Corporate, Intellectual Property
Choosing the right name for your company from a branding perspective is important. Equally important, however, is avoiding a n...
Administrative/Regulatory, Transportation
While fully autonomous “level 5” vehicles are still some time out, scores of automakers are already introducing level 2 (parti...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation
Navigating Riverside’s complex departments
For years, complex civil matters in Riverside County were somewhat randomly distributed to departments throughout the county.
Administrative/Regulatory, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Saving fishers from California’s discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to set things right by granting certiorari in a case involving California’s commercial fis...
Administrative/Regulatory, Securities, Civil Litigation
Life sciences companies under attack by plaintiffs' bar
According to Cornerstone Research, at midyear the number of filings against pharmaceutical companies already had eclipsed the ...
Corporate, Contracts
Invasion of the smart contract hackers
Many see the blockchain as the wild west of today’s technology sector due to its disruptive potential. As a result, developers...
Government, Law Practice
Presenting at local government meetings 101
As a practicing city attorney, I sit through many hours of public meetings. I’ve probably seen just about everything from the ...
There a several reasons for each of us in legal education and in the profession to broaden our own perspectives and evaluation...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Contracts, Corporate, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
The biosimilar patent dance: When in doubt, list it
For all the reference product sponsors about to enter into a patent dance under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovatio...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Tailoring the Emperor’s New Clothes
Precedent sometimes rests upon a legal fiction, and persists until a later decision exposes the fiction for what it is.
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dos and Don’ts in the 9th Circuit
If Special Counsel Robert Mueller has opened a grand jury investigation, the witch has fallen from her broom and the dogs are ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
"Mindfulness" may be a buzzword these days, but it may also light the path to improving professional competence.
Corporate, Environmental & Energy
Bills leave unresolved cap-and-trade issues
The extension of the cap-and-trade program is a major milestone for the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program. However, it ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
A quick guide to VC investment in Germany
While U.S. VC activity appears to be in the middle of a self-correction period, the German venture market almost doubled in th...
Intellectual Property, Corporate
Many businesses, especially those in the tech sector, spend a great deal of time and money obtaining patents to protect their ...
Lithium — the natural resource mined from the Earth’s crust — is perhaps the best-known commodity that people know the least a...
Insurance
Groundbreaking cyber insurance decision
It is believed that this decision is the first which extends the concept of computer “use” or “violation” to the practice of “...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Senators duel over health care
While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated that the Senate would vote on health care legislation on Tuesday, it wa...
Government, California Supreme Court
Leaner bar is good for attorneys and the public
Last week the Assembly and Senate judiciary committees approved amendments to a bill (Senate Bill 36, Jackson) that would make...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Corporate
Private equity deal execution and operations strategy
Targets are increasingly questioning how quickly a deal can get done and what private equity sponsors can do in terms of opera...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal, Civil Rights
It’s high time California reforms bail system
Money bail has created a two-tiered system of justice where someone’s release is determined largely by their ability to pay ba...
Corporate
Before recently issued Treasury regulations, it was unclear whether issuing equity to an employee of a disregarded entity and ...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Similar to other consumer product disclosure bills the California Legislature has considered in recent years, the bill require...
California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory
Ruling further erodes property rights
Last week, the California Supreme Court ruled against two Encinitas homeowners who challenged the California Coastal Commissio...
What have we learned about Justice Neil Gorsuch from his first 90 days on the bench? Hint: There are few surprises.
Transportation, Corporate
Selling vehicles in Tomorrowland
There are certain things that come around every once-in-a-while that change life as we know it. And now there is Uber. By Jona...
Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig walked into a bakery for a wedding cake. Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, then wal...
Intellectual Property, Corporate
Equity compensation is about retention
The reality is that for most employees at most companies, a sale of the company may mean a new car or a down payment on a new ...
Corporate
Franchisors will need to adjust their methods when accounting for franchise fees either this year or next, depending on whethe...