A federal judge on Tuesday blocked what would have been California’s first execution in nearly five years. Judge Jeremy Fogel canceled the execution of rapist-murderer Albert Greenwood Brown after the 9th Circuit ordered him to reconsider his decision using different legal standards. Fogel said he halted the execution because he didn’t have enough time to decide the weighty constitutional issues Brown raised before his scheduled execution at 9 p.m.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel’s July 22 judgment in San Francisco Technology Inc.

Will Silicon Valley finally get a judge on the high court of patent law? San Jose, Calif.-based federal Judge Jeremy Fogel is on the White House short list for the open spot on the Federal Circuit, according to a person briefed on the matter.

One of Silicon Valley’s first in-house lawyers to get caught up in the stock option backdating tsunami just got a little legal reprieve. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel dismissed all counts brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against former Mercury Interactive GC Susan Skaer, who now goes by the last name of Tanner.