Despite uncertainty in the market, California's corporate lawyers enabled some memorable deal activity in 2012.
A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco denied landlords' bid to evict marijuana clinics in Oakland and San Jose while law...
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg announced new state Senate committee assignments Monday, including to the Judiciary...
The founder and former chair of the international arbitration practice for O'Melveny & Myers LLP has jumped to the San Fra...
Former Tesla Motors Inc. General Counsel Eric S. Whitaker has moved on to his next high-profile legal gig in Silicon Valley. ...
U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson sentenced Aaron Sandusky, the one-time co-owner of G3 Holistics Inc., after a jury co...
A Monday ruling will allow warehouse workers to test in court their theory that Wal-Mart serves as a "joint-employer" with the...
Intellectual Property
Microsoft moves to take advantage of Google's FTC concession on patents
By Rachel Swan
Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. are moving to take advantage of a concession Google Inc. made in its Federal Trade Commission se...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Lack of resources is a defense in inmate medical care case, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
In a decision that could undercut federal courts' oversight of California inmate health care, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Litigation
Governor challenges prison population order, arguing independence
By Hamed Aleazizn
Gov. Jerry Brown struck a defiant tone Tuesday in the face of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order, arguing it's time to ...
California Supreme Court
Adviser to chief justices discusses 33 years on the court
By Emily Green
Beth Jay served as principal attorney to three Republican state Supreme Court chief justices. In December, after 33 years, she...
Perspective
Finally, cliff deal provides some finality in estate planning
By Ben Armisteadn
On Jan. 1, Congress enacted the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to avoid going over the "fiscal cliff." The act also ende...
California Supreme Court
Clarity comes to primary assumption of risk doctrine
By Ben Armisteadn
The state Supreme Court closed out 2012 with a notable decision that resolved a long-standing uncertainty in the state's "prim...
Under the dealers' theory, the U.S. orchestrated Chrysler's termination of their franchises when it provided the automaker wit...
This is the provocative question posed by petitioners that the U.S. Supreme Court has elected to answer in Myriad Genetics<...
Perspective
Let's review the NLRB's incursion into nonunion territory
By Ben Armisteadn
Recently, the agency has greatly expanded its enforcement efforts against nonunion employers, issuing a flurry of decisions th...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge left intact a $1.5 million arbitration award levied in June against a former city of...
While law firm combinations remained flat in 2012, the majority of merger activitity in 2012 focused on small, strategic acqui...
Lawyers will argue for and against Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Covington & Burling, Wilson Sonsini start health care conference with a purchase
By David Ruiz
Covington & Burling LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC advised in a life sciences purchase that kicked off th...
Nuclear waste isn't something that would typically appear on an everyday list of hottest commodities. ...
Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully announced Monday that she won't seek reelection when her current term expires at the e...
Corporate finance and securities boutique firm Lucosky Brookman has hired Blank Rome LLP's Scott Kline to run its new office i...
New SanDisk Corp. Chief Legal Officer Eric S. Whitaker says he wants to create a comprehensive technology licensing program an...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Administrative/Regulatory
Eligibility rules revised for SBA innovation programs
By Ben Armisteadn
The Small Business Administration recently revised regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Researc...
With the weight of history on his shoulders, Judge Rolf Treu treats his courtroom as a temple.
General Counsel of East Bay Municipal Utility District Oakland ...
It was a record year for Japanese outbound mergers and acquisitions. But it wasn't only big companies buying. California also ...
Without question, the city is in need of a "Los Angeles Giving Pledge" from local private foundations and other big donors to ...