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Corporate Counsel


Nancy Saracino

May 4, 2012
By Paul Jones

Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Administrative Officer for California Independent System Operator Folsom ...


Intellectual Property


No verdict in Oracle-Google Java trial

May 4, 2012
By Craig Andersonn

Oracle Corp. got some promising news Wednesday in the form of jury notes in its lawsuit claiming Google Inc. infringed el...


Law Practice


SF neutral starts new firm

May 4, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

Antonio "Tony" C. Piazza , who co-founded Gregorio, Haldeman, Piazza, Rotman, Frank & Feder , started a new practice at th...


Family


Many people don't realize that California law is sufficient to protect basic assets brought into marriage. By Veronika Melamed...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Former Bush administration attorney John C. Yoo is off the hook in a civil suit seeking to hold him liable for the detention ...


Government


LA family court braces for changes

May 4, 2012
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

Facing dual pressures of budget cuts along with state-mandated reforms, Los Angeles County's family courts are taking strong m...


Law Practice


The California Bar Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the State Bar, has awarded 15 scholarships to third-year law students ...


Corporate


Spokeo Inc., the developer of a people search engine and social network aggregator website, appointed its first general counse...


Law Practice


The five California law schools sued over their graduate employment data have turned to the same attorney to plead their case ...


Litigation


Bond insurers facing accusations of scheming to degrade the credit ratings of public entities suffered a setback when a San ...


Roberti has helped make California a perfect haven for scientifically questionable personal injury cases. By Catherine ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped guide Menlo Park-based private equity fund Silver Lake in its agreement to acquire a...


Litigation


The judicial system is evolving, perhaps not at the same pace as technology, but it is progressing with respect to discovery. ...


Administrative/Regulatory


The impact of PLIVA is to let many generic manufacturers off the hook. By Patricia L. Zlaket of Case Cherry Schenk Fran...


Criminal


A changing of the guard is underway inside a key unit of the U.S. attorney's office - the major fraud section. ...


Law Practice


Lawyer agrees to disbarment

May 4, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong

In a matter the State Bar called one of the largest misappropriation cases ever handled by its Office of Chief Trial Counsel, ...


Law Practice


McKool Smith makes its move in Silicon Valley

May 4, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

McKool Smith, the Dallas firm that's recently bustled onto the California legal scene with the acquisition of Los Angeles bou...


Litigation


AOC owes $4 million to contractor

May 4, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

The state Administrative Office of the Courts must pay more than $4 million in a dispute with a construction company, a jury f...


'How could something like this happen?' asks former California Attorney General John Van de Kamp, who is now of-counsel in the...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

May 3, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved


Entertainment & Sports


JOBS Act could boost filmmakers

May 3, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS Act, which the president signed into law last month, could provide a boost to an ...


Intellectual Property


Twitter has a savvy new patent strategy

May 3, 2012
By Michael Leen

Twitter, in an unusual move, is giving its employees more control over their inventions. By Jennifer Urban and Jason Schultz o...


Criminal


A federal judge has removed a well-known Baker & McKenzie LLP attorney from a criminal case after prosecutors claimed he ...


Law Practice


No justice, no peace

May 3, 2012
By Michael Leen

Despite the efforts of the last 20 years, in 2012 we know the fragility of progress. By Judge David S. Cunningham III of the L...


California Courts of Appeal


A group of University of California students came a step closer to a $38 million refund on Monday, when the 1st District Court...


Law Practice


Fifty-one law students will have to find new summer employers following Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's cancellation of its summer a...


California Supreme Court


The justices late last month directed attorneys James S. Thomson and Peter Giannini to be ready to argue whether financial s...


Judges and Judiciary


On June 15, the Los Angeles Superior Court will close all 11 branches of the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court. By Arnold W....


Government


Principles of equity along with several Water Code sections require that the oversight costs be reasonable. By Jad Davis of Ku...


Government


In a surprise move, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has signed onto a bill seeking to limit the moneta...