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A recent appeals court opinion clarified a California law that awards statutory damages when medical records are unlawfully di...


Corporate


Today, less than two years after the signing of the Jobs Act, corporate attorneys' optimism about the benefits of the law for ...


Letter to the Editor


Grandma J's Chocolate Roll

Dec. 25, 2013
By John Michael

Linda C. Miller Savitt, a partner at Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP, makes her Grandma Johnson's chocolate roll at ...


The Supreme Court's move could give San Bernardino County prosecutors another crack at counts accusing a developer and several...


Litigation


Automakers settle fuel economy claims

Dec. 25, 2013
By Henry Meier

Automakers Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America announced a $400 million settlement Monday with plaintiffs in a class ...


Letter to the Editor


Hobart Linzer LLP partner Joseph N. Akrotirianakis, a dark chocolate lover, raved that this bread pudding takes little effort...


After the adjournment of the Senate for the holidays, the three Northern District hopefuls on the cusp of confirmation will be...


Government


Long delays at the attorney general's office in issuing advisory legal opinions to government agencies has led to a pile-up of...


Labor/Employment


A judge tentatively ruled that a 2012 voter initiative to increase city workers' contributions to their retirement benefits vi...


Judicial Profile


David L. Berry

Dec. 25, 2013
By Pat Broderick

As a judge, David Berry has a new perspective on the types of cases he prosecuted for 25 years.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Dec. 24, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Government


Peer-to-peer services such as lodging marketplace Airbnb are based on collaboration, but its practices often run up against la...


Corporate Counsel


J. Winston King

Dec. 24, 2013
By Salvador Mares

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Guidewire Software Inc. Foster City ...


Letter to the Editor


Holiday Cobbler and Peanut Butter Balls

Dec. 24, 2013
By John Michael

Pamela L. Andes, a partner in Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP's Irvine office, started making cobblers afte...


Letter to the Editor


Holiday Lamb Tagine

Dec. 24, 2013
By John Michael

Levinson Arshonskey & Kurtz LLP associate Jason Jarvis's western adaptation of this classic Moroccan lamb dish. ...


Perspective


A recent ruling is the latest in a series of setbacks to injured athletes seeking to benefit from the state's athlete-friendly...


Perspective


Judicial hellhole rhetoric, again

Dec. 24, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Here we go again. The annual "Judicial Hellhole" report is out and California is number one on the list. Unfortunately, we hav...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Health care deal activity to stay strong in 2014

Dec. 24, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Lawyers predict the flurry of health care activity largely driven by the Affordable Care Act will continue next year. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Attorneys at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's Silicon Valley office led the firm's work on three separate acquisitions announc...


Judges and Judiciary


After criticism that its first proposal allowed too many exemptions, the branch put out a revised rule Friday. The new version...


Law Practice


Fox Rothschild grows in SF through merger

Dec. 24, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

Fox Rothschild LLP will expand its headcount significantly in San Francisco when it adds six partners and an associate by acqu...


Labor/Employment


The panel decided lawyers for five laid off employees didn't prove the lab's policies harmed older workers. ...


In nearly three years as chief of the downtown Riverside office, Antoine "Tony" Raphael has overseen the prosecution of high...


Environmental


As both the state and federal governments enact rules to cut greenhouse gases, the courts have given them a wide berth this ye...


The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, has put the federal bench in a pickle by objecting to...


Judges and Judiciary


In anticipation of Gov. Jerry Brown's Jan. 10 budget proposal, the judicial branch hopes more optimistic state revenue forecas...


Law Practice


On the Move

Dec. 23, 2013
By Kylie Reynolds

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


Judicial Profile


Gary Kreep

Dec. 23, 2013
By Pat Broderick

San Diego Judge Gary Kreep takes criticism over his religious and political beliefs in stride.


Judicial Profile


Brad S. Seligman

Dec. 22, 2013
By John Roemer

Judge Brad Seligman has leapt from litigating civil rights cases to presiding over family feuds.


Intellectual Property


The PTAB is now the third busiest venue for challenging patents. By Ben M. Davidson ...