16 actions Friday against former clients seeking $6.7 million in delinquent payments ...
According to Black's Law Dictionary, a lawyer is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person ...
Government
Two members of US attorney's office elevated to magistrate judgeships
By Henry Meier
Alka Sagar and Douglas F. McCormick were appointed as magistrate judges Friday.
Judges and Judiciary
Judges group blast chief justice for dolling out payraises
By Paul Jones
The Alliance of California Judges on Friday criticized Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye for approving $1 million in regula...
Litigation
Objectors set sights on $1.6 billion Toyota unintended acceleration settlement
By Henry Meier
Notices of appeal are streaming in as objectors to the massive $1.6 billion settlement in the federal class action case brough...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit: atheist entitled to damages in parole dispute
By John Roemer
An atheist returned to prison for violating parole because he objected to drug treatment that required him to acknowledge a hi...
Litigation
Health insurer settles suit over coverage of spinal implant
By Chase Scheinbaum
Blue Cross of California has settled a class action with 1,500 people who alleged they were denied coverage of a widely used s...
Budget change proposal will request money to cover increased benefits costs.
Litigation
Yelp fires back in legal feud with San Diego bankruptcy firm
By Saul Sugarman
An ongoing feud between Yelp Inc. and a San Diego-based bankruptcy law firm is heating up with a lawsuit filed by the review w...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bisexuals, trangender people a focus at gathering
By Emily Green
The National LGBT Bar Association kicked off its 25th Anniversary conference in San Francisco Friday with an estimated 1,800 l...