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Public Interest


The group of 33 recipients is the largest to receive the distinction in the program's short history. ...


Plaintiffs' lawyer Joseph M. Alioto Jr. took the stand Tuesday in his San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit that seeks t...


Litigation


State, Newport Beach sued over cycling death

Sep. 18, 2014
By Matt Hamilton

An Olympic cyclist whose wife was killed last year while biking along the Pacific Coast Highway filed a wrongful death lawsuit...


Litigation


A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC information technology employee was arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally trad...


As the head of the largest entity of its kind in the nation, Hilary Potashner - the No. 2 defender in the office since 2012 - ...


Government


Youth advocates are protesting the pending closure of Santa Barbara County Superior Court's Hollister Avenue juvenile courthou...


Perspective


Trade-based money laundering leads to jail time

Sep. 18, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The DOJ is tightening its grip on enforcing anti-money laundering laws and spending enormous resources investigating complex m...


Government


What counts as bullying in the workplace? While the concept may be relatively new, managers will have to undergo training on p...


Intellectual Property


A federal appeals court has rejected a $368 million jury verdict won by a Nevada-based patent holding company against Apple In...


Judicial Profile


Lori E. Pegg

Sep. 18, 2014
By Kevin Lee

Lori Pegg has had to learn on the fly during a flurry of trials in her misdemeanor assignment.


Corporate Counsel


Scott Darling

Sep. 17, 2014
By Alison Frost

Vice President and General Counsel of Trulia Inc. San Francisco ...


A jailhouse snitch gave allegedly perjured testimony to put a Santa Clara County man behind bars for life for first degree mur...


Perspective


There's no such thing as a free lunch

Sep. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

At a tech company, life is good - until the tax man shows up. What used to be a free incentive to employees that was deducted ...


Family


High-asset divorces offer some surprising lessons

Sep. 17, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

My work as a divorce attorney allows me to steer my clients away from the pitfalls that may come from a common assumption that...


Perspective


Recently signed AB 2365 enacts a first-in-the-nation statute to stop businesses from contractually gagging customers by includ...


An L.A. judge ended a discovery stay Monday in California's lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of flooding the state's ...


Bank of America Corp. has emerged victorious in a lawsuit that claimed the company should pay up after its employees made seve...


Speaking to a group of judges in their first public meeting, leaders of the new Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Co...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar is exploring whether to sell its San Francisco headquarters building in the suddenly high-priced South of Market...


Community News


California's legal Top 100 of 2014

Sep. 17, 2014
By John Michael

The Daily Journal held a reception Sept. 9 in Beverly Hills to honor California's leading 100 lawyers. The event drew a crowd ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Gibson Dunn aids digital marketer in $2.3B sale

Sep. 17, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Westlake Village-based digital marketing company Conversant Inc. in its $2.3 billi...


Environmental


A federal appellate court on Monday appeared ready to uphold water pumping limits from the Sacramento San Joaquin River delta ...


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


A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts Inc. can absolve more than $20 million of his debts to the Intern...


Law Practice


Dhillon & Smith LLP, a nine-attorney firm based in San Francisco which was founded by Harmeet K. Dhillon, vice chair of th...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar head seeks broad view of public protection

Sep. 17, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Craig Holden, the new State Bar president, said the agency should go beyond regulation. ...


Corporate


In a sign that renewable energy is gaining an ever-stronger foothold on the economy, more and more solar and wind developers a...


The country saw a jump of about 4,300 prisoners from 2012, bringing last year's total to 1,574,700 inmates in state and federa...


A lawsuit claiming Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. blacklisted a former executive has fizzled out, as a Los Angeles County ju...


Judicial Profile


Michael J. Popkins

Sep. 17, 2014
By Pat Broderick

Michael Popkins wanted to be an actor, but now hears felonies as a San Diego County judge.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Sep. 16, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

Post your M&A, IPO and financing deals at www.dailyjournal.com/dealmakers.