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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 12, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Corporate Counsel


Jed S. Ritchey

Jul. 12, 2013
By Kevin Lee

General Counsel of Unity Technologies San Francisco ...


The hush-hush 11-judge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that authorizes governmental spying has been around since the 1...


Perspective


Studies vary, but recent estimates suggest that between 15,000 and 19,000 malpractice suits are brought against doctors each y...


Perspective


Responding to those who declare privacy is dead

Jul. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

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

Jul. 12, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

In 2005, a high school student was suspended for creating a fake MySpace page mocking his principal. The ensuing litigation en...


A Cypress attorney who allegedly offered mortgage modifications to homeowners in at least eight states outside California face...


Law Practice


A&L Goodbody to open in San Francisco

Jul. 12, 2013
By David Ruiz

Irish law firm A&L Goodbody is opening its third office in the United States with a new location in San Francisco. ...


A San Francisco lawyer previously declared a vexatious litigant should be disbarred for his "vengeful and spiteful" pattern of...


Litigation


Gordon & Rees founding partner Stuart M. Gordon and partner James R. Reilly recently won a complete defense judgment in a ...


The Judicial Council took a first step in implementing a historic new funding allocation formula for the state's courts Tuesda...


Government


A federal agency has halted the search for a permanent home for the Silicon Valley branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Off...


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 ...


In a case observers say could help define whether entities can collect taxes on Indian land, a Palm Springs water agency is su...


Litigation


Is it legal for a health insurance company to deny doctor recommended procedures to patients, even when the treatments are in ...


Judicial Profile


Paul Beeman

Jul. 12, 2013
By Paul Jones

Lawyers say Solano County Presiding Judge Paul Beeman loves helping to achieve resolutions.


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Jul. 11, 2013
By Omar Shamout

Prologis Inc., a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, purchased its partners' 72 percent interest i...


Corporate


Silicon Beach waits for its moment in the sun

Jul. 11, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Dozens of tech entrepreneurs gathered for the second annual Silicon Beach Fest. But peel away the hype and industry experts ca...


Criminal


Self-defense theories: from A to Zimmerman

Jul. 11, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Whatever the result, there has already been one result: The law, itself, has been defiled. A young man has been killed without...


Perspective


Creating records to win appeals

Jul. 11, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent case underscores the importance of creating a good record at trial to provide the foundation to win an appeal. By Jam...


Raymond J. Lucia, a nationally syndicated radio host and San Diego-based financial adviser known for his "Buckets of Money" re...


Litigation


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

Jul. 11, 2013
By Alexandra Schwappach

Steptoe & Johnson LLP snagged a former administrative law judge from the International Trade Commission for its intellectu...


Intellectual Property


A trademark infringement case over the phrase "app store" ended abruptly Tuesday after Apple Inc. issued a covenant not to sue...


Intellectual Property


Silicon Valley-based Wi-Fi product competitors Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Ruckus Wireless are taking the offensive aga...


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-based online employment platform oDesk Corp., announced on Tuesday its hire of the company's newest general couns...


Real Estate/Development


Construction of new office and multifamily structures will continue to rise over the next three years across much of Californi...


A Glendale lawyer accused by the State Bar last year of ripping off an elderly widow was fully exonerated in a State Bar Court...