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Litigation


High court takes up labeling dispute over fruit drink

Jan. 14, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that it would hear a labeling dispute between beverage company POM Wonderful LLC and Th...


Government


The state attorney general's office filed a motion urging Judge Michael Kenny to toss the remaining complaints filed by oppone...


Government


Brown's budget serves up prison proposals

Jan. 14, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

Beyond dollar amounts, the plans unveiled last week include a number of policy proposals aimed at reducing overcrowding in sta...


Law Practice


The IMPACT Project, a nationwide effort spearheaded by several large firms, provides monthly legal aid clinics. In Los Angeles...


Judge Michael Kenny in Sacramento struck down so-called "clawback provisions" of legislation dissolving redevelopment agencies...


Intellectual Property


Utah-based Myriad Genetics Inc. has filed patent infringement claims in Utah against six competitors offering genetic tests fo...


Litigation


A federal judge's decision that a ratings and review company violated antitrust laws when it bought out its largest competitor...


Judicial Profile


Robert C. Hight

Jan. 14, 2014
By Saul Sugarman

Sacramento County's top judge, Robert Hight found his legal calling as a child in an eatery.


Judicial Profile


Thomas H. Cahraman

Jan. 14, 2014
By Katie Lucia

Riverside Judge Thomas H. Cahraman considers probate court an invaluable community service.


Law Practice


On the Move

Jan. 13, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

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


Judicial Profile


Edward A. Ferns

Jan. 12, 2014
By Don De Benedictis

Los Angeles Judge Edward A. Ferns is filling in at appellate court.


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Administrative/Regulatory


The myriad new rules impose strict requirements beginning Jan 10. By Sanford Shatz and Hassan Elrakabawy ...


Intellectual Property


Three steps to an effective open source strategy

Jan. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

It is crucial to remember that it is still a copyrighted work subject to a software license that often comes with strings atta...


Intellectual Property


There are several myths that make the rounds in engineering organizations and generally mar the reputation of the patent proce...


Community News


The Landau Lawyers League capped off its 2013 fall basketball season with playoffs that pitted top teams from each of its "A,"...


Corporate


Software analytics company names first GC

Jan. 11, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

On the road to an expected 2014 initial public offering, San Francisco-based New Relic Inc. announced on Wednesday the appoint...


Firm Profile


Keeping Vigilant

Jan. 11, 2014
By David Ruiz

Partners at Minami Tamaki LLP have formed seemingly disjointed groups where their work hardly overlaps, but they say their sha...


California Courts of Appeal


Bryan Cave LLP did not have to disclose its relationship with an arbitrator who served on a panel that awarded the law firm mo...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Paul J. Weinberg

Jan. 11, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Weinberg has settled a number of cases not so much because of his understanding of the problems involved, he said, but because...


Judges and Judiciary


Kozinski objector case gets a new judge

Jan. 11, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

A federal judge in Washington state has agreed to take on a case involving an objection to a class action settlement by 9th U....


Diamond Foods Inc. agreed to resolve claims it defrauded shareholders by manipulating payments for walnuts, the Securities and...


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


Now that Google Inc. has lost its bid to find a Wiretap Act escape hatch from the huge class action brewing over its Street Vi...


Community News


Attorneys from Miller Starr Regalia reviewed major developments in land use law from 2013 in the firm's annual land use progra...


Community News


San Diego bar installs new leadership

Jan. 11, 2014
By Ben Adlin

The San Diego County Bar Association inducted its 2014 president, Jon R. Williams, last month at the group's annual "Stepping ...


Community News


The Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest region hosted its Centennial Gala Celebration Dec. 10 at the Beverly Hilton Hot...


Community News


Jenner & Block attorneys and staff donated gifts this holiday season to foster teenagers enrolled in Walden Family Service...


Corporate


Once largely the purview of public relations departments, such issues have gained the attention of legal compliance officers a...


Labor/Employment


By amassing a large group of plaintiffs and class members ahead of time, plaintiffs' lawyers hope to inundate employers with i...


Criminal


'HIV criminalization' is bad public policy

Jan. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Except in the most extreme cases, the prevention of the transmission of communicable diseases is properly a function of our pu...