Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Suspension recommended for Photoshop-loving attorney
By Don Debenedictisn
A lawyer who inserted pictures of herself into photos of celebrities and posted them on her law firm website should be suspend...
Law Practice
Orrick's Silicon Valley makeover spells changes at other locations
By Alex Shively
A portion of the Menlo Park office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is being remodeled to foster a more collaborative wor...
Appellate practitioners are pressing state appellate justices to issue tentative opinions before oral arguments, reigniting an...
Arbitrator Profile
Santa Rosa mediator has years of experience, and knack for settling cases
By Saul Sugarman
Robert A. Murray counts himself among a small cohort of professionals who do full-time neutral work in Sonoma County. ...
Browne Greene of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP and his wife, Leana, must trim a 40-foot hedge at their oceanfront Santa Mo...
In recent years, judges and bar associations have begun to lose their patience with uncivil attorneys. By J. Randolph Evans, S...
Litigation
VIDEO: Enforcement of choice-of-law provisions: Uber confusing
By Ben Armisteadn
Divvying the litigants a dose of procedural whiplash, a court recently confessed it changed its mind regarding a legal matter ...
Litigation
Judge rules LA County does not have to disclose attorney's legal bills
By Matt Hamilton
A judge ruled Thursday that Los Angeles County does not have to disclose its contract with the lawyer hired to carry out recom...
Entertainment lawyers voiced confidence that the film and television tax credit bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursda...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Criminal
Despite quiet opposition, penalty-reducing ballot initiative gaining traction
By Kylie Reynolds
Proposition 47, which proposes reducing penalties for some drug and property theft crimes, has so far received less fanfare th...
Chief Legal Counsel for Amidi Group of Companies Redwood City ...
It has long been a practice among commercial litigators and their clients to settle with a defendant/borrower and allow a disc...
Congress should repeal the ECPA before it reaches its 30th birthday, and replace it with a new privacy statute that reflects c...
A wide gender gap persists in law firm M&A practices, despite substantial female enrollment in the law schools that supply...
Children and families have recently become a priority for the Obama administration. But not in the way one might expect. By Ro...
Federal judges across the country remain hesitant to shift fees to victors in patent disputes even though the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Community News
Jones Clifford lawyer receives workers' compensation bar award
By John Michael
Alexander J. Wong, right, a partner with Jones, Clifford, Johnson, Dehner, Wong, Morrison, Sheppard & Bell LLP, received a...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Inbound deals from Europe help fuel merger boom
By Salvador Mares
An influx of inbound deals from Europe has helped fuel a significant uptick in merger and acquisition activity this year, acco...
Litigation
Thomas Jefferson law school is working to cure defaults on $133 million in bonds
By Don Debenedictisn
Officials at the troubled school say they have made up most of the missed payment and are devising options to restructure the ...
An almond and cherry farm in the Central Valley has sued several oil companies alleging they are contaminating its groundwater...
Law Practice
Skin cancer treatment company hires first general counsel
By Alison Frost
OncoSec Medical Inc. announced Wednesday the hire of Merck & Co. Inc.'s senior patent counsel, Sheela Mohan-Peterson. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar Association president-elect to push 'low bono'
By Matthew Blaken
Linda E. Spiegel's goals include focusing on the concept of "low bono," in which novice lawyers counsel clients who cannot af...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Federal law does not protect company from liability, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
The Communications Decency Act does not shield a website owner from a negligence claim by an aspiring model who used the site ...
The case of Will Walters v. City of San Diego, currently pending before the 9th Circuit, provides a clear opportunity t...
Law Practice
Bankruptcy boutiques adjust to drop in filings nationwide
By Melanie Brisbon
Insolvency boutiques have noticed a decline in business, a trend that experts attribute to the nationwide decrease in bankrupt...
Government
Longtime public interest attorney regrets email exchange with PG&E executive
By Laura Hautalan
Mike Florio, a longtime public interest attorney turned regulator, said Wednesday he messed up in discussing which administrat...
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'No-poach' antitrust litigation expanding from Silicon Valley to Hollywood
By Matthew Blake
"No-poach" antitrust litigation has expanded from Silicon Valley tech companies to the Hollywood animation arena and, after a ...
The senior vice president and chief legal officer at San Jose-based SanDisk Corp. has left the memory card manufacturer to bec...