A large class action lawsuit involving allegations a group of electronics companies fixed prices of lithium ion batteries will...
Corporate
Davis Polk works on two offerings and a billion-dollar acquisition
By David Ruiz
Menlo Park-based Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP lawyers guided clients on two stock offerings and a billion-dollar acquisition,...
The federal civil case filed against Standard & Poor's on Tuesday in the Central District is without doubt one of the more...
Government
State Bar accuses L.A. lawyer of stealing $500,000 from Chinese couple seeking to immigrate
By Don Debenedictisn
Los Angeles lawyer and biofuels entrepreneur Justin Moongyu Lee faces State Bar disicipline for allegedly misappropriating $50...
An advertising technology company leased a 17,800-square-foot building owned by an affiliate of Hackman Capital Partners LLC. ...
While the suit could have been filed in a host of venues, it was brought in Los Angeles because the jurisdiction presented a b...
Litigation
State lawsuit adds boost to other claims against credit rating agency
By John Roemer
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' lawsuit against the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.'s Standard & Poor's rating services unit...
A broader social context needs to be considered before any regulatory or legislative actions are initiated that narrow access ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Open-source software diligence in M&A transactions
By Ben Armisteadn
As commercial free and open-source software use transitioned from obscurity to ubiquity, the sophistication of software dilige...
Perspective
High court set to examine prevailing party attorney fee awards
By Ben Armisteadn
What makes the grant interesting is that Kandy-Kiss is no mere aberration. Rather, it follows other appellate court dec...
The hope for advocates of medical marijuana dispensaries all but disappeared when Justice Goodwin Liu opened up oral argument ...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court debates trial court judges' ability to offer indicated sentences
By Emily Green
Trial court judges across the state can take comfort in the fact that the state Supreme Court still seems prepared to endorse ...
Bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor relishes complex cases and the chance to clear up problems. ...
Government
Medi-Cal expansion could mean windfall for prison health care
By Hamed Aleazizn
California could reap nearly $170 million in federal funds for prison medical care over the next four years if it expands Medi...
After seven years of overseeing large, complex mergers and regulating competition at the Federal Trade Commission, J. Thomas R...
A former federal prosecutor joined Winston & Strawn LLP in its San Francisco office this week from Bingham McCutchen LLP. ...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented NuCO2 Inc. and its parent Aurora Capital Group in the $1.1 billion sale of NuCO2 t...
Litigation
Plaintiff's lawyer Joe Alioto gets big windfall from class action, attracts creditor's notice
By Saul Sugarman
The good news for San Francisco antitrust lawyer Joseph M. Alioto Jr. is that he was tentatively awarded $47 million last week...
Dell Inc. founder Michael S. Dell and Menlo Park-based private equity firm Silver Lake Partners will acquire the Round Rock, T...
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 ...