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Perspective


What lies beneath

Apr. 23, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Some properties that are now posing "vapor intrusion" risks were once thought to be cleaned up. By Brian E. Moskal and Sedina ...


Environmental


The EPA's efforts to regulate certain types of wastes as hazardous wastes - some decades in the making - are starting to see t...


Perspective


After years of ups and downs, in March the California Department of Toxic Substances Control finally began the process of fina...


Perspective


Is the law prepared for de-extinction?

Apr. 23, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

No longer confined to science fiction, the prospect of reviving extinct species - known as "de-extinction" - could present nov...


Law Practice


Susan T. Taylor, former assistant GC of The Presidio Trust, a corporation designed to manage and protect San Francisco's histo...


Obituaries


Friends remembered Los Angeles litigator Henry Shields Jr., Irell & Manella's first black partner, as a charismatic yet sc...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Los Angeles-based Pom Wonderful went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to argue that beverage giant Coca-Cola misleadingly l...


While Mayer Brown won't discuss its motivation for taking the case, some legal observers say it's curious that a firm would ta...


Judges and Judiciary


Privacy of ethics feedback contested

Apr. 23, 2014
By Emily Green

A proposal to prohibit judges from participating in the Boy Scouts because of its discriminatory policies against gays and les...


Government


As sparks fly in the race for San Diego's top prosecutor, candidates have leveled stinging accusations that raise questions ab...


Securities


Irvine-based financial services firm First Foundation Inc. tapped Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC to help guide its pla...


Criminal


New clemency criteria imminent

Apr. 23, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

In a further effort to reduce the federal prison population and scale back severe mandatory minimum sentences, Attorney Genera...


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


Circuit nixes alcohol test conviction

Apr. 23, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

Under U.S. law, it is a crime to refuse a blood test but not under California law. ...


Environmental


Resistance to the county's efforts to curb groundwater use raises the question of how much power local governments have over t...


Judicial Profile


Eric P. Harmon

Apr. 23, 2014
By Eric Neffn

Music expert Eric Harmon, once a rugby star, finds the transition easy as an LA County judge.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 22, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Education


Law schools increasingly funding graduates' jobs

Apr. 22, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Although the total is still small, the number of full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar exam passage that are funded by law s...


Corporate Counsel


Deborah T. Chen

Apr. 22, 2014
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel for Idealab Pasadena ...


Perspective


To sit, or not to sit? Questions remain

Apr. 22, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

How the state high court answers questions about California's "suitable-seating" requirement may have class action consequence...


Insurance


After filing an insurance claim, it is not uncommon for an insured to receive unfair treatment from the claims adjuster assign...


Perspective


Here's my number, so text me maybe

Apr. 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Recent decisions show courts' reluctance to find TCPA liability where businesses send texts to customers who voluntarily provi...


Corporate


23andMe fills general counsel position

Apr. 22, 2014
By David Ruiz

After 10 months without a chief legal and regulatory officer, Mountain View-based personalized health company 23andMe Inc. hir...


Law Practice


Former U.S. ambassador jumps to Arnold & Porter

Apr. 22, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

David Huebner, who was the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, will handle international arbitration and security matters in ...


Litigation


In another chapter relating to one of the state's biggest government corruption cases, Upland reached a $4.7 million settlemen...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based online file storage company Dropbox Inc. tapped longstanding counsel at Fenwick & West LLP to handle a...


Perspective


Protecting our power grid

Apr. 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

On April 16, 2013, at 1 a.m., a stealth attack on a major substation serving Silicon Valley began by breaking into an undergro...


The only female Article III judge on the Eastern District has been selected to sit on a panel overseeing a solution to Califor...


Intellectual Property


The winner of the last two trials between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is sticking with its tried-and-true game...


Judicial Profile


Robert S. Draper

Apr. 22, 2014
By Henry Meier

Robert Draper, a former business litigation heavyweight, is getting acquainted with dependency court.


Law Practice


On the Move

Apr. 21, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.