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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates advised Palo Alto-based Internet survey company SurveyMonkey in ...


Law Practice


Greenberg Traurig LLP, the defendant in a legal malpractice suit brought by the estate of bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman LLP,...



Mergers & Acquisitions


DealMakers

Jan. 19, 2013
By David Ruiz

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


Litigation


Judge sanctions Russia over religious texts

Jan. 19, 2013
By Henry Meier

Thanks to the efforts of lawyers in Los Angeles, a federal judge has ruled that Russia will be fined $50,000 a day for not com...



Solo and Small Firms


Jay M. Spillane, founder of five-attorney Los Angeles firm Spillane Trial Group PLC, uses the philosophies of Krav Maga - a sy...


Labor/Employment


SEIU sues Redding over outsourcing

Jan. 19, 2013
By Laura Hautalan

An SF-based SEIU chapter sued the city of Redding Thursday, asking the the Shasta County Superior Court to block the city from...



Judges and Judiciary


Court funding and a pilot project that would hold traffic court via videoconferencing were among the topics discussed Thursday...


Litigation


Courts see flood of privacy litigation

Jan. 19, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

In recent years, at least 70 class actions have been filed in California courts seeking to apply the state's privacy laws to c...



Criminal


Sara Kruzan's case has been championed by human trafficking activists as an example of the injustices facing victims of sexual...


Corporate Counsel


David A. Schnider

Jan. 18, 2013
By Jean Yung

General Counsel for Leg Avenue City of Industry ...



Perspective


'Those nerds are a threat to our way of life'

Jan. 18, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Stanford football has amassed an impressive 34-5 record since 2009. However, despite the team's consistent winning record, Sta...


Criminal


Amendments to the Three Strikes law

Jan. 18, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Earn MCLE credit familiarizing yourself with the most important aspects of the 2012 amendment to the Three Strikes law. By J. ...



Perspective


Cliff notes

Jan. 18, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The recent effort to avert - at least for the moment - the so-called "fiscal cliff" provided a few lessons on how to effective...


Government


Presiding judges in several Northern California superior courts are displeased by the proposed budget of Gov. Jerry Brown, who...



Mergers & Acquisitions


O'Melveny & Myers LLP advised San Francisco-based Kabam Inc. in its purchase of Vancouver-based gaming developer Exploding...


Litigation


School district settles child-abuse claims

Jan. 18, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

The Brentwood Union School District agreed to pay $950,000 to settle allegations by a Contra Costa family that a Loma Vista E...



California Supreme Court


Medeiros served as solicitor general of California since 2002. He oversaw all of the state's cases before the U.S. Supreme Cou...


Litigation


Judge David S. Wesley told attendees on Wednesday that the court has no choice but to move forward with $85 million in budget ...



Labor/Employment


Suitable seating claims head to 9th Circuit

Jan. 18, 2013
By Laura Hautalan

A class of current and former Kmart cashiers from the retailer's Tulare store appealed their suitable seating claims to the 9t...


Law Practice


Morgan Lewis boosts OC office with five new hires

Jan. 18, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP will expand its business and finance practice to its Orange County office with the addition of ...



Judges and Judiciary


The president of the California Judges Association expressed disappointment Wednesday after reviewing the Commission on Judic...


Judges and Judiciary


Matz to retire in April

Jan. 18, 2013
By Henry Meier

Nearly 15 years after he was sworn in as a member of the Central District's judiciary, Senior District Court Judge A. Howard M...



In the wake of a federal appellate defeat, Silicon Valley technology companies plan to push for legislative action to thwart t...


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


A federal appeals court panel considered Wednesday whether the Environmental Protection Agency must do more studies before all...



Judges and Judiciary


The state judicial branch's Court Case Management System project may be dead, but its affects on the branch continue to linger.


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jan. 17, 2013
By Connie Lopezn

Best Best & Krieger LLP entered into an 11-year lease for the fourth floor of the Ontario Airport Towers.



The potentially explosive growth of fracking in California sparked a sharp debate during a hearing Tuesday pitting concerned e...


Perspective


Most contractors know that work must be performed under a license. At the same time, however, they probably know that Native A...



Perspective


The Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law in 2011, is the most significant reform of U.S. food safety laws in over 70...


Does the marriage ceremony of a spousal support recipient constitute a “remarriage” terminating her right to continue to recei...