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The Firemen are on an informal short list of Criminal Justice Act panel lawyers who, like fixers, get called in when the feder...


Corporate Counsel


A Yummy Future

Apr. 13, 2012
By David Mc Afee

Pinkberry GC Mark Friedman helps make yogurt a worldwide success story. ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The 9th Circuit had made clear that plaintiffs must plead that tying affects a very specific type of competition. By Clifford ...


Perspective


The author is an expert in law and pop culture, having cut his teeth in the "Trials of the Century." By Laurie L. Levenson of ...


Prosecutors are learning how to use digital data to bolster their cases. ...


The act turns our patent system into a "first inventor to file" system instead of a "first to invent" system. By Hani Z. Sayed...


A recent decision sheds light on the boundaries of indemnification as well as explaining the "dearth" of guiding case law. By ...


Government


Dozens of new courthouses slated to be built throughout California are once again on the chopping block, as state court leader...


California Courts of Appeal


A 6th District Court of Appeal panel late Tuesday rejected as impermissibly partisan and misleading the ballot language on a c...


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


9th circuit to review CHP shooting

Apr. 13, 2012
By John Roemer

A San Francisco federal jury's wrongful death judgment against a California Highway Patrol officer who fired 12 lethal shots a...


Large Firms


Proskauer snags head of Seyfarth's L&E practice

Apr. 13, 2012
By Casey Sullivan

Proskauer Rose LLP snagged the chairman of Seyfarth Shaw LLP's labor and employment practice the firm announced Wednesday. ...


Law Practice


While California courts are grappling with how to employ technology to link their dockets together, some attorneys are concern...


Criminal


Walter Liew, an Orinda man accused of economic espionage against DuPont, replaced his well known criminal defense lawyer with ...


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


9th circuit moves to expedite DOMA case

Apr. 13, 2012
By John Roemer

Moving to speed a decision on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act's Section 3, which excludes valid state sam...


Government


Apple and the two publishers that did not settle civil antitrust charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday mus...


Criminal


Boy made good, now attorney gone bad

Apr. 13, 2012
By Gabe Friedmann

Isaac Guillen was a former gangbanger who turned his life around to defend society's undesirables. That is until he fell back ...


Corporate


Former Apple IP counsel moves to Nest Labs

Apr. 13, 2012
By David Mc Afee

The mystery over what Apple Inc.’s longtime intellectual property counsel was up to when he left the company last summer is so...


Employee Benefits


Apr. 12, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

A lawsuit brought by the state labor commissioner’s office against a Los Angeles law firm can continue even though the agency ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Apr. 12, 2012
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.


Large Firms


More than a decade ago Tokyo was viewed by many as the epicenter of U.S. law firms' race to foreign expansion. Now, leaders ar...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Question: to arbitrate or not to arbitrate

Apr. 12, 2012
By Michael Leen

Choosing an arbitrator can be such an important step, that it is sometimes impossible for parties to agree. By Brian Kabateck ...


It's no easy task sorting sorting through the mess of multiple levels of government claiming the exclusive right to regulate m...


Being substantively prepared doesn't necessarily translate into an effective video deposition. By Alex Craigie and Kimberly K....


Litigation


Judge denies fees in suit against Facebook

Apr. 12, 2012
By Jill Redhage

Even though Cooley LLP lawyers recently gained dismissal of a proposed publicity rights class action against client Facebook I...


Large Firms


Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is expanding its China corporate practice with the hiring of a new partner from Davis Pol...


Labor/Employment


At the end of this month, the National Labor Relations Board will implement new rules designed to protect unionizing efforts a...


Litigation


Billionaire's civil suit against bank tossed

Apr. 12, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

A federal judge in Santa Anna dismissed civil claims brought by real estate billionaire Igol Olenicoff seeking $1.8 billion in...


Trusts & Estates


Recent decisions offer some guidance on the appropriate standard of testamentary capacity. By Megan Ferkel Earhart of Goldfard...


Litigation


Insurer may be left holding Bratz litigation bill

Apr. 12, 2012
By Hannah Mitchelln

A federal judge tentatively ruled that he would deny a bid by MGA Entertainment Inc. insurance carrier Evanston Insurance Co. ...


An elaborate scheme to defraud iTunes is busted. By Nick Solish ...