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Hoping to persuade a federal judge not to allow a former accounting firm executive to intervene in a settlement with Hewlett-P...


Environmental


In a loss for those fighting the growth in trains carrying crude oil into California, a San Francisco judge on Friday rejected...


Judicial Profile


George Wu

Sep. 8, 2014
By Brian Cardile

George Wu's great-grandfather was a justice minister, but lawyers credit his accomplishments to hard work.


Litigation


Two places at once (pants optional)

Sep. 6, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Technology has changed the practice of law, allowing one lawyer to be in two places (and two coasts) at the same time. By Paul...


Law Practice


Coverage ratios are relevant for evaluating rate of return risk on investment, by calculating what is left after servicing deb...


Perspective


Dismissed in the face of an anti-SLAPP

Sep. 6, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

What happens when a complaint is dismissed in lieu of opposition to an anti-SLAPP motion? By James J. Moneer ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


How is confidentiality impacted when an attorney is subject to acts that give rise to a potential employment claim, and seeks ...


Perspective


Protecting yourself is not 'embracing rape culture'

Sep. 6, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Recently, four college students invented nail polish that allows its wearer to detect a rape drug mixed into a drink, raising ...


Litigation


A lawsuit that alleging a dozen major banks including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America fixed prices and limited competition ...


Some legal futurists believe nonlawyer ownership of firms is inevitable and good for consumers. Many lawyers and the organized...


Corporate


Obama names ex-Twitter GC to White House post

Sep. 6, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

Alexander Macgillivray named new deputy U.S. chief technology officer. ...


Chief Judge Alex Kozinski didn't let one of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' deputies off easily when the question arose of ...


Arbitrator Profile


Jeffrey P. Castner

Sep. 6, 2014
By Vik Jolly

Following a nearly two-year hiatus from being a mediator with the Inland Valley Arbitration and Mediation Services in Rancho C...


Google Inc. reached an agreement Thursday to pay $19 million back to parents whose children sometimes bought hundreds of dolla...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Criminal and civil actions were filed Wednesday against Justin Moongyu Lee, an L.A.-based immigration attorney who allegedly d...


Intellectual Property


Patent case against Adobe goes to jury

Sep. 6, 2014
By Kevin Lee

The patent infringement case between plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas LLC and defendant Adobe Systems Inc. is now in a federal j...


Law Practice


Texas-based law firm Buckley Madole PC has hired the former general counsel of a foreclosure services company as its first sen...


Solo and Small Firms


Like Lawyer, Like Client

Sep. 6, 2014
By Salvador Mares

Imbued with the same entrepreneurial spirit that animates his firm's technology startup clients, Bryan I. Springmeyer started ...


Judges and Judiciary


Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday named Luis J. Rodriguez to her committee that recommends potential nominees for the Central Dis...


Solo and Small Firms


Two San Ramon family law attorneys have announced the merger of their solo practices into the new firm Whipple, Mercado, &...


Video


Robb Adkins of Winston & Strawn LLP discuss a case limiting the international reach of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protecti...


Constitutional Law


Brady's California blind spot

Sep. 6, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

When it comes to impeachment material in police personnel files, even well-meaning prosecutors may be unable to carry out thei...


Labor/Employment


In a surprise victory for Uber Technologies Inc., U.S. District Judge Edward Chen changed his mind and ruled California employ...


Two California lawyers were at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster federal trial court ruling exposing BP PLC to as much as $1...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Sep. 5, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Perspective


In California, we are dealing with a catastrophic court funding shortfall that has resulted in the denial of access to justice...


Corporate Counsel


Sharon A. Cheever

Sep. 5, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Pacific Life Insurance Co. Senior Vice President and General Counsel Newport Beach ...


Constitutional Law


An individual's failure to inquire about the well-being of the victims of his actions could be used against him by the governm...


Perspective


When a 'PMK witness' goes off the rails

Sep. 5, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

What should you do when your "person most knowledgeable" witness doesn't work out as planned in a deposition? By Erik Syverson...


Perspective


Consumers don't have a chance at fairness, when they are put into a defective vehicle with no advance warning, all in the name...