May 23, 2018 | Intellectual Property law, News
The Central Valley is not just the agricultural center of California (and the country), and a great place to live and raise a family. It is starting to become a center for tech. It was recently highlighted as a place for VCs to consider investing in “Why You Should...
May 2, 2018 | Environmental law, News
A Citizens’ group this week filed a Verified Petition challenging CARB’s 2017 Greenhouse Gas Scoping Plan, alleging that several provisions of the Scoping Plan were improperly promulgated and result in racial and financial discrimination.The Two Hundred v....
Apr 28, 2018 | Intellectual Property law, News
A Crested Macaque named Naruto was just doing his thing on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2011 when he came across an unattended camera. Though he was only six or seven years old at the time, he decided to do his best Millenial impression and takes some...
Apr 24, 2018 | Intellectual Property law, News
Today the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Oil States Energy Services, Inc. v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. The Court determined that patents are “public rights” subject to evisceration by political appointees. The importance of the decision...
Apr 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
The Fifth Appellate District affirmed a judgment from a trial court holding that Prop 65’s definition of hazardous chemicals as including substances identified as such by IARC, an agency of the United Nations does not constitute an improper delegation of...