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July, 2013 Articles

Labor & Employment and Litigation Enforcing California Professional Services and Employment Contracts: Tips on Bypassing the Statute of Limitations

The California Court of Appeal’s decision in Zamora v. Lehman, 214 Cal.App.4th 193 (March 7, 2013), offers a useful roadmap for drafting an enforceable provision in a professional services or employment contract that cuts short by years the applicable statute of limitations. Zamora involved a bankruptcy trustee’s breach of fiduciary duty claims against three former […]

Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation Group Orange County Business Journal: Can Your DNA Be Patented? The Supreme Court Draws A Delicate Balance

By Stan Gibson and Greg  Cordrey Download the PDF: Can Your DNA Be Patented? The Supreme Court Draws A Delicate Balance This article was originally published in the Orange County Business Journal. In Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court held that a naturally occurring, isolated segment of DNA is a product […]

Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate Governance: a Primer on Board Member Evaluation

Reproduced with permission from Corporate Accountability Report, 11 CARE 667, 06/24/2013. Copyright © 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Download a PDF of this article: Corporate Governance: a Primer on Board Member Evaluation By Bill Capps The heightened focus on corporate governance by regulators, stock exchanges, and investors over the past decade […]