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Intellectual Property


San Diego-based AntiCancer Inc. had its patent lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. revived on Monday after the U.S. Court of Appeals...


The state's main nonprofit utility watchdog on Monday pushed for Pacific Gas & Electric to hand over more private communi...


Judicial Profile


David E. Gregory

Oct. 22, 2014
By Vik Jolly

David E. Gregory and his wife persevered after their 3-month-old son Stephen died in 1990.


Last week's denial of review in a key sentencing case is just the most recent example of the court side-stepping its responsib...


Corporate Counsel


Daniel Elkort

Oct. 22, 2014
By Alison Frost

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Pattern Energy Group Inc. San Francisco ...


Criminal


The recent signing of "Audrie's Law" in California is a reminder that the intersection of bullying, sexual assault and the Int...


Perspective


Layoffs, litigation likely after wage hike

Oct. 22, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Raising the minimum wage will inevitably lead to mass layoffs, which will inevitably lead to litigation. By Lara Shortz ...


Law Practice


EA's GC jumps to Pandora Media

Oct. 22, 2014
By Alison Frost

Oakland-based Pandora Media Inc. announced Monday the hire of a new general counsel. Steve Bené replace Delida Costin. ...


Law Practice


Manatt adds four more IP attorneys

Oct. 22, 2014
By Kibkabe Arayan

The firm welcomes one partner from Steptoe & Johnson LLP and three more attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP after last we...


Community News


Sotomayor addresses San Diego law students, high schoolers ...


Public Interest


Low-income residents of the Coachella Valley are set to get legal assistance as a result of a partnership between UC Irvine Sc...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it will review a controversial pro-inmate death penalty decision out of the 9th U.S. Cir...


A discernible undercurrent of circumspection among fund managers and company executives over the enhanced legal scrutiny facin...


Litigation


Ronald Arrache and his wife Nancy are defending themselves against Fred Adelman and his wife, Kristen Whitney, who in a lawsui...


Law Practice


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP said Monday it opened an office in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast under the name Orrick RCI...


U.S. Supreme Court


The Supreme Court's decision Monday to review a case involving a Los Angeles ordinance that allows police to seize hotel guest...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 21, 2014
By Jason Pafundin

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


Data Privacy


Companies facing lawsuits have used a Supreme Court decision as a powerful tool to fight data breach cases, arguing the injury...


Perspective


While I agree that everyone should be entitled to due process before a judgment is entered against them, the garnishment provi...


Perspective


Elimination of 'panic defense' sends clear message

Oct. 21, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

The so-called "gay panic" and "trans panic" defenses, used by defendants who claim their violent acts were triggered by the vi...


Perspective


Women, karma and the wage gap

Oct. 21, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

To achieve real equality, it is necessary, but not sufficient, for more women to be hired and promoted into positions of thoug...


Government


California lawyer to lead patent office

Oct. 21, 2014
By Kevin Lee

Ten months after being tapped as the acting leader of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Michelle Lee is in line to become ...


Solo and Small Firms


Employment attorneys advocate co-counseling

Oct. 21, 2014
By Melanie Brisbon

For the last several years, the California Employment Lawyers Association or CELA has been encouraging its newer and younger m...


California Courts of Appeal


A malpractice lawsuit can proceed against a California law firm for its representation of a conservator who misappropriated mo...


Public Interest


Legal aid groups land funds

Oct. 21, 2014
By Kibkabe Arayan

Three public interest law firms won money from the federal Legal Services Corp. for use on technology initiatives. ...


A former mill superintendent has pleaded guilty to charges that he allowed arsenic and lead-laced waste materials from a gol...


A fierce campaign is being waged over whether California should allow third parties to intervene in the regulation of health c...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Lawyers for the firm asked San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Marie S. Weiner for dismissal Wednesday in a malpractice suit...


Perspective


Justices can end the saga of the delta smelt

Oct. 21, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Two petitions for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court filed in the last month raise important points about the administration...


Irvine attorney Kent Easter, convicted in September of conspiring to frame a school volunteer by planting drugs in her car, wa...