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California - May, 2012

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• Activision Ends 'Call Of Duty' Contract Row With Ex-Employees
• Oracle's Copyright Claim Tossed In Google IP Row
• Chinese Power Co. Ducks Securities Class Claims For Now
• Calif. Senate Sinks Fracking Neighbor Notification Bill
• Sanction Could Prove Fatal To Toyota In Acceleration MDL
• Cochran Firm Fights Back Against Ousted Partner
• Lexington Can't Dodge $1M Browne George Coverage Suit
• Judge Halts Fox's Calif. IP Suit In Favor Of Dish's NY Case
• $68B High-Speed Rail Plan Draws Fire From Orange County
• Embattled $150M Plan For Calif. Trailer Grounds Delayed Again
• NCAA Calls Bill Russell's Antitrust Suit A Publicity Grab
• Kleiner Perkins Blasts Female Partner's Sex Bias Claims
• Nordstrom Can't Halt Wage Action During 9th Circ. Appeal Fight
• Doubtful Judge Delays Class Cert. In AIG Wage Battle
• Miramax Head Says Producer's Legal War Breaks $3M Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Occidental's Peruvian Pollution Case
• Zep, Westinghouse Call Truce In Solar Panel IP War
• Comcast Can't Nix Suit Over Allegedly Undisclosed Fees
• Netflix, Relativity Shrugged At 'Atlas' Movie License, Suit Says
• Calif. Senate OKs Warrant Requirement For GPS Data
• Brinker Ruling Dooms Meal Break Class, H&R Block Says
• Barr Urges Calif. High Court To Heed Feds On Pay-For-Delay
• Dole Likely Escapes Colombian Banana Death-Squad Suit
• Bill Barring Bias Over Religious Garb Clears Calif. Assembly
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill Shielding Jobless From Hiring Bias
• EPA Beats Suit Over Pollution Listing For San Joaquin River
• Oracle Can't Flip Noninfringement Ruling In Google IP Fight
• Calif. Senate OKs Bill Gauging Financial Threats To Insurers
• CIM Makes LA, NYC Sales As It Zeroes In On Tower Financing
• Calif. City Council Approves Facebook Campus Expansion
• Bill To Expand Family Leave Rights Heads To Calif. Senate
• Native Americans Can't Halt Pattern's 315-MW Wind Farm
• Report Blasts 'Dysfunctional' Calif. Judicial Agency
• EPA Seeks More Time With State Ozone Rules
• Judge Tosses Investor Suit Over $3B Atheros-Qualcomm Merger
• Verizon To Pay $10M To Settle Consumers' Late-Fee Suit
• Kat Von D Sparked $1M House Fire, State Farm Claims
• $1B Pep Boys Buyout Sunk By Soft Sales
• Calif. Snubs Bill To Revamp Prebankruptcy Process For Cities
• 4 Mortgage Insurers Cut From HSBC Kickback Scheme Suit
• Hill Farrer Adds LA Real Estate Pro With Civic Ties
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Case
• Calif. Assembly Passes Bill To Tap Cap-And-Trade Funds
• FDA Downplays Fukushima-Tainted Tuna Found In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Won't Kill Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit
• KFC Says Dukes, Brinker Kill Meal Break Class Action
• Best Buy Defeats Vacation Day Pay Suit By SoCal Managers
• CVS Can't Shake Pharmacists' Damages Claim In Wage Suit
• Enviro Group Sues To Nix 315-MW Calif. Wind Project
• Stats Needn't Cover All Excuses For Disparate Impact: 9th Circ.
• Starbucks Drinkers Seeing Red Over 'Bug Dye,' Suit Says
• Stalled LA Development Gets Boost From Kaiser Purchase
• BNSF Railway To Spend $120M On Calif. Upgrades In 2012
• Regulators Poised To Fine PG&E Over Pipeline Violations
• Activision Can't Silence No Doubt's 'Band Hero' Suit
• Unserved Summons Lets VC Firm Off Hook In Derivative Suit
• Teledyne Plans $291M LeCroy Corp. Takeover
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• US Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Curb Insurers' Iran Investments
• Google Didn't Swipe Search Features: Calif. Appeals Court
• Reopened Uranium Mine At Odds With DOI Ban, 9th Circ. Told
• Calif.'s Proposed Wildfire Liability Cap Sparks Criticism
• Morgan Lewis Advises Pearson in $90M GlobalEnglish Buy
• Hedge Fund Exec Denied Witness Sanctions In Fraud Suit
• P&G Sued Over Olay 'Anti-Aging' Skin Care Claims
• Bazaarvoice Pays $152M For PowerReviews
• DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional In Calif. Same-Sex Benefits Suit
• NRG Rival Sues To Halt $120M Calif. Car-Charging Deal
• Social Media Privacy Law Clears Calif. Senate
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief To Change Plea In FCPA Case
• Individual Worker Inquiries Doom Joe's Crab Shack Class
• Nike Trounces Clothing Co.'s IP Suit By Showing First Use
• Emerson's Garbage Disposer Dominance Stinks, Suit Says
• Aaron Spelling's Widow Sues Auction House Over Dolls
• Travelers Wants To Duck Coverage Of Realtor Copyright Suits
• Who's Entitled To Calif. Wage, Hour Attorneys' Fees?
• The Fate Of Calif.'s LCFS Under The Commerce Clause
• Calif. Panel OKs Bill For New Unit Targeting Counterfeiters
• Android Patent Win A Boon For Google, Attys Say
• Calif. Clears Faster Review Of K Road's Solar Project
• Judge To Deny AT&T Store Managers' PAGA Claim In OT Case
• Hennessy Stems Tide Of Calif. Asbestos Losses
• CEO Retaliation Claims Are Calif.'s Biz, Not Del.'s, Court Says
• LA's $890M Railcar Contract Award Meets Buy America Regs
• Gibson Dunn Grabs Stutman Bankruptcy Pro In LA
• BofA Hiring Practices Shut Out Older Workers, Applicant Says
• DLA Piper Plucks Latham Tech M&A Ace For Silicon Valley
• Nossaman Snags Real Estate Partner For LA Office
• Ex-UCLA Player Hits Time Inc. With $10M Defamation Suit
• Cost Plus Investor Blasts Bed Bath & Beyond's $494M Bid
• Lack Of Licensing Deal Sacks Ex-NFL Players' Royalty Suit
• LA City Council Endorses Plan To Phase Out Plastic Bags
• Cox Guides CalSTRS In $800M LCOR, Lehman Real Estate Deal
• Flurry Of Facebook IPO Suits May Stand On Shaky Ground
• AIG Claims Pared In $10.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• Bill To Speed Up Transit Projects Clears Calif. Assembly
• Samsung Says Apple Withheld Evidence, Seeks Sanctions
• Former Prosecutor Heads To Davis Wright Tremaine
• Sony Ends PSN Data Breach Coverage Fight In Calif.
• Morris Polich Swipes Enviro Partner From Brownstein Hyatt
• NRDC Calls Enviro Report For $1B LA Stadium Incomplete
• Irell Bankruptcy Pro Decamps For Greenberg Traurig
• Dexatrim Maker Says Suit Doesn't Show Harm From Carcinogen
• Quinn Emanuel Snags Mayer Brown Trial Pro For SF Office
• Progressive Customers Can't Sue Atty Over Investigation Tactics
• George Clinton, UMG Settle 5-Year-Old Royalties Suit
• Google's Android Doesn't Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury Says
• Facebook Strikes Deal To Resolve 'Like' Ad Action
• Oaktree To Sink $225M Into Diamond Foods' Rebuilding Plan
• Calif. Assembly To Take Up Contested Municipal Bankruptcy Bill
• Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Put Accounts At Risk, Suit Says
• Employers Only Liable For Workers' Asbestos Ills: Calif. Court
• Jones Day Reps SAP In $4.3B Deal For Cloud Firm Ariba
• ADA Doesn't Shield Medical Marijuana Users, 9th Circ. Says
• Facebook Sued Over Earnings Forecast For Bumpy IPO
• Kleiner Perkins Partner Launches Sex Bias, Retaliation Suit
• UMG Denies Miscalculating Artists' Digital Royalties
• Judge Further Trims Ex-LA Times Publisher's Firing Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear DOMA Appeal En Banc In Benefits Case
• ESPN's Chris Mortensen Sued By Talent Agency Over Fees
• Crossmark Reaches $1M Deal To End Wage Class Action
• Manatt Adds Latham Leveraged Finance Atty In LA
• Pryor Cashman Let Out Of Courtney Love Defamation Case
• Exxon Defeats Calif. Plant Workers' OT Class Action
• Calif. Trailer Park Tenants Fight $150M Development
• Vista Picks Up Silverchair's Senior Care E-Learning Unit
• Travolta Accuser Illegally Poached By Celebrity Atty: Suit
• Panasonic, Others Beat Memory Card Antitrust Claims
• Calif. Panel Delays Vote To Overhaul Trial Court Funding
• Calif. Senate Rejects CPUC Transparency Bill
• LA Court Budget Cuts Will Stall Suits, Hurt Biz, Officials Say
• Avon Urges Judge Not To Let Its Former Counsel Rep Foe
• Driverless Car Safety Bill Zooms Out Of Calif. Senate
• UCLA's Controversial Sale Of Japanese Garden Moves Ahead
• Judge Trims SEC Suit Against Ex-IndyMac Execs
• Retirees Win Again In 9th Circ. Raytheon Benefit Battle
• TV Writer Cancels 'White Collar' Suit Against Fox, Others
• Dukes Might Not Kill Countrywide Workers' Class, Judge Says
• CEOs Of Apple, Samsung To Talk Cease-Fire In Patent Battle
• DaVita Pays $4B For Health Network To Bolster Medicare Rolls
• Wolf Rifkin Snags Entertainment Litigator From Weingarten
• Suit Chews Out Kraft, Cadbury Over Sugarless Gum Ads
• A Powerful Weapon In An Insured's Arsenal: Bad Faith
• Alibaba Will Spend $7B To Buy Back Yahoo's Stake
• Pepsi Exits False Ad Suit Over SoBe 'All Natural' Labels
• Calif. Court Agency To Shrink Workforce Amid Budget Cuts
• Federal Attack On Calif. Mortgage Overhaul Spurs Debate
• George Clinton, Black Eyed Peas Settle IP Suit Over Sampling
• Calif. High Court Mulls Bar Admission For Illegal Immigrant
• Hogan Atty Blocked From AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Davis Wright's Health Group Vice Chair
• Calif. Judges Must Post Financial Forms Online, Panel Says
• Fenwick Snags AVI BioPharma GC For Life Sciences Practice
• Kleiner Perkins Locks In $525M For Digital Investments
• Lawmakers Seek To Block FHFA Foreclosure Sell-Off In Calif.
• STMicro Hits InvenSense With Suit Over MEMS Patents
• Kelley Drye Adds Cox Castle Real Estate, Private Equity Pro
• Facebook Hit With $15B Complaint In User Tracking MDL
• Hertz, Avis, Others Settle Rental Fee Price-Fixing Suit
• Calif. Royalties Act Struck Down As Unconstitutional
• Jones Day Snags DLA Piper Patent Pro In San Diego
• A Duty To Warn — For The Other Manufacturer's Product?
• Fenwick, Simpson Thacher Teams Help Launch Facebook IPO
• Miss. Says $540M LCD Price-Fixing Deal Leaves It In Lurch
• Calif. Court Revives Landowner's $2M Eminent Domain Suit
• Akin Gump Recruits 2 Jones Day Tech Attys For LA Office
• Trademark Claim Revived In Trojan Condom Antitrust Row
• Missing Persons Lead Singer Hits EMI With Royalty Suit
• Enviros Challenge Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit In 9th Circ.
• Proskauer Gets Ex-Ascent Exec's Malpractice Suit Pared
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Creator Can't Shrug Off Slander Suit
• REIT Sues Real Estate Firm Over $2M Hotel Deposit
• 9th Circ. Revives Pom's False Ad Suit Against Coke
• Facebook Says USPTO Records Debunk Yahoo's Patent Claims
• Firm Wants Travelers Sanctioned Over Bid To Replace Counsel
• Japanese Retailer Leads $100M Investment In Pinterest
• Agilent Says $2.2B Dako Buy Will Boost Life Sciences Biz
• Judge Says Brinker Shuts Out Meal Break Timing Class
• H&R Tax Students Who Skipped Class Fail In Cert. Bid
• Live Nation Settles Concert Ticket Antitrust MDL
• CalPERS' $500M Tech Property Fund Eyes Data Centers, Labs
• Google, Oracle To Postpone Copyright Damages Phase
• Activision, EA Call Truce In 'Call Of Duty' Sabotage Fight
• EA Fumbles In Bid To Dismiss NCAA Likeness Suit
• 2 LG Employees Can't Testify In LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• Rothstein Kass Gets OK For $1.4M Ponzi Suit Settlement
• Schumer Says 'Extra Virgin' Test Bad For NY Olive Oil Biz
• Aecom Shakes Negligence Claims In Toxic Housing Suit
• Jenny Craig OT Suit Going To Arbitration Post-Concepcion
• Merrill, Goldman Accidentally Release Short-Selling Docs
• Consumer Class Action Waivers Post-Concepcion
• White Castle Jabbed With Trademark Suit Over Online Ads
• Attys Against Prop 8 File Suit Over Calif. Teacher Laws
• Obama Nominates 2 Judges For NY, Calif. Federal Courts
• EPA Scores $5M More For San Gabriel Superfund Cleanup
• Judge Can't Believe Butter Class Suit Against Ralphs
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Revival Of BofA Overdraft Suit
• Ex-Brocade Worker Seeks Sanctions In Trade Secrets Case
• Activision Asks Judge To Delay 'Call Of Duty' IP Trial
• Enviro Groups Seek To Stop NextEra Wind Farm
• Travelers Escapes Coverage Fight Over Fax Ad Class Action
• Edwards Wildman Picks Up Cross-Border Guru From Cameron
• Hudson Offers Up Stock To Back $179M Calif. Office Buys
• Apple Challenges Claims Its Siri Ads Were Misleading
• Samsung Gets Some Apple Claims Tossed In Patent Fight
• Judge Trims TV Writer's 'White Collar' Fraud Suit
• Ex-Sedgwick Insurance Lawyer Joins Hogan Lovells In Calif.
• Bank, Credit Fixers Pay $2M To Settle Fee Suit
• Panel OKs Calif. Bill For CPUC To Review US Safety Guidance
• Peregrine Says HTC Smartphone Infringes 5 Circuit Patents
• San Francisco Lots In Play As Office Market Heats Up
• Amtrak Faces Wage Class Action After Failed Negotiations
• Alston Adds Dorsey Investment, Corporate Atty In Calif.
• Fort Yuma Indians Seek To Halt 315-MW Calif. Wind Project
• Golden Eagle Escapes $29M Wrongful Death Coverage Suit
• Calif. High Court Rebuffs Appeal In Water Storage Plan Row
• AUO Exec Says DOJ Overreaching In Bid To Bar Hogan Atty
• Suit Blasts Chobani Greek Yogurt's All-Natural Claims
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Help Short Sellers Duck Foreclosure
• Calif. Court Won't Revisit Verdict Over $603M Boeing Contracts
• Calif. Judiciary Decries Proposed 20% Cut To Court Funds
• Judge Thins Malpractice Suit Over Child's Motrin Case Verdict
• 9th Circ. Says 'Knowing' Access Enough For HIPAA Breach
• Naked Juice Gets 'All-Natural' Class Action Stripped Down
• BofA Urges Judge To Dismiss AIG's $10B RMBS Suit
• Boeing Settles For $40M In Santa Monica Groundwater Fight
• Vinson & Elkins Opens San Francisco Office
• Towers Watson Pays $435M For Leading Medicare Exchange
• Disney Wants Enviros Sanctioned In CWA Suit
• High Court Nixes Psystar Appeal In Apple OS X Copyright Row
• Game Co. Says 'Call of Duty' Unfairly Uses 'Delta Force' Marks
• Lead Plaintiff In Red Robin OT Suit DQ'd For 'Harassing' Class
• Littler Mendelson Scoops Up Jackson Lewis Employment Vet
• Limiting The Application Of The CFAA And EEA
• FINRA Shakes Schwab's Suit Over Class Waivers
• Nicky Hilton Sues Ex-Partners For $5M Over Trademark Use
• CPUC Orders PG&E, Others To Boost Energy Efficiency Plans
• Travelers' Delay Dooms Bid To Control Centex Defense
• Tribe's Lawyer, Others Indicted In Casino Kickback Scheme
• Wilson Sonsini Courts Startups With 3rd Bay Area Office
• Force-Fed Foie Gras Violates Law, Threatens Health: Suit
• 9th Circ. Doubts NFL Contract's Workers' Comp Limits
• DOT Gives Calif. Lawmakers Ultimatum On Bullet Train Funds
• Former Oil Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Case
• Calif. Solar Project Gets OK To Skip County Permits
• Greenberg Snags Snell Partner For IP Practice
• General Mills Fruit Snack Mislabeling Suit Survives
• Apple, Samsung IP Claims Could Use Another Trim, Judge Says
• Calif. Court Limits Coastal Commission Reach Over City Regs
• USC's $900M Expansion Project Clears LA Planning Panel
• Calif. Pushes Joint Cap-And-Trade Market With Quebec
• Fox Slams Claims It Lifted Idea For 'Lie To Me' TV Series
• Dewey Loses Another Leader, Calif. Partners Open New Firm
• BofA On Hook In Trust Account Investment Suit
• Ex-Mercury Execs Say SEC Destroyed Docs In Backdating Suit
• I Know What You Watched Last Summer
• Merrill Lynch Fails To Shake Suit Over Tardy Wage Payments
• Facebook Calls Parent's Suit Over Game Credits Bogus
• Legal Group Says Calif. Pregnancy Law A Good Model For U.S.
• Apple Gets IPhone Signal Strength Suit Shut Down
• Mitsubishi Unit Must Pay $124M For Broken Nondisclosure Pact
• CBS Says People In 'Glass Houses' Shouldn't Steal Shows
• Oracle, Google Spar Over Copyrightability As Battle Rages
• Calif. Judges May Get To Strike Data From Financial Disclosures
• Bryan Cave Can't Shake Suit Over Privileged Info Use
• ICM Says '.XXX' Antitrust Suit Is Bid To Corral Porn Market
• Sony, Activision Win Suit Over Console-Scorching Games
• Hogan Atty Barred From 'Switching Sides' To AUO, Says US
• DR Horton Doesn't Kill PF Chang Arbitration Deal, Judge Says
• Calif. Foreclosure Bills To Implement $18B Bank Deal
• Cislo & Thomas Can't Nix Malpractice Suit Over Sunbeam Deal
• Marine Equipment Price-Fixing Suits Wind Down With Deals
• Latham Reels In Skadden Transactions Pro In LA
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Shield Workers' Facebook Logins
• Wells Fargo Gets Loan Deception Claims Trimmed
• Haynes And Boone Picks Up Dickstein Shapiro IP Trio
• Capital Group PE Arm Raises $3B For Emerging Markets Fund
• Universal Says Producer's Suit Over Profits Comes Too Late
• BioMed REIT Lands $92M Tenant For Empty Cambridge Lab
• Platinum Equity Grabs $750M Majority Stake In Caterpillar Unit
• What Companies Can Learn From AU Optronics
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Sens. Rip Napa Valley Army Project As 'Tax Dollar Sinkhole'
• Lap-Band Marketer, Clinics Can't Push Patients Into Arbitration
• Law Prof. Says Google Antitrust Suit Would Stifle Free Speech
• Dykstra Pleads Not Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
• Ohio REIT Enters Hollywood With Apt. Building Plans
• Calif. Panel OKs Bill To Undo Personal Injury Ruling
• EPA Adds 3 Sites to Superfund's National Priorities List
• CBS, 'Frasier' Star Kick TV Writer's Copyright Suit
• Google Seeks New Trial After Split Java Copyright Ruling
• Calif. Court Shuts Down CEQA Suit Over Rented-Out Campus
• Venable Lands Top Treasury Official For Financial Practice
• Oaktree, Woodridge Seal $200M Buy Of Historic SF Hotel
• Geek Squad Accuses Best Buy Of Wage And Hour Violations
• Strapp, Horvitz Duck Malpractice Claims In Firing Row
• Insurer Must Defend Rock Band Tool In Copyright Showdown
• Calif. Strikes $2M Deal Over San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
• Shareholder Accuses Finisar Execs Of Fraud, Insider Trading
• Jiffy Lube Pushes Unnecessary Oil Changes, Suit Says
• Ex-Netgear Engineer Convicted Of Stealing Marvell Secrets
• EarthLink Faces Privacy Class Action Over Call Recording
• EA Strikes Tentative Deal In Football Video Game Case
• PacWest Goes Public With Spurned $212M Bid For First Calif.
• Calif. Court Won't Revive 7-Eleven Payroll Suit
• Bed Bath & Beyond To Pay $495M For World Market Parent
• Bill To Give Cos. Administrative Reliance Immunity Gets Boot
• Sempra Whistleblower Seeks Docs From 'Outsourced' SEC Probe
• Calif. Judge Tosses Proview's Suit Over IPad Trademark
• Fast-Track Rules Set Key Precedent For CEQA Cases
• Calif. Judge To Deny Class Cert. In Time Warner OT Suit
• Apple App Data Tracking MDL Slated For Sept. 2013 Trial
• Groupon Prevails In Groupion Trademark Dispute
• Google Sheds Investor Suit Over $500M Drug Ads Settlement
• Suit Over Michael Jackson Royalties Gets The Boot
• Calif. Assembly Passes Bill To Cut OT From Fixed Salaries
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Foley Corporate Partner In Palo Alto
• Calif. Senate Passes Bill For Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
• Feds Want Accurate Pipeline Records After Deadly Explosion
• Warranty Co. Accused Of Selling Deceptive Contracts
• Claims Axed In Suit Over BofA Credit-Monitoring Program
• Calif. Panel Sinks Bill To Tag Warning On Class Action Ads
• Concepcion Doesn't Validate Unconscionable Contracts: Panel
• 9th Circ. Tosses Veterans' Claims Of Benefits Delays
• Samsung Says Apple Should Follow Its Suit, Trim Patent Claims
• Film Producer, Pals Reach $2M Deal In Insider Trading Case
• Village People Singer Wins Copyright Termination Suit
• Ben Stein's Claims Pared In Kyocera Fight Over Enviro Views
• Sodexo Wins Dismissal Of 'Bare Bones' OT Class Action
• Grand Canyon Developer Takes Tribal Court Order To 9th Circ.
• Morgan Lewis Atty Sanctioned For Doc Sharing In Gene IP Row
• Judge OKs Calif. Class In Ikea ZIP Code Collection Suit
• Consumers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Airline Antitrust Suit
• Mortgage Insurers Can't Dodge JPMorgan Kickback Suit
• Judge Slims Funk Icon's IP Suit Against The Black Eyed Peas
• KB Home Hits K&L Gates With $9.4M Malpractice Suit
• Zynga Says French Rival's Game Violates 'Ville' Trademark
• Ford & Harrison Hangs On In Fidelity Class Fight
• L'Oreal Says Hair Serum Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Sue
• Calif. To Establish Rules For Fracking Operators
• Auto Machinery Maker Loses Another Calif. Asbestos Ruling
• 9th Circ. Says RJ Reynolds Promotion May Count As Contract
• NY, Fla. Claims Trimmed In Toyota Acceleration MDL
• Insurer Says It Shouldn't Pay In Sandra Bullock Ad Suit
• New Calif. Pregnancy, Disability Regs Raise Eyebrows
• EPA Not Required To Set New Ozone Rules, Judge Says
• Nixon Peabody Adds Ex-Davis Wright IP Atty To LA Team
• Class Cert. Denied In China Agritech Shareholder Suit
• Perkins Coie's Calif. Unit Illegally Deducted Pay, Suit Says
• Schiff Hardin, DLA Piper Pick Up More Dewey Partners
• DOJ Fights AUO Exec's Bid To Hire Hogan Appellate Star
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Timely, Samsung Tells 9th Circ.
• EBay Escapes Suit Over Automatic Bidding Service
• Google Infringed Oracle Copyrights, Jury Finds
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit TV Bundling Case Against NBC, Others
• Costco Says Class Claims In Sex Bias Action Still Fall Short
• Inventor Accuses Sorenson Capital Of Holding Out On Royalties
• HoJo Says No Damage Done In Recorded Calls Suit
• Olsen Twins' Ex-Business Manager Sued By Former Employee
• Samsung Sanctioned For Keeping Source Code From Apple
• Pursuing Defaulting Tenants — Careful What You Wish For
• Paul Hastings Helps LIN TV In $330M New Vision Deal
• Bogart's Estate, Furniture Co. Swap Suits Over Sofa Line
• Ex-Schwab Exec Seeks To Trim SEC Suit Based On Janus
• Citigroup Wins Round In $7M MBS Suit Against Impac
• Health Insurers Face New Disclosure Rules Under Calif. Bill
• Hangover Reliever Can't Swallow Opponent's Discovery Delay
• 'Evil Dead' Director Sues Over Rights To Sequel
• Novellus, Lam Settle Investor Suits Over $3B Merger Plan
• Jaco Must Arbitrate MDL Price-Fixing Claims, 9th Circ. Hears
• Judge Limits Extraterritorial Reach Of Calif. Wage Laws
• Oracle, Google Jury Deadlocked On Copyright Question
• Goodwin Guides Alcion In SF Office Venture With TMG
• Calif. Bill Seeking Warning In Class Action Ads Draws Fire
• Farmers Adjusters Got No Remedy After Landmark OT Win: Suit
• VLP Law Adds Morrison Cohen Corporate Partner In NY
• Facebook Backers To Reap Billions In IPO Share Sales
• Sharon Osbourne Loses Bid To Nix HSN Jewelry Suit
• 'Hawaii Five-O' Creator's Heirs Hit With $10M Royalties Suit
• Calif. Lawmaker Asks USDA To Investigate 'Meat Glue'
• Tatung Escapes Cathode Ray Tube Price-Fixing MDL
• Gen-Probe Shareholder Aims To Block $3.7B Hologic Deal
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Ticketmaster Hits Lloyd's With $5M Coverage Suit
• SoCal Edison Refused To Pay OT Wages, Suit Says
• Yahoo Says Facebook May Be Infringing 16 More Patents
• Wal-Mart Customer Says Oil Change Stickers Are Deceptive
• Nokia Must Cough Up Docs In Motorola-Apple Patent Fight
• Rockwood, Four Corners Ink $90M Silicon Valley Office Deal
• Citing Brinker, Judge Denies Cert. In Calif. Meal Break Case
• Ex-Worker Slams Trade Secret Claim In San Diego Contract Row
• PAGA Action Withstands Nordstrom's Legal Broadside
• Brangelina Jeweler Hits Gossip Blogger With Libel Suit
• Hard Rock Condotel Owners' Disclosure Suit Whittled Down
• Apple, Samsung Ordered To Trim Smartphone Patent Suit
• Anti-Blight Portion Of Calif. Mortgage Bills Wins OK
• SEIU To Drop Ballot Proposals In Deal With Hospital Group
• Cooley Scores Latham Capital Markets Partner In SF
• Bigelow In Hot Water Over Tea's Antioxidant Claims
• Exxon Nears Early Win In Calif. Plant Workers' OT Suit
• NY Firm Sells Affinia Chicago Hotel To Calif. Investment Co.
• McKool Taps K&S IP Wiz To Head New Silicon Valley Office
• $4B Hydrogen Project Owner Seeks Go-Ahead For Plans
• Bed Bath & Beyond Can't Topple Seating Class Action
• Hospital Network Faces Calif. Suit Over Price Gouging
• Cert. Denied In Antitrust Suit Against State Farm, Others
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• SanDisk Cuts A Deal In Price-Fixing Suit Over IP Licenses
• Calif. Panel Gives Thumbs Up To Facebook Login Privacy Bill
• Calif. Judge Trims Insurer From Arrow Cleanup Coverage Suit
• Oracle Presses For $777M Damages In SAP Infringement Suit
• Bill To Cut OT From Fixed Salaries Passes Calif. Panel
• Treasury, Calif. Strike Deal On Insurance Info Sharing
• FDA Warnings Spawn Slew Of Exercise Supplement Suits
• Judge Urged To Lift Brakes On Auto Light Price-Fixing Case
• Pool Co. Hits Gordon & Rees With $8M Malpractice Suit
• Silver Lake Hits Hollywood With Talent Agency Stake
• GMO Labeling Initiative Ballot-Ready, Calif. Group Says
• Ex-Worker Claims PhoneDog Approved Ongoing Twitter Use
• Reeling LA Court Cuts Reporting For Civil Trials
• PG&E To Recover $8M For Failed 3,000-MW Line
• Investors Drop Subprime Suit Against Countrywide
• US Liable For $200M Over Calif. Energy Crisis Contract Breach
• Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill On Civil Deposition Time Limit
• Jeffer Mangels Snags Ex-Proskauer White Collar Atty
• Universal Health To Pay $3.5M To Settle Medicare Fraud Suit
• Costco's Recorded Calls Invaded Customer Privacy, Suit Says
• Consumer Group Demands Google Street View Docs From FCC
• Calif. Tobacco Tax Proposal Draws Fire From Lawmakers
• Calif. Court Revives 5 Hennessy Asbestos Suits
• Calif. Short Sellers One Step Closer To Avoiding Foreclosure
• Shearman Nets Silicon Valley Vet From King & Spalding
• Clooney, Roberts Say AV Cos. Used Their Pics To Push Wares
• Lieff Cabraser Antitrust Chief To Launch Own Firm
• Gores Group Wavers On $1B Pep Boys Buyout After Slump
• 9th Circ. Firsts: Equitable Mootness And Arbitration
• Kodak's Naming Rights To Theater Go To Dolby
• Pension Funds, Labaton Take Lead In Netflix Securities Suit
• Ex-Coliseum Officials Want Stadium's FCA Suit Tossed
• Class Cert. Granted In Experian FCRA Suit Over Towing Debt
• Hendrix Estate's $2M Suit Stalled By Film Producer's Bankruptcy
• Apple Consumer Asks 9th Circ. To Revive ITunes Antitrust Suit
• Coventry Health Case Managers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• SolarCity Aims For IPO Despite BrightSource Failure
• Equinix Builds Asian Presence With $230M Asia Tone Buy
• Millennium Says Ameritox Copied Lab Report Format
• Chattem Concealed Carcinogen In Dexatrim, Suit Says
• PacBell Back On The Hook For Cramming In Calif.