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Perspective


Next up: the Cantil-Sakauye high court

Sep. 11, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The California Supreme Court is in the process of a major transformation. By the beginning of next year, it indisputably will ...


The Northern District of California could be earning itself a surprising new nickname: the Sports Court. ...


District attorneys' offices are increasingly teaming up to take on these large civil cases throughout California, but the prac...


Judicial Profile


Frederick P. Horn

Sep. 11, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Orange County Judge Frederick Horn is getting back to trials after taking on big responsibilities.


Top 100


Top 100

Sep. 10, 2014
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP


Corporate


Bitcoin idea bleeds into law

Sep. 10, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

From self-driving cars to virtual currencies, technology is transforming the world in more ways than anybody could have imagined.


Pension fund attorney Harvey Leiderman's quiet reform to hiring and firing investment managers only affects one county, but ot...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Sep. 9, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

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


Lawyers for a deceased photojournalist asked a San Francisco judge Monday to reconsider a decision involving alleged blunders ...


Corporate


The firm represented Rocklin-based Sleep Train Inc. in its sale to Mattress Firm Holding Corp. for $425 million in a deal anno...


Intellectual Property


A Northern District of California federal jury has ruled in favor of Adobe Systems Inc., finding that the software company did...


Public Interest


In a landmark realignment of prominent civil rights lawyers, the ACLU of Southern California's veteran chief counsel, Mark D. ...


Perspective


Employees who do not have paid sick days face an impossible choice when they or a family member gets sick: go to work sick or ...


Law Practice


McKenna Long beefs up Los Angeles office

Sep. 9, 2014
By Alison Frostn

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announced Monday the addition of three senior government contract lawyers.


Perspective


News media should draw a line, or the courts will

Sep. 9, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The publication of gruesome videos, intimate stolen photographs, and emotionally harmful, targeted speech may bring about the ...


Constitutional Law


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant recently rejected a California Public Records Act lawsuit brought again...


Labor/Employment


A digital animator filed a proposed antitrust class action against several animation studios, including The Walt Disney Co., D...


The $1.6 billion tieup between two TV station operators took a turn late last month that could signal renewed creativity in th...


Litigation


Does coffee contain unsafe levels of acrylamide, which the World Health Organization classifies as a "probable human carcinoge...


The NFLPA amended its certification process in 2011 to require player representatives to possess a post-graduate degree. The c...


Francis Biddle is an icon of American (and international) legal history. And Joanna McClelland Glass' play "Trying," now playi...


Perspective


Conflict law doesn't apply to UC faculty

Sep. 9, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Government Code Section 1090, the powerful anti-conflict provision that prohibits state employees from having a financial inte...


Constitutional Law


Implicit bias and the 14th Amendment

Sep. 9, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

We live in a society where "racism without racists" exists, oppressing people of color without the overt discrimination that m...


Perspective


Retail outlets: a steal or not for real?

Sep. 9, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The shifting nature of the merchandise carried by outlet stores has led public officials to scrutinize their sales practices. ...


Law Practice


New job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the legal industry saw its most significant jump in employment i...


A $1.25 million settlement reached last week doesn't just put to rest claims that the Oakland Raiders should have paid wages a...


Law Practice


Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has seen explosive growth recently across all practice areas in its San Francisco offi...


Bankruptcy


Weiland Golden shepherds Woman's Club reorganization

Sep. 9, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

The Woman's Club of Hollywood - a century-old entertainment hub once frequented by stars like Charlie Chaplin - is in the mid...


Law Practice


San Francisco-based cloud communications company Twilio Co. has hired the former vice president and deputy general counsel of ...


Law Practice


On the move

Sep. 8, 2014
By Melanie Brisbonn

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