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  • Stanford Class of 1998 Has Magic Formula for Producing Top Female Law Deans

    Karen Sloan |April 26, 2018

    The school's small size and faculty mentorship helped three women from the same class become leaders of top law schools.

  • Lichten & Liss-Riordan Closes Down SF Office 2 Years After Opening

    Ben Hancock |April 25, 2018

    The decision to close its office comes after its only full-time lawyer in San Francisco left the firm to move to New York.

  • Employers Hold Their Breath as Calif. Supreme Court Reconsiders Off-The-Clock Laws

    Grant Alexander |April 24, 2018

    On May 1, the California Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in the much anticipated case Troester v. Starbucks Corporation.

  • News

    Reed Smith Hires GE Digital’s Chief Compliance Officer

    Xiumei Dong | April 26, 2018

    Lewis Zirogiannis, who has spent nearly the past decade in-house at American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co., is making a return to Big Law.

  • News

    Lawyers in Calif. Woman's Case Against Bill Cosby Will Push Ahead After Criminal ‘Guilty’ Verdict

    Samantha Joseph | April 26, 2018

    Chloe Goins claims Cosby drugged then assaulted her in 2008 at a party at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion.

  • News

    Tribal-Owned Casino Can't Escape Reach of Federal Labor Law, Ninth Circuit Says

    Erin Mulvaney | April 26, 2018

    The three-judge panel concluded the California-based casino was subject to the National Labor Relations Act in a dispute that tested tribal sovereignty.

  • News

    In Fee Fight With Former Client, LA Boutique Beats Back $100K Arbitration Award

    Ross Todd | April 26, 2018

    The Second District Court of Appeal sided with Baker Marquart in nixing a $100,000-plus arbitration award over a contingency fee dispute with a former client.

  • News

    Six Big Bay Area Firms See Am Law 100 Gross Revenue Gains

    Xiumei Dong | April 26, 2018

    A half-dozen large firms with roots in San Francisco and Silicon Valley saw their financials rise in 2017.

  • News

    Top Lawyers at Cisco, NetApp and HPE Say Legal Ops Has Been a Game Changer

    Caroline Spiezio | April 26, 2018

    At the final panel at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's 2018 institute, in-house leaders from the Silicon Valley tech companies shared thoughts about the rise of legal ops.

  • News

    AARP, States File to Intervene in DOL Fiduciary Appeal

    Melanie Waddell| April 26, 2018

    “AARP is not giving up on our fight to make sure that hard-earned retirement savings have strong protections," said AARP's LeaMond.

  • News

    Gilead, Fish & Richardson Fend Off $200 Million Merck Verdict

    Scott Graham | April 25, 2018

    The Federal Circuit backed U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman's finding that Merck's business and litigation misconduct justified unwinding the verdict.

  • News

    Special Master Finds Legal Fee Bid Excessive in Anthem Data Breach Case

    Scott Flaherty | April 25, 2018

    A special master, appointed by Judge Lucy Koh, was highly critical of a legal fee request in a $115 million settlement of data breach litigation against Anthem.

  • Commentary

    Bedsworth: It Seemed Like Such a Good Idea ...

    William W. Bedsworth| April 25, 2018

    In which our columnist ponders the sentiment conveyed by appellate lawyers who say "Your Honor, an argument could be made that . . ."

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  • Q&A

    Ian Samuel is Shaming Big Law—And It's Working

    Vivia Chen | April 25, 2018

    The Harvard Law School lecturer and co-host of the "First Mondays" podcast created a huge uproar when he tweeted that Munger, Tolles & Olson required that summer associates agree to arbitration in their employment contracts.

  • News

    California Catches Up to Legal Market Leader in New Partner Promotions

    Xiumei Dong | April 25, 2018

    The Golden State trails only New York when it comes to the volume of new partner promotions.

  • News

    Lucasfilm Wins Early Battle With App Maker Over 'Sabacc' Trademark

    Ross Todd | April 25, 2018

    In the "Star Wars" universe, Han Solo won the iconic Millennium Falcon spaceship by beating Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc. In court, Lucasfilm beat back a motion to dismiss its trademark lawsuit against Ren Ventures.

  • News

    8 Questions From the Justices That Put Trump's Travel Ban to Test

    Marcia Coyle | April 25, 2018

    Here are eight questions posed during the argument. By the end, there appeared to be a majority that could favor the Trump administration.

  • Chart

    Law Grads Hiring Report: Job Stats for the Class of 2017

    Karen Sloan | April 25, 2018

    The law class of 2017 overall fared better in the entry-level job market, but national figures obscure the extreme stratification of employment success for grads from individual schools. Our 10 charts break down all the latest hiring data, showing the schools that excelled—and those that lagged behind.

  • Expert Opinion

    Do You Need a Technical Degree to Make the Switch From Commercial Litigation to IP?

    Julie Brush| April 25, 2018

    Would a technical degree make you more marketable for IP litigation opportunities in the market today? Yes. Particularly if you possessed an electrical engineering (EE) or computer science (CS) degree.

  • News

    Zero to Hero: Legal Ops Leaders From Gap and Cisco Discuss Starting From Scratch

    Caroline Spiezio | April 24, 2018

    At CLOC's annual conference in Las Vegas this week, Mike Haven of The Gap and Steve Harmon of Cisco Systems gave some pointers on how to build an ops function where there wasn't one before. "It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon," Haven said.

  • News

    New Rules Would Disclose Judges' Names in Settlement Agreements

    Cheryl Miller | April 24, 2018

    The proposed changes, a response to media reports about settlements involving alleged workplace misconduct by judges, will be vetted at a public meeting Thursday by the Judicial Council's Rules and Projects Committee before being circulated for public comment.

  • Trump's Tweets, Kennedy & More: What to Watch at Travel Ban Arguments

    Marcia Coyle | April 24, 2018

    Four things to watch Wednesday morning when the justices take up argument over the Trump administration's travel ban. Trump's said a lot about the ban. How much will his words matter?

  • News

    SEC Wallops Yahoo With $35M Penalty Over Breach Disclosures—or Lack Thereof

    Ross Todd | April 24, 2018

    The company, now known as Altaba, has settled SEC claims that it misled investors about a 2014 data breach which affected more than 500 million user accounts.

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  • News

    Margo Smith Leaves Apttus After 10 Months for Snowflake Computing

    Stephanie Forshee | April 24, 2018

    Smith replaces Barbara Walkowski in the CLO role at the cloud-based data warehousing company in San Mateo.

  • News

    High Court Rejects Challenge to PTO Patent Validity Review With Caveats Added

    Scott Graham | April 24, 2018

    But the justices suggest procedure might not cover patents issued before 2011 passage of America Invents Act.

  • Analysis

    Self-Storage Company’s “Protection Plan” Was Not Insurance Subject to State Insurance Code, California Supreme Court Rules

    Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal| April 24, 2018

    The Supreme Court of California ruled that the self-storage company’s indemnity agreement was not subject to regulation as insurance under the California Insurance Code.

  • Slideshow

    Goodwin Procter Cuts Ribbon on New Silicon Valley Office

    Xiumei Dong | April 23, 2018

    A photo tour of the firm's new space at 601 Marshall St. in Redwood City.

  • News

    Sour Mash? Jack Daniel's Sues Bargain Whiskey Over Label, Bottle Design

    Ross Todd | April 23, 2018

    Jack Daniel's has sued the maker of Lonehand Whiskey claiming that it designed its label and bottle to look deceptively close to its "Old No. 7" design.

  • News

    Greenspoon Marder Opens LA Office With 6-Lawyer Group

    Ross Todd | April 23, 2018

    The fast-growing Am Law 200 firm added four lawyers from entertainment boutique Eisner Jaffe, as well as a former California judge and ex-solo practitioner.

  • News

    No Standing for Monkey to Bring Selfie Copyright Suit

    Scott Graham | April 23, 2018

    Ninth Circuit Judges Carlos Bea and N. Randy Smith said an en banc panel of the court ought to reconsider whether animals ever have standing to bring claims.

  • Analysis

    Exclusion Did Not Bar Insurance Coverage For Chatsworth Train Collision, California Appellate Court Affirms

    Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal| April 23, 2018

    A California appellate court found that an “intended or expected” insurance policy exclusion didn't bar coverage for damages in a fatal 2008 head-on collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train in Los Angeles.

  • Video

    Local Lawyers Compete in Epic Battle of the Bands

    Jason Doiy | April 23, 2018

    Law Rocks is touring San Francisco again. Local attorneys banded together at the Chapel in San Francisco to become rock stars for a night, playing an epic battle of the bands.

  • News

    Stanford Law's Jeffrey Fisher, Veteran SCOTUS Lawyer, Joins O’Melveny as Special Counsel

    Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018

    Fisher, who has argued 35 cases before the high court, will maintain his position at Stanford and as co-director of its Supreme Court clinic, a position he's held since 2006.

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  • News

    Hogan Lovells Snags Restructuring Leader From Jones Day

    Lizzy McLellan | April 23, 2018

    Richard Wynne, Bennett Spiegel and Erin Brady joined Hogan Lovells on Monday, each bringing with them a book of well known clients.

  • News

    Oil Spill Lawyers Win Rare Disaster Class Certification for Coastal Property Owners

    Amanda Bronstad | April 20, 2018

    A plaintiffs team suing a pipeline operator over a 2015 oil spill off the coast of California scored a rare win when a federal judge granted certification of thousands of property owners. Of course, that success came on the third try.

  • News

    Women-Owned Cannabis Law Firm Expands in Northern California

    Xiumei Dong | April 20, 2018

    Clark Neubert has made three new hires to open offices in Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

  • News

    In-House Leaders From Facebook, Uber, Dropbox and Salesforce: 'Consent Is Complex in GDPR'

    Caroline Spiezio | April 20, 2018

    Are companies seeking too much consent to process data? Too little? It's a situation that poses challenges for in-house lawyers far and wide, according to a panel discussion of industry leaders at Santa Clara University School of Law.

  • Podcast

    Paul Weiss Chairman Pipes Up About the #MeToo Movement

    Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 20, 2018

    The Careerist's Vivia Chen talks with Brad Karp about the power imbalance in law firms and how to change it.

  • News

    Judge Remands First Tezos Case, Splitting Pioneering ICO Securities Class Actions In 2

    Ben Hancock | April 20, 2018

    U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg agreed that the first case to be filed against Tezos belongs back in San Francisco Superior Court, in light of a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on jurisdiction.

  • Quick Takes

    On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

    Pearl Wu | April 20, 2018

    New hires in the California legal market.

  • Analysis

    Higher Law: Your 4/20 Update on Cannabis as a Practice

    Cheryl Miller | April 20, 2018

    What do President Trump's statements on marijuana might mean for state-legalization efforts? Plus, California is trying—again—to find a banking solution for cannabis businesses and a marijuana law boutique expands to meet demand.

  • Analysis

    Litigation Privilege Does Not Apply In Insurance Bad Faith Case, California Court Says

    Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal| April 20, 2018

    A federal judge in San Diego rejected an insurer’s efforts to strike significant portions of a bad faith lawsuit based on the litigation privilege.

  • News

    Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses

    Mike Scarcella | April 20, 2018

    The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.

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  • News

    Susman Takes on Cisco Over Network Automation Patents

    Scott Graham | April 19, 2018

    The leader of plaintiff NetFuel Inc. describes the company as an AI pioneer in networking space.

  • Q&A

    Q&A: Lance Armstrong's Lawyer Talks Shop About Settling with US Postal Service

    Ross Todd | April 19, 2018

    Elliot Peters of Keker, Van Nest & Peters says "100 percent" of him wished he could take the doping case to trial, but that the $5 million settlement Armstrong reached "puts litigation out of his life."

  • News

    Gavelytics Launches New Tool Crunching Numbers on SF Superior Court Judges

    Ben Hancock | April 19, 2018

    The platform is targeted at helping lawyers decide whether to "paper" a judge, as well as how to steer the litigation once it is off and running.

  • News

    Perkins Coie Picks Up Jones Day Partner in Palo Alto

    Xiumei Dong | April 19, 2018

    Wendy Moore, an executive and equity compensation expert, has left Jones Day for Perkins Coie.

  • News

    Uber Scores an Early (Mostly) Win in Lyft Drivers' Privacy Suit

    Ross Todd | April 19, 2018

    A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco knocked out state and federal privacy claims based on allegations that Uber used software to pose as Lyft passengers to spy on their rival's drivers. The judge however, allowed a claim brought under California's Unfair Competition Law survive.

  • News

    Survey Shows 27 Percent Pay Gap for Top Women Equity Partners

    Miriam Rozen | April 19, 2018

    Even "star" partners pay a big price for their gender, new research by Acritas found.

  • News

    A Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower’s Challenge to Social Media Collection

    Ian Lopez | April 19, 2018

    A veteran of data collection for political campaigns and social media, Brittany Kaiser says technologies like smart contracts can help build a framework for personal data as personal property.

  • News

    L.A. Boutique Stris & Maher Claims 'Total Victory' in Settlement About Alleged Trump Affair

    Marcia Coyle | April 19, 2018

    Peter Stris, who has argued seven U.S. Supreme Court cases, called ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal's settlement "probably the most rewarding result I ever got in my career."

  • Commentary

    Brave New World of (Robot) Law

    Jenna Greene | April 19, 2018

    If your robot hurts someone, are you liable? Legally speaking, is a robot like a pet? An employee? Should robots have rights? In a new report, the U.S. Chamber Commerce contemplates not-so-distant questions about robot law.

  • News

    Latham Opens Nominations to Replace Ousted Leader Voge

    Anna Ward | April 19, 2018

    Latham partners mentioned as potential Voge replacements include current co-chair Ora Fisher in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles managing partner Jeffrey Greenberg, and corporate partner Charles Ruck, who splits his time between New York and Costa Mesa.

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  • News

    Reed Smith Snags Steptoe & Johnson Trio for Pension Practice

    Xiumei Dong | April 18, 2018

    Reed Smith has hired a three-lawyer group for its public pension fund and tax wealth planning practices.

  • News

    How Lawyers Used CFIUS Review to Defeat Broadcom’s Takeover of Qualcomm

    MP McQueen | April 18, 2018

    The White House blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to take over Qualcomm by issuing an executive order in March, citing national security concerns. Could it be the "poison pill" of the future?

  • Profile

    Former ClearSlide GC Olga Mack Joins San Francisco's Quantstamp as VP of Strategy

    Caroline Spiezio | April 18, 2018

    Mack, who was also formerly in-house at Zoosk, was planning to take some time off, but then found a job that she couldn't turn down.

  • CLOC Has Scored Some Early Wins - Much Work Remains Undone

    Nicholas Bruch, Senior Analyst ALM Legal Intelligence | April 18, 2018

    While the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) has started an important discussion in the legal industry, it is made little ground in the biggest areas.

  • Expert Opinion

    Car Dealership Wins on Second Trip to SCOTUS

    Todd B. Scherwin, Wendy McGuire Coats and Karl R. Lindegren| April 18, 2018

    Service advisers are exempt from FLSA overtime requirements.

  • News

    Wilson Sonsini Gets Appellate Win in Google Derivative Suits Over 'No-Poach' Agreements

    Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

    The Sixth District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling which tossed claims against Google execs on statute of limitations grounds.

  • Barnes & Thornburg Bolsters SoCal Ranks With 3 Restructuring Pros

    Xiumei Dong | April 17, 2018

    The Indianapolis-based Am Law 100 firm's West Coast expansion continues with the addition of three more lawyers from Cooley in San Diego.

  • News

    WHOIS—Web Tool Used by IP Attorneys, Law Enforcement—In Peril After EU Privacy Regulators Reject Proposed Fix

    Ben Hancock | April 17, 2018

    The public directory that contains information about who has registered every domain on the web looks increasingly at risk of going dark next month due to a clash with the GDPR.

  • News

    Breyer Tosses Government Actions Against Volkswagen

    Amanda Bronstad | April 17, 2018

    A federal judge has dismissed cases brought by two counties in Utah and Florida alleging Volkswagen’s emissions fraud violated their state environmental laws.

  • News

    Microsoft, Cisco and 32 Other Companies Sign 'Cybersecurity Tech Accord' to Build Global Trust

    Caroline Spiezio | April 17, 2018

    "By putting ourselves out there in this way, it will result in civil society and other organizations looking for other ways to hold the industry to account, in an age where talk is cheap," Cisco GC Mark Chandler told Corporate Counsel on Tuesday.

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  • News

    With DOJ Asking to Vacate Joe Arpaio's Contempt Record, Ninth Circuit to Appoint Special Prosecutor

    Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

    In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

  • Analysis

    Crypto Industry Sweep: ICOs Under Increasing Scrutiny by U.S. Regulators

    Benjamin Klein, Deborah Meshulam and Jason Chang| April 17, 2018

    Regulators are now taking a more active role in investigating not just ICOs but also the companies developing funds or other investment vehicles focused on cryptocurrencies or ICOs.

  • Expert Opinion

    Don’t Play Fast and Loose With the Facts in Court

    Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair| April 17, 2018

    Attorneys can sometimes (intentionally or not) make statements that are not entirely accurate. A recent decision reminds us that the consequences of a misstatement to a judge are potentially severe.

  • News

    Cooley Scoops Up Veteran Wilson Sonsini Corporate Partner

    Xiumei Dong | April 17, 2018

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has lost four corporate partners in the Bay Area within the past month.

  • Analysis

    Employees' Suit Against Analyst Behind Infamous 'Jacobs Letter' Raises New Issues for Uber

    Stephanie Forshee | April 17, 2018

    Though Uber is not a named defendant in the complaint, experts said the company will still have plenty of work on its hands in dealing with a defamation suit recently filed against former Uber security analyst Richard Jacobs.

  • Analysis

    California Continues To Broaden “Professional Services” Exclusion In Insurance Policies

    Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal| April 17, 2018

    In a case involving a break-in at a San Francisco car dealership, a federal court found that the "professional services" exclusion in Bay One Security's commercial general liability insurance policy applied.

  • News

    Judge Blocks Huawei's Chinese Injunctions Against Samsung

    Scott Graham | April 16, 2018

    U.S. District Judge William Orrick III granted Samsung's anti-suit injunction until he can resolve parallel claims over standard-essential patents.

  • News

    Judge Certifies Class of Illinois Facebook Users in Privacy Suit Over Facial Recognition

    Ross Todd | April 16, 2018

    The lawsuit, set to go to trial in July, confronts the company with billions in potential damages.

  • News

    Lawmakers Push Resolution of Dispute Over Judicial Commission Records

    Cheryl Miller | April 16, 2018

    The judicial commission in 2016 sued to block the first-ever audit, arguing that conflicting laws could make records improperly subject to public disclosure.

  • News

    Supreme Court Eyes Relaxing Rule on Foreign Patent Damages

    Scott Graham | April 16, 2018

    Despite possibility of "chaos," presumption against extraterritorial application may give way to simple proximate cause test, justices suggest.

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  • News

    In Texas Expansion, Sheppard Mullin Launches Dallas Office With 10 Lateral Partners

    Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 16, 2018

    The firm's new Dallas office, its first in Texas, has a total of 18 lawyers, with more expected soon. The firm's clients with headquarters or operations in the state include Toyota and Texaco.

  • News

    LSAT's Grip on Law Schools Loosens With ABA's Latest Move

    Karen Sloan | April 16, 2018

    An American Bar Association committee has recommended axing the accreditation standard mandating that schools use a standardized test in admissions.

  • Slideshow

    What 5 California Legal Department Luminaries Have Said About Outside Firms

    Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

    Here are some of the quotable (and occasionally controversial) statements California lawyers in corporate legal departments have made about outside partners.

  • Analysis

    Does Cyberinsurance Cover Phishing Scams? Ask Your Local Federal Court

    Rhys Dipshan | April 16, 2018

    Federal courts are split on whether computer fraud provisions in cyberinsurance policies cover the actions of employees tricked into sending funds to cybercriminals. The Ninth Circuit is among the courts that have ruled that computer fraud policies don't cover those situations.

  • Group Vows New Rule on Judicial Harassment Disclosures by May

    Cheryl Miller | April 13, 2018

    "The current rule does not make it clear enough that these records should be disclosed," Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye said this week.

  • News

    LA Lawyer Loses Bid to Stay Off State's 'Top 500' Tax Dodger List

    Ross Todd | April 13, 2018

    The Ninth Circuit this week turned back Ernest Franceschi Jr.'s constitutional challenge to the state's publication of his name on the list of the state's top 500 delinquent taxpayers, which led him to lose his driver's license.

  • Slideshow

    Mayor Officially Welcomes Venable to New San Francisco Digs

    Xiumei Dong | April 13, 2018

    The firm, which opened in the Bay Area in late 2013, recently moved into new space at 101 California St.

  • News

    Ninth Circuit to Rule in Monkey Selfie Case Despite Settlement

    Scott Graham | April 13, 2018

    The court declined to dismiss the case, saying it's "wary of abetting ‘strategic behavior’ on the part of institutional litigants."

  • Dodgers' GC Says Technology Has Created Major League Changes for Baseball Lawyers

    Caroline Spiezio | April 13, 2018

    Veteran legal leader Sam Fernandez spoke on Friday at Berkeley Law about how in-house lawyers' roles in the sport have evolved over his three-and-half decades on the job.

  • News

    Michael Cohen's Attorneys Claim Thousands of Privileged Documents Scooped Up in Raid

    Colby Hamilton | April 13, 2018

    Counsel for President Trump said she'd only been brought on board Wednesday—two days after the White House, and the world, learned of the government's raid on Trump's attorney's offices.

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  • News

    UberBLACK Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Philly Federal Judge Rules

    Max Mitchell | April 13, 2018

    Uber limo drivers are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal judge has ruled, handing the ride share giant a win against drivers who sued the company for allegedly failing to meet minimum wage and overtime requirements.

  • Podcast

    How to Take the Fear and Loathing Out of the RFP Process

    Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 13, 2018

    The experience can be cumbersome and anxiety-inducing for both sides of the equation, and it can end badly. And sometimes, it works brilliantly.

  • Q&A

    Thinking of Ditching Big Law for a Startup? Read This First

    Xiumei Dong | April 13, 2018

    Andrew Dick, Catherine Krow and James Lee all put Big Law careers behind them to become entrepreneurs. The Recorder caught up with the trio to discuss some lessons they've learned.

  • Expert Opinion

    How to Ask About Compensation in a Job Interview Without Sounding Greedy

    Julie Brush| April 13, 2018

    For some, “comp” is deliberately discussed at the very beginning to qualify a candidate’s viability upfront. For others, it’s a topic that remains unaddressed until it’s time to talk turkey. But waiting to discuss money until the interview process is at completion is not a wise move.

  • Quick Takes

    On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

    Pearl Wu | April 13, 2018

    Attorney hires and recognition in the California legal market.

  • Analysis

    The Law Firm Disrupted: The Most Bedeviling Aspect of Law Firm Change

    Roy Strom | April 12, 2018

    What the fast greens of the nation's most historic golf course can teach us about the pace of legal industry change.

  • News

    Covington Nabs Veteran Tech Deal-Maker From Wilson Sonsini

    Xiumei Dong | April 12, 2018

    Suzanne Bell, a longtime technology transactions partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, has left the firm to join Covington & Burling as the latter continues to make inroads in California.

  • News

    VirnetX Scores $502.5M Verdict Against Apple

    Scott Graham | April 12, 2018

    It's the second nine-figure verdict obtained by the company and its Caldwell Cassady & Curry lawyers in the last year. But Apple says the PTAB has already invalidated all of the patents.

  • News

    In Expanded Uber Settlement, FTC Hammers Home Security Message

    Ben Hancock | April 12, 2018

    The regulator warned tech companies to make sure their software development environments are secure. Uber's 2016 breach came after an engineer stored an access key to a cloud database in code hosted on GitHub.

  • News

    Cozying Up to Tech Clients, Fenwick Ditches Midtown for Flatiron District

    Christine Simmons | April 12, 2018

    Two years after subletting space from Ropes & Gray to enter the New York market, the firm is moving closer to clients such as Facebook, BuzzFeed and Bitly.

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  • News

    ABA Warns Golden Gate Law School About Low Bar-Pass Rates, High Attrition

    Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

    In a letter to GGU's president and law school dean this week, the ABA said that the school was "significantly out of compliance" certain performance thresholds needed to maintain accreditation.

  • Analysis

    Ninth Circuit Ruling on Salary History Fuels Renewed Focus on Gender Pay Gap

    Erin Mulvaney | April 12, 2018

    “Plaintiffs lawyers are taking notice,” a Seyfarth Shaw partner says. “Given the prominence of the #MeToo movement, this will certainly continue and increase risk for employers.”

  • News

    The Reviews Are in for Zuck: His Big Performance Sounded Scripted, But Is That Bad?

    Caroline Spiezio | April 12, 2018

    Attorneys and other experts weighed in on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's big week in D.C., explaining how some facets of his testimony proved effective, while others may not have worked as well.

  • News

    In-House Leaders: The Future of IP Law Is Global, Data-Driven

    Caroline Spiezio | April 12, 2018

    At Wednesday's IPForward Conference in San Francisco, the Recorder took a look into the crystal ball with in-house IP luminaries.

  • News

    5 Takeaways From IPForward's 2018 Conference

    Caroline Spiezio | April 12, 2018

    Here's some of the knowledge that a high-profile group of in-house IP specialists shared at the San Mateo conference on Wednesday.

  • Analysis

    Facebook Collected Users' Text and Calls Logs. Will the FTC Act?

    Rhys Dipshan | April 12, 2018

    On Android mobile operating systems, Facebook could bundle its permissions requests, leaving users in the dark about exactly what data the mobile app was collecting.

  • News

    In Run-Up to SCOTUS Travel Ban Hearing, DOJ Policy Head Calls Out 'Limitless' Nationwide Injunctions

    Marcia Coyle | April 12, 2018

    "In President Trump’s first year in office, however, judges issued a whopping 20 nationwide injunctions—an eightfold increase," said Beth Williams, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who leads the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy.

  • News

    King & Spalding Adds Ex-US Congressman, California AG

    Xiumei Dong | April 12, 2018

    Daniel Lungren, a veteran political operative, has joined the firm as senior counsel in its government matters group in three cities.

  • News

    Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks 'Waiting, Dying' to Testify in Aborted Investigation

    Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

    Katherine Ku spoke as part of a discussion called "Making the Future #NOTMeToo" about how women can ward off and respond to sexual harassment in the legal profession.

  • News

    PTO Director: 'Something Must Be Done' to Clarify Section 101

    Scott Graham | April 11, 2018

    In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Andrei Iancu also promised wide-ranging review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board operations and standards.

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