News

Wilson Sonsini Welcomes Back a Handful of Ex-Lawyers

Xiumei Dong | August 16, 2018

The high-powered firm's technology transactions group has received a boost from several alums.

Broad Pay-Data Proposal, Fought by Business, Fails in California

Cheryl Miller | August 16, 2018

Business groups fought a bill that would have required many employers to share salary data with the state. The California Chamber of Commerce at one point placed the legislation on its "job-killer list."

News

Suit Claims IT Firm Hires, Promotes 'Grossly Disproportionate' Number of South Asians

Ross Todd | August 16, 2018

The suit alleges a "systematic, company-wide, pattern" at HCL Technologies of discrimination in favor of employees of South Asian ancestry.

News

Lead Paint Companies Were 'Stuck With the Bill,' Says SCOTUS Briefs

Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2018

"Imagine that late one evening, around closing time, after dinner with a friend, the waiter hands you a bill for $5,000. You object," wrote Corbin Barthold, litigation counsel at the WLF. “The host arrives and explains that the other patrons left without paying. The restaurant cannot track them down. You, however, are here. You, therefore, shall pay—for everyone.”

News

Supreme Court Isn't on Trump's Side as He Bashes Media

Tony Mauro | August 16, 2018

Here are some of the statements U.S. Supreme Court justices have made in landmark decisions about the importance of a free press.

Commentary

Does Your Firm's Strategic Plan Say Little and Accomplish Less?

Blane R. Prescott| August 16, 2018

The most successful firms take the care to make necessary fundamental changes, despite the inherent difficulty. The least successful fail at the planning stage.

News

Governor Seeks Legislative Help to Thwart $330M Court Order

Cheryl Miller | August 16, 2018

Faith Bautista, executive director of the National Asian American Coalition, one of several groups that successfully sued the state to return the funds, said: "They need to return the money. We will fight back."

News

PTAB Chief Judge Taking New Role at USPTO

Scott Graham | August 15, 2018

David Ruschke will become a senior adviser, giving PTO Director Andrei Iancu the opportunity to name his own chief of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

News

Perkins Coie Recruits 2 Big Law Partners for Bay Area Growth

Xiumei Dong | August 15, 2018

Perkins Coie has added emerging companies and venture capital partner Matt Oshinsky and corporate finance partner R. Bruce Steinert Jr. to its offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, respectively.

News

Prominent Crypto Investor Sues AT&T for $224M in 'SIM Swap' Fraud

Ross Todd | August 15, 2018

Entrepreneur Michael Terpin sued the phone carrier, claiming that it should be held liable for fraudsters who hijacked his mobile phone number to steal about $24 million worth of cryptocurrency. The suit also seeks $200 million in punitive damages.

Expert Opinion

Should 'Hanover Shoe' and 'Illinois Brick' Be Discarded?

Steve Williams and Jiamie Chen| August 15, 2018

Private civil antitrust enforcement in the United States may be on the verge of its biggest change since 1968.

Event

The Pitch Is for Practice, but the Clients Are Real

Vanessa Blum | Ross Todd | August 15, 2018

ALM’s Perfecting Your Pitch program set for Nov. 14 in San Francisco will be a forum for female lawyers to practice pitch delivery and receive valuable feedback from in-house lawyers.

News

UC Berkeley 'Devastated' by Law Student's Presumed Death

Karen Sloan | August 15, 2018

Brian Lewinstein, 23, was set to start his second year at the University of California Berkeley School of Law when he fell from an Oregon waterfall on Sunday.

News

Reed Smith Snags Sidley’s Ex-LA Corporate, Finance Head

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

Moshe Kupietzky, who previously led the firm’s Los Angeles corporate and finance practice, has joined Reed Smith’s Century City office as senior counsel.

News

New Cannabis Industry Suit Alleges Fraudulent Business Practices

Cheryl Miller | August 14, 2018

"This is a case involving new and promising areas of business and technology," the lawsuit claims. "It is also a case involving some of the oldest and most unfortunate business practices: making promises knowing that they cannot be kept."

News

4 Firms Handling Elon Musk's Effort to Take Tesla Private

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

Wachtell; Munger Tolles; Latham & Watkins; and Wilson Sonsini are advising on a bid to take the electric car maker private. Paul Weiss has also been hired by Tesla's board to advise on an SEC inquiry.

News

In Tomahawkcoin ICO Case, SEC Sees an Unregistered Security

Ross Todd | August 14, 2018

According to the SEC, the TOM tokens were an unregistered security since they presented "a transferable share or option on a security."

News

SoftBank Hires Leading MoFo Deal Lawyer as Chief Legal Officer

Dan Clark | August 14, 2018

After decades with the law firm, Robert Townsend will move in-house to lead the legal department at SoftBank, a company he's already represented many times.

News

Mozilla Nabs Twitter Deputy GC as Next Top Lawyer

Caroline Spiezio | August 14, 2018

The efforts to browse for a new in-house boss are over for Mountain View, California-based Mozilla.

Q&A

Terra Tech CLO on Life In-House at a California Cannabis Company

Caroline Spiezio| August 14, 2018

Joseph Segilia built a legal department from scratch at Irvine's Terra Tech, and learned a lot about cannabis law in the process.

Expert Opinion

An Attorney's Guide for Surviving the Social Media Age

Zach Warren| August 14, 2018

Robert Brownstone of Fenwick & West gives 8 Dos and Don’ts for legal professionals on social media. Don't shy away from LinkedIn, cloud services and other new tools, just be smart about using them.

News

Loeb & Loeb Opens First San Francisco Office

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

The Los Angeles-based firm will set up shop in the Bay Area after adding a six-lawyer trusts and estates team from Cooley.

News

LED Company Wins $66 Million Trade Secret Verdict Against Chinese Competitor

Scott Graham | August 13, 2018

San Jose's Lumileds alleged in a superior court trial that a former scientist had secretly been on the payroll of Zhuhai's Elec-Tech International for six months.

News

State Bar Reorg Puts Spotlight on Obscure Legal Services Commission With $60M to Hand Out

Cheryl Miller | August 13, 2018

Legal aid groups have urged bar officials to slow down any consideration of overhauling the trust fund commission's mission or of axing it altogether. That pushback may have worked.

News

Plaintiffs Lawyers Eye More Roundup Lawsuits After $289M Verdict Against Monsanto

Amanda Bronstad | August 13, 2018

“I had 200 calls this morning from people wanting to sign up,” said plaintiff counsel R. Brent Wisner, of Los Angeles-based Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman.

News

Facebook Wants Derivative Suit Over Privacy Breaches Tossed to Delaware

Tom McParland | August 13, 2018

Facebook's Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorneys said a clause in the company's charter designated the Delaware business court as the "sole and exclusive forum" for litigating derivative cases against members of the board.

News

Judge Holds UC Regents in Contempt in UCSB Stalking Case

Ross Todd | August 13, 2018

A state court judge in Santa Barbara found that the school's revised decision in a case she sent back to the school for further review was "merely a poorly rewritten decision that appears to be a justification for the earlier result."

News

StubHub, Quinn Defeat Defend Trade Secrets Act Claim

Scott Graham | August 13, 2018

U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson finds that none of the computer code used in eight StubHub apps was a protectable trade secret of Calaborate Inc.

Analysis

Trump Signs CFIUS Reform Bill: What Dealmakers Need to Know

MP McQueen| August 13, 2018

U.S. companies dealing with foreign investors will soon have a whole new reality to contend with when Trump signs it into law Monday.

News

Squire Patton Boggs Acquires Silicon Valley-Based IP Boutique

Xiumei Dong | August 13, 2018

For the third time in three years, the global legal giant has absorbed a smaller firm in the Bay Area.

News

Coblentz Taps MoFo for 3-Lawyer Real Estate Team

Xiumei Dong | August 10, 2018

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass has brought on a real estate and land use team in San Francisco led by partners David Gold, Miles Imwalle and Megan Jennings.

News

Monsanto Hit With $289M Verdict Over Roundup Weed Killer

Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2018

Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee” Johnson.

Analysis

3 Takeaways From the Ruling Keeping the Tezos ICO Suit Alive and Stateside

Ross Todd | August 10, 2018

Although U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg's ruling was far from the final word on whether the Tezos initial coin offering ran afoul of U.S. securities laws, it did offer the judge's early look at some critical issues in the case.

Podcast

Think Like a Waiter … and Other Tips for Making It in Big Law

Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones | August 10, 2018

Legal recruiter Richard Hsu, host of the podcast Hsu Untied, shares his takeaways for getting hired, finding mentors and handling rejection.

Quick Takes

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

Pearl Wu | August 10, 2018

New hires in the California legal market.

News

Law Firms Looking to Game the New Tax Law? Think Again

Meredith Hobbs | August 10, 2018

Licensing spinoffs? Partnerships of associates? The IRS and Treasury Department anticipated how law firms might try to take advantage of Trump's tax reforms—and said no way.

Facebook Wants to Tap Into Consumers' Financial Data, But Don't Worry About Privacy Quite Yet

Rhys Dipshan | August 10, 2018

Financial data sharing is regulated on both the federal and state level. But are those laws enough to protect consumer privacy and security?

News

Court Revives Claremont McKenna Student's Appeal Over Sexual Misconduct Suspension

Ross Todd | August 09, 2018

The Second District Court of Appeal held that in a case that turned on believing the accuser's version of conflicting accounts, the process should have included opportunities to hear from the accuser in person or by video conference and to ask her appropriate questions.

News

Goodwin Procter Lands Life Sciences Pro in Silicon Valley

Xiumei Dong | August 09, 2018

The firm has added Shane Albright, a former partner at Cooley, DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells, who specializes in transactional work for the biopharmaceutical and medical sectors.

News

PubMatic Snags Former Snap Lawyer Thomas Chow as New GC

Caroline Spiezio | August 09, 2018

"My top goal is to make PubMatic successful, so I want to make the legal process here the most efficient in our industry," Chow told Corporate Counsel.

News

Plaintiffs Lawyers Say Apple Is Forcing Legal Waivers on iPhone Throttling Customers

Amanda Bronstad | August 09, 2018

Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.

Analysis

With Big Four's Move Into Legal, Silicon Valley Cheers While Some GCs Remain Wary

Phillip Bantz| August 09, 2018

As giant accounting firms make new forays into the legal industry, in-house attorneys are giving more thought to offering the EYs and PwCs of the world their business.

Analysis

ABA Clarifies Rules on Lawyer Advertising (Sort Of)

Scott Flaherty | August 09, 2018

At the ABA's recent national convention, a board of delegates voted to adopt a set of changes to model rules surrounding attorney advertising, a confusing ethical area for both Big and Small Law.

News

Telegram Wins Injunction Barring Crypto Startup From Naming Its Currency 'Gram'

Ross Todd | August 09, 2018

A federal judge in San Francisco found that Telegram Messaging Inc. had established priority rights to the mark 'Gram' since collecting $1.5 billion from purchasers of its Gram-branded cryptocurrency set to launch in the fourth quarter.

Q&A

Redgrave's Gareth Evans on E-discovery’s Slow Crawl Evolution

Rhys Dipshan| August 09, 2018

As the former Gibson Dunn e-discovery expert takes the next step in his career, he reflects on just how far e-discovery still has to go.

News

Lessons from Elon Musk: What the CEO's Tweet Can Teach GCs About Damage Control

Caroline Spiezio | August 08, 2018

When Musk tweeted about potentially taking his company private this week, the world listened. And it's likely his in-house lawyers had to step up their game.

News

Riders Want Their Day in Court, but Uber Moves to Arbitrate Data-Breach Class Actions

Amanda Bronstad | August 08, 2018

The dispute stems from Uber's announcement that hackers had stolen the personal information of 57 million drivers and riders in 2016, and that it had paid them $100,000 to destroy the information.

News

Why Patent Lawyers Are Watching This Colorado Cannabis Case

Cheryl Miller | August 08, 2018

"Nobody knows what a court is going to do, no one wants to be that test case. The risk is quite high. You could get to court and the court could say, 'This is Schedule 1, I'm going to dismiss this case.'"

Expert Opinion

On Appeals: Get Ready for an Uptick in State Bar Court Appeals Against Attorney-Convicts

Jennifer Teaford| August 08, 2018

The bar’s recent efforts to unearth attorneys who have committed crimes will result in more criminal conviction proceedings commenced in the appellate division of the State Bar court.

News

Whistleblower Plaintiff Loses Bid to Toss Arbitration Award Based on Defense Lawyer Joining JAMS

Ross Todd | August 08, 2018

A federal judge in Oakland has turned back a whistleblower's request to toss an arbitration award that was based in part on the fact that the defendant's lead lawyer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe joined JAMS while the case was pending.

News

'Sham' Marriage, Secret Recordings and a Ruling Prosecutors Won't Love

C. Ryan Barber | August 08, 2018

The Ninth Circuit, overturning a California judge, declined the U.S. Justice Department's push to apply the "sham marriage exception" to pierce protections accorded to marital communications.

News

L.A. Immigration Judge: 'Independence of Immigration Judges is Under Siege'

Max Mitchell| August 08, 2018

Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor, the head of the immigration judges' union, filed a grievance with the DOJ's Executive Office of Immigration Review over the removal of a colleague in Philadelphia.

Expert Opinion

It’s Never Too Early for Associates to Build a Personal Brand

Jay Harrington| August 08, 2018

Before a lawyer ever has a chance to meet prospective clients face-to-face, those potential clients will have vetted their options based upon what they learn online.

Expert Opinion

Anti-SLAPP Motions: Courts Taking a Much Closer Look

Susan Allison| August 08, 2018

'Turnbull' and 'Newport Harbor' confirm that the days of basing an anti-SLAPP motion on a "gravamen" test or on conclusory assertions of protected activity are behind us.

Commentary

As California Burns, PG&E Taps Cravath, Wilson Sonsini and Quinn to Contain Massive Liability

Jenna Greene| August 08, 2018

Once again, California is burning—and the potential liability for Pacific Gas & Electric is reaching staggering proportions.

Q&A

Prosecuting Print Crime: Lemley on How the Law is Bracing for the 3-D ‘Maker Movement’

Ian Lopez| August 08, 2018

In this Q&A, Stanford’s Mark Lemley explains his take on the new intersections opening between innovation, IP and 3-D printing.

Expert Opinion

Potential Ethical Issues When Providing Legal Opinions

Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair| August 08, 2018

When an attorney is retained to provide an evaluation of a matter, knowing that the evaluation will be shared with third parties, it represents something of a deviation from the normal attorney-client relationship.

Live Coverage

Plaintiff's Lawyer Asks Jurors for $412M Verdict Against Monsanto

Amanda Bronstad | August 07, 2018

Plaintiff’s lawyer R. Brent Wisner asked jurors to award more than $39 million in compensatory damages and $373 million in punitive damages to his client, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson.

News

Fenwick Helps Former Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Take Smart Speaker Startup Public

Xiumei Dong | August 07, 2018

The firm reaped at least $1.35 million in legal fees and expenses from a recent IPO by Sonos Inc.

Slideshow

Big Earners in the Golden State: Here Are Calif.'s Top 10 Best Paid GCs

Caroline Spiezio | August 07, 2018

Tech, entertainment and other industries fueled some big time GC salaries in California, according to the latest edition of Corporate Counsel's GC Compensation Survey.

News

Ninth Circuit Allows Mexican Mother to Sue US Border Patrol Agent Over Cross-Border Killing

John Council | August 07, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in a split decision that a U.S. Border Patrol agent can be sued after he shot and killed a Mexican teenager while standing on American soil.

News

Summer Internships: A More Direct Route In-House for Law Students With Eyes on Silicon Valley

Caroline Spiezio| August 07, 2018

NetApp, Adobe and Google have joined the ranks of tech companies offering summer programs geared toward law students aiming to go in-house in their legal careers.

Commentary

Sued for Gender Bias, but Named to the 'Best Law Firms for Women' List

Vivia Chen | August 07, 2018

How did embattled Ogletree Deakins land on a list that touts firms' fair and inclusive cultures for female attorneys?

News

ABA Holds Off on Removing LSAT Requirement for Law Schools

Karen Sloan | August 06, 2018

A separate proposal to streamline the organization's law school accreditation procedures was adopted.

News

Latham Nabs Facebook's Go-To Deal Lawyer From Fenwick

Xiumei Dong | August 06, 2018

Greg Roussel, who is known as Facebook's go-to lawyer, has left Fenwick & West to join Latham & Watkins' Silicon Valley office.

News

Gig Companies, Fearing Litigation 'Onslaught,' Press Fight Over Labor Ruling

Cheryl Miller | August 06, 2018

"The time to act is now, before work opportunities are destroyed, and before the trial lawyers start crushing businesses with an onslaught of litigation," companies and business advocates contend, fighting a new California Supreme Court ruling that could upend the business models of gig companies.

News

Goldberg Segalla Opens 2nd Calif. Outpost With Workers' Comp Group

Xiumei Dong | August 06, 2018

The Buffalo-based firm's new outpost is staffed by five workers' compensation specialists and boasts ties to major league sports—including 108 games played in the NFL.

News

Feds Ask to DQ Orrick From Repping Former Jawbone Employee in Trade Secret Case

Ross Todd | August 06, 2018

The lead prosecutor in a trade secret case against six former Jawbone employees who left for Fitbit claims that Orrick and partner Randy Luskey are conflicted since they previously represented Fitbit and co-defendants in the investigation and prior civil litigation with Jawbone.

News

LA's 'Bank to the Stars' Targets Am Law 200 With New Citi Hires

Dan Packel | August 06, 2018

City National Bank, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has its sights set on lending to the biggest law firms in the country.

News

Cisco, Arista Settle IP, Antitrust Disputes With Arista Paying $400M

Scott Graham | August 06, 2018

According to a joint statement from the parties, Arista will pay Cisco $400 million, maintain the product modifications required by U.S. International Trade Commission rulings, and make "limited changes to further differentiate its user interfaces from Cisco's."

News

Granite Construction Brings on Industry Vet as New General Counsel

Dan Clark| August 06, 2018

Craig Hall has spent more than two decades in the construction industry in the run-up to joining the Watsonville-based, publicly-traded construction company.

Quick Takes

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

Pearl Wu | August 06, 2018

New hires, awards and promotions in the California legal community.

News

LeClairRyan Lands Patent Prosecution Group Led by 2 Yangs

Xiumei Dong | August 03, 2018

Less than a year after FisherBroyles absorbed their small boutique, Ntellect Law, Charles and John Yang have left the cloud-based firm to join LeClairRyan in Sacramento.

News

Women Partners, Law Firm Leaders Have Vastly Different Big Law Lives, Study Shows

Roy Strom | August 03, 2018

A new American Bar Association analysis shows that men and women experience life at large law firms vastly differently. The data underscores what the ABA hopes will be the first step toward changing that.

News

Court Tosses Seyfarth Shaw Arbitration Win for Chase Citing Repeat Player Problem

Ross Todd | August 03, 2018

A California appellate court tossed a defense win for JPMorgan Chase Bank finding the arbitrator in the case below failed to make required disclosures when she signed on to handle at least four separate arbitrations involving Chase's law firm, Seyfarth Shaw.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Cris Arguedas on 'What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer if You're Not a Man'

Cris Arguedas| August 03, 2018

Arguedas: "My career has demonstrated that you can be aggressive to the point of causing discomfort for a juror if you are also effective."

News

In Wake of Bias Suit and Defections, Ogletree Airs Beef With Ex-Partner

Miriam Rozen | August 03, 2018

Tracy Warren, a former partner at the firm and part-time sports broadcaster, is disputing the circumstances surrounding her exit. “She did absolutely nothing wrong during her time at [Ogletree],” her lawyer said.

News

Putative Class Action Against CIBA Insurance Voluntarily Dismissed

Greg Land | August 03, 2018

The putative class action filed in April accused CIBA and an affiliated insurance company of working together to avoid compliance with statutory insurance regulations.

News

Irvine's Bankruptcy Management Solutions Brings on Christopher Updike as GC

Sue Reisinger| August 03, 2018

Updike, a veteran of both Cadwalader and Debevoise, joins a lawyer-helmed company that provides software and services for consumer and corporate bankruptcy.

By the Numbers: Inside Covington's Lucrative Lobbying for Qualcomm

MP McQueen | August 03, 2018

Chipmaker Qualcomm has paid $28.3 million to Covington since 2004 for lobbying on trade, IP and other legislation in Washington. The firm helped the company navigate a once-obscure but increasingly visible Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Podcast

Why This Quinn Emanuel Litigator (and His Corporate Clients) Are Fighting for LGBT Workers

Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones | August 03, 2018

While the movement for marriage equality captured the public’s attention, New York litigator Todd Anten says the push for workplace equality is unfinished business.

News

Stanford Law Dean Leaving for UVA Provost Job

Karen Sloan | August 03, 2018

Elizabeth Magill will return to the University of Virginia, where she taught at the law school for 15 years.

News

Paralegal’s Pay Suit, a Cautionary Tale for Feisty Legal Employers

Ross Todd | August 02, 2018

In a fight over $4,250 in penalties won by a former paralegal, a Northern California plaintiffs firm this week lost an appeal that faces the firm with a potential six-figure bill to cover the former employee’s attorneys fees.

News

Covington Adds Environmental Law Expert From Paul Hastings

Xiumei Dong | August 02, 2018

Kevin Poloncarz, a former leader of the climate-change practices at Farella Braun + Martel and Bingham McCutchen, has joined Covington & Burling in San Francisco.

News

Cheesy Dispute: Davis Wright Tremaine Sues Mac & Cheese Restaurant Claiming $37K in Back Fees

Ross Todd | August 02, 2018

Davis Wright Tremaine claims popular Oakland eatery Homeroom stopped paying its bills. The lawsuit includes some tasty details about the hourly rates of firm lawyers who worked for the restaurant.

News

Apple Hit With $145M Patent Infringement Verdict

Ian Lopez | August 02, 2018

A jury found Apple infringed on voice-over LTE technology, which supports voice calls on an LTE network.

News

Gearing Up For an IPO, Uber Hires Another Covington Alum To Head In-House Transactions Team

Dan Clark| August 02, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday that it will be adding longtime Covington & Burling partner Keir Gumbs as associate general counsel, corporate transactions and deputy corporate secretary. Deptury GC Tammy Albarran previously joined Uber from the firm.

Expert Opinion

Imposter Syndrome in Big Law Millennials: A Survival Guide

Diana Hughes Leiden and Shilpa Coorg| August 02, 2018

Although imposter syndrome can and does affect attorneys at any career stage, millennials working in Big Law may be particularly susceptible by virtue of their generation’s shared values and the realities of large-firm practice.

News

LA-Based Electric Carmaker Hires Banking, Regulatory Expert as Top Lawyer

Phillip Bantz| August 02, 2018

Henry (Hong) Liu, a former partner at Mayer Brown who served as general counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, will hold several global roles at Faraday Future, bringing years of experience in Asian markets.

News

Is This the Fastest-Growing Firm in Big Law?

Meghan Tribe | August 02, 2018

"I would say within five to seven years, we’re going to replace Quinn Emanuel as the next dominant global litigation firm, no question," said former Quinn Emanuel partner John Pierce, now managing partner of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht.

What to Know When Building Artificial Intelligence in the Law Firm

Erin Hichman | August 02, 2018

An excerpt of ALM Intelligence’s recent report on why law firms need artificial intelligence to remain competitive and relevant.

News

Cannabis Lobbying Spend Surges in California

Cheryl Miller | August 01, 2018

Quarterly filings with the state showed that online dispensary locator Weedmaps was again the biggest advocacy spender in the cannabis industry.

News

In Tezos ICO Case, Judge Ponders New Questions Raised by Crypto-Offerings

Ross Todd | August 01, 2018

"In this instance, I'd rather just hear argument," said U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg, who often announces a tentative ruling in beginning arguments.

News

Morgan Lewis Welcomes Aboard Wilmer Corporate Duo

Xiumei Dong | August 01, 2018

Eric Hwang and Christopher Rose, who have twice previously made lateral moves together, now have their third move to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

News

Job Market for Law Grads 'Surprisingly Strong,' NALP Finds

Karen Sloan | August 01, 2018

Robust Big Law hiring bolstered the entry level employment market for the law class of 2017, which saw increases in both the overall employment rate and in median and average salaries.

News

4 Lessons on Handling a Sexual Abuse Scandal for Embattled USC

Sue Reisinger | August 01, 2018

The Los Angeles school and its legal department could learn from Michigan State University, which has been trying to repair the damage after the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.

Becoming Mr. Blockchain

Ben Hancock | August 01, 2018

Marco Santori rose to Big Law celebrity status advocating for the exploding cryptocurrency industry and pushing the envelope with wary regulators. Now in-house at crypto wallet company Blockchain, he’s hoping to build something even bigger.

News

Wells Fargo Agrees to $2B Fine to Settle Mortgage Misrepresentation Case

P.J. D'Annunzio | August 01, 2018

Investors in residential mortgage-backed securities incurred billions in losses as a result of the bank's conduct, according to a statement from the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.

News

SF Wins Sanctuary Fight Against Trump, but Court Tosses National Injunction

Cheryl Miller | August 01, 2018

A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Trump administration in a dispute over cutting certain funds to so-called sanctuary cities. But the panel struck down a nationwide injunction. The U.S. Justice Department led by Jeff Sessions has railed on the rising number of nationwide injunctions.

Expert Opinion

Busy Schedule, Counselor? Just Add Water (and Veggies and Protein)

Jonathan Jordan| August 01, 2018

Most of us don’t realize how poor our diets really are. And the hard truth is that even if you are finding time to exercise, you can’t exercise away a poor diet.