A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel of Unity Technologies San Francisco ...
Government
California judges shunned from court that authorizes government spying
By John Roemer
The hush-hush 11-judge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that authorizes governmental spying has been around since the 1...
Perspective
Imperfect results are not the seeds of medical malpractice
By Ben Armisteadn
Studies vary, but recent estimates suggest that between 15,000 and 19,000 malpractice suits are brought against doctors each y...
Every decade or so, someone declares that privacy is dead. And the recent NSA disclosures have brought a resurgence of hand-wr...
Technology & Science
Social media leaves schools, courts in the dust
By Ben Armisteadn
In 2005, a high school student was suspended for creating a fake MySpace page mocking his principal. The ensuing litigation en...
Discipline
Lawyer faces 108 counts of misconduct for alleged loan modification scheme
By Don Debenedictisn
A Cypress attorney who allegedly offered mortgage modifications to homeowners in at least eight states outside California face...
Irish law firm A&L Goodbody is opening its third office in the United States with a new location in San Francisco. ...
Discipline
San Francisco lawyer who sued many, including judges, faces disbarment
By Don Debenedictisn
A San Francisco lawyer previously declared a vexatious litigant should be disbarred for his "vengeful and spiteful" pattern of...
Gordon & Rees founding partner Stuart M. Gordon and partner James R. Reilly recently won a complete defense judgment in a ...
Judges and Judiciary
New Judicial Council committee takes step toward implementing court funding changes
By Paul Jones
The Judicial Council took a first step in implementing a historic new funding allocation formula for the state's courts Tuesda...
A federal agency has halted the search for a permanent home for the Silicon Valley branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Off...
Criminal
Realignment moots decade-long injunction over parole, judge rules
By Hamed Aleazizn
A provision of realignment that went into effect at the beginning of July has mooted a more than decade-long lawsuit in federa...
Litigation in China involves a unique set of challenges - one of them being collecting evidence. By Song Zhu ...
Litigation
Water agency challenges federal law governing tax collection on tribal land
By Katie Lucia
In a case observers say could help define whether entities can collect taxes on Indian land, a Palm Springs water agency is su...
Litigation
Court: Insurer can override doctor's treatment recommendation
By Chase Scheinbaum
Is it legal for a health insurance company to deny doctor recommended procedures to patients, even when the treatments are in ...
Lawyers say Solano County Presiding Judge Paul Beeman loves helping to achieve resolutions.
Prologis Inc., a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, purchased its partners' 72 percent interest i...
Dozens of tech entrepreneurs gathered for the second annual Silicon Beach Fest. But peel away the hype and industry experts ca...
Whatever the result, there has already been one result: The law, itself, has been defiled. A young man has been killed without...
A recent case underscores the importance of creating a good record at trial to provide the foundation to win an appeal. By Jam...
Securities
Radio host and financial adviser banned by SEC from associating with brokers, dealers
By Henry Meier
Raymond J. Lucia, a nationally syndicated radio host and San Diego-based financial adviser known for his "Buckets of Money" re...
A San Francisco-based defense attorney is on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in paralegal fees that the lawyer thought sh...
Law Practice
Steptoe welcomes retired ITC judge as senior counsel
By Alexandra Schwappach
Steptoe & Johnson LLP snagged a former administrative law judge from the International Trade Commission for its intellectu...
Intellectual Property
Apple withdraws 'app store' trademark complaint against Amazon.com
By Hadley Robinson
A trademark infringement case over the phrase "app store" ended abruptly Tuesday after Apple Inc. issued a covenant not to sue...
Intellectual Property
Valley technology companies team up against patent holding company
By Kevin Lee
Silicon Valley-based Wi-Fi product competitors Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Ruckus Wireless are taking the offensive aga...
Litigation
Anti-moonlighting rule applies to judges who retire, court rules
By John Roemer
Dashing the hopes of state judges and justices who wish to retire early but are blocked by an anti-moonlighting rule from taki...
Corporate
Redwood city tech firm nabs former eBay lawyer for GC slot
By Caitlin Johnson
Redwood City-based online employment platform oDesk Corp., announced on Tuesday its hire of the company's newest general couns...
Real Estate/Development
Construction expected to rise in California, survey says
By Omar Shamout
Construction of new office and multifamily structures will continue to rise over the next three years across much of Californi...
Discipline
Bar court exonerates trusts attorney; defenders say opinion shows State Bar overzealousness
By Don Debenedictisn
A Glendale lawyer accused by the State Bar last year of ripping off an elderly widow was fully exonerated in a State Bar Court...