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Law Practice


Firms are beginning to consider studies showing that undergraduate and law school grade point averages and LSAT scores and law...


Perspective


One of the most difficult jobs facing general counsel today is how to effectively manage an intellectual property case. A rece...


Whatever the impetus for thinking about your California tax bill, it can be awfully tempting to tally up the tax savings by le...


Law Practice


"I want you" ...to help veterans find jobs

Nov. 28, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Every year on Veterans Day America recognizes and applauds veterans for their service, and this year was no different. Yet, 20...


Perspective


California's unrivaled capacity for innovation

Nov. 28, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Every few years commentors solemnly pontificate about how fiscal problems, a bad business climate, or too many regulations hav...


Government


The city of Victorville reached a $54 million settlement with a company that oversaw a failed power plant project the municipa...


Litigation


A Los Angeles federal judge dismissed claims last week against two Wikimedia Foundation Inc. users who were accused of violati...


The executive who ran the computer monitor division of AU Optronics Corp. was back in a federal courtroom Monday, being retrie...


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that the Oklahoma Supreme Court should not have decided the legality of a n...


Intellectual Property


U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David J. Kappos, who won praise during his three-year tenure for implementing reform...


Litigation


FCC granted en banc hearing in ads case

Nov. 28, 2012
By Jean Yung

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week granted the Federal Communications Commission an en banc rehearing of its deci...


Litigation


Northern District releases e-discovery guidelines

Nov. 28, 2012
By Hadley Robinson

In an effort to smooth the process of sorting through large quantities of potential evidence in a civil trial, a committee tod...


Entertainment & Sports


The fight over Dish Network's "Autohop" feature on its "Primetime Anytime" DVR service, both introduced this spring, continues...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that trial court judges must act as "gatekeepers" and exclude expert testimon...


Defense attorneys did not get the specifics they were hoping for when the government issued extensive guidelines on the Foreig...


Law Practice


Nine months after Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP opened in Silicon Valley, the firm has laterally hired an intel...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 27, 2012
By David Ruiz

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


Corporate Counsel


Karen M. King

Nov. 27, 2012
By David Houstonn

Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer of Silver Lake Menlo Park ...


Perspective


California holds its first cap-and-trade auction

Nov. 27, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

A year after adopting its Cap-and-Trade Regulation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held its first auction of greenh...


The court will hold oral argument Monday in a case that may reshape the scope of supervisor liability under Faragher an...


A review of one of the nation's top mediation expert's -- with experience ranging from asbestos, to 9/11, to Aurora, Colorado ...


Law Practice


With the number of older lawyers increasing, a new State Bar panel has begun exploring what the bar could do both to help thos...


Family


Earn MCLE credit while brushing up on your Family Law litigation skills. By Michael Gassner and Gary Nadler ...


Litigation


Plaintiffs pass hurdle in pursuing fraud claim

Nov. 27, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

Plaintiffs pursuing a wrongful death case against a Beverly Hills medical center have moved a step closer to the difficult goa...


Government


Several local defense attorneys have expressed interest in the job previously held by Gary Windom, who abruptly stepped down e...


Attorneys for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. hope to use information in legal adversary Apple Inc.'s licensing deal with HTC Cor...


As more and more companies move to limit class action lawsuits by consumers and employers, technology companies are jumping on...


A trial court has tentatively ruled that San Diego officials failed to properly look at the impacts of a long-term regional tr...


Law Practice


Dewey estate releases liquidation plan

Nov. 27, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Nearly six months after Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP entered into bankruptcy, lawyers for the firm's estate have submitted a compre...


Obituaries


Aram Peter Kezirian, 1964-2012

Nov. 27, 2012
By David Ruiz

Aram Peter Kezirian Jr., senior vice president of corporate strategy and strategic development for the Cooperative of American...