Corporate
Study: Tech insiders bullish about industry dealmaking prospects this year
By Salvador Mares
Of the 157 C-suite executives, in-house counsel, investment bankers and venture capitalists surveyed for the report, 72 percen...
In a fight over the constitutionality of the federal government's mass surveillance efforts, an Oakland federal judge on Frida...
Attorneys Marshall Rutter, left, and David Scheidemantle, right, were recently honored at the Los Angeles Children's Chorus Ga...
Beverly Hills Bar fetes Supreme Court justices ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Case over Nazi-looted art to proceed
By John Roemer
The 9th Circuit voted to reverse U.S. District Judge John F. Walter and send back to him for further proceedings the case of t...
A Superior Court judge granted summary judgment to DirecTV in a contract dispute with company that sold its subscriptions. ...
Community News
Justice Judith McConnell named 'Cool Woman of 2014' by Girl Scouts San Diego
By John Michael
Judge Judith McConnell of the 4th District Court of Appeal, left, was named one of this year's "Cool Women" by Girl Scouts San...
Law Practice
Legal sector sheds jobs for second month in a row
By Alexandra Schwappach
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the US sector lost 700 jobs last month, following a loss of 1,200 in April...
Eye-popping round values company at $18.2 billion ...
Wedbush Securities has tapped Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP to defend it against Securities and Exchange Commission charges...
The SEC went 0-for-2 over the past seven days in insider trading cases as a federal jury in Santa Ana on Friday found the form...
The school had received provisional accreditation in 2011 but wasn't eligible for full approval for three more years. ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Name plaintiff in 'no-poach' case lays out objection to $324.5 million settlement
By Laura Hautalan
The settlement "may provide comfort that further antitrust violations can be settled for a fraction of their value, even in th...
California Courts of Appeal
State appeals court questions attorney's inflated fee award
By Kylie Reynolds
The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday seemed unconvinced that a jury should have multiplied Los Angeles lawyer Hillel Cho...
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Donald Sullivan takes small matters seriously.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Lawyers say Justice Robert Dondero is engaged in arguments and isn't afraid to buck legal trends.
Labor/Employment
VIDEO: With intern season upon us, brush up on the rules
By Katharine Malonen
Proponents of unpaid internships argue that they provide unique opportunities for go-getters. Critics call them 'institutional...
In the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Wood v. Moss, the court again had occasion to apply the "plausibility" pleading...
Ney's strategy of persistent and tenacious follow-up after mediations often helps bring the parties together, attorneys say. ...
If a judge sides with a request by Franklin Templeton Investments, a Stockton creditor fighting the city's bankruptcy plan, ex...
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP secured an attorney fee award exceeding $200,000 for Oakland-based client Hydrapak Inc., an appellat...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Circuit: Lawyer who drafted order for judge lacks 'absolute' quasi-judicial immunity
By Henry Meier
A split federal appellate court panel ruled this week that an attorney drafting an order on behalf of a judge does not qualify...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
ABA brief insists federal prosecutors must obey state ethics rules
By Don Debenedictisn
The American Bar Association has joined the fight against a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging an ethics ru...
Los Angeles County and the county counsel's office must disclose details related to lawsuits filed against the sheriff's depar...
Law Practice
Breyer gives careful hearing to defendant firms in Heller bankruptcy
By Joshua Seboldn
The four law firms facing unfinished-business claims from the Heller Ehrman LLP estate still face an uphill battle. ...
California Supreme Court
Red light cameras get approval by state Supreme Court
By Saul Sugarman
In a rare decision on traffic matters, the state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that automatic photo systems used at red ligh...
Academy Award winning director Steven Okazaki (center) rubbed elbows with Bingham McCutchen LLP office managing partner Charle...
The Daily Journal hosted a reception Tuesday night in Beverly Hills to honor some of California's leading in-house counsel. Ka...
Greenberg Traurig LLP Chief Marketing Officer Jill Perry, left, and Silicon Valley co-managing shareholder William J. Goines c...