A California inventor has filed patent-infringement complaints against Google, Microsoft and Apple, alleging the three tech giants have improperly used mapping technology he developed beginning in the early 2000s. Represented by Mateo Z. Fowler of Los Angeles, Never-Search Inc. alleges the three companies have used technology belonging to Never-Search founder…

Richards, Layton & Finger announced that it has elected attorneys Cory D. Kandestin, Daniel E. Kaprow, and Kyle H. Lachmund as directors of the firm, and Christine Dealy Haynes, Zachary D. Kmetz, and Kinsey Lenehan as counsel of the firm, effective July 1. Kandestin is a bankruptcy litigator, handling fraudulent…

This article is the third in a four-part series that examines how litigation—and, more specifically, its results—can shape the evolution of best practices in the real estate industry. The first article discussed some of the hazards of statutes of limitations; the second counseled caution in drafting “good guy guaranties” in…

Mayer Brown is growing in Paris with a seven-partner transactional team of about 30 lawyers from French firm Ayache Avocats to boost its M&A, private equity, banking and finance practices in the city. The group is led by Ayache Law co-managing partner Bernard Ayache, whose LinkedIn profile says he has…

Legal education provider AltaClaro announced on Tuesday that it would be releasing two new products targeted to early-associate education at law firms, expanding on its cache of 60 courses to include litigation and legal writing. The “New Litigator Fast Track Series,” a set of five courses meant to teach foundational…

Catherine Kevane, a partner at Fenwick & West, on July 2 entered an appearance for Gritstone bio Inc. in a pending securities class action. A complaint filed on June 17 by Pomerantz in the California Northern District Court alleged that Gritstone bio, which develops vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer and infectious…