As many homegrown law firms reduced attorney headcount or remained flat in reaction to the stagnant economy, a handful of out-...
Perspective
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By Karen Natividadn
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Texas-based Dell Inc. again turned to Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for an acquisition that moves the company away from its traditio...
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Judges and Judiciary
Federal criminal filings spike in Southern District
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Federal criminal filings are down all over California except in the state's San Diego-based Southern District, according to st...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Taleo hit with class action over $1.9 billion sale to Oracle
By Saul Sugarman
A group of investors in a Dublin, Calif.-based software producer have lodged a proposed class action against the company's exe...
The city of Hercules has settled a $4.1 million lawsuit over redevelopment bond service. Officials say the deal will allow the...
Perspective
Probate battles: Where there’s a will, there’s a relative
By Sharon Liangn
Strategies for avoiding probate litigation in intra-family conflicts. By Elaine Rushing of JAMS ...
Law Practice
Paul Hastings wants Brobeck's claims moved to district court
By Kevin Lee
Paul Hastings LLP has requested that unfinished business claims against the firm related to the 2003 bankruptcy of Brobeck, Ph...
Another effort to extend expiring renewable energy incentives failed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. ...
Oracle Corp.'s patent and copyright trial against Google Inc. over the alleged infringement of its Java programming language w...
Public Interest
Private groups pitch in to aid defendants in collaborative courts
By Don Debenedictisn
Momentum is gaining for a handful of private, nonprofit groups that assist people going through programs like drug court or ve...
Seeking to limit what employees say about them on Twitter and Facebook, companies have added a slew of restrictive clauses to ...
After a two-month trial, the only LCD panel maker to fight the government's criminal price-fixing allegations was convicted Tu...
Judge Lisa M. Chung wastes no time on the bench, efficiently handling complex felony cases.
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