Less than two years after implementation of inter partes review proceedings at the USPTO, the judges who conduct the proceedin...
Increasingly, the marketplace has seen the creation and distribution of apps to manage personal health issues. The development...
Technology & Science
The convergence of life sciences and high tech
By Katharine Malonen
Over the past decade, the life sciences have evolved dramatically by integrating technologies from a variety of other scientif...
The highly contentious Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama four years ago. Lost in the debate ov...
It seems like every few months, news of a pioneering "stem cell breakthrough" appears in the press, but discoveries are often ...
In the early stages of development, inventors and their employers are often confused about what to patent. What is valuable to...
California Courts of Appeal
Domestic violence justifies lifetime gun ownership ban, appellate court rules
By John Roemer
Even the slightest offensive touching in a domestic violence incident can trigger a federal lifetime ban on gun ownership for ...
San Francisco-based cloud application provider FinancialForce.com Inc. has hired its first vice president and general counsel....
Government
New state law on cycling-vehicle buffer zone could lead to more suits
By Paul Jones
California law has long treated bicyclists as just another type of vehicle. But on Sept. 16, a new law will recognize the nee...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Munger Tolles helps on Burger King's Tim Hortons purchase
By Salvador Mares
Berkshire Hathaway contributed $3 billion in preferred equity financing to help Burger King Worldwide acquire Tim Hortons with...
Litigation
Campground members awarded $4.3 million in class action verdict
By Matt Hamilton
A San Bernardino County Superior Court jury unanimously awarded $4.3 million to members of a California campground who accused...
Judges and Judiciary
No gift is too small to be prohibited, judicial ethics panel decides
By Don Debenedictisn
Judges may not accept even trivial gifts from litigants or potential litigants, and they should probably not accept most gifts...
The life sciences sector has been experiencing a boom in M&A activity. With more than $260 billion worth of deals announce...
Criminal
In mortgage fraud prosecution, defense lawyers blame lenders and win
By Hadley Robinson
Defense attorneys tried a novel theory in a mortgage fraud case in Sacramento, and got a novel outcome: complete acquittal. ...
Criminal
Monterey inmates seek immediate changes for 'life-threatening' issues
By Kylie Reynolds
A preliminary injunction motion filed Tuesday in an ongoing federal lawsuit against the jail asks for a court order to force t...
Napa County judges, lawyers and legal staff are juggling temporary office locations with near-normal caseloads as they cope wi...
Transactions
Latham helps video game streaming platform sell to Amazon for $970M
By Salvador Mares
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Twitch Interactive Inc. in its $970 million cash sale to Amazon.com Inc., a deal announce...
In her new book "Burning Down the House," Nell Bernstein maintains that the brutal conditions found on Rikers Island are not a...
Players in the mobile app industry have praised the FTC's new guidance, which is rare in light of the FTC's recent expansion o...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cravath, Davis Polk handle InterMune sale to Roche
By Salvador Mares
Brisbane-based drug developer InterMune Inc. tapped a New York-based team of attorneys at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP to h...
The UCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors has chosen an alumna as its new general counsel, Lisa Greer Quateman of Polsine...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime LA bankruptcy judge to be reappointed, 9th Circuit announces
By John Roemer
Barry Russell of Los Angeles, the longest-serving full-time bankruptcy judge in the U.S., will be reappointed to a new 14-year...
Criminal
Circuit reverses jail sentence due to invasive body cavity search
By Melanie Brisbon
Denouncing a "brutal and physically invasive" removal of drugs from a suspect at Long Beach City Jail, a 9th Circuit panel rev...
Judges and Judiciary
Kozinski challenges judge's letter over surveillance court legislation
By John Roemer
Quarreling over a congressional plan to relax the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's hush-hush practices, Chief Judge A...
A Redwood City-based pharmaceutical company developing a product to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea has hired its first ge...
Former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rex Heeseman has stepped down from the bench to work as a neutral. Heeseman, ap...
Administrative/Regulatory
Court sets limit on reach of tipster protection
By Ben Armisteadn
The limitation on the international reach of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protection comes on the heels of the expansion of Sarb...
Law Practice
CFPB's latest suit could signal change in debt collections industry
By Alexandra Schwappach
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's latest move - a lawsuit against a high-volume debt collection firm - has spurred ch...
Litigation
Judge balks at fees in HP shareholder settlement, but deal might happen anyway
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge refused to bless a settlement between Hewlett-Packard Co. and its shareholders Monday over the acquisition of ...