Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar ethics opinion warns lawyers to learn e-discovery or find help
By Don Debenedictisn
Failing to oversee e-discovery of electronically stored information properly can amount to incompetence in some situations. At...
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From employment disputes to municipal squabbles to civil rights and criminal defense, attorneys at Los Angeles' Sanders Robert...
Intellectual Property
Jury award against Boston Scientific in patent case may be on shaky ground
By Saul Sugarman
A medical device manufacturer could be on the hook to pay tens of millions of dollars in royalties for infringing a patent for...
Government
3rd District upholds ruling on redevelopment agency paybacks
By Steven Crighton
The court rejected an appeal by the city of Azusa that argued that over $8 million in loan money from the city's utility provi...
Law Practice
Pair of attorneys depart firms to start business litigation boutique
By Deirdre Newmann
The urge to break away from a larger firm and hang up a shingle has enticed two Los Angeles lawyers to start their own busines...
After a year of representing Human Longevity Inc. in private practice, Kurt A. Oreshack has left Gunderson Dettmer Stough Vi...
Arizona voters' victory in a recent Supreme Court case was also a victory for California voters because they too enacted an in...
California Supreme Court
State high court narrows application of felony murder rule, reversing life sentence
By John Roemer
Carefully gauging where to place an armed robber's getaway driver on a spectrum of culpability, the state Supreme Court on Thu...
Litigation
Watchdog group petitions state, federal courts for phone records program information
By John Roemer
Seeking to shed light on a secret government drug enforcement effort involving citizen phone records, a watchdog group sued Th...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit gives hope to woman fighting deportation, claiming bad legal advice
By Fiona Smith
A federal appellate court on Thursday gave a reprieve to a woman facing deportation, allowing her to stay in the country if sh...
Six months after they donned their robes, the two new justices on the state Supreme Court have inspired a little-noticed proce...
Perspective
Closer look at scrutiny needed in affordable housing laws
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent case determines the level of constitutional scrutiny a city needs to meet in adopting an affordable housing ordinance...
Earlier this year, the state Supreme Court announced a legal framework for evaluating "reverse payment patent settlements" rev...
Just about any smartphone manufactured on or after July 1 and sold in California now must come equipped with software or hardw...
Jawbone Inc. bolstered its litigation campaign against wearable technology rival Fitbit Inc. by filing a complaint with the U....
Administrative/Regulatory
More companies using non-GAAP measures in SEC filings before going public
By Banks Albachn
The number of private companies using non-generally accepted accounting principles, or the process of shaving off certain cost...
Litigation
UCLA Health System under scrutiny for leaked medical records
By Matthew Blaken
UC system trying to throw out suit, claiming they breached Confidentiality of Medical Information Act by allowing rogue employ...
A case brought against BP West Coast Products in May 2011 alleging bad faith business practices concerning point-of-sale and i...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Newark drugmaker rejects rival's takeover overtures
By Melanie Brisbon
The wave of consolidation currently sweeping the pharmacecutical industry crested over California again this week with the new...
General Counsel of One Medical Group Inc. San Francisco ...
California Courts of Appeal
Opinion blasting 'egregious attorney misconduct' should be published, court decides
By Don Debenedictisn
A bevy of eminent domain lawyers complaining about misconduct by government attorneys persuaded a state appellate court to pub...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Fremont-based oil and gas company and its chief executive officer wi...
Intellectual Property
Apple avoids half-billion dollar patent damages verdict
By Kevin Lee
Attorneys for Apple Inc. have convinced a Texas federal judge to vacate a $532.9 million patent verdict won by plaintiff Smart...
Litigation
Judge: black inmate who contracted valley fever can sue prison
By Andy Serbe
A Bane Act suit brought by a former prisoner has been allowed to move forward by a judge in Torrance. ...
Environmental
Judge allows case challenging Prop. 65 lead standard to proceed
By Fiona Smith
Attorneys bringing private enforcement actions under the state's toxics warning law hope the lawsuit will force the state to r...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Kiesel wants to use bar clout to get dollars for state courts
By Don Debenedictisn
Paul R. Kiesel hopes growing the 20,000-member association further will allow it to better advocate with state officials to im...
Environmental
EPA guidances brings consistency, preserves flexibility
By Ben Armisteadn
In June, the EPA issued its long-awaited final technical guidance on "vapor intrusion" assessment. By Peggy Otum, Karen J. Na...
Shortly after deciding Reed v. Town of Gilbert, the Supreme Court remanded three cases for reconsideration in light of ...