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Criminal
Capital appeals reversed by state high court more often as Liu's role is debated
By John Roemer
Before Justice Goodwin H. Liu scolded his colleagues in March 2014 for allegedly abusing the harmless error doctrine, the stat...
The Daily Journal could at least have done its homework in the recent article on the South Coast Framing case. ["Workers' comp...
The Fair Employment and Housing Council recently adopted significant amendments to the California Family Rights Act regulation...
The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act will take effect July 1. By Amy Jensen ...
PAGA was enacted to assist an overburdened government agency police Labor Code violations. Now, the same statute threatens to ...
Many businesses use hashtag marketing campaigns that encourage social media users to post with the campaign tag. But can a has...
Ellen Pao will appeal the ruling of her failed gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against venture capital firm Klei...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Esteban Hernandez likes to explain things in a simple, fatherly way.
Transactions
Weil, Gibson Dunn, Wilson Sonsini assist in Intel's buy of Altera
By Banks Albachn
Intel Corp. relied on legal teams from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Gibson Dunn, & Crutcher LLP in a $16.7 billion a...
Litigation
Electronics manufacturers agree to pay $528 million to settle price fixing case
By Saul Sugarman
Five electronics manufacturers have agreed to pay $528 million to settle a class action alleging the price fixing of cathode r...
Intellectual Property
Safeway defeats patent infringement lawsuit in Eastern District of Texas
By Kevin Lee
Safeway Inc. has warded off patent infringement allegations and secured a defense judgment after a federal judge deemed a plai...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Health care industry struggles with employees' social media use
By Kibkabe Arayan
Though California health care entities saw their share of incidents in recent years, health care compliance attorneys say they...
More than 16 trusts and estates attorneys including eight partners will jump from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP to start thr...
Alameda County Judge Alison Tucher, once a prosecutor and IP lawyer, deftly handles family court
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Personal Injury & Torts
State could be venue for human rights suits
By America Hernandez
AB 15 proposes adding torture, genocide, extrajudicial killing, and other new claims to the civil code. Attorneys would have 1...
Retired Judge Kathryne Ann Stoltz's otherwise fine article has two errors: First, the article cites criminal cases as to wheth...
Programs like Obama's prosecutorial discretion programs are not new ideas. By Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia ...
New rules - so-called "quickie" or "ambush" election rules - stack the deck in unions' favor when trying to organize a work fo...
Law Practice
Quinn Emanuel moves into Shanghai with former Kirkland partner
By Joshua Seboldn
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is moving into Shanghai with the addition of Samuel G. Williamson, a former federal ...
Corporate counsel are using fewer law firms than they were 15 years ago, according survey results collected from more than 300...
The former general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has sued the research company in what he calls a "classic case of whis...
Obituaries
LA federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer hailed as 'the model for Lady Justice'
By Kevin Lee
She was a giant on the federal court in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, ruling on major complex litigation and civil rights i...
Environmental
State is ignoring conservation measures when doling out grants, suit contends
By Fiona Smith
The Natural Resources Defense Council has sued the state Department of Water Resources alleging it is violating state laws as ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Diego County Judge Bloom is known for helping find the middle ground in otherwise bitter battles.