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On Monday, the state of California notified opposing counsel that it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a fede...


Law Practice


Fenwick & West LLP announced Monday it has landed a partner to anchor its efforts to launch an office in China. ...


Bankruptcy


The estate of Heller Ehrman LLP achieved a victory Monday when a district judge denied several motions made by firms seeking l...


Appellate Practice


Assembly Bill 715 would establish that evidentiary decisions made at summary judgment would be subject to de novo review on ap...


Government


Northern District cancels court furlough days

May 15, 2013
By Hadley Robinson

The Northern District of California has canceled the remaining four furlough days planned through the end of this fiscal year....


In an attempt to help homeowners facing foreclosure, city officials in Pomona may look at eminent domain as a way to help str...


Judges and Judiciary


The Obama administration is considering San Mateo Superior Court Judge Beth Freeman to fill a longstanding federal court vacan...


Education


Stanford Law School appointed Phillip Malone as the new director and professor of law at the soon to launch Juelsgaard Intelle...


Corporate


The firms represented South San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical company Theravance Inc. in its $1 billion royalty agreement ...


Lawyers representing Silicon Valley technology companies applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's narrowly-tailored decision in a pa...


Judicial Profile


Owen Lee Kwong

May 15, 2013
By Chase Scheinbaum

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...


Corporate


Dealmakers

May 14, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

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


Labor/Employment


Be careful using unpaid interns this summer

May 14, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The bottom line: More and more companies are finding themselves in hot water over employment law issues for using unpaid inter...


Perspective


A recent decision by the 4th District Court of Appeal creates new traps for litigants filing statutory writ petitions. By Robe...


Harder Mirell Abrams LLP, one of the newest arrivals to Tinseltown's entertainment litigation scene, was founded by a group of...


The U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District is losing one of its top chiefs, right at a time of a hard hiring freeze a...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar leaders have unanimously voted to push ahead with a proposal that would kick up annual attorney dues $50 and siphon ...


Litigation


California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris lost her first attempt at using a 2003 law requiring companies to provide their p...


Labor/Employment


Jury sides against Lawrence Livermore

May 14, 2013
By Laura Hautalan

Federal weapons research lab Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC wrongfully terminated five employees in its 2008 layoffs...


An en banc panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down a highly anticipated ruling Friday t...


Labor/Employment


Workers who earn piece rates rather than hourly wages can sue for missed rest breaks, an appellate panel ruled, ordering class...


Corporate


Akin Gump helps guide designer denim company sale

May 14, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented Vernon-based designer denim company True Religion Apparel Inc. in its $835 ...


Corporate


Top Facebook lawyer steps down

May 14, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc.'s top legal counsel announced Friday he will be departing the social networking giant less th...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Los Angeles County deputy public defender Luis J. Rodriguez was the only one who threw his hat in the ring to become the agenc...


After nearly a year as a judicial nominee in the Northern District of California, William H. Orrick III's wait to join the fed...


Judicial Profile


Daniel P. Maguire

May 14, 2013
By Fiona Smith

The only civil judge in Yolo County, Daniel P. Maguire juggles cases that run the gamut.


Judicial Profile


Laura F. Priver

May 14, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

In Judge Laura Priver's courtroom, social media use during jury trials is no laughing matter.


Letter to the Editor


I have been very impressed by Dean Rachel Van Cleave's leadership at Golden Gate University, but I was disappointed by the lac...


Litigation


One lawsuit and two bills now before the state senate address California's largely unexplored transgender civil rights laws. ...


Corporate Counsel


Debby R. Zurzolo

May 14, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Cheesecake Factory Inc. Calabasas ...