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California Courts of Appeal


Court rejects investor suit against law firm

Sep. 19, 2015
By Banks Albachn

Baker & McKenzie LLP has fended off a $15 million class action suit in a case brought by investors who alleged the firm in...


Litigation


Trial continued Thursday in federal court with the presentation of covertly recorded video in the case of a disgraced attorney...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Nancy Wieben Stock likes the interplay between attorneys, but does not enjoy lawyers not sharing information with each other. ...


Law Practice


Settling for a penalty, correctly

Sep. 19, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Recent cases have raised questions about the validity of a common settlement agreement procedure and created uncertainty about...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Thursday he plans to bifurcate liability and damages issues in the landmark copyright i...


Only a sales ban will do, because a federal jury's $119 million damages award wasn't enough to punish Samsung Electronics Co. ...


Litigation


Sparks fly in closing arguments of a trial pitting a pension benefits company against several of its former brokers and suppor...


Firm Profile


Levity Law

Sep. 19, 2015
By Steven Crighton

For Mark D. Baute, the managing partner of Baute Crochetiere Gilford LLP, there are few things more interesting than the insig...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Sep. 18, 2015
By Hetert Qebu Walters

Among attorneys recently disciplined by the Supreme Court or the State Bar Court four were disbarred due to default. Two were ...


Immigration


‘Crimmigation’ law practice niche on the rise

Sep. 18, 2015
By Steven Crighton

While the two practice areas have always been linked, stricter laws, harsher enforcement, and the narrowing of types of crimes...


Corporate Counsel


Thomas A. Fessler

Sep. 18, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel VSP Global Rancho Cordova ...


Civil Rights


In a case that could further define legal access to public agencies, the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of H...


The proposed settlement moves responsibility from the U.S. to a Fresno-based water district to manage contaminated irrigation ...


Litigation


Judge sends Lyft class action to arbitration

Sep. 18, 2015
By Phil Johnson

U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. LaPorte of the Northern District has sent a putative class action against Lyft Inc. to arbi...


California Supreme Court


The San Diego County Bar Association filed a brief with the California Supreme Court supporting the city of Los Angeles in a c...


Fifteen people were indicted Tuesday in a $150 million medical insurance fraud scheme in what Los Angeles County District Atto...


Discipline


Attorney Richard Medina Jr. plead guilty in federal court to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that illegall...


Litigation


Microsoft hit with gender discrimination class action

Sep. 18, 2015
By America Hernandez

Former analyst alleges the company's ranking system, where only a set number of employees can be in the top tiers, leads to un...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


JAMS Inc. added two prominent retired judges, Steven A. Brick of Alameda County and Richard Kramer of San Francisco County, to...


Perspective


Balancing tribal sovereignty and workers' rights

Sep. 18, 2015
By Hannah Hartshornn

With 18 words, a proposed amendment to the National Labor Relations Act could clear up some of the murk and confusion of labor...


Intellectual Property


As the patent litigation between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. returns to San Jose for a possible fourth jury tr...


The storied Mongols Motorcycle Club rode free from a federal indictment on Wednesday as a Central District judge dismissed an ...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Sep. 17, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.



Uncertainty reigns on seat suits

Sep. 17, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

Once a hot new area of state employment litigation, lawsuits over suitable seats are at a major impasse. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate


The Delaware Court of Chancery recently demonstrated the importance of running a real process with the goal of protecting mino...


Criminal


California can keep policing in check

Sep. 17, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Last Thursday, a surprising majority of the California Assembly rejected reforming the controversial practice of civil forfeit...


Citing baseball's antitrust exemption, a federal judge has dismissed a putative class action that seeks to change minor league...


Litigation


Twitter Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action led by a well-known plaintiffs privacy firm, alleging that the company ...


Pushing back against a June ruling by the state's highest court favoring affordable housing mandates, builders and a conservat...


Criminal


A former lawyer and Marin County resident has been indicted for allegedly defrauding several clients, according to federal pro...