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Dealmakers

Mar. 22, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Administrative/Regulatory


The avenues through which companies can be penalized for inadequate cybersecurity or privacy protections for users are expandi...



Obituaries


Judge Robert A. Knox, 1927 - 2016

Mar. 22, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Judge Robert A. Knox, who passed away last week, is remembered by his peers and family as a down-to-earth, knowledgeable judge...


Criminal defendants are shielded from facing charges brought under different sections of the state penal code, the state Supre...



A Riverside judge dismissed key parts of the Attorney General's rare second-degree murder case against a detox center Friday. ...


Judicial Profile


Roger W. Boren

Mar. 22, 2016
By Laurinda Keys

Justice Roger Boren of the 2nd District says a concise, well-organized brief is most effective.



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


9th Circuit declines to rehear 'Dancing Baby' case

Mar. 22, 2016
By Steven Crighton

The court amended its opinion to define how the ruling affects automated copyright-flagging tools. ...


Judicial Profile


Brendan P. Conroy

Mar. 22, 2016
By Phil Johnson

San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy is known for his diverse experiences and his keen mind.



Litigation


OC courthouse brawl prompts recusal request

Mar. 21, 2016
By America Hernandez.

A defendant asked for the Orange County district attorney's office to be disqualified under the "outrageous government conduct...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Mar. 21, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California



California Supreme Court


Government entities are allowed to retract privileged documents that were mistakenly released in response to a public records ...


Michael Ornstil has always been an avid athlete and competitor and that mindset follows him in his work as a neutral. ...



Corporate


Participant Media promotes GC

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Fresh off three Academy Award wins, socially conscious entertainment company Participant Media Inc. promoted Gabriel F. Brakin...


The justice department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Thursday to block the LA Times publisher from achieving a monopoly ov...



Corporate


Former Regulus GC to head Heron Therapeutics

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Heron Therapeutics Inc. announced David L. Szekeres will assume his new position Thursday as general counsel, senior vice pres...


The family of Mharloun Saycon, a 39-year-old mentally disabled man shot by police last December while he sat in a chair outsid...



Law Practice


Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey L. Bleich has left Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP to join Dentons. Bleich spent m...


Corporate


Google-backed Carbon3D Inc. names GC

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Carbon3D Inc. announced the hiring of Joshua L. Green as its first general counsel Thursday. ...



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


The parents of a border patrol agent killed with a gun obtained illegally in the federal government's botched Operation Fast a...


Litigation


$1.6M private poker game debt enforced by court

Mar. 19, 2016
By America Hernandez

A Los Angeles resident may use the courts to collect on a $1.6 million gambling debt from a private in-home poker game, a tria...



When UC Berkeley School of Law found its dean in violation of sexual harassment policy, punishment was determined by an admini...


Marketing professor said school's communications with graduates could have led to biased results ...



Corporate Counsel


Gregory P. Goeckner

Mar. 18, 2016
By Riley Guerin

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Hollywood Foreign Press Association West Hollywood ...


Litigation


A prominent Los Angeles litigation firm was hit Tuesday with a malpractice suit filed by the embattled founder of American App...



Litigation


Attorneys for Trendsettah cigarillo makers said household name Swisher International Inc. used unfair business practices to st...


Judges and Judiciary


News of Los Angeles County Superior Court's move into a soon-to-be vacated federal courthouse downtown prompted excitement and...



Corporate


Tejon Ranch names city attorney as new GC

Mar. 18, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Real estate and agribusiness developer Tejon Ranch Co. named Michael R. W. Houston senior vice president and general counsel t...


A lengthy court battle between Mark Zuckerberg and a small-time real estate player who alleged he defrauded him and breached c...



Law Practice


Appellate boutique opens San Francisco office

Mar. 18, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

Premier appellate boutique Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP is opening its first office outside of Los Angeles by exp...


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


A former programmer for Electronic Arts Inc. who accuses the company of stealing his code to create the popular John Madden Fo...