Mergers & Acquisitions
Lawyers: Bank M&A activity will pick up in 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre
While low interest rates particularly pose profitability challenges for smaller banks and community banks, many lawyers say th...
The decision potentially invalidates virtually every NLRB decision issued since January 2012. By Denise M. Keyser and John R. ...
Appellate Practice
Art of the appeal: an appellate court's factual findings and estoppel
By Ben Armisteadn
May an appellate decision's factual findings be used as an estoppel in the trial of additional issues on remand? By Michael M....
Litigation
Efforts underway to update rules for discovery of electronically stored information
By Ben Armisteadn
A driving force behind the current proposals is the sentiment shared by many practitioners that lack of uniformity in the law ...
We must extend the law to cover additional family members, broaden the law's reach to protect more workers, and ensure access ...
The electric car will most definitely be a part of our future, just not in the way many had envisioned. By Jonathan Michaels ...
Air Lease Corp. announced Monday it signed a $9 billion deal to purchase 25 jets from Airbus SAS. ...
Litigation
Cooley wins attorney fees for client Qualcomm against legal foe
By Rachel Swan
A federal judge ordered a San Francisco-based technology company to pay $12.4 million in attorney fees to Qualcomm Inc. on gro...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Weil assists Oracle in $2.1 billion acquisition
By Joey Berumenn
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Redwood City-based Oracle Corp. in its latest purchase, the $2.1 billion acquisitio...
Irvine-based public law firm Aleshire & Wynder LLP is on the verge of opening a Riverside office, its third overall. ...
Intellectual Property
Apple loses another injunction bid in Samsung patent battle
By Rachel Swan
Apple Inc.'s persistent pleas for an injunction barring sales of a competitor's allegedly infringing products have yet to win ...
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP on Monday announced the opening of a Los Angeles office led by attorneys from a Beverly...
Cities and local governments are concerned by the Federal Communications Commission's interpretation of a new congressional st...
Environmental
Judge rules that oyster farm north of San Francisco must close
By Fiona Smith
An oyster farm north of San Francisco that is fighting an order by the federal government to close down lost a bid Monday to s...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy lawyers adjust as filings decline dramatically in California
By Hadley Robinson
Bankruptcy filings fell across the country in 2012, with California experiencing a more pronounced downturn of 21.7 percent fe...
California Supreme Court
Companies can require consumers to provide addresses, phone numbers to download apps
By Emily Green
The 4-3 decision says Internet transactions are exempt from a state law banning merchants from requesting addresses and phone ...
While he's a criminal law expert, Oakland Judge Jeffrey Horner relishes his adoption hearings.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Joel D. Adler is seeking to collect unpaid legal bills from former clients of defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, while ...
General Counsel for Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC Scottsdale, Ariz. ...
In "Rebels at the Bar," Jill Norgren recounts the life stories of a small group of nineteenth century women who were among the...
There may have been a time when blue blood law firms didn't take credit cards. These days, however, most lawyers are happy to ...
By rejecting suggestions made by a number of commentators on the draft regulations issued last July, the DTSC clearly opted fo...
Law Practice
McGuireWoods hires lateral as part of West Coast expansion
By Ameera Buttn
As part of its plan to grow its West Coast operations, McGuireWoods LLP hired Neil W. Rust, a former White & Case LLP atto...
Jobs in the legal industry fell by roughly 2,400 last month, despite a gain of 157,000 overall nonfarm jobs in the economy, ac...
Environmental
Judge reject's bid to reject challenge to state environmental law
By Fiona Smith
The state has failed to knock out a challenge to a law that allows fights over the environmental impacts of large projects to ...
A paralegal accused of settling claims without the parties knowing and stealing the proceeds was arraigned in Oakland Thursday...
Government
Consumer attorneys weighing push for higher auto insurance coverage
By Paul Jones
California's consumer attorney lobby is revving up for a possible legislative push to make motorists carry more insurance cove...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco Superior Court rehiring former commissioners as duty officers
By Saul Sugarman
While many state courts pink slip employees and shutter departments in response to budget cuts, San Francisco County Superior ...
San Francisco-based social networking app Path Inc. agreed to pay $800,000 and adopt comprehensive changes to its privacy poli...
