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Allen Matkins hosts holiday reception

Dec. 13, 2014
By John Michael

Allen Matkins hosts holiday reception ...


Americans for Prosperity challenged Kamala Harris' authority to revoke its tax-exempt status for refusing to turn over the don...


California Supreme Court


In one case, the justices will be asking how far the state can go to limit seawall construction on the California coast. In th...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Albert Dover hails from Nevada County - the heart of gold country - and many lawyers said he is, like his adopted hometown, th...


Ventura County Superior Court should have allowed an evidentiary hearing over whether to disqualify a prosecutor in a high-pro...


A massive surge in popularity enjoyed by CrossFit Inc. over the past several years has also led to another major increase for ...


In an attempt to speed the removal of lead from aviation fuel, a California nonprofit on Wednesday announced it had settled a ...


Both new and veteran online marketplaces may see an uptick in legal complaints from increasingly frustrated counterfeiting vic...


Perspective


Suit over immigration order is sham

Dec. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

When the president took action to grant temporary relief from deportation to up to 6 million people living in the U.S., he was...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Win-win policy that puts blood safety first

Dec. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The 31-year-old blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men makes no scientific sense, if ever it did, and serves...


Perspective


Eyeing the intellectual property of wearable tech

Dec. 12, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Intellectual property strategies for wearables encompass approaching the devices from all sides: considering IP inside and out...


Criminal


Stephen H. Beecher will be sentenced in January for trying to give his client a card containing heroin. The Sherman Oaks attor...


A vote to confirm longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee as the new permanent director of the U.S. Patent and Trademar...


A new report by Ernst & Young outlined the successes of U.S. initial public offerings in 2014, characterizing the year as ...


Entertainment & Sports


As an en banc appeals panel reviews Cindy Garcia's injunction against Google for "The Innocence of Muslims," different views e...


Perspective


Case may let some homes resurface

Dec. 12, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The 2007 subprime mortgage crisis pummeled junior lenders whose second liens went from above to below water almost instantaneo...


A former State Bar president and two superior court judges won unanimous approval to serve on state courts of appeal in San Fr...


California employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have scored a victory after a National Labor Relations Board administrative law j...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Dec. 11, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

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


Labor/Employment


The fate of several California employment lawsuits over whether workers must be paid for time spent waiting at security checkp...


Litigation


Wearables: your next trial witness?

Dec. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Wearables like Google Glass and Fitbit, and myriad others, are not only revolutionary, but also key instruments in the phenome...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Pot's future, internationally speaking

Dec. 11, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

California's anticipated recreational marijuana ballot initiative in 2016 will have global effects far beyond state borders. B...


Transportation


Last week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote to the Federal Aviation Administrator signaling her intent to pursue legislation to exp...


Law Practice


Three IP attorneys helped Aethlon Medical Inc. in San Diego sort through the patent process in the U.S. and Europe for the Ath...


Education


Loyola Law School dean will step down

Dec. 11, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Dean Victor J. Gold says, after more than seven years at Loyola's helm, it's time for new energy leading the school. He will r...


Plaintiffs' lawyers on Tuesday appear to have rescued their federal antitrust class action against Apple Inc., which they accu...


Bankruptcy


Christopher D. Jaime, a shareholder at Maupin, Cox & LeGoy PC in Reno, Nev. , will fill the seat vacated by the retirement...


Several senior prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District are leaving or changing jobs in the coming m...


Corporate


The film and TV production company has cast the former senior vice president of business and legal at Focus Features in a simi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar executive placed on leave

Dec. 11, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Chief Financial Officer Peggy Van Horn was placed on paid administrative leave late last week, according to State Bar Presiden...