Law Practice
Skin cancer treatment company hires first general counsel
By Alison Frost
OncoSec Medical Inc. announced Wednesday the hire of Merck & Co. Inc.'s senior patent counsel, Sheela Mohan-Peterson. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar Association president-elect to push 'low bono'
By Matthew Blaken
Linda E. Spiegel's goals include focusing on the concept of "low bono," in which novice lawyers counsel clients who cannot af...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Federal law does not protect company from liability, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
The Communications Decency Act does not shield a website owner from a negligence claim by an aspiring model who used the site ...
The case of Will Walters v. City of San Diego, currently pending before the 9th Circuit, provides a clear opportunity t...
Law Practice
Bankruptcy boutiques adjust to drop in filings nationwide
By Melanie Brisbon
Insolvency boutiques have noticed a decline in business, a trend that experts attribute to the nationwide decrease in bankrupt...
Government
Longtime public interest attorney regrets email exchange with PG&E executive
By Laura Hautalan
Mike Florio, a longtime public interest attorney turned regulator, said Wednesday he messed up in discussing which administrat...
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'No-poach' antitrust litigation expanding from Silicon Valley to Hollywood
By Matthew Blake
"No-poach" antitrust litigation has expanded from Silicon Valley tech companies to the Hollywood animation arena and, after a ...
The senior vice president and chief legal officer at San Jose-based SanDisk Corp. has left the memory card manufacturer to bec...
Public Interest
California Bar Foundation awards diversity scholarships
By Kibkabe Arayan
The group of 33 recipients is the largest to receive the distinction in the program's short history. ...
Litigation
Alioto, lender's attorney clash during trial over $31 million debt
By Saul Sugarman
Plaintiffs' lawyer Joseph M. Alioto Jr. took the stand Tuesday in his San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit that seeks t...
An Olympic cyclist whose wife was killed last year while biking along the Pacific Coast Highway filed a wrongful death lawsuit...
A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC information technology employee was arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally trad...
Government
Court appoints new interim federal public defender for Central District
By Henry Meier
As the head of the largest entity of its kind in the nation, Hilary Potashner - the No. 2 defender in the office since 2012 - ...
Youth advocates are protesting the pending closure of Santa Barbara County Superior Court's Hollister Avenue juvenile courthou...
The DOJ is tightening its grip on enforcing anti-money laundering laws and spending enormous resources investigating complex m...
Government
New law takes aim at workplace bullying, raises legal questions
By Laura Hautalan
What counts as bullying in the workplace? While the concept may be relatively new, managers will have to undergo training on p...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit rejects $368 million verdict against Apple
By Kevin Lee
A federal appeals court has rejected a $368 million jury verdict won by a Nevada-based patent holding company against Apple In...
Lori Pegg has had to learn on the fly during a flurry of trials in her misdemeanor assignment.
Vice President and General Counsel of Trulia Inc. San Francisco ...
Government
Lawyer's habeas appeal in Santa Clara County 'snitch' case raises questions
By John Roemer
A jailhouse snitch gave allegedly perjured testimony to put a Santa Clara County man behind bars for life for first degree mur...
At a tech company, life is good - until the tax man shows up. What used to be a free incentive to employees that was deducted ...
My work as a divorce attorney allows me to steer my clients away from the pitfalls that may come from a common assumption that...
Recently signed AB 2365 enacts a first-in-the-nation statute to stop businesses from contractually gagging customers by includ...
Litigation
Judge ends discovery stay in state's suit against JPMorgan Chase
By Matt Hamilton
An L.A. judge ended a discovery stay Monday in California's lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of flooding the state's ...
Litigation
After long legal battle, Bank of America wins suit that once cost more than $1 billion
By Saul Sugarman
Bank of America Corp. has emerged victorious in a lawsuit that claimed the company should pay up after its employees made seve...
Government
Commission on future of the courts plans wide-ranging, practical approach
By Don Debenedictisn
Speaking to a group of judges in their first public meeting, leaders of the new Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Co...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar considers selling SF building, moving from city
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar is exploring whether to sell its San Francisco headquarters building in the suddenly high-priced South of Market...
The Daily Journal held a reception Sept. 9 in Beverly Hills to honor California's leading 100 lawyers. The event drew a crowd ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Gibson Dunn aids digital marketer in $2.3B sale
By Salvador Mares
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Westlake Village-based digital marketing company Conversant Inc. in its $2.3 billi...