Funny moment from SB 863 hearing

I forgot to mention a funny moment from the Workers Comp SB 863 hearing in front of Judge Wu.  Counsel for the plaintiffs was arguing that the exempt entities are big lien claimants and he waved around a print-out showing the largest lien claimants in the state. Judge Wu asked ...

Does this get you angry?

According to the Dallas Morning News: A former Texas prosecutor charged over a wrongful murder conviction agreed to a 10-day jail sentence Friday, accepting the punishment in front of the innocent man he helped put in prison for nearly 25 years. Ken Anderson also will be disbarred and must serve ...

From the Courtroom – Judge Wu indicates that he’s likely to enjoin SB 863

On November 4, Central District of California Judge George Wu indicated that he is inclined to enjoin the workers compensation lien activation fee contained in California’s SB 863.  At that hearing, which was held in a standing-room-only courtroom, he indicated that he was inclined to reject the plaintiffs’ constitutional Taking ...

Bird Marella Wins 2013 Diversity Award

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) has selected Bird Marella to receive the 2013 NAPABA Law Firm Diversity Award.  

Gary Lincenberg Discusses Economic Espionage in Inside Counsel

Principal Gary Lincenberg was featured in the article, “Trade Secret Pirates and IP Thieves Cost the U.S. Billions” published by Inside Counsel discussing the challenges U.S. companies face when dealing with theft of trade secrets and other forms of economic espionage.

More Thoughts On Reclassifying Hydrocodone

Following up on my other post, here, today’s New York Times reports: Among the provisions in the bill, pushed by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, was one that is central to the new F.D.A. recommendations: reducing to 90 days the length of time in which a patient ...

FDA Suggests Reclassifying Pain Medications – Ironic?

Hydrocodone products such as Vicodin are some of the most popular pain medications available.  They are also some of the most abused.  On October 24, 2013, the FDA issued a statement of its intention to advise that Department of Health and Human Services reclassify these products to a stricter schedule ...