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Law Practice


Two litigators, both armed with prior experience at the Securities and Exchange Commission and as federal prosecutors, have br...


Becker Law Group and McNicholas & McNicholas LLP filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday on the behalf of three families w...



Litigation


Lawyers are trying to establish whether Pao was a successful employee with a shot at promotion until she complained about disc...


Judicial Profile


Ralph W. Dau

Mar. 5, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Los Angeles Judge Ralph W. Dau takes meticulous notes and checks citations during arguments.



Environmental


CEQA exemption for houses reinforced

Mar. 4, 2015
By Fiona Smith

The state Supreme Court appeared to ease the way for a tech multimillionaire to build a mansion in the Berkeley hills Monday, ...


Corporate Counsel


Christopher M. Patti

Mar. 4, 2015
By Alison Frost

Chief Campus Counsel UC Berkeley ...



Transactions


Shifts seen in the way M&A cases are litigated

Mar. 4, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The convergence of a number of forces is changing the way M&A lawsuits are litigated and resolved. By Koji Fukumura ...


Perspective


The city of Los Angeles makes a solid argument for why a warrant is not required to search motel registries in a case being ar...



Constitutional Law


Court must keep protecting privacy

Mar. 4, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing argument Tuesday in a case that will have broad implications for the privacy and free associ...


Obituaries


Paul W. Vapnek: 1929-2015

Mar. 4, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

The San Francisco lawyer was known as a scholar of ethics in the legal profession, a topic he pursued for decades, authoring b...



Intellectual Property


NuVasive faces new patent damages trial

Mar. 4, 2015
By Kevin Lee

Two medical technology companies are in line to return to the Southern District of California for a new damages trial after a ...


Litigation


A federal jury will be asked to decide whether former NFL wide receiver Willie James Gault committed two Securities and Exchan...



Corporate


Alorica announces new chief legal officer

Mar. 4, 2015
By Alison Frost

Alorica Inc., a customer management outsourcing solutions company based in Irvine, announced Monday the appointment of Christy...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The deal represents HP's largest acquisition since buying Autonomy Corp. in 2011. ...



Public Defender Ron Brown said he was only joking when he told an office-wide meeting he dislikes children. Some people are of...


California Supreme Court


The state can no longer apply blanket restrictions to registered sex offenders on where they can live in San Diego County, the...



Corporate


The LA-based engineering and design firm picked up Carla J. Christofferson as its new executive VP and GC. Christofferson had ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Silver lining to auto scandals

Mar. 4, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Last week, a Senate committee passed legislation that promises to revolutionize automotive safety. By Jonathan Michaels ...



Law Practice


As a nascent medical and recreational marijuana industry sees exponential growth, many cannabusinesses in the state are seekin...


A proposed $415 million anti-poaching settlement that Silicon Valley technology giants are prepared to pay a class of former e...



Transactions


Dealmakers

Mar. 3, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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


Administrative/Regulatory


Privacy attorneys say tech companies should take notice of the agreement Google Inc. made with Italian regulators, which marks...



Perspective


LETTER: Deceptive slant in column about Yates

Mar. 3, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

I am surprised that the Daily Journal would print Mark Miller's one-sided diatribe about the Supreme Court's Yates deci...


Constitutional Law


Direct democracy, gerrymandering and federal court standing - three contentious topics - are on stage Monday as the U.S. Supre...



Law Practice


DLA Piper announced last week that Dean Fealk, a partner and chair of the global equity group in the firm's San Francisco and ...


Immigration


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived an application for asylum by two Armenian citizens after finding that the Board ...



Government


Equal pay bill inspires debate

Mar. 3, 2015
By Paul Jones

A new bill would increase protections against gender-based pay discrimination by reducing employers' defenses under California...


Government


The federal government will pay a Sacramento utility district more than $22.5 million for money it spent keeping and destroyin...



Litigation


A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses dockworkers of letting management run a disastrous health care plan with milli...


Personal Injury & Torts


Defaming the dead isn't nice, or actionable

Mar. 3, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Under current California law, a deceased person's reputation cannot be injured, and thus you cannot defame the deceased. Acros...