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Labor/Employment


Muddied pregnancy disability standard

Mar. 31, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a decision last week, the U.S. high court crafted a middle-ground approach to accommodating pregnancy-related limitations, ...


Litigation


Zynga can't shake investor lawsuit

Mar. 31, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Zynga Inc. and several of its current and former officers failed to escape from a case brought by shareholders when a federal ...


Judicial Profile


William Liebmann

Mar. 31, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Ventura County Judge William Liebmann helps family law litigants to see each other's perspective.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Mar. 30, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Judicial Profile


Michael Cowell

Mar. 29, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Criminal court Judge Michael Cowell of Los Angeles thinks deeply about the law and the death penalty.


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Thursday that it will rehear en banc the question of concealed carry rules and...


Judges and Judiciary


New State Bar Court judge appointed

Mar. 28, 2015
By John Roemer

The state Supreme Court on Thursday appointed William Kearse McGill to sit on the State Bar Court in Los Angeles. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Matt A. Dudics

Mar. 28, 2015
By Henry Meier

Inland Valley Arbitration and Mediation Services San Bernardino and Riverside counties ...


Perspective


Frank Underwood's House of Negotiations

Mar. 28, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The lead of Netflix's "House of Cards" series often gives advice to the audience that could also prove useful in negotiating s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sharing office space to save on expenses?

Mar. 28, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

It sounds like a good idea to save on expenses, but be wary of how clients perceive the arrangement. By J. Randolph Evans, Sha...


Perspective


Sandoz to Amgen: 'We don't want to dance'

Mar. 28, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent ruling cleared the way for the first biosimilar of a biologic product sold in the United States. By Stephen M. Hankin...


A guilty verdict has resolved the first charges ever filed against an executive at a bank receiving funds from the Troubled As...


Diablo Technologies Inc. has won a defense ruling against former business partner Netlist Inc. after Northern District of Cali...


Solo and Small Firms


Pursuit of Practice

Mar. 28, 2015
By Paul Jones

Plaintiffs' lawyer Brooks Cutter, founder of Cutter Law PC, wants his partners to develop their own unique practice areas unde...


Litigation


Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co. must pay a young amputee $28 million for failing to conduct an MRI before a tumor took her le...


Community News


Veterans Legal Institute honors appellate justice Eileen Moore ...


California Courts of Appeal


A three-judge panel seemed reluctant to disregard an 80-page opinion favoring Fox in a DVD royalty dispute against producers o...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Lawyers behaving badly... in mediation

Mar. 28, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent Court of Appeal ruling reaffirms that the absolute confidentiality of mediations survives even malpractice claims. By...


Plaintiffs say the company laid them off without warning, but Space X claims dismissals were performance-based. ...


Ellen Pao was not in "the universe of qualifications" for a promotion to senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer...


Corporate Counsel


Elizabeth M. Kelly

Mar. 27, 2015
By Fiona Smith

Legal Director of Marin Clean Energy San Rafael ...


Perspective


Spin-off transaction? Consider this

Mar. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Often, planners don't give the governance issues high priority in these transactions - but they should. By Stephen Glover and ...


Perspective


High court to hear induced infringement argument

Mar. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. Supreme Court will again wade into the patent waters, this time to decide whether a good faith belief that a patent i...


Entertainment & Sports


After the studio was vindicated in a private trial in Superior Court, the independent filmmakers say a contract term's definit...


Bankruptcy


Klee Tuchin partner appointed to bankruptcy bench

Mar. 27, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP partner Martin R. Barash will be appointed as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...


Intellectual Property


A federal jury in Delaware issued a divided decision Wednesday in a patent infringement case involving licensing entity Intell...


A team of Los Angeles attorneys at Munger, Tolles & Olson advised Berkshire Hathaway, a financial backer of H.J. Heinz Co....


Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday sought relief from the state judiciary from her office's duty to issue title and s...


Judges and Judiciary


After a legal career that spanned more than 50 years, Justice Norvell "Fred" Woods, of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court should review a case challenging an ordinance requiring guns kept in the home be "stored in a locked co...