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Intellectual Property


As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee exits from the discussion of how to curb frivolous patent litigation, for now, proponen...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

May 22, 2014
By David Ruiz

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.


Eight former professional football players filed a lawsuit against the National Football League Tuesday claiming they were eac...


Perspective


Basically, if I were simply to claim that I met all the requirements, the IRS would automatically grant me 501(c)(3) status. B...


Perspective


Coffeeright v. Java interoperability

May 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Green Mountain drew attention in late 2013 by announcing its intention to roll out a new platform, called Keurig 2.0. By Alex ...


Perspective


The 3rd Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing in a case which has already been highly cited and relied upon by dist...


Intellectual Property


Best venue for non-US firms' IP cases?

May 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The Central District of California has emerged over the past decade as a major hot spot for intellectual property litigation. ...


Securities


Filing comes as the market for biotech IPOs continues to cool from record-breaking pace ...


International


To forgive or forget

May 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The EU's "right to be forgotten" ruling may seem like a win for privacy, but it's far more likely to have negative repercussio...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Los Angeles jury finds two law firms aren't liable for delayed settlement talks after judge blew deadline to rule on new tri...


Medtronic Inc., one of the world's largest medical device manufacturers, agreed to pay Edwards Life Science Inc., an Irvine co...


Litigation


Folsom-based fuel cell maker Altergy Systems has won a $58 million award in legal fight with battery maker EnerSys Delaware In...


Litigation


The company that administers the admissions test for law school can no longer flag exams of people who received special accomm...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Underscoring a national trend in favor of campaign finance disclosure laws, a federal appellate panel on Tuesday turned away a...


U.S. Supreme Court


Sherman Oaks lawyers scores copyright win

May 21, 2014
By Chase Scheinbaum

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a copyright infringement suit centering on the 1980 boxing film "Raging Bull" can go ...


The New Lawyer Q&A


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May 21, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

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May 21, 2014
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May 21, 2014
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May 21, 2014
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The New Lawyer Supplement


Second-year law student is also a sports agent

May 21, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Not many attorneys can say their clients include college football players who recently signed with teams like the Minnesota Vi...


The New Lawyer Supplement


More than a century after the State Bar denied his admission, students at UC Davis School of Law are petitioning the bar to ad...


The New Lawyer Supplement


Taking the bar without attending law school may gain popularity in a time of galloping law school tuition and graduate debt. ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


'Plaintiff's counsel has viewed your profile'

May 21, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

If you were sitting in your car in front of the juror's house and he or she looked out the window and saw you sitting there, w...


Law Practice


Tom Ara and Robert Sherman join the firm from Reed Smith. ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


In a family's suit against Los Angeles police over the shooting of an autistic Muslim man, a federal judge should not have dis...


Plaintiffs' attorneys are coming under fire after terms of a deal struck in a recent case involving improper grave care were q...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a historic agreement to send vast amounts of Colorado River water from the Imperial V...


Intellectual Property


Patent litigation experts say they think that the settlement struck by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. last week is a byproduct of ...